The American Revolution
The sides fighting in the American Revolution
What is the colonies and Great Britain?
The sides fighting in the American Civil War
What is the Union (the North) and the Confederacy (the South)?
The person who achieved the American Dream portrayed by Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness
Who is Chris Gardner?
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The three pairs of values consisting of three reasons to come to the United States and the three prices that are paid for these benefits.
Individual Freedom and Self-Reliance
Equality of Opportunity and Competition
The American Dream and Hard Work
The year the Declaration of Independence was signed
What is 1776?
The years in which the American Civil War took place
What is 1861-1865?
The frase "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all"
What is the Pledge of Allegiance?
The person who said "I have a dream"
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
The years in which the American Revolutionary War took place
What is 1775–1783?
The President during the American Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln
The price for the American Dream
What is 'hard work'?
The first colony in America
What is Jamestown, Virginia?
The incident where colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor in protest to the British taxes
What is the Bosten Tea Party?
The proclamation that declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free“
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The slogan for the American Dream
What is the phrase “going from rags to riches”?
The name of the American flag
What is Stars and Stripes?
The British tax on paper
What is the Stamp Act?
The act passed in 1850 that required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
The document which states: "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The national anthem of the USA
What is the Star-Spangled Banner?