US General Knowledge
What is the capital of the United States?
Washington D.C.
TRUE OR FALSE: Europeans were the first people to live in North America.
FALSE! Native Americans were there first!
Were enslaved people recognized as citizens in the first draft of the US Constitution?
Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
What big city am I from?
BONUS: What state is it in? (+50)
Chicago
Illinois
How frequently is the President of the United States Elected?
Every 4 years
What European populations colonized North America?
English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch
What was the Civil War about?
the South's right to keep slavery
Who was the famous woman that was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus?
Rosa Parks
What was the main difference between Northern and Southern states before the abolition of slavery?
The economy: the North was more industrialized, the South focused on agriculture and depended on free labor from enslaved people
Who was the first Black president of the United States?
Barack Obama
Which famous protest started the American Revolution?
BONUS POINTS: What happened? (+50)
The Boston Tea Party
Colonists threw British tea into the ocean in protest of a new tax on tea
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A boycott of Montgomery's buses in protest of segregation on public transportation, it lasted for more than a year
Who was a main figure, leading nonviolent protests, in the Civil Rights Movement in the US?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Give at least 5 examples of places in which segregation was present.
Workplaces, schools, public transportation, restrooms, hospitals, restaurants, water fountains, coffee machines, libraries, waiting rooms
What boarders the Unites States to the North, East, South, and West?
Canada, Atlantic Ocean, Mexico, Pacific Ocean
Why did the colonists rebel against the British?
Unfair taxation without representation
What happened after the Civil War?
(good and bad outcomes)
Slavery was abolished, Black people were to be treated equally under the law, Black men gained the right to vote
segregation, discrimination
Who was the girl that bravely went to an all white school after the US supreme court made it illegal for schools to be segregated?
Ruby Bridges
What is the name of the ideology that claims that white people are better than everyone else?
BONUS: Name one white nationalist group (+50)
White Supremacy
The Ku Klux Klan
What do the stars and the stripes represent on the US flag?
The stars represent the 50 states, and the stripes represent the original 13 colonies
When did the United States declare its independence from England?
(Hint: it was before the war ended, and is still a holiday today!)
July 4, 1776
What does "separate but equal" mean? When was segregation outlawed?
Segregation became illegal in 1964 thanks to the Civil Rights Act.
Who was the famous Underground Railroad conductor that led many enslaved people to freedom?
Harriet Tubman