Colonies and Independence
Early U.S.
Independence and Economics
Civil War/Civil Rights
20th and 21st Century
100
Name three of the 13 original colonies/states
What are...
▪ New Hampshire ▪ Massachusetts ▪ Rhode Island ▪ Connecticut ▪ New York ▪ New Jersey ▪ Pennsylvania ▪ Delaware ▪ Maryland ▪ Virginia ▪ North Carolina ▪ South Carolina ▪ Georgia
100
The "Father of our Country"
Who was George Washington?
100
The Declaration of Independence accomplished this...
What are
announced our independence (from Great Britain) ▪ declared our independence (from Great Britain) ▪ said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
100
This problem led to the Civil War.
What is....?
slavery ▪ economic reasons ▪ states’ rights
100
Name one war fught by the U.S. in the 1900's
What is
World War I ▪ World War II ▪ Korean War ▪ Vietnam War ▪ (Persian) Gulf War
200
This group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves
Who are Africans?
200
The Constitution was written this year
What is 1787?
200
Unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence
What are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happliness?
200
Name one important thing Abraham Lincoln did
▪ freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) ▪ saved (or preserved) the Union ▪ led the United States during the Civil War
200
He was the President during World War I.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
300
Reasons the colonists fought the Brittish
What is...?
▪ because of high taxes (taxation without representation) ▪ because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering) ▪ because they didn’t have self-government
300
Name three of the writers of the Federalists Papers
Who were
James Monroe
John Jay
Alexander Hamilton
300
Thomas Jefferson
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
300
This document freed the slaves in the Confederacy.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
He was president during the Great Depression and World War II.
Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
400
The people who lived here before the Europeans arrived.
What are Native Americans?
400
This huge territory was purchased from France in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Territory?
400
The date the Declaration of Independence was adopted
What is July 4, 1776
400
Martin Luther King Junior was best known for this
What is...?
Fighting for Civil Rights
Working for Equality for All Americans
I have a dream speech
400
The U.S. fought these three Axis Nations during World War II
What are Germany, Japan and Italy.
500
A Native American Tribe in the U.S.
What is...?
▪ Cherokee ▪ Navajo ▪ Sioux ▪ Chippewa ▪ Choctaw ▪ Pueblo ▪ Apache ▪ Iroquois ▪ Creek ▪ Blackfeet ▪ Seminole ▪ Cheyenne ▪ Arawak ▪ Shawnee ▪ Mohegan ▪ Huron ▪ Oneida ▪ Lakota ▪ Crow ▪ Teton ▪ Hopi ▪ Inuit
500
Name one war fought in the 1800's
What is...?
▪ War of 1812
▪ Mexican-American War
▪ Civil War
▪ Spanish-American War
500
Philadephia
Where was the Declaration of Independence Signed?
500
An Amendment that affected voting rights
- The 15th Amendment gave African American men the right to vote in 1870. But many weren't able to exercise this right. Some states used literacy tests and other barriers to make it harder to vote.
- The 19th Amendment, ratified in 1920, gave American women the right to vote.
- The 24th Amendment, ratified in 1964, eliminated poll taxes. The tax had been used in some states to keep African Americans from voting in federal elections.
- The 26th Amendment, ratified in 1971, lowered the voting age for all elections to 18.
500
President Eisenhower was a general during this war.
What is World War II?
600
Two reasons Colonists came to America.
What are...?
▪ freedom ▪ political liberty ▪ religious freedom ▪ economic opportunity ▪ practice their religion ▪ escape persecution
600
Benjamin Franklin was famous for this.
What is
U.S. diplomat ▪ oldest member of the Constitutional Convention ▪ first Postmaster General of the United States ▪ writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac” ▪ started the first free libraries
600
The type of economic system in the United States
What is capitalist economy or market economy ?
600
Susan B. Anthony was famous for this.
What is fought for women’s rights ▪ fought for civil rights?
600
During the Cold War, this was consided the major threat.
What is Communism?