Colonial Period and Independence
Geography and Symbols
Systems of Government
Recent American History
Related, But Not On the Test
100

The date the Declaration of Independence was adopted

When was July 4, 1776?

100

The ocean on the West Coast of the U.S.

What is the Pacific Ocean?

100

The name of the current U.S. President

Who is Joe Biden?

100

The three countries the U.S. fought in World War II

Who are Japan, Germany, and Italy?

100

The person that lives in the White House

Who is the President?

200

The group of people taken to America and sold as slaves

Who are Africans?

200

The capital of the U.S.

What is Washington D.C.?

200

The amount of years a President is elected for

What is 4 (years)?

200

The main concern of the United States during the Cold War

What is Communism?

200

The Declaration of Independence was signed in this city

What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?

300

One reason colonists came to America

What is...? (Freedom, political liberty, religious freedom, economic opportunity, and escaping persecution)

300

Where the Statue Of Liberty is located

What is New York (City)?

300

The month in which we vote for President

What is November?

300

Before becoming President, Eisenhower was a general in this war

What is World War II?
300

One president that served during the Cold War

Who is...? (Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush Sr.)

400

The Constitution was written this year

When was 1787?

400

One U.S Territory

What is...? (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam)

400

Number of U.S. Senators

What is 100 (Senators)?

400

The movement that tried to end racial discrimination 

What is the Civil Rights Movement?

400

The reason George Washington didn't sign the Declaration of Independence

What is the Revolutionary War?

500

One writer of the Federalist Papers

Who is...? (James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Publius)

500

The name of the national anthem

What is The Star-Spangled Banner?

500

The person that becomes President if the President and the Vice President can no longer serve

Who is the Speaker of the House?

500

The President during World War I

Who is Woodrow Wilson?

500

The eyes in the statue of Thomas Jefferson at the Jefferson Memorial in D.C. are looking at these two things -DOUBLE POINTS-

What is the White House and the U.S. Treasury?

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