Colonial Personalities
The first President of the United States.
Who is (George) Washington?
The name of the supreme law of the land.
What is the Constitution?
Citizens have to be this old to vote for President.
What are citizens eighteen (18) and older?
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
What is:
▪ the Civil War
▪ the War between the States?
Name one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did.
What is that he:
▪ freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
▪ saved (or preserved) the Union
▪ led the United States during the Civil War?
This individual wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is (Thomas) Jefferson?
The date that the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
What is July 4, 1776?
There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
What are
▪ 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)?
Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
What is:
▪ slavery
▪ economic reasons
▪ states’ rights?
They were President during the Great Depression and World War II.
Who is (Franklin) Roosevelt?
The “Father of Our Country”
Who is (George) Washington?
The Declaration of Independence did this.
What is
▪ announced our independence (from Great Britain)
▪ declared our independence (from Great Britain)
▪ said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)?
All men must register for the Selective Service by this age.
What is:
▪ at age eighteen (18)
▪ between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26)?
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
What is the:
▪ War of 1812
▪ Mexican-American War
▪ Civil War
▪ Spanish-American War?
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general in this war.
What is World War II?
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
Who are
▪ (James) Madison
▪ (Alexander) Hamilton
▪ (John) Jay
▪ Publius?
This happened at the Constitutional Convention.
What is:
▪ The Constitution was written.
▪ The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution?
Name two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy.
What is the ability to:
▪ vote
▪ join a political party
▪ help with a campaign
▪ join a civic group
▪ join a community group
▪ give an elected official your opinion on an issue
▪ call Senators and Representatives
▪ publicly support or oppose an issue or policy
▪ run for office
▪ write to a newspaper?
During the Cold War, this was the main concern of the United States.
What is Communism?
The United States fought these countries in World War II.
Who are Japan, Germany, and Italy?
Name one thing that 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”
▪ started the first free libraries?
Name two rights in the Declaration of Independence.
What is the right to:
▪ life
▪ liberty
▪ pursuit of happiness?
The last day you can send in federal income tax forms.
What is April 15th?
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
What is:
▪ World War I
▪ World War II
▪ Korean War
▪ Vietnam War
▪ (Persian) Gulf War?
They were President during World War I.
Who is (Woodrow) Wilson?