American History Flashcards
Why did colonists come to America? (Name 1)
Freedom
Political liberty
Religious freedom
Economic opportunity
Practice their religion
Escape persecution
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
American Indians
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans
Why did the colonists fight the British?
Taxation without representation
Boarding, quartering in their houses
Because they didn’t have self-government
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4, 1776
What were the 13 original states? (Name 3)
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
What happened at the constitution convention?
Founding fathers wrote the constitution
When was the constitution written?
1787
Who were the writers of the federalist papers? (name 1)
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
Publius
What was Benjamin Franklin famous for? (Name 1)
US diplomat
Oldest member of the constitutional convention
First postmaster of the US
Writer of Poor Richard’s Almanac
Started the first free libraries
Who is the father of our country?
George Washington
Who was the first president?
George Washington
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
The Louisiana Territory
What wars were fought by the United States in the 1800s?
War of 1812
Mexican-American war
Civil war
Spanish-American war
Name the US war between the North and the south
The civil war.
What problems led to the civil war?
Slavery
Economic reasons
States’ rights
What important things did Abraham Lincoln do?
Freed the slaves (emancipation proclamation)
Alternate answers:
Saved the union
Led the United States during the Civil War
What did the emancipation proclamation do?
Freed the slaves
What did Susan B. Anthony do?
Fought for women’s rights
Fought for civil rights
Name the wars 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?
Woodrow Wilson
Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?
Franklin Roosevelt
Who did the United States fight in World War II?
Japan, Germany, Italy
Before Eisenhower was president, what war was he a general in?
World War II
During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
Communism
What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
Civil Rights movement
What did Martin Luther King Jr do?
Fought for civil rights
Worked for equality for all Americans
What happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States?
Terrorist attack at the twin towers in New York
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
