Founding Fathers
This man is known as the "Father of Our Country".
Who is George Washington?
These are the three branches of the U.S. government.
What are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?
This state is the largest in the U.S. by area.
What is Alaska?
This war was fought between the North and the South in the 1860s.
What is the Civil War?
This bird is the national symbol of the United States.
What is the bald eagle?
This author of the Declaration of Independence later became the third U.S. President.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
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?
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?
The year the United States declared independence from Britain.
What is 1776?
This U.S. president's face is on the $5 bill.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
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?
This is the total number of U.S. Senators.
What is 100?
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
This treaty, signed in 1783, ended the American Revolution and recognized the U.S. as an independent nation.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This building appears on the back of the $100 bill.
What is Independence Hall?
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?
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?
This U.S. territory is located in the Caribbean Sea.
What is Puerto Rico?
This movement sought to end racial discrimination in the U.S.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This U.S. landmark, located in South Dakota, features the faces of four American presidents.
What is Mount Rushmore?
This Founding Father was also an inventor, diplomat, and the first Postmaster General.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This principle helps prevent one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
What are checks and balances?
These two rivers are the longest in the United States.
What are the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers?
There are this many federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes in the United States.
What are 574?
These three rights are listed in the Declaration of Independence.
What are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?