Geography
Name the 7 continents
Asia
Africa
North America
South America
Antarctica
Europe
Australia
There were 13 original colonies, and they were divided into three main regions: the New England, Middle, and ______________ colonies.
Southern
Before the United States became an independent country, the 13 American colonies were ruled by the King and government of ______________.
Great Britain
The main economic and social cause of the American Civil War was the disagreement between the North and the South over the expansion of ______________.
slavery
After escaping from bondage herself, ______________ bravely returned to the South dozens of times as a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, leading hundreds of enslaved people to freedom.
Harriet Tubman
Name the oceans
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean)
Arctic Ocean
The Pilgrims sailed from England on a famous ship called the ______________ to find religious freedom in Massachusetts.
Mayflower
In 1770, a tense argument between a crowd of colonists and British soldiers in Massachusetts turned violent (with gunshots, rocks, and snowballs), resulting in the tragic deaths of five colonists. This event became known as the ______________.
Boston Massacre
During the Civil War, the eleven Southern states that seceded from the United States chose ______________ to serve as the President of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
In 1863, President ______________ issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all enslaved people in Confederate-held territory were free.
Abraham Lincoln
What is the smallest US State?
The smallest US state is Rhode Island.
The Southern colonies had large farms called ______________, where they grew cash crops like tobacco and rice.
plantations
During the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress chose ______________ to serve as the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.
George Washington
Fought in July 1863 in Pennsylvania, the ______________ was the bloodiest battle of the war and is widely considered the turning point that stopped the Confederate invasion of the North.
Battle of Gettysburg
In 1955, civil rights activist ______________ refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, helping to spark a famous year-long bus boycott.
Rosa Parks
What is the largest US State?
The largest US state is Alaska.
Founded in Virginia in 1607, ______________ was the very first permanent English settlement in North America.
Jamestown
On Christmas night in 1776, General Washington led his troops across the icy Delaware River to launch a surprise attack on Hessian forces. This victory, known as the ______________, greatly boosted the morale of the American soldiers.
Battle of Trenton
On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee officially surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at ______________ in Virginia, effectively ending the major fighting of the Civil War.
Appomattox Court House
In 1985, ______________ made history when she was elected as the first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, dedicating her life to improving community housing, health care, and education.
Wilma Pearl Mankiller
What region of the US is New Jersey in?
New Jersey is located in the Northeast region of the United States.
Before Jamestown was built, England tried to establish a colony on an island off the coast of North Carolina. When a supply ship returned three years later, all the settlers had mysteriously vanished, leaving behind only the word "Croatoan" carved into a post. This settlement is known today as the "Lost Colony" of ______________.
Roanoke
To protest a law called the ______________, a group of colonists disguised themselves, boarded British ships, and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor during the famous Boston Tea Party.
Tea Act
Only days after the Confederate surrender, President Abraham Lincoln was tragically assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., by an actor named ______________.
John Wilkes Booth
During World War II, a young Jewish girl named ______________ hid from the Nazis with her family in a secret annex in Amsterdam, keeping a famous diary about her experiences.
Anne Frank