AMERICAN HISTORY Welcome to your Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information 1. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.* World War I World War II Korean War Vietnam War None 2. Who was President during World War I? (Franklin) Roosevelt Susan B. Anthony (Woodrow) Wilson Abraham Lincoln None 3. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States. Cherokee Navajo Choctaw Pueblo None 4. What movement tried to end racial discrimination? worked for equality for all Americans Terrorists attacked the United States civil rights (movement) fought for civil rights None 5. What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States? fought for civil rights worked for equality for all Americans Terrorists attacked the United States. civil rights (movement) None 6. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? World War I World War II World War III World War IV None 7. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?* fought for civil rights worked for equality for all Americans supplied with a list civil rights (movement) None 8. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II? Abraham Lincoln Martin Luther (Woodrow) Wilson (Franklin) Roosevelt None 9. Who did the United States fight in World War II? Japan Germany Italy China None 10. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States? civil rights laws disagreements Communism None Time's up Welcome to your 1800s 1. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? the Louisiana Territory Louisiana Span Mexico None 2. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s. War of 1812 Mexican-American War Civil War Spanish-American War None 3. What did Susan B. Anthony do? fought for women’s rights fought for civil rights freed the slaves freed slaves in the Confederacy None 4. 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 None 5. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South. the Civil War Mexican-American War the War between the States Civil War None 6. 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 economic reasons None 7. Name one problem that led to the Civil War. slavery economic reasons states’ rights freed the slaves None Time's up Welcome to your Colonial Period and Independence 1. What happened at the Constitutional Convention? the Constitutional Convention The Constitution was written. started the first free libraries The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution. None 2. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? July 5, 1776 July 4, 1777 July 4, 1778 July 4, 1776 None 3. Who was the first President? (George) Washington Mr. Beast Trump Bush None 4. What is one reason colonists came to America? freedom political liberty religious freedom economic opportunity None 5. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? U.S. diplomat oldest member of the Constitutional Convention first Postmaster General of the United States writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac” None 6. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? American Indians Native Americans Africans people from Africa None 7. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? Jack (Thomas) Jefferson John Mr. Beast None 8. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers. (James) Madison (Alexander) Hamilton (John) Jay Publius None 9. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves? Africans people from Africa American Indians Native Americans None 10. There were 13 original states. Name three. New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island New Jersey None 11. 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 taxation without representation None Time's up
