Colonial Period and Independence

Question 1

What is one reason colonists came to America?

Answer 1

(1) Freedom
(2) Political liberty
(3) Religious freedom
(4) Economic opportunity
(5) Practice their religion
(6) Escape persecution

Question 2

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

Answer 2

(1) American Indians

(2) Native Americans

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Africans / People from Africa

Question 4

Why did the colonists fight the British?

Answer 4

(1) Because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
(2) Because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
(3) 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 4th, 1776

Question 7

There were 13 original states. Name three.

Answer 7

(1) South Carolina
(2) North Carolina
(3) Georgia
(4) Virginia
(5) New York
(6) New Jersey

Question 8

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 8

The Constitution was written and the founding fathers wrote the Constitution.

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

(1) James Madison
(2) Alexander Hamilton
(3) John Jay
(4) Publius

Question 11

What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

Answer 11

(1) US diplomat
(2) Oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
(3) First Postmaster General of the United States
(4) Writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac”
(5) Started the first free libraries

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

Louisiana Territory (Louisiana)

Question 15

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

Answer 15

(1) War of 1812
(2) Mexican-American War
(3) Civil War
(4) Spanish - American War

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Civil War or the War between the states

Question 17

Name one problem that led to the Civil War.

Answer 17

(1) Slavery
(2) Economic Reasons
(3) State’s Rights

Question 18

What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?

Answer 18

(1) Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
(2) Saved the Union
(3) Led the United States during the Civil War

Question 19

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Answer 19

Freed the Slaves / Freed slaves in the Confederacy / Freed slaves in the Confederate states / Freed slaves in most Southern states

Question 20

What did Susan B. Anthony do?

Answer 20

Fought for women’s rights and civil rights