Question 1

What is one reason colonists came to America?

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religious freedom

Question 2

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

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Native Americans

Question 3

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

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Africans

Question 4

Why did the colonist fight the British?

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taxation without representation

Question 5

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

Question 6

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

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July 4, 1776

Question 7

There were 13 original states. Name three.

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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?

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the Constitution was written

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the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution

Question 10

When was the constitution written?

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1787

Question 11

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

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James Madison

Question 12

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Alexander Hamilton

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John Jay

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Publius

Question 15

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

Question 16

Who is the " Father of Our Country"?

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George Washington

Question 17

Who was the first President

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George Washington

Question 18

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

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The Louisiana Territory

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Louisiana

Question 20

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

Question 21

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

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The Civil War

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the war between states

Question 23

Name one problem that led to the Civil War.

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slavery, economic reasons, states' rights

Question 24

What was one important thing Abraham Lincoln did?

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freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)

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saved (or preserved) the Union

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led the United States during the Civil War

Question 27

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

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freed the slaves

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freed slaves in the Confederacy

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freed slaves in the Confederate states

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freed slaves in most Southern states

Question 31

What did Susan B. Anthony do?

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Fought for women's rights

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fought for civil rights

Question 33

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

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World War I

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World War II

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Korean War

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Vietnam War

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(Persian) Gulf War

Question 38

Who was President during world war 1?

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Woodrow Wilson

Question 39

Who was President during the Great Depression and World war II?

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Franklin Roosevelt

Question 40

Who did the U.S. fight in WWII?

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Japan, Germany, and Italy

Question 41

Before he was president, Eisenhower was a General. What war was he in?

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World War II

Question 42

During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the U.S.?

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Communism

Question 43

What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

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civil rights movement

Question 44

What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?

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fought for civil rights

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worked for equality for all Americans

Question 46

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

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Terrorist attacked the United States

Question 47

Name one American Indian tribe in the U.S.

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Cherokee

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Navajo

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Sioux

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Chippewa

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Choctaw

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Pueblo

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Arawak

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Shawnee

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Mohegan

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Huron

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Oneida

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Lakota

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Apache

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Iroquois

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Creek

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Blackfeet

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Seminole

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Cheyenne

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