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

because of 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
three.

Answer 7

NY, DE, PA

Question 8

What happened at the Constitutional
Convention?

Answer 8

The Constitution was written

Question 9

When was the Constitution written?

Answer 9

1787

Question 10

The Federalist Papers supported the
passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name
one of the writers.

Answer 10

James Madison

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 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

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

Answer 15

Civil War

Question 16

Name the U.S. war between the North and
the South.

Answer 16

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 the slaves

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

Question 21

Name one war fought by the United States
in the 1900s

Answer 21

WW 1

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 he was President, Eisenhower was
a general. What war was he in?

Answer 25

WW 2

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

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Terrorists attacked the United States

Question 30

Name one American Indian tribe in the
United States

Answer 30

Cherokee