Happy Birthday, USA!
This is the day we celebrate our country's independence.
July 4th
What were the first people who came over from England to the USA called? Hint: they ate with the Native Americans at Thanksgiving
The pilgrims
Which president freed the slaves?
Abraham Lincoln
The city where Congress met about writing the Declaration of Independence. New York Washington, D.C. Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Italian explorer who discovered the USA as the first European.
Christopher Columbus
What was the date of the first major terror attack in the United States?
9/11
In the Civil war, did the Northern or the Southern states want to keep slaves?
Southern
Explain in your own words what independence means
Freedom from the control of others, etc.
How many colonies did Britain have in the United States?
13
Our first Black president.
Barack Obama
Who are two major "civil rights activists?"
Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks
This war was the one in which we fought the British for our independence?
Civil War, Revolutionary War, or Cold War?
Revolutionary War
Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in... 1892 1392 1492 1992
1492
The first year that Black people in the United States were allowed in White spaces.
1954, 1961, 1963?
1963
What were the main reasons behind the start of the Civil War?
Slaves and state's rights
He wrote most of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
What were the main reasons the United States wanted to gain their independence?
In what year did the Civil War begin?
1861
What political party does Barack Obama belong to?