Colonial Period
This group of people were taken to America and sold as slaves.
Who are Africans (people from Africa)?
The colonist fought the British because of this.
What is high taxes (the British army staying in their houses, and lack of self-government)?
The Emancipation Proclamation did this.
What is freed the slaves (freed slaves in the Confederacy, freed slaves in most Southern states)?
This person is the Commander in Chief of the military.
Who is the President?
The Statue of Liberty is located here.
What is New York harbor (near New York City, Liberty Island, New Jersey, and/or on the Hudson River)?
He was the first President.
Who is George Washington?
On this date (month, day & year) the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
What is July 4, 1776?
Martin Luther King Jr. is known for doing this.
What is fighting for civil rights (worked for equality for all Americans)?
The President's Cabinet does this.
What is advises the President?
Name ONE state that borders Canada.
What is Maine (New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Alaska)?
The Declaration of Independence did this for the United States.
What is it announced/declared our independence from Great Britain (said the United States is free from Great Britain)?
These are TWO rights given in the Declaration of Independence.
What is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
This major event transpired on September 11, 2001 in the United States.
What is terrorists attacked the United States?
This is the highest court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
This ocean is on the East Coast of the United States.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Name ONE thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for.
What is being a U.S. diplomat (oldest member of the Constitutional Convention, first Postmaster General of the United States, writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac", and started the first free libraries)?
This transpired at the Constitutional Convention.
What is the Constitution was written (by the Founding Fathers)?
He was the President during the Great Depression and World War II.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
There are this many justices on the Supreme Court.
What is nine (9)?
Name ONE American Indian tribe in the United States.
What is Cherokee (Navajo, Sioux, Chippewa, Choctaw, Pueblo, Apache, Iroquois, Creek, Blackfeet, Seminole, Cheyenne, Arawak, Shawnee, Mohegan, Huron, Oneida, Lakota, Crow, Teton, Hope, and Inuit)?
He is the "Father of Our Country".
Who is George Washington?
This was the year that the Constitution was written.
What is 1787?
The United States fought these countries in World War II.
Who are Japan, Germany, and Italy?
The function of the judicial branch is this.
What is they review laws (explain laws, resolves disputes, and decides if a law goes against the Constitution)?
The United States bought this territory from France in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Territory?