Colonies & States
Name two American Indian tribes
Cherokee
Apache
Pueblo
Hopi
Crow
Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain
High taxes
Self-governmentLiberty
What war did the Americans fight to win independence from Britain?
The American Revolution
The Revolutionary War
What is the supreme law of the land?
The Constitution
Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name 1.
16th president
freed the slaves
There were 13 original states. Name 5.
New York Massachusetts
New Jersey Rhode Island
New Hampshire Connecticut Virginia
North Carolina Pennsylvania Georgia
SouthCarolina Delaware Maryland
What founding document said the American Colonies were free from Britain?
The Declaration of Independence
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
the Civil War
Name the three branches of government.
Congress, president, and the courts
George Washington is famous for many things. Name one.
First president
Dollar bill
Name one reason the colonists came to America
Freedom
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
freed the slaves
Why did the U.S. enter World War I?
Germany attacked U.S. ships
What does the Bill of Rights protect?
rights of Americans
Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.
3rd president
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
What group of people were taken to America as slaves?
People from Africa
Name one thing the Constitution does, and when was it written?
It forms the government.
1787
Who was the United States' main rival during the Cold War?
Russia
What are three rights of everyone living in the United States?
freedom of speech
freedom of assembly
freedom of religion
Martin Luther King, Junior, is famous for many things. Name one.
He fought for Civil Rights.
The Nation's first motto was "E Pluribus Unum". What does that mean?
Out of many, one.
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
Alexander Hamilton
Why did the U.S. enter the Korean and Vietnam wars?
to stop Communism
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress, and how long are their terms?
Senators - 6 years
House of Representatives - 2 years
Name one leader of the women's rights movement in the 1800s.
Lucy Stone
Susan B. Anthony
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth