American History
True or False: President Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
True
This major event happened on September 11, 2001:
The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center
The Statue of Liberty is located here:
New York
Independence day is on this date:
July 4, (1776)
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This was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention:
To write the Constitution
Russia/The Soviet Union/the USSR
This Ocean borders the west coast of the US:
The Pacific Ocean
The name of our national anthem:
The definition of an Amendment:
A change or addition to the Constitution
The group that opposed the Constitution were called the:
Anti-Federalists
These were the two major countries the US fought during WW2:
Japan and Germany
The Mississippi River
Name 3 official US holidays: (Federal Holidays)
The name of our Speaker of the House:
and what number in line for the Presidency he is:
Mike Johnson
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Susan B. Anthony is best known for:
being a women's rights/suffrage activist
Our President during WW2:
Woodrow Wilson
Name two states that borders Canada:
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Alaska
The reason that the American flag has 13 stripes:
Because there were 13 original colonies
Everyone in the US must obey the laws because we live here, even the leaders.
This was the year the Constitution was written:
1787
These Native Americans are famous as code-talkers during WW2:
Navajo
Name two US territories:
American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
This is when Memorial Day is celebrated in the US:
last Monday in May
There were three rights declared in the Declaration of Independence. List them:
life
liberty
and the pursuit of happiness