Early America
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
▪ American Indians
▪ Native Americans
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans
Who was the first President?
George Washington
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
War of 1812
▪ Mexican-American War
▪ Civil War
▪ Spanish-American War
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.*
World War I
▪ World War II
▪ Korean War
▪ Vietnam War
▪ (Persian) Gulf War
What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?*
fought for civil rights
▪ worked for equality for all Americans
What is one reason colonists came to America?
freedom
▪ political liberty
▪ religious freedom
▪ economic opportunity
▪ practice their religion
▪ escape persecution
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4, 1776
Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
George Washington
What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?*
freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
▪ saved (or preserved) the Union
▪ led the United States during the Civil War
What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
Terrorists attacked the United States.
During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
Communism
Why did the colonists fight the British?
because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
▪ because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
▪ because they didn’t have self-government
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
(Thomas) Jefferson
There were 13 original states. Name three.
▪ New Hampshire
▪ Massachusetts
▪ Rhode Island
▪ Connecticut
▪ New York
▪ New Jersey
▪ Pennsylvania
▪ Delaware
▪ Maryland
▪ Virginia
▪ North Carolina
▪ South Carolina
▪ Georgia
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
the Civil War
What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
civil rights (movement)
Who did the United States fight in World War II?
Japan, Germany, and Italy
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Life
Liberty
The pursuit of happiness
When was the Constitution written?
1787
Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
Cherokee
Navajo
▪ Sioux
▪ Chippewa
▪ Choctaw
▪ Pueblo
▪ Apache
▪ Iroquois
▪ Creek
▪ Blackfeet
▪ Seminole
▪ Cheyenne
▪ Arawak
▪ Shawnee
▪ Mohegan
▪ Huron
▪ Oneida
▪ Lakota
▪ Crow
▪ Teton
▪ Hopi
▪ Inuit
Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
slavery
▪ economic reasons
▪ states’ rights
Who was President during World War I?
(Woodrow) Wilson
Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
(Franklin) Roosevelt
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
▪
▪ We the People
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
announced our independence (from Great Britain)
▪ declared our independence (from Great Britain)
▪ said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
U.S. diplomat
▪ oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
▪ first Postmaster General of the United States
▪ started the first free libraries
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
freed the slaves
▪ freed slaves in the Confederacy
▪ freed slaves in the Confederate states
▪ freed slaves in most Southern states
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
World War II
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
The Constitution was written.