American History

Question 1

What is ONE reason colonists came to America?

Answer 1

Freedom

Question 2

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

Answer 2

Native Americans

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Africans

Question 4

Why did the colonists fight the British?

Answer 4

High-Taxes (taxation without representation)

Question 5

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 5

Thomas Jefferson

Question 6

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

Answer 6

July 4, 1776

Question 7

There were 13 original states. Name 3.

Answer 7

New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire

Question 8

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 8

The Constitution was written by the Founding Fathers

Question 9

When was the Constitution written?

Answer 9

1787

Question 10

The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the US Constitution. Name ONE of the writers.

Answer 10

Alexander Hamilton

Question 11

What is ONE thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

Answer 11

US Diplomat

Question 12

Who is the “Father of Our Country”?

Answer 12

George Washington

Question 13

Who was the 1st President?

Answer 13

George Washington

Question 14

What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

Answer 14

Louisiana Territory

Question 15

Name ONE war fought by the United States in the 1800s.

Answer 15

War of 1812

Question 16

Name the US war between the North and the South.

Answer 16

The Civil War

Question 17

Name ONE problem that led to the Civil War.

Answer 17

Slavery

Question 18

What was ONE important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?

Answer 18

Freed Slaves with Emancipation Proclamation

Question 19

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Answer 19

Freed the slaves

Question 20

What did Susan B. Anthony do?

Answer 20

Fought for women’s rights