U.S History 1
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
Aug. 2, 1776
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The 19th Amendment guarantees ____ the right to vote.
Women
Which two Native American leaders led Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors in the fight against Lt. Col. George Custer’s troops in the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull
In what year did child labor laws start in the United States?
1938
Taxation without Representation
Being taxed without having a voice in government (key cause of the American Revolution).
The United States bought Alaska from which country?
Russia
In which year was George H.W. Bush elected president?
1988
What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled the racial segregation of schools unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
Who was the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize?
Theodore Roosevelt
Constitution
A written plan of government.
Who was the fourth president of the United States?
James Madison
What do the stripes on the American flag represent?
The 13 original colonies
What year was the Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated in Washington, D.C.?
1982
When was the Battle of Gettysburg fought during the Civil War?
July 1 through July 3, 1863
Bill of Rights
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution protecting individual freedoms.
Which era marked a switch from agricultural practices to industrial practices?
The Industrial Revolution
Who was the first woman to make a million dollars in the United States?
Madam C.J. Walker
The “shot heard round the world” describes the beginning of which battles in the American Revolution?
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
What country did the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team defeat in the semifinals of the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, a game commonly known as the Miracle on Ice?
The Soviet Union
Secede
To leave or withdraw from a group or nation (as Southern states did in 1860–61).
What was the name of the series of programs and projects President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted during the Great Depression?
The New Deal
Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt
Who was the first Black Supreme Court justice in the United States?
Thurgood Marshall
What year did the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) go into effect?
1994
Reconstruction
Period after the Civil War when Southern states were rebuilt and readmitted to the Union.