American History - Part , B and C Flashcards
What is one reason colonists came to America?
*Freedom
*Political liberty
*Religious freedom *Economic opportunity
*Practice their religion
*Escape prosecution
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
*American Indians
*Native Americans
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
*Africans
*People from Africa
Why did the colonists fight the British?
*Because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
*Because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding quartering)
*Because they didn’t have self-government.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July the fourth 1776.
There were 13 original states name 3.
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Pennsylvania,
Georgia,
Virginia
Maryland
New Jersey
Connecticut,
New York
Delaware
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
*The Constitution was written
*The founding fathers wrote the Constitution
When was the Constitution written?
1787
Seventeen Eighty-seven
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
Memorize Only one
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
Publius
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
*Oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
*Started the first free libraries
*US diplomat
*First postmaster general of the United States
*Writer of poor Richard’s Almanac
Who is the Father of Our Country?
George Washington
Who was the first President?
George Washington
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
*The Louisiana territory
*Louisiana
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
*War of 1812
*Mexican-American War
*Civil War
*Spanish-American War
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South
*The Civil War
*The war between the states
Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
*Slavery
*Economic reasons,
*States rights.
What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
*Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
*Saved or preserved the Union
*Led the United States during the Civil War
What did the
Emancipation Proclamation do?
*Freed the slaves
*Freed slaves in the Confederacy
*Freed slaves in the Confederate states *Freed slaves in most Southern states.
What did Susan B. Anthony do?
*Fought for women’s rights
*Fought for civil rights.
Name one war fought by the United States in 1900s.
*World War I
*World War 2
*Korean War,
*Vietnam War
*Persian Gulf War
Who was President during World War I?
Woodrow Wilson
Who was President during the Great Depression and World War 2?
Franklin Roosevelt
Who did the United States fight in World War II?
Japan, Germany and Italy
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What world was he in?
World War II
During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
Communism
What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
Civil rights movement
What did Martin Luther King Jr. do?
Fought for civil rights.
Work for equality for all Americans.
What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States?
Terrorists attacked the United States
Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
Memorize only one
Cherokee
Apache
Cheyenne
Navajo
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