Rights & Responsibilities
This is what we show loyalty to when saying the Pledge of Allegiance
What is the United States (or flag)?
They lived in America before Europeans arrived
Who are Native Americans?
This was the US was between the North and the South
What is the Civil War?
This movement tried to end racial descrimination
What is the civil rights movement?
Name one of the two longest rivers in the US
What is the Mississippi or Missouri River?
This is one promise you make when you become a citizen of the US
What is give up loyalty to other countries, defend Constitution, obey laws, serve in US military if needed, be loyal to US?
This is one reason colonists came to America
What is freedom (political or religious), economic opportunity, practice their religion, OR escape persecution?
This is what the Emancipation Proclamation did
What is freed slaves in the Confederacy?
This major event happened on September 11, 2001
What is a terrorist attack on US soil?
What is to represent the 13 original colonies and the 50 current states?
This is Tax Day
This is the main author of the Declaration of Indeoendence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This is the territory the United States bought from France in 1803
What is Louisiana?
What are Japan, Germany, and Italy?
Name FIVE states that border Canada
What are ME, NH, VT, NY, PA, OH, MI, WI, MN, ND, MT, ID, WA, AK?
This is the age all men register for the Selective Service
What is 18?
This is the year the Constitution was written
What is 1787?
Name TWO wars fought by the US in the 1800s
What are War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Civil War, AND/OR Spanish-American War?
What are WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, AND/OR Persian Gulf War?
Name the FOUR states that border Mexico
These are TWO ways Americans can participate in democracy
What are vote, join a political party, help with a campaign, join a civic group, join a community group, give elected official your opinion on an issue, call Sen or Rep, run for office, write to a newspaper?
This is ONE of the authors of the Federalist Papers
Who was James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, OR Publius?
This woman famously fought for both women's right and civil rights
Who was Susan B. Anthony?
He was President during World War I
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
Name TWO US territories
What are Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam?