What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans
People from Africa
100
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
American Indians
Native Americans
100
Name ONE branch or part of the government.
Congress
Legislative
President
Executive
The courts
Judicial
100
Why does the flag have 50 stars?
Because there is one star for each state.
Because each star represents a state.
Because there are 50 states.
200
What is he capital of North Carolina?
Raleigh, NC
200
Name ONE problem that led to the Civil War.
Slavery
Economic reasons
States' rights
200
What is ONE reason colonists came to America?
Freedom
Political liberty
Religious freedom
Economic opportunity
Practice their religion
Escape persecution
200
Who is in charge of the executive branch?
the President
200
Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
Because there were 13 original colonies.
Because the stripes represent the original colonies.
300
Where is the Statue of Liberty?
New York (Harbor)
Liberty Island
300
What was ONE important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
Saved (or preserved) the Union
Led the United States during the Civil War
300
There were 13 original states. Name THREE.
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
300
What are the TWO parts of the U.S. Congress?
the Senate and House (of Representatives)
300
What is the name of the national anthem?
The Star-Spangled Banner
400
Name ONE U.S. territory.
Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
American Samoa
Northern Mariana Islands
Guam
400
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed the slaves
Freed slaves in the Confederacy
Freed slaves in the Confederate states
Freed slaves in most Southern states
400
Name ONE American Indian tribe in the United States.
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
Checks and balances
Separation of powers
400
What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
the United States
the flag
500
What territory did the United State buy from France in 1803?
The Louisiana Territory
Louisiana
500
There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe ONE of them.
Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).
You don't have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.
Any citizen can vote (women and men can vote).
A male citizen of any race (can vote).
500
Why did the colonists fight the British?
Because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
Because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
Because they didn't have self-government
500
What are TWO Cabinet-level positions?
Secretary of (Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, Veterans Affairs), Attorney General, Vice President
500
Name TWO national U.S. holidays.
New Years Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas