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历史 Flashcards

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  1. What is one reason colonists came to America?
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Freedom
Political liberty
Religious freedom
Economic opportunity Practice their religion Escape persecution

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  1. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
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American Indians

Native Americans

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  1. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
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Africans

People from Africa

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  1. Why did the colonists fight the British?
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Because of high taxes (taxation without representation)

Because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering) Because they didn’t have self-government

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  1. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
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(Thomas) Jefferson

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  1. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
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July 4, 1776

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  1. There were 13 original states. Name three.
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New Hampshire。 Massachusetts。Rhode Island。Connecticut
New York。New Jersey。Pennsylvania 。Delaware。
Maryland 。Virginia。
North Carolina 。South Carolina 。Georgia

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  1. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
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The Constitution was written.

The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.

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  1. When was the Constitution written?
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1787

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  1. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers. 联邦党人文集
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(James) Madison
(Alexander) Hamilton
(John) Jay
Publius

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  1. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
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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

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  1. Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
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(George) Washington

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  1. Who was the first President?*
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(George) Washington

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  1. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
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The Louisiana Territory

Louisiana

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  1. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
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War of 1812
Mexican-American War
Civil War
Spanish-American War

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  1. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
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The Civil War

The War between the States

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  1. Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
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Slavery
Economic reasons
States’ rights

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  1. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?*
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Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
Saved (or preserved) the Union
Led the United States during the Civil War

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  1. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? 废奴宣言
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Freed the slaves
Freed slaves in the Confederacy
Freed slaves in the Confederate states
Freed slaves in most Southern states

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  1. What did Susan B. Anthony do?
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Fought for women’s rights

Fought for civil rights

21
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  1. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.*
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World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War (Persian) Gulf War

22
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  1. Who was President during World War I?
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(Woodrow) Wilson

23
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  1. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
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(Franklin) Roosevelt

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  1. Who did the United States fight in World War II?
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Japan, Germany, and Italy

25
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  1. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
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World War II

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  1. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
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Communism

27
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  1. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
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Civil rights (movement)

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  1. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?*
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Fought for civil rights 争取民权

Worked for equality for all Americans 为全美平等而努力

29
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  1. What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
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Terrorists attacked the United States.

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  1. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.

[USCIS Officers will be supplied with a list of federally recognized American Indian tribes.]

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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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