Rights and Responsibilities
1800s
Symbols and Holidays
100

What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

  • The United States 
  • The flag
100

What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

  • Louisiana Territory                           
  • Louisiana
100

Where is the Statue of Liberty?

  • New York (Harbor)  
  • Liberty Island [Also acceptable are New Jersey, near New York City, and on the Hudson (River).]
200

Who can vote in federal elections, run for federal office, and serve on a jury in the United States?

U.S. Citizens

200

Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.

The Civil War

200

What is Independence Day?

  • A holiday to celebrate U.S. independence (from Britain)
  • The country’s birthday
300

There are four amendments to the U.S. Constitution about who can vote. What is one of them?

  • Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).
  • You don’t have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.
  • Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.)
  • A male citizen of any race (can vote).
300

What amendment gives citizenship to all persons born in the United States?

14th Amendment

300

What is Memorial Day?

A holiday to honor soldiers who died in military service.

400

What is one way Americans can serve their country?

  • Vote
  • Pay taxes
  • Obey the law
  • Serve in the military
  • Run for office
  • Work for local, state, or federal government
400

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

  • Freed the slaves 
  • Freed slaves in the Confederacy 
  • Freed slaves in the Confederate states 
  • Freed slaves in most Southern states
400

Name three national U.S. holidays.

  • New Year’s Day 
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 
  • Presidents Day (Washington’s Birthday)
  • Memorial Day 
  • Independence Day 
  • Labor Day 
  • Columbus Day 
  • Veterans Day 
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Christmas Day
500

Name two promises that new citizens make in the Oath of Allegiance.

  • Give up loyalty to other countries
  • Defend the (U.S.) Constitution
  • Obey the laws of the United States 
  • Serve in the military (if needed)
  • Serve (help, do important work for) the nation (if needed)
  • Be loyal to the United States
500

Name one leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s.

  • Susan B. Anthony
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  • Sojourner Truth
  • Harriet Tubman
  • Lucretia Mott
  • Lucy Stone
500

The Nation’s first motto was “E Pluribus Unum.” What does that mean?

  • Out of many, one
  • We all become one
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