Question 1

What is one reason colonists came to America?

Accepted Answer

practice a religion

Question 2

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

Accepted Answer

Native Americans

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Africans

Question 4

The colonists fought the British for many reasons. Which is NOT one?

Accepted Answer

loyalty to Great Britain

Answer

high taxes (taxation without representation)

Answer

British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)

Answer

they didn’t have self-government

Question 5

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 6

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? (Month, Day, Year)

Accepted Answer

July 4, 1776

Question 7

There were 13 original states. Name one.

Accepted Answer

Connecticut

Question 8

There were 13 original states. Name one.

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

Question 9

There were 13 original states. Name one.

Accepted Answer

Virginia

Question 10

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?  The ____________ was written.

Accepted Answer

Constitution

Question 11

When was the Constitution written?  (Year only)

Accepted Answer

1787

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

Hamilton

Question 13

Benjamin Franklin is famous for many things. Which is NOT one.

Accepted Answer

helped establish the first bank

Answer

started the first free libraries

Answer

oldest member of the Constitutional Convention

Answer

U.S. diplomat for France

Question 14

Who is the “Father of Our Country”?

Accepted Answer

Washington

Question 15

Who was the first President?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

the Louisiana Territory

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

War of 1812

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

the Civil War

Question 19

Name one problem that led to the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

states rights

Question 20

Abraham Lincoln did many important things. Which did he NOT do?

Accepted Answer

led the United States during the Cold War

Answer

saved (or preserved) the Union

Answer

freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)

Answer

led the United States during the Civil War

Question 21

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Accepted Answer

freed slaves in the Confederacy

Answer

ended states rights

Answer

ended the Revolutionary War

Answer

ended the Civil War

Question 22

What did Susan B. Anthony do?

Accepted Answer

She fought for civil and women's rights

Answer

She fought for states' rights.

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She fought for pro-slavery

Answer

She fought for men to have more power than women

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