Presidents
Who was the first president?
George Washington
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Declared our independence from Great Britain
Why did the colonists fight the British?
high taxes
What territory did the U.S. buy from France in 1803?
Louisiana
What did Martin Luther King Jr. do?
Fought for civil rights
What did Abraham Lincoln do?
Freed the slaves
What does the Constitution do?
Sets up the government
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South
The Civil War
What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
Civil rights movement
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
Native Americans
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed the slaves
Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
slavery
During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the U.S.?
communism
What did Susan B Anthony do?
Fought for women's rights
Who was president during World War I?
Woodrow Wilson
When was the Constitution written?
1787
What is one war fought by the U.S. in the 1900s?
World War I
What major event happened on Sept 11, 2001?
terrorists attacked the U.S.
What group of people was brought to America and sold as slaves?
Africans
Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?
Franklin Roosevelt
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
Before he was president, Eisenhower was general. What war was he in?
World War II
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
The Federalist Papers supported passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
Alexander Hamilton