Wars & Expansion
Name ONE War fought in the 1900s.
What is World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and the Persian (Gulf) War?
We show loyalty to one of these during the Pledge of Allegiance.
What is the Flag or the United States?
They lived in America before the Europeans arrived.
Who are the Native Americans/American Indians/Indigenous people?
The Ocean on the West Coast of the United States.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Name TWO National U.S. Holidays.
What are New Year's Day, MLK Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, or Christmas?
Name ONE problem that led to the Civil War
What is slavery, economic reasons, and states' rights?
A right only for U.S. citizens.
What is voting in a federal election or running for office?
The date the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
What is July 4th, 1776?
The capital of the United States.
What is Washington D.C.?
Name ONE of the thirteen original colonies.
What are New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia?
Main concern of the United States during the Cold War
What is Communism?
Name TWO ways Americans can participate in democracy.
What is voting, joining a political party, helping with a campaign, joining a civic group, giving an elected official your opinion, calling Senators and Representatives, publicly support or oppose a policy, run for office, and write for a newspaper.
The Emancipation Proclamation did this...
What document freed enslaved people?
One state that borders Canada
What is Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Minnesota, Michigan, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, or Alaska
An American Indian tribe in the United States
What are Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, Chippewa, Choctaw, Pueblo, Apache, Iroquois, Creek, Blackfeet, Seminole, Cheyenne, Arawak, Shawnee, Mohegan, Huron, Oneida, Lakota, Crow, Teton, Hopi, and Inuit?
Name ONE War fought by the U.S. in the 1800s.
What is the War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Spanish-American War, and the Civil War.
A responsibility for U.S. Citizens only.
What is serving in a jury or voting?
Name ONE reason the colonists came to America
What is freedom, political liberty, religious freedom, economic opportunity, escaping persecution?
One of the two longest rivers in the United States.
What is the Missouri River or the Mississippi River?
One reason for which Benjamin Franklin is famous.
Who was a U.S. diplomat, the oldest member of the constitutional Convention, the first Postmaster General, writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac," and starter of the first free libraries?
The U.S. bought this from France in 1803.
Name ONE amendment in the Constitution about who can vote.
What is...
Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).
You don’t have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.
Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.)
A male citizen of any race (can vote).
This person fought for women's rights and civil rights.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
One U.S. territory
What is Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, or Guam?
Name of the National Anthem
What is the Star-Spangled Banner?