• Why is it important to pay federal taxes?

• Required by law

• It is important for all men age 18 through 25 to register for the Selective Service. Name one reason why.

• Required by law

The colonists came to America for many reasons. Name one.

• Freedom

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

• Native Americans

What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?

• Africans

• What war did the Americans fight to win independence from Britain?

• American Revolution

• Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.

• High taxes

• Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• (Thomas) Jefferson

• When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

• July 4, 1776

• The American Revolution had many important events. Name one.

• Declaration of Independence

• There were 13 original states. Name five.

• New Jersey New Hampshire
• New York Massachusetts

• What founding document was written in 1787?

• (U.S.) Constitution

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

• (James) Madison

• Why were the Federalist Papers important?

• They helped people understand the (U.S.) Constitution.

Benjamin Franklin is famous for many things. Name one.

• Inventor

• George Washington is famous for many things. Name one.

First president of the United States

• Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.

• Third president of the United States

• James Madison is famous for many things. Name one.

• Fourth president of the United States

• Alexander Hamilton is famous for many things. Name one.

• Aide to General George Washington

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

• Louisiana

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

• Civil War

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

• The Civil War

• The Civil War had many important events. Name one.

• (Battle of) Fort Sumter

Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.

• Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)

• What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Freed the slaves

• What U.S. war ended slavery?

• The Civil War

• What amendment gives citizenship to all persons born in the United States?

• 14th Amendment

• When did all men get the right to vote?

• 1870

• Name one leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s.

• Susan B. Anthony

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

• World War I

• Why did the United States enter World War I?

• Because Germany attacked U.S. (civilian) ships

• When did all women get the right to vote?

• 1920

• What was the Great Depression?

• Longest economic recession in modern history

• When did the Great Depression start?

• The Great Crash (1929)

• Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?

• (Franklin) Roosevelt

• Why did the United States enter World War II?

• (Bombing of) Pearl Harbor

• Dwight Eisenhower is famous for many things. Name one.

• 34th president of the United States

• Who was the United States' main rival during the Cold War?

• Russia

• During the Cold War, what was one main concern of the United States?

• Nuclear war

• Why did the United States enter the Korean War?

• To stop the spread of communism

Why did the United States enter the Vietnam War?

• To stop the spread of communism

• What did the civil rights movement do?

• Fought to end racial discrimination

• Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for many things. Name one.

• Worked for equality for all Americans