Colonial Period & Independence
The person who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
The US war between the North and the South
What was the Civil War?
The movement that tried to end racism
What was the Civil Rights Movement?
The capital of the US
What is Washington DC?
The thirteen original states
What were New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia?
Territory bought by the US from France in 1803
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
What was communism?
The two longest rivers in the US
What are the Mississippi River and the Missouri River?
The year the Constitution was written
What is 1787?
Problems that caused the Civil War
What were slavery, economics, and state rights?
The war Eisenhower was a general in
What was World War 2?
States that border Mexico (hint: there are 4)
What are California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas?
What is July 4th, 1766?
Important things done by Abraham Lincoln
What was freeing slaves and saving the Union?
The countries the US fought in World War 2
What were Japan, Germany, and Italy?
US territories (hint: there are 5)
What are Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam?
The writers of the Federalist Papers
Who were James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and Publius?
Wars fought by the US in the 1800s (hint: there were 5)
What were the War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Civil War, and the Spanish-American War
Wars fought by the US from the 1900s (hint: there were 5)
What were World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the (Persian) Gulf War?
States that border Canada (Hint: there are 13)
What are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Alaska?