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US Citizenship Test
100

Without this invention, this game would not be possible.

What is the internet?

100

This person is on the US $2 bill.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

100

In an attempt to end the Great Depression, President Roosevelt promoted this plan to assist the poor, provide employment, and revitalize a stalling, weak economy.

What is the New Deal?

100

The largest mall in America resides in this state.

What is Minnesota?

100

These are the names of the US branches of government. 

What is the Judicial, Executive, and Legislative Branch?

200

Invented by Boston inventor Alexander Graham Bell, this invention changed the way we communicated in at the turn of the 19th century.

What is the telephone?

200
This man was the first president of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints.

Who is Joseph Smith?

200

This US political party was formed due to opposition to Jacksonian Democrats. They favored economic nationalism, a strong central gov't and recharting the Nat'l bank. 

What is the Whig Party?

200

This is the Eastern-most state in the Union.

What is Maine?

200

These two are the longest rivers in the US.

What are the Missouri and Mississippi River?

300

Arguably one of the most influential inventions of the 1970s, the DOD created this tech to improve their maps. 

What is a Global Positioning System (GPS)?

300

This famous American was the 56th Secretary of State, the 7th US Nat'l Security Advisor, and was a dominant character of US Foreign Policy from 1969-1977.

Who is Henry Kissinger?

300

After the American Revolution, the Articles of Confederation united the newly formed states. However, the federal government remained very weak, which was made evident by this major revolution from 1786-87.

What is Shay's Rebellion?

300

This state's nickname is The Natural State.

What is Arkansas?

300

At this age, all men in the US are required to register for the Selective Service Act (SSA). 


 What is 18?

400

In the early 1900s, this American invention was created in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina by two bicycle repairmen.

What is the airplane?

400

This American was born in Great Barrington, MA was known for his role as a Civil Rights activist and the founder of the NAACP.

Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?

400
Name the three staple crops favored by Native Americans in North America. 


DOUBLE POINTS

What's the name given to these three crops?

What are corn, beans, and squash?

DOUBLE POINTS

What are the Three Sisters?

400

This is the 18th largest state, containing 7.7 million people, deep temperate rainforests in the west; mountain ranges in the west, central, northeast, and far southeast; and a semi-arid basin region in the east, central, and south, given over to intensive agriculture.

What is Washington?

400

Name all Five (5) US Territories.

What are Guam, American Samoa, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands?

500

This life-changing invention, made of metal and plastic, was invented in 1937 by Syvan Goldman, who used it in his store based in Oklahoma City.

What is the shopping cart?

500

This woman was an early founder of the American Modernist painter who is best known for her desert and flower landscapes.

Who is Georgia O'Keefe?

500

This foreign policy position created by Pres. Monroe and John Quincy Adams, opposed European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. It holds that any intervention in the political affairs of the Americas by foreign powers is a potentially hostile act against the United States.

What is the Monroe Doctrine?

500

This is the only state in the country to adhere to a civil law system, as opposed to the common law used in the other 49 states.

What is Louisianna?

500

These two New England states were not a part of the 13 Original Colonies.

What are Maine and Vermont?

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