American History

Question 1

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

Answer 1

Native Americans

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Africans

Question 3

Why did the colonists fight the British?

Answer 3

Because of high taxes with no representation, the British army stayed in their houses and because they didn’t have self-government.

Question 4

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 4

Thomas Jefferson

Question 5

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

Answer 5

July 4 1776

Question 6

There were 13 original states, name three.

Answer 6

Virginia, New York, New Hampshire

Question 7

What happened at the constitutional convention?

Answer 7

The Founding Fathers wrote the constitution.

Question 8

When was the constitution written?

Answer 8

1787

Question 9

The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the constitution. Name one of the writers.

Answer 9

James Madison

Question 10

What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

Answer 10

Started the first free libraries

Question 11

Who is the “Father of Our Country”?

Answer 11

George Washington

Question 12

Who was the first president?

Answer 12

George Washington

Question 13

What territory did the US buy from France in 1803?

Answer 13

The Louisiana Territory

Question 14

Name one war fought by the US in the 1800s?

Answer 14

Spanish-American war

Question 15

Name the US war between the North and the South.

Answer 15

The civil war

Question 16

Name one problem that led to the civil war?

Answer 16

Slavery

Question 17

What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?

Answer 17

Freed the slaves.

Question 18

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Answer 18

Freed the slaves

Question 19

What did Susan B Anthony do?

Answer 19

Fought for women’s rights, fought for civil rights

Question 20

Name one war fought by the US in the 1900s.

Answer 20

World War II

Question 21

Who was president during World War I?

Answer 21

Woodrow Wilson

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Franklin Roosevelt

Question 23

Who did the US fight in World War II?

Answer 23

Germany, Japan and Italy

Question 24

Before he was a president Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?

Answer 24

World War II

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Communism

Question 26

What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

Answer 26

Civil rights movement

Question 27

What did Martin Luther King Jr. do?

Answer 27

Fought for civil rights and worked for equality for all Americans

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Terrorists attacked the United States

Question 29

Name one American Indian tribe in the United States

Answer 29

Cherokee

Question 30

What is one reason colonists came to America?

Answer 30

Freedom