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American History
A: Colonial Period and Independence
- What is one reason colonists came to America?
- What is one reason colonists came to America?
- freedom
- political liberty
- religious freedom
- economic opportunity
- practice their religion
- escape persecution
- Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
- Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
- American Indians
- Native Americans
- What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
- What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
- Africans
- people from Africa
- Why did the colonists fight the British?
- Why did the colonists fight the British?
- because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
- because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
- because they didn’t have self-government
- Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
- Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
- When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
- When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
- There were 13 original states. Name three.
- There were 13 original states. Name three.
- New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
- What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
- What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
- The Constitution was written.
- The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.
- When was the Constitution written?
- When was the Constitution written?
- The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
- The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
- (James) Madison
- (Alexander) Hamilton
- (John) Jay
- Publius
- What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
- What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
- 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
- Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
- Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
- Who was the first President?
- Who was the first President?
B: 1800s
- What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
- What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
- the Louisiana Territory
- Louisiana
- Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
- Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
- War of 1812
- Mexican-American War
- Civil War
- Spanish-American War
- Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
- Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
- the Civil War
- the War between the States
- Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
- Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
- slavery
- economic reasons
- states’ rights
- What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
- What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
- freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
- saved (or preserved) the Union
- led the United States during the Civil War
- What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
- What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
- freed the slaves
- freed slaves in the Confederacy
- freed slaves in the Confederate states
- freed slaves in most Southern states
- What did Susan B. Anthony do?
- What did Susan B. Anthony do?
- fought for women’s rights
- fought for civil rights
C: Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information
- Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
- Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
- World War I
- World War II
- Korean War
- Vietnam War
- (Persian) Gulf War
- Who was President during World War I?
- Who was President during World War I?
- Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
- Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
- Who did the United States fight in World War II?
- Who did the United States fight in World War II?
- Japan, Germany, and Italy
- Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
- Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
- During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
- During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
- What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
- What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
- What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
- What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
- fought for civil rights
- worked for equality for all Americans
- What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
- What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
- Terrorists attacked the United States.
- Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
- Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
- Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, Chippewa, Choctaw, Pueblo, Apache, Iroquois, Creek, Blackfeet, Seminole, Cheyenne, Arawak, Shawnee, Mohegan, Huron, Oneida, Lakota, Crow, Teton, Hopi, Inuit
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