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American History Flashcards

1
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What is one reason colonists came to America?

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  • freedom
  • political liberty
  • religious freedom
  • economic opportunity
  • practice their religion
  • escape persecution
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2
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Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

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  • American Indians

- Native Americans

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

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  • Africans

- people from Africa

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4
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Why did the colonist fight the British?

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  • because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
  • because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
  • because they didn’t have self-government
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5
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

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When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

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July 4, 1776

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7
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What were the 13 original states?

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  • New Hampshire
  • Massachusetts
  • Rhode Island
  • Connecticut
  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • Delaware
  • Maryland
  • Virginia
  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina
  • Georgia
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What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

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  • The Constitution was written.

- The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.

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When was the Constitution written?

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1787

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10
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The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.

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  • James Madison
  • Alexander Hamilton
  • John Jay
  • Publius
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What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

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  • U.S. diplomat
  • oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
  • first Postmaster General of the United States
  • writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac”
  • started the first free libraries
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12
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Who is the “Father of Our Country”?

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George Washington

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13
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Who was the first President?

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George Washington

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14
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What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

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  • the Louisiana Territory

- Louisiana

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

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  • War of 1812
  • Mexican-American War
  • Civil War
  • Spanish-American War
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16
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Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.

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  • the Civil War

- the War between the States

17
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Name one problem that led to the Civil War.

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  • slavery
  • economic reasons
  • states’ rights
18
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What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?

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  • freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
  • saved the Union
  • led the United States during the Civil War
19
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What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

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  • freed the slaves
  • freed slaves in the Confederacy
  • freed slaves in the Confederate states
  • freed slaves in most Southern states
20
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What did Susan B. Anthony do?

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  • fought for women’s rights

- fought for civil rights

21
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Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.

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  • World War I
  • World War II
  • Korean War
  • Vietnam War
  • (Persian) Gulf War
22
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Who was President during World War I?

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Woodrow Wilson

23
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Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?

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Franklin Roosevelt

24
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Who did the United States fight in World War II?

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Japan, Germany, and Italy

25
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Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?

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World War II

26
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During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?

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Communism

27
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What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

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civil rights movement

28
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What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?

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  • fought for civil rights

- worked for equality for all Americans

29
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What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?

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Terrorists attacked the United States.

30
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Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.

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

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