Starting the USA!
The Amendments
High and Low Points of the Country's Journey
Name that State!
Personal Finance
100
The war where we fought the British for our independence is...
What is the Revolutionary War
100
This amendment protects your freedom of speech, religion, and right to assemble (protest).
What is the 1st Amendment
100
This President stood up to corporations on behalf of workers, created the National Parks system, saved American football, and upgraded our Navy's ships 15 years before WW1 started.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt
100
Name one dark red state. Name two for an additional shot.
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Oklahoma, Indiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, West Virginia, Maine.
100
When you borrow money it is considered a...
What is a loan
200
The main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
200
This amendment protects your right to remain silent.
What is the 5th Amendment
200
After the incident at "The Alamo" the US invaded this country.
What is Mexico
200
Name the state that is farthest East (Hint: a compass rose would indicate that North is "up")
What is Ohio
If you put anything else then your answer is skibidi...
200
This equation is used to calculate interest.
For an extra shot, correctly label each variable.
What is I=Prt
Interest
Principle
Rate
Time
300
The first permanent colony that the colonists set up was called...
What is Jamestown
300
The Bill of Rights refers to...
What is the first 10 amendments
300
The removal of Native Americans in 1838 from the southeast United States was known as The Trail of...
What is Tears
300
This state is...
What is New York
300
This central bank has the largest influence on national interest rates.
What is the Federal Reserve
400
An incident on March 5, 1770 where British redcoats killed five civilian colonists in Massachusetts.
What is the Boston Massacre
400
This amendment ended slavery in the United States.
Extra shot if you can name the amendment that gave all men, regardless of skin color, the right to vote.
What is the 13th amendment
What is the 15th amendment
400
We started this war after a country gave weapons to our enemies, continued the impressment of US sailors, and failed tariffs.
Extra shot if you can tell me who we fought.
What is the War of 1812
The British
400
This state is...
What is Louisiana
400
This is the most important thing that I want to to remember from my class.
(Make sure that you tell me the "what" and the "when" and the "how much of it")
What is pay off all of your credit card debt before the end of the month
500
The city where Congress met to draft and adopt the Declaration of Independence.
What is Philadelphia
500
This amendment granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment
500
During this "war" the US did not fire a single shot at their primary enemy: Russia.
What is the Cold War
500
This state is... (Hint: the capital is Denver)
What is Colorado
500
This is the amount of interest will you pay on a $50 loan with a 25% interest rate over one year.
What is $12.50