Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information
One war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
What is:
World War I • World War II • Korean War • Vietnam War • (Persian) Gulf War
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This person is Commander in Chief of the U.S. military.
Who is the President (of the United States)?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This is one way Americans can serve their country.
What is:
• Vote • Pay taxes • Obey the law • Serve in the military • Run for office • Work for local, state, or federal government
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The U.S. war between the North and the South.
The Civil War
The president during the Great Depression and World War II
Who was Franklin Roosevelt?
The President of the United States is in charge of this branch of government.
What is the executive branch?
One thing Alexander Hamilton is famous for.
What is:
• First Secretary of the Treasury • One of the writers of the Federalist Papers • Helped establish the First Bank of the United States • Aide to General George Washington • Member of the Continental Congress
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This is how people can become United States citizens.
What is:
• Be born in the United States, under the conditions set by the 14th Amendment • Naturalize • Derive citizenship (under conditions set by Congress)
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What is:
• Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) • Saved (or preserved) the Union • Led the United States during the Civil War • 16th president of the United States • Delivered the Gettysburg Address
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The reason the United States entered the Korean War.
What is to stop the spread of Communism?
The term length for a U.S. senator.
What is six years?
One thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for.
What is:
• Founded the first free public libraries • First Postmaster General of the United States • Helped write the Declaration of Independence • Inventor • U.S. diplomat
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One reason why it is important for all men age 18 through 25 to register for the Selective Service.
What is:
• Required by law • Civic duty • Makes the draft fair, if needed
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The is what the Emancipation Proclamation did.
What is:
• Freed the slaves • Freed slaves in the Confederacy • Freed slaves in the Confederate states • Freed slaves in most Southern states
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This is what the civil rights movement did.
What is they fought to end racial discrimination?
This is one part of the executive branch.
What is
• President (of the United States) • Cabinet • Federal departments and agencies
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Thee Federalist Papers were important for this reason.
What is:
• They helped people understand the (U.S.) Constitution. • They supported passing the (U.S.) Constitution.
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These are three rights of everyone living in the United States
What are:
• Freedom of expression • Freedom of speech • Freedom of assembly • Freedom to petition the government • Freedom of religion • The right to bear arms
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This says all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are U.S. citizens.
What is the 14th Amendment?
An American Indian tribe in the United States
The number of Supreme Court justices usually needed to decide a case.
What is five?
One important event in the American Revolution.
What is:
• (Battle of) Bunker Hill • Declaration of Independence • Washington Crossing the Delaware (Battle of Trenton) • (Battle of) Saratoga • Valley Forge (Encampment) • (Battle of) Yorktown (British surrender at Yorktown)
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These are two of the promises that new citizens make in the Oath of Allegiance.
What are:
• Give up loyalty to other countries • Defend the (U.S.) Constitution • Obey the laws of the United States • Serve in the military (if needed) • Serve (help, do important work for) the nation (if needed) • Be loyal to the United States
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A leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s.
Who is:
• Susan B. Anthony • Elizabeth Cady Stanton • Sojourner Truth • Harriet Tubman • Lucretia Mott • Lucy Stone
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