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What is one reason colonists came to America?
Freedom
100
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
The Constitution was written
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Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
Civil War
100
Who was President during World War I?
(Woodrow) Wilson
100
What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
fought for civil rights
200
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
American Indians
200
When was the Constitution written?
1787
200
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
the Civil War
200
Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
(Franklin) Roosevelt
200
What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
Terrorists attacked the United States
300
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans
300
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
Madison, Hamilton, Jay, or Publius
300
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
freed the slaves
300
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
World War II
300
Name one state that borders Canada.
Alaska
400
Why did the colonists fight the British?
because of high taxes
400
Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
(George) Washington
400
What did Susan B. Anthony do?
fought for women's rights
400
During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
Communism
400
Name one U.S. territory.
Puerto Rico
500
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
(Thomas) Jefferson
500
Who was the first President?
(George) Washington
500
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
World War I
500
What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
civil rights (movement)
500
Name one state that borders Mexico.
Texas California
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