Colonies and Independence
What is one reason colonists came to America?
freedom
political liberty
escape persecution
economic opportunity
Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
slavery
economic reasons
state's rights
Who was president during World War I?
Woodrow Wilson
Name one of the longest rivers in the United States.
Missouri
Mississippi
What is the supreme law of the land?
The Constitution
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans
Name the U. S. War between the North and the South
Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
Franklin Roosevelt
What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
Pacific
What does the Constitution do?
Sets up the government
Protects basic rights of Americans
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4, 1776
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
During the Cold War, what was the main concern for the United States?
Communism
Name one U. S. territory.
Puerto Rico
U. S. Virgin Islands
American Samoa
Northern Mariana Islands
Guam
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
U. S. diplomat
oldest member of Constitutional Convention
first Postmaster General of the U. S.
writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac"
started the first free libraries
What did Susan B. Anthony do?
fought for woman's rights
What did Martin Luther King Jr. do?
fought for civil rights
worked for equality of all Americans
What is the capital of the United States?
Washington D. C.
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Life
Liberty
There were 13 original colonies. Name three.
New Hampshire New Jersey
Massachusetts Pennsylvania
Rhode Island Delaware North Carolina
Connecticut Maryland South Carolina
New York Virginia Georgia
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
freed the slaves
What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
Terrorists attacked the United States
Name one state that boarders Mexico
California
Arizona
Texas
New Mexico
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?
to print money
to declare war
to create an army
to make treaties