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100
A US Senator represents these people.

Who are all the people of a state?

100

The "Father of Our Country".

Who is George Washington?

100
The name of our National Anthem.

What is the Star Spangled Banner?

100

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.*

What is: 

▪ World War I ▪ World War II ▪ Korean War ▪ Vietnam War ▪ (Persian) Gulf War

100

During the Cold War, the main concern of the US was this. 

What is communism?

200
The amount of years a president is elected for.

What is 4?

200

The territory bought from France by the US in 1803.

What is the Louisiana Territory?

200

The day we celebrate Independence Day.

When is July 4th?

200

The President during World War I.

Who was (Woodrow) Wilson?

200

The movement that tried to end racial discrimination.

What is the Civil Rights Movement?

300
The month in which we vote for president.
What is November?
300

Name one war fought by the US in the 1800s.

What is: War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Civil War, Spanish-American War

300

Name two US National Holidays.

What is: 

▪ New Year’s Day ▪ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day ▪ Presidents’ Day ▪ Memorial Day ▪ Independence Day ▪ Labor Day ▪ Columbus Day ▪ Veterans Day ▪ Thanksgiving ▪ Christmas

300

The president during the Great Depression and World War 2.

Who is FDR?

300

Martin Luther King Jr. did this.

What is fought for civil rights and worked for equality of all Americans?

400

The name of the current US President.

Who is Donald J Trump?

400

Name the war that happened between the North and South.

What is the Civil War?

400

Name one good thing President Lincoln did.

What is: 

▪ freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) ▪ saved (or preserved) the Union ▪ led the United States during the Civil War

400
The countries we fought in WW2.

Who was Japan, Germany, and Italy?

400

This major terrorist attack shaped America forever.

What is the attacks of 9/11/2001?

500

Our current Vice President.

Who is Mike Pence?

500

The problems that led to the Civil War.

What is:

▪ slavery ▪ economic reasons ▪ states’ rights

500

The Emancipation Proclamation did this.

What is:

▪ freed the slaves ▪ freed slaves in the Confederacy ▪ freed slaves in the Confederate states ▪ freed slaves in most Southern states

500

Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general in this US war.

What is WW2?

500

Name one American Indian tribe in the US.

What is:▪ Cherokee ▪ Navajo ▪ Sioux ▪ Chippewa ▪ Choctaw ▪ Pueblo ▪ Apache ▪ Iroquois ▪ Creek ▪ Blackfeet ▪ Seminole ▪ Cheyenne ▪ Arawak ▪ Shawnee ▪ Mohegan ▪ Huron ▪ Oneida ▪ Lakota ▪ Crow ▪ Teton ▪ Hopi ▪ Inuit