What was the document that declared the US free from England?
Declaration of Independence
100
The Civil War was between which two groups of people?
North (Union), South (Confederacy)
100
Why did the US finally enter World War I?
Gernmans sunk British ship Lusitania
200
What are two of the longest rivers in the US?
Ohio, Mississippi
200
Where is the Lincoln Memorial?
Washington DC
200
What is the document that includes the Bill of Rights and is the supreme law of the land?
US Constitution
200
What was the cause and result of the American Revolutionary War?
high taxes, freedom from England
200
Who started the War in Afghanistan and why?
Bush, 9/11 attacks
300
Name three of the Great Lakes.
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
300
What does the Washington Monument look like?
tall white tower with a peak at the top
300
What are the three parts of the US government, as stated in the Constitution?
Federal, Judicial, Legislative
300
Who was the president during the Civil War and what was the cause and effect of the war?
Washington, slavery, North won & slavery abolished
300
Where did Japan attack the US that provoked the use of nuclear bombs in World War II?
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
400
Name three states in the Midwest.
Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah
400
Where is Mount Rushmore and how many presidents are represented?
South Dakota, 4
400
When was the Constitution put into effect? (year)
1789
400
In the Spanish-American War, the US temporarily gained control of which country?
Cuba
400
Why did the US support South Vietnam in the Vietnam War?
to prevent communism from going north to south
500
Name five states that were part of the original 13 colonies.
Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island
500
How many stars and stripes are on the flag and why, and what do the 3 colors represent?