American History

Question 1

What is one reason the colonists came to America?

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

because of high taxes
because the British Army stayed 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

There were thirteen original states. Name three,

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 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 US Constitution. Name one writer of these papers?

Answer 10

James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
Publius

Question 11

What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

Answer 11

U.S. Diplomat

oldest member of the Constitutional Convention

Question 12

Who is the Father of Our Country

Answer 12

George Washington

Question 13

Who was the first President

Answer 13

George Washinton

Question 14

What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803

Answer 14

Lousiana Territory

Question 15

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

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Name one problem that led to the Civil War

Answer 16

slavery
economic reasons
states’ rights

Question 17

What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?

Answer 17

freed the slaves
led the US during the Civil War
saved the Union

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

Question 20

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

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Who was president during World War I

Answer 21

Woodrow Wilson

Question 22

Who was president during the Great Depression and WWII

Answer 22

Franklin Roosevelt

Question 23

Who did the United States fight in World War II

Answer 23

Japan, Germany, Italy

Question 24

Before he was 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 did Martin Luther King Jr. do?

Answer 26

Fought for civil rights

worked for equality for all Americans

Question 27

What major event happened on September 11, 2001?

Answer 27

Terrorists attacked the United States

Question 28

Name one American Indian tribe.

Answer 28

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