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What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
The USA
When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
April 15th
When was the Constitution written?
1787
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
Civil War
Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
FDR
How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
18 and older
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
Alexander Hamilton
What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
freed the slaves
Who did the United States fight in World War II?
Germany and Japan
What is one reason colonists came to America?
freedom
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
1776
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
US Diplomat, Poor Richard's Almanac
What did Susan B. Anthony do?
fought for women's rights
What did Martin Luther King Jr. do?
Fought for civil rights
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
Native Americans
There were 13 original states. Name three.
New York, New Jersey, Virginia
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
Louisiana Purchase
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
World War II, Vietnam War, Korean War, Gulf War
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
WWII
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
They wrote the Constitution
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
Civil War, War of 1812
Who was President during World War I?
Woodrow Wilson
What are the oceans on the west coast and east coast of the US?
Pacific - west
Atlantic - east