Early U.S. History
Who lived in America before the Eurpopeans arrived?
Native Americans
Name ONE war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
Civil War
What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
Civil Rights Movement
Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for many things. Name ONE.
He fought for civil rights.
What did the Declaration of Independence do? (Why is it important?)
Said the U.S. was free from Great Britain
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
Louisiana
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
World War II
Who is the Father of Our Country?
George Washington
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4, 1776
What is ONE reason the colonists came to America?
freedom
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed the slaves
Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
Franklin Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name ONE.
He freed the slaves.
What is the Supreme Law of the Land?
The Constitution
Name ONE reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain. (Why did the colonists fight the British?
high taxes
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
Civil War
During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
communism
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
There were 13 original states. Name THREE (or FIVE).
New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina
Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
Slavery
general in World War II
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
He started the first free libraries.
There are four amendments to the U.S. Constitution about who can vote. Describe ONE of them.
Citizens 18 and older can vote.