Government
What is the capital of the United States?
What is Washington D.C.?
What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States:
What are:
▪ Missouri (River)
▪ Mississippi (River)?
What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
What is the Pacific Ocean?
What did Susan B. Anthony do:
What was
▪ fought for women’s rights
▪ fought for civil rights?
Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
What are
▪ because there were 13 original colonies
▪ because the stripes represent the original colonies?
Name one state that borders Mexico:
What are:
▪ California
▪ Arizona
▪ New Mexico
▪ Texas?
What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
What was the civil rights movement?
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do:
What were:
▪ freed the slaves
▪ freed slaves in the Confederacy
▪ freed slaves in the Confederate states
▪ freed slaves in most Southern states?
President during World War I:
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
Why does the flag have 50 stars?
What are
▪ because there is one star for each state
▪ because each star represents a state
▪ because there are 50 states?
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s:
What are
▪ World War I
▪ World War II
▪ Korean War
▪ Vietnam War
▪ (Persian) Gulf War?
Name one state that borders Canada:
What are
▪ Maine
▪ New Hampshire
▪ Vermont
▪ New York
▪ Pennsylvania
▪ Ohio
▪ Michigan
▪ Minnesota
▪ North Dakota
▪ Montana
▪ Idaho
▪ Washington
▪ Alaska?
Where is the Statue of Liberty?
Where is New York City?
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
What was World War II?
When do we celebrate Independence Day?
What is July 4th?
Name one of the Native American 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
▪ Inuit?
During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States:
What was communism?
What is the name of the national anthem?
What is the Star-Spangled Banner?
President during World War II:
Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
Name one U.S. territory:
What are
▪ Puerto Rico
▪ U.S. Virgin Islands
▪ American Samoa
▪ Northern Mariana Islands
▪ Guam?
Who did the United States fight in World War II:
What were Japan, Germany & Italy?
What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
What was terrorists attacked the United States?
Name two national holidays:
What are
▪ New Year’s Day
▪ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
▪ Presidents’ Day
▪ Memorial Day
▪ Independence Day
▪ Labor Day
▪ Columbus Day
▪ Veterans Day
▪ Thanksgiving
▪ Christmas?
What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
What was:
▪ fought for civil rights
▪ worked for equality for all Americans?