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What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
What is the United States ,the flag?
How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
What is 18 years old?
What is one reason colonists came to America?
What is freedom ▪ political liberty ▪ religious freedom ▪ economic opportunity ▪ practice their religion ▪ escape persecution?
When was the Constitution written?
When is 1787?
Who was the first President?
Who is George Washington?
What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
What is freedom of expression ▪ freedom of speech ▪ freedom of assembly ▪ freedom to petition the government ▪ freedom of religion ▪ the right to bear arms?
When must all men register for the Selective Service?
What is at age eighteen (18) ▪ between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26)?
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Who is (Thomas) Jefferson?
Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
Who is George Washington?
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
What is the Louisiana Territory ,Louisiana
When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
What is April 15?
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
What is American Indians ,Native Americans
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
When is July 4, 1776?
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
What is the U.S. diplomat ▪ oldest member of the Constitutional Convention ▪ first Postmaster General of the United States ▪ writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac” ▪ started the first free libraries?
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
What is War of 1812 ▪ Mexican-American War ▪ Civil War ▪ Spanish-American War?
What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
What is give up loyalty to other countries ▪ defend the Constitution and laws of the United States ▪ obey the laws of the United States ▪ serve in the U.S. military (if needed) ▪ serve (do important work for) the nation (if needed) ▪ be loyal to the United States?
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
What are Africans ,people from Africa?
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
What is The Constitution was written. The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution?
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
Who is (James) Madison ▪ (Alexander) Hamilton ▪ (John) Jay ▪ Publius?
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
What is the Civil War ▪ the War between the States?
What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
What is vote ▪ join a political party ▪ help with a campaign ▪ join a civic group ▪ join a community group ▪ give an elected official your opinion on an issue ▪ call Senators and Representatives ▪ publicly support or oppose an issue or policy ▪ run for office ▪ write to a newspaper?
Why did the colonists fight the British?
What is because of high taxes (taxation without representation) ▪ because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering) ▪ because they didn’t have self-government?
There were 13 original states. Name three.
Where is New Hampshire ▪ Massachusetts ▪ Rhode Island ▪ Connecticut ▪ New York ▪ New Jersey ▪ Pennsylvania ▪ Delaware ▪ Maryland ▪ Virginia ▪ North Carolina ▪ South Carolina ▪ Georgia?
Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
What is slavery ▪ economic reasons ▪ states’ rights?
What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
What is freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) ▪ saved (or preserved) the Union ▪ led the United States during the Civil War?