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100

This man is known as the "Father of Our Country".

Who is George Washington?

100

These are the three branches of the U.S. government.

What are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?

100

This state is the largest in the U.S. by area.

What is Alaska?

100

This war was fought between the North and the South in the 1860s.

What is the Civil War?

100

This bird is the national symbol of the United States.

What is the bald eagle?

200

This author of the Declaration of Independence later became the third U.S. President.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

200

This system is used to elect the U.S. President, where each state has a certain number of votes based on population.

What is the Electoral College?

200

The U.S. state of Florida is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and this body of water to the west.

What is the Gulf of Mexico?

200

The year the United States declared independence from Britain.

What is 1776?

200

This U.S. president's face is on the $5 bill.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

300

This man is known for his "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech and played a key role in the American Revolution.

Who is Patrick Henry?

300

This is the total number of U.S. Senators.

What is 100?

300

This many U.S. states share a border with Canada.

What are 13 states?

Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Alaska

300

This treaty, signed in 1783, ended the American Revolution and recognized the U.S. as an independent nation.

What is the Treaty of Paris?

300

This building appears on the back of the $100 bill.

What is Independence Hall?

400

This Founding Father was the only one to sign all four key documents: the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Treaty of Paris, and the U.S. Constitution.

Who is John Adams?

400

This document served as the first constitution of the United States, creating a loose union of states before the current Constitution.

What are the Articles of Confederation?

400

This U.S. territory is located in the Caribbean Sea.

What is Puerto Rico?

400

This movement sought to end racial discrimination in the U.S.

What is the Civil Rights Movement?

400

This U.S. landmark, located in South Dakota, features the faces of four American presidents.

What is Mount Rushmore?

500

This Founding Father was also an inventor, diplomat, and the first Postmaster General.

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

500

This principle helps prevent one branch of government from becoming too powerful.

What are checks and balances?

500

These two rivers are the longest in the United States.

What are the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers?

500

There are this many federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes in the United States.

What are 574?

500

These three rights are listed in the Declaration of Independence.

What are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?

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