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American History
Colonial Period and Independence
American History
Colonial Period and Independence
73. The colonists came to America for many reasons. Name one.
• Freedom • Political liberty • Religious freedom • Economic opportunity • Escape persecution
78. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? *
• (Thomas) Jefferson
82. What founding document was written in 1787?
• (U.S.) Constitution
87. Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.
• Writer of the Declaration of Independence • Third president of the United States • Doubled the size of the United States (Louisiana Purchase) • First Secretary of State • Founded the University of Virginia • Writer of the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom
90. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
• Louisiana Territory • Louisiana
74. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? *
• American Indians • Native Americans
79. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
• July 4, 1776
83. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
• (James) Madison • (Alexander) Hamilton • (John) Jay • Publius
88. James Madison is famous for many things. Name one.
• “Father of the Constitution” • Fourth president of the United States • President during the War of 1812 • One of the writers of the Federalist Papers
91. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
• War of 1812 • Mexican-American War • Civil War • Spanish-American War
75. What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?
• Africans • People from Africa
80. The American Revolution had many important events. Name one.
• (Battle of) Bunker Hill • Declaration of Independence • Washington Crossing the Delaware (Battle of Trenton) • (Battle of) Saratoga • Valley Forge (Encampment) • (Battle of) Yorktown (British surrender at Yorktown)
84. Why were the Federalist Papers important?
• They helped people understand the (U.S.) Constitution. • They supported passing the (U.S.) Constitution.
89. Alexander Hamilton is famous for many things. Name one.
• First Secretary of the Treasury • One of the writers of the Federalist Papers • Helped establish the First Bank of the United States • Aide to General George Washington • Member of the Continental Congress
92. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South
• The Civil War
76. What war did the Americans fight to win independence from Britain?
• American Revolution • The (American) Revolutionary War • War for (American) Independence
81. There were 13 original states. Name five.
• New Hampshire • Massachusetts • Rhode Island • Connecticut • New York • New Jersey • Pennsylvania • Delaware • Maryland • Virginia • North Carolina • South Carolina • Georgia
85. Benjamin Franklin is famous for many things. Name one
• Founded the first free public libraries • First Postmaster General of the United States • Helped write the Declaration of Independence • Inventor • U.S. diplomat
97. What amendment says all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are U.S. citizens?
• 14th Amendment
93. The Civil War had many important events. Name one.
• (Battle of) Fort Sumter • Emancipation Proclamation • (Battle of) Vicksburg • (Battle of) Gettysburg • Sherman’s March • (Surrender at) Appomattox • (Battle of) Antietam/Sharpsburg • Lincoln was assassinated.
77. Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.
• High taxes • Taxation without representation • British soldiers stayed in Americans’ houses (boarding, quartering) • They did not have self-government • Boston Massacre • Boston Tea Party (Tea Act) • Stamp Act • Sugar Act • Townshend Acts • Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
99. Name one leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s.
• Susan B. Anthony • Elizabeth Cady Stanton • Sojourner Truth • Harriet Tubman • Lucretia Mott • Lucy Stone
86. George Washington is famous for many things. Name one. *
• “Father of Our Country” • First president of the United States • General of the Continental Army • President of the Constitutional Convention
98. When did all men get the right to vote?
• After the Civil War • During Reconstruction • (With the) 15th Amendment • 1870
94. Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one. *
• Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) • Saved (or preserved) the Union • Led the United States during the Civil War • 16th president of the United States • Delivered the Gettysburg Address