American History

Question 1

Why did colonists come to America? (Name 1)

Answer 1

Freedom
Political liberty
Religious freedom
Economic opportunity
Practice their religion
Escape persecution

Question 2

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

Answer 2

American Indians

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

Taxation without representation
Boarding, quartering in their houses
Because they didn’t have self-government

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

What were the 13 original states? (Name 3)

Answer 7

New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia

Question 8

What happened at the constitution convention?

Answer 8

Founding fathers wrote the constitution

Question 9

When was the constitution written?

Answer 9

1787

Question 10

Who were the writers of the federalist papers? (name 1)

Answer 10

James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
Publius

Question 11

What was Benjamin Franklin famous for? (Name 1)

Answer 11

US diplomat
Oldest member of the constitutional convention
First postmaster of the US
Writer of Poor Richard’s Almanac
Started the first free libraries

Question 12

Who is the father of our country?

Answer 12

George Washington

Question 13

Who was the first president?

Answer 13

George Washington

Question 14

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

Answer 14

The Louisiana Territory

Question 15

What wars were fought by the United States in the 1800s?

Answer 15

War of 1812
Mexican-American war
Civil war
Spanish-American war

Question 16

Name the US war between the North and the south

Answer 16

The civil war.

Question 17

What problems led to the civil war?

Answer 17

Slavery
Economic reasons
States’ rights

Question 18

What important things did Abraham Lincoln do?

Answer 18

Freed the slaves (emancipation proclamation)

Alternate answers:
Saved the union
Led the United States during the Civil War

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
Fought for civil rights

Question 21

Name the wars fought by the United States in the 1900s

Answer 21

World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
Persian Gulf War

Question 22

Who was president during World War I?

Answer 22

Woodrow Wilson

Question 23

Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?

Answer 23

Franklin Roosevelt

Question 24

Who did the United States fight in World War II?

Answer 24

Japan, Germany, Italy

Question 25

Before Eisenhower was president, what war was he a general in?

Answer 25

World War II

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Communism

Question 27

What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

Answer 27

Civil Rights movement

Question 28

What did Martin Luther King Jr do?

Answer 28

Fought for civil rights Worked for equality for all Americans

Question 29

What happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States?

Answer 29

Terrorist attack at the twin towers in New York

Question 30

Name one American Indian tribe in the United States

Answer 30

Cherokee Navajo Sioux Chippewa Choctaw Pueblo Apache Iroquois Creek Blackfeet Seminole Cheyenne Arawak Shawnee Mohegan Huron Oneida Lakota Crow Teton Hopi Inuit