Events
When do we celebrate Independence Day?*
July 4
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans ▪ people from Africa
Where is the Statue of Liberty?*
New York (Harbor) ▪ Liberty Island
Who was the first President?*
(George) Washington
Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
(George) Washington
Who did the United States fight in World War II?
Japan, Germany, and Italy
Why did the colonists fight the British?
because of high taxes (taxation without representation) ▪ because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering) ▪ because they didn’t have self-government
What is the capital of the United States?*
Washington, D.C.
What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
▪ Terrorists attacked the United States.
Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
because there were 13 original colonies ▪ because the stripes represent the original colonies
What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
civil rights (movement)
What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?*
▪ freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) ▪ saved (or preserved) the Union ▪ led the United States during the Civil War
What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?
Atlantic (Ocean)
What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?*
fought for civil rights ▪ worked for equality for all Americans
When was the Constitution written?
1787
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.*
▪ World War I ▪ World War II ▪ Korean War ▪ Vietnam War ▪ (Persian) Gulf War
Who was President during World War I?
(Woodrow) Wilson
What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
Pacific (Ocean)
Name three American Indian tribe in the United States
Cherokee ▪ Navajo ▪ Sioux ▪ Chippewa ▪ Choctaw ▪ Pueblo ▪ Apache ▪ Iroquois ▪ Creek ▪ Blackfeet ▪ Seminole ▪ Cheyenne ▪ Arawak ▪ Shawnee ▪ Mohegan ▪ Huron ▪ Oneida ▪ Lakota ▪ Crow ▪ Teton ▪ Hopi ▪ Inuit
Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
▪ (Franklin) Roosevelt
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4, 1776
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
U.S. diplomat ▪ oldest member of the Constitutional Convention ▪ first Postmaster General of the United States ▪ writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac” ▪ started the first free libraries
Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States
Missouri (River) ▪ Mississippi (River
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
▪ freed the slaves ▪ freed slaves in the Confederacy ▪ freed slaves in the Confederate states ▪ freed slaves in most Southern states
During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
Communism