Geography
Ocean on the West Coast of the U.S.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Capital of the United States
What is Washington D.C.?
Major event that happened on September 11th, 2001
What is the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
War fought between the northern and southern states
What is the Civil War?
Martin Luther King Jr. did this
What is Fought for civil rights / Worked for equality for all Americans?
Ocean on the East Coast of the U.S.
What is Atlantic Ocean?
Home of the Statue of Liberty
What is New York Harbor / New York City ?
One important thing that Abraham Lincoln did
What is Signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 freeing all enslaved persons in the South / Authorized the largest mass execution in United States history (36 + 2 Dakota chiefs) / Led the United States during the Civil War / Preserved the Union ?
Before he was 34th President, Dwight Eisenhower was a general in this war
What is World War II?
Social Movement in 1950's and 60's that aimed to end racial discrimination
What is The Civil Rights Movement?
Name one of the longest rivers in the U.S.
What is the Mississippi / Missouri ?
Name two states that border Canada
What is Alaska / Washington / Idaho / Montana / North Dakota / Minnesota / Wisconsin / Michigan / Indiana / Ohio / Pennsylvania / New York / Massachusetts / Vermont / New Hampshire / Maine ?
Name one problem that lead to the Civil War
What is the institution of chattel slavery / tariffs / States rights (regarding slavery) ?
Name one of the President during the Great Depression (1929 to early 1940s)
Who is Herbert Hoover and/or Franklin D. Roosevelt/FDR?
Regardless of our citizenship status, we are entitled to these protections
What are Human Rights?
Name all four states that border Mexico
What is Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California?
Territory that Thomas Jefferson bought from France in 1803
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The Emancipation Proclamation did this
What is Freed enslaved people (in the Confederacy/ in Confederate states) / Freed most enslaved people in Southern states?
One war fought by the United States in the 1900's
What is World War I / World War II / Cold War / Korean War / Vietnam War / Iran-Contra War / Gulf War (Desert Storm) ?
Susan B. Anthony is known for doing this
What is fighting for Women's rights / Helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 / Fought for Civil rights ?
Name one of the Great Lake
What is Lake Superior / Huron / Michigan / Erie / Ontario?
Name one United States Territory
What is Puerto Rico / U.S. Virgin Islands / American Samoa / Northern Mariana Islands / Guam ?
Name three Native American communities in the United States
What is Diné (Navajo) / Pueblos (19 pueblos) / Jicarilla and Mescalero Apache / Hopi / Inuit / Oceti Sakowin (Dakota, Lakota, Nakota…Sioux) / Chippewa / Oneida / Mohawk / Seneca / Cayuga / Onondaga / Haudenasaunee (Iroquois) / Crow / Muskogee-Creek / Choctaw / Cherokee / Blackfeet / Seminole / Cheyenne / Paiute / Arawak / Teton / Shawnee / Huron / Kānaka Maoli - Native Hawaiian ?
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800's
What is the Seminole Wars / War of 1812 / Mexican-American War / Civil War / Dakota Wars / Spanish-American War ?
The following are examples of this: Black Lives Matter, Landback/Indigenous Land Rights, Anti-War/Anti-Imperialism, Climate Justice, Women's Rights and Body Autonomy, #MeToo, Girls in education, Queer and Gender Justice, Immigrant Rights and Citizenship, Marriage Equality
What are movements for social change?