Famous People
Martin Luther King, Jr is famous for many things. Name one.
Fought for civil rights
Worked for equality for all Americans
Worked to ensure that people would "not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
Name one problem that led to the Civil War
Slavery, Economic Reasons, States Rights
Who was President during WW1?
Woodrow Wilson
Name one of the two longest rivers in the U.S.
Missouri or Mississippi
Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.
Writer of the Declaration of Independence, Third president of the United States, Doubled the size of the United States, First Secretary of State, Founded the University of Virginia, Writer of the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom
What territory did the U.S. buy from France in 1803?
Louisiana or the Louisiana Territory
Who was President during the Great Depression and WW2?
Franklin Roosevelt
What ocean is on the West Coast of the U.S.?
Pacific Ocean
Name one leader of the women's rights movement in the 1800s.
Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman,
Lucretia Mott, Lucy Stone
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South?
The Civil War OR The War between the States
Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators?
Thom Tillis
Ted Budd
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
World War 2
Where is the Statue of Liberty?
New York Harbor or Liberty Island
Who is the Supreme Court Justice of the United States?
John Roberts
What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
Freed the slaves, saved the Union, led the U.S. during the Civil War
Who is the Governor of your state?
Josh Stein
Who did the United States fight in WWII?
Japan, Germany and Italy
Name one state that borders Mexico
Texas, California, Arizona, New Mexico
Who was the oldest member of the Constitutional Convention?
Benjamin Franklin?
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed the slaves.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
Mike Johnson
During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
Communism
Name one U.S. territory
Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Marianas Islands