AMERICAN HISTORY
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Rights and Responsibilities
1800s
Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information
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What is one reason colonists came to America?

▪ freedom

▪ political liberty

▪ religious freedom

▪ economic opportunity

▪ practice their religion

▪ escape persecution

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What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

▪ the Bill of Rights

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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).

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What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

▪ the Louisiana Territory

▪ Louisiana

100

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.*

▪ World War I

▪ World War II

▪ Korean War

▪ Vietnam War

▪ (Persian) Gulf War

200

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

▪ American Indians

▪ Native Americans

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What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?

▪ speech

▪ religion

▪ assembly

▪ press

▪ petition the government

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Name one right only for United States citizens.

▪ vote in a federal election

▪ run for federal office

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Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.

▪ War of 1812

▪ Mexican-American War

▪ Civil War

▪ Spanish-American War

200

Who was President during World War I?

▪ (Woodrow) Wilson

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 is the supreme law of the land?

▪ the Constitution

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What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?

▪ freedom of expression

▪ freedom of speech

▪ freedom of assembly

▪ freedom to petition the government

▪ freedom of religion

▪ the right to bear arms

300

Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.

▪ the Civil War

▪ the War between the States

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Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?

▪ (Franklin) Roosevelt

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What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

▪ The Constitution was written.

▪ The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.

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The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?

▪ We the People

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What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

▪ the United States

▪ the flag

400

Name one problem that led to the Civil War.

▪ slavery

▪ economic reasons

▪ states’ rights

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Who did the United States fight in World War II?

▪ Japan, Germany, and Italy

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When was the Constitution written?

▪ 1787

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Who does a U.S. Senator represent?

▪ all people of the state

500

When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?*

▪ April 15

500

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

500

What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?*

▪ fought for civil rights

▪ worked for equality for all Americans

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