Discovering America
The 2 oceans that touch America are the _________ Ocean and the ___________ Ocean.
Atlantic Indian Arctic Pacific
Atlantic and Pacific
Pilgrims in the colony of Massachusetts celebrated the first ________________ with Native Americans who helped them.
Christmas Thanksgiving New Years Day
Thanksgiving
The first President of the United States was ____________.
Abraham Lincoln George Washington Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
The Star-Spangled Banner is a song written about a battle from the War of _______.
Independence 1812 England
1812
True or false: the Bill of Rights protects many important rights for American citizens.
true
***The groups of people who lived in North America first are called _________________.***
Israelites Pilgrims Native Americans
***Native Americans***
In 1773, colonists in Boston dumped tons of British ______ into the ocean because of the tax on it.
tea stamps guns
tea
The war for America's independence is called the _________________ War.
Civil 1812 Revolutionary
Revolutionary
***The largest piece of land that was added to the U.S., doubling its size, was the ______________ Purchase.***
Gadsden Alaska Louisiana
Louisiana
***The government of the United States has ______ branches.***
2 3 4
3
In 1492, who sailed across the ocean from Europe and discovered North America?
Christopher Columbus Vikings Pilgrims
Christopher Columbus
***How many original English colonies were there in North America?***
12 13 15
13
***What country did America declare their independence from?***
England France Mexico
England or Britain
The Civil War was fought between the states in the ________ and the states in the __________.
North East South West
North and South
An _____________ is a change made to the Constitution.
executive amendment independence
amendment
Our country is named after a mapmaker called _____________________.
Christopher Columbus Amerigo Vespucci Leif Erickson
Amerigo Vespucci
***Was Dicey Langston a real person who lived during the Revolutionary War?***
yes no
***yes***
***What document contains the most important laws for our country, and was signed in 1787?***
Declaration of Independence Constitution
***The Constitution***
The Civil War lasted between 1861- ______.
1865 1871 1876
1865
The ________________ is the head of the executive branch of the United States.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court President
President
People came to the continent of North America after they were scattered from the Tower of ______, where God changed people's languages.
Jerusalem Babel Israel
Babel
In the Boston Massacre, 5 Americans were killed for throwing _________ at the British soldiers.
rice rocks snowballs
snowballs
What year did America declare their independence?
1776 1787 1812
1776
***The Civil War happened because of disagreements about government power and ___________.***
taxes slavery flags
***slavery***
Which of these options are the 3 branches of the U.S. government?
judicial federal
legislative executive
legislative executive judicial