Before Independence
Who lived in America before Europeans arrived?
Native Americans
What does the Constitution do?
Sets up the government
High taxes
Who was the first President?
George Washington
Who was brought to America and sold as slaves?
Africans
What is one reason colonists came to America?
Freedom
What do we call the first 10 amendments to the Constitution?
Bill of Rights
Name the U.S. war between the North and South.
The Civil War
Who was president during World War I?
Woodrow Wilson
Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
Slavery
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4, 1776
What does the Declaration of Independence do?
Says the U.S. is free from Great Britain
Name one war fought in the 1800s.
Civil War
What is one thing Abraham Lincoln did?
Freed the slaves
What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
Civil rights movement
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
Started the first free libraries
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed the slaves
Name one war fought in the 1900s.
World War II
What is the name of the president now?
Joe Biden
What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
Fought for civil rights
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
The idea of self-government is in the first 3 words of the Constitution. What are these words?
We the People
Japan, Italy, Germany
Who was president during World War II and the Great Depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What did Susan B. Anthony do?
Fought for women's rights