Geography
Colonial Period
1900s
1800s
The Constitution
100

What is the capital of the United States?

Washington DC
100

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

American Indians ▪ Native Americans

100

What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?

Terrorists attacked the United States 

100

What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

The Louisiana Territory ▪ Louisiana

100

What is the supreme law of the land?

▪ the Constitution

200

Where is the Statue of Liberty?

New York (Harbor)

200

What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?

▪ Africans ▪ people from Africa

200

Who was President during World War I?

Woodrow (Wilson)

200

Name the U.S. war between the North and the South

Civil War

200

What is an amendment?

a change (to the Constitution) ▪ an addition (to the Constitution)

300

Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States

Mississippi or Missouri

300

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson

300

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.*

▪ World War I ▪ World War II ▪ Korean War ▪ Vietnam War ▪ (Persian) Gulf War

300

Name one problem that led to the Civil War.

slavery ▪ economic reasons ▪ states’ rights

300

  What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?*  

▪ speech ▪ religion ▪ assembly ▪ press ▪ petition the government

400

Name one state that borders Canada

Maine ▪ New Hampshire ▪ Vermont ▪ New York ▪ Pennsylvania ▪ Ohio ▪ Michigan ▪ Minnesota ▪ North Dakota ▪ Montana ▪ Idaho ▪ Washington ▪ Alaska

400

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

The Constitution was written. ▪ The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.

400

During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?

Communism

400

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

400

What does the Constitution do?

▪ sets up the government ▪ defines the government ▪ protects basic rights of Americans

500

Name one U.S. territory

Puerto Rico ▪ U.S. Virgin Islands ▪ American Samoa ▪ Northern Mariana Islands ▪ Guam

500

The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.

(James) Madison ▪ (Alexander) Hamilton ▪ (John) Jay ▪ Publius

500

Who did the United States fight in World War II?

Japan, Germany, and Italy

500

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

500

The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?  

We the People

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