Founding the U.S.
The date the Declaration of Independence was signed, or the date the United States was ‘founded’.
When is The 4th of July?
The number of states in the United States.
What is 50 states?
The first president of the United States.
Who was George Washington?
A freedom given by the First Amendment.
Hint: Up to 5 answers.
What are the Freedoms of Religion, of Speech, of the Press, to Assemble, and to Petition?
One of the two countries the U.S. primarily fought against during World War 2.
What is Germany or Japan?
The year the American Revolutionary War ended, and the United States officially gained independence from Great Britain.
When was 1883?
The number of states which originally formed the United States.
What is 13 states?
The president of the United States during the U.S. Civil War, or the 16th U.S. president.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
The number of amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
What is 27 amendments?
The primary cause of secession by southern states, and the reason for the U.S. Civil War.
The preservation of slavery, which they believed to be under threat.
Just ‘What is slavery?’ is fine.
The reason Christopher Columbus sailed west, resulting in him reaching the Americas.
He was trying to find a route to sail to East Asia.
East Asia may be swapped out for India, China, or the East Indies.
One of the two largest states in the United States.
What is California or Texas?
The only U.S. president to serve more than 2 terms in office.
A ’term’ is the set amount of time an official stays in office after being elected. For the president, a term is 4 years.
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The writer of the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
Who was James Madison?
The idea that the U.S. had the right to the continent of North America, which drove westward expansion.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The first permanent and therefore oldest town in the United States.
Where is Jamestown, Virginia?
The youngest state in the United States, or the state that has been a state for the least amount of time.
What is Hawaii?
The first African American president of the United States, or the 44th U.S. president.
Who is Barack Obama?
The year in which the 27th Amendment, the most recent Constitutional Amendment, was signed.
When was 1992?
True or False: The U.S. and Russia (U.S.S.R.) did not fight each other directly during the Cold War.
The answer is True.
The U.S. and U.S.S.R. did not fight directly, but did oppose each other in aiding other wars.
One of two major reasons people moved to the American colonies.
Hint: More specific than ‘freedom’.
What were monetary incentives (money), or religious freedom?
The state Washington D.C., the capital of the United States, is considered to be within.
What is a trick question?
Washington D.C. is not considered to be part of any state.
The president who signed the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ending slavery in the United States.
Who was Andrew Johnson?
Although Abraham Lincoln was president during the Civil War and promoted the 13th Amendment, he died before getting the chance to sign it.
The amendment which limited the number of terms a president may have to 2, or the year in which it was signed.
A ’term’ is the set amount of time an official stays in office after being elected.
What is the 22nd Amendment, or when was 1951?
Fill in the blank: The ____________ Act of 1964, which ended segregation and banned discrimination. It was originally made to aid African Americans.
What is the term ‘Civil Rights’?
‘The Civil Rights Act of 1964’ is the full title.