THE LIPPITT HOUSE
RHODE ISLAND
U.S. HOLIDAYS
GOVERNMENT
RIGHTS & VOTING!
100

WHO IS THE GOVERNOR OF RI?

DANIEL MCKEE
100

WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND?

PROVIDENCE

100

WHAT FEDERAL HOLIDAY IS ON DECEMBER 25TH?

CHRISTMAS

100

WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?

DONALD TRUMP

100

NAME THE US WAR BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.

THE CIVIL WAR

200

WHO WAS THE GOVERNOR OF RHODE ISLAND FROM 1875 TO 1877?

HENRY LIPPITT

200

WHO LIVED IN RI BEFORE THE COLONISTS?

NATIVE AMERICANS/AMERICAN INDIANS

200

WHAT FEDERAL HOLIDAY IS ON JANUARY 1ST?

NEW YEARS DAY

200

WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. (HINT, HIS FACE IS ON THE $1 DOLLAR BILL)?

GEORGE WASHINGTON

200

WHO WAS PRESIDENT DURING THE CIVIL WAR?

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

300

WHEN WAS THE LIPPITT HOUSE BUILT?

1865

300

WHY DID ROGER WILLIAMS COME TO RI IN THE 1600S?

HE WANTED RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

300

WHAT DATE DO WE CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY?

JULY 4TH

300

WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES?

WASHINGTON, D.C.

300

WHAT DID MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DO?


HE FOUGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

400

WHY DID IMMIGRANTS COME TO RHODE ISLAND IN THE 1800S?

THERE WERE MANY JOBS IN RI.

400

BESIDES RI, CAN YOU NAME TWO OF THE OTHER ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES?

MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT, MAINE, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA

400

IS VALENTINES DAY A FEDERAL HOLIDAY?

NO

400

HOW MANY STATES ARE IN THE UNITED STATES?

50

400

THERE ARE FOUR AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION ABOUT WHO CAN VOTE. DESCRIBE ONE OF THEM.

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).

500

IN THE 1870S WHO COULD VOTE IN AMERICA? ONLY WHITE MEN, ALL MEN, OR ALL MEN AND WOMEN

ALL MEN

500

NAME ONE OF THE TWO UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM RI.

SHELDON WHITEHOUSE

JACK REED

500

FOR WHAT HOLIDAY DO MOST AMERICANS EAT TURKEY AND GIVE THANKS?

THANKSGIVING

500

WHAT DOES THE U.S. CONSTITUTION DO?

SETS UP THE GOVERNMENT

DEFINES THE GOVERNMENT

PROTECTS BASIC RIGHTS OF GOVERNMENT

500

WHAT IS A POLL TAX?

A TAX TO VOTE