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Week 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Who is the Governor of your state now? | Tim Walz |
| What is the capital of your state? | St. Paul |
| What is the political party of the President now? | Republican |
| What is the capital of the United States? | Washington, D.C. |
| What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens? | Choose One) Serve on a jury, Vote in a federal election |
| Name one right only for United States citizens. | (Choose One) Vote in a federal election, run for federal office |
| What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance? | (Two Answers) The United States, The flag |
| Where is the Statue of Liberty? | (Choose One) New York (Harbor), Liberty Island, Near New York City |
| What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? | Atlantic Ocean |
| What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States? | Pacific Ocean |
| Name one American Indian tribe in the United States. | (Choose One) ▪ Cherokee ▪ Navajo ▪ Sioux ▪ Chippewa ▪ Choctaw ▪ Pueblo ▪ Apache ▪ Iroquois ▪ Creek ▪ Blackfeet ▪ Seminole ▪ Cheyenne ▪ Arawak ▪ Shawnee ▪ Mohegan ▪ Huron ▪ Oneida ▪ Lakota ▪ Crow ▪ Teton ▪ Hopi ▪ Inuit |
| There were 13 original states. Name three. | (Choose Three) ▪ New Hampshire ▪ Massachusetts ▪ Rhode Island ▪ Connecticut ▪ New York ▪ New Jersey ▪ Pennsylvania ▪ Delaware ▪ Maryland ▪ Virginia ▪ North Carolina ▪ South Carolina ▪ Georgia |
| Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? | (Choose One) ▪ American Indians ▪ Native Americans |
| What is one reason colonists came to America? | (Choose One) ▪ freedom ▪ political liberty ▪ religious freedom ▪ economic opportunity ▪ practice their religion ▪ escape persecution |
| What did the Declaration of Independence do? | ▪ announced our independence (from Great Britain) ▪ declared our independence (from Great Britain) ▪ said that the United States is free (from Great Britain) |
| What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? | (Choose Two) ▪ life ▪ liberty ▪ pursuit of happiness |
| Why did the colonists fight the British? | (Choose One) ▪ because of high taxes (taxation without representation) ▪ because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering) ▪ because they didn’t have self-government |
| Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
| When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? | July 4, 1776 |
| What happened at the Constitutional Convention? | (Choose One) ▪ The Constitution was written. ▪ The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution. |
| What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? | (Choose One) ▪ 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 |
| Who was the "Father of Our Country?" | George Washington |
| Who was the first President? | George Washington |
| Why does the flag have 13 stripes? | (Choose One) ▪ because there were 13 original colonies ▪ because the stripes represent the original colonies |
| Why does the flag have 50 stars?* | (Choose One) ▪ because there is one star for each state ▪ because each star represents a state ▪ because there are 50 states |
| What is the name of the national anthem? | ▪ The Star-Spangled Banner |
| What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves? | (Choose One) ▪ Africans ▪ people from Africa |
| What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? | (Choose One) ▪ the Louisiana Territory ▪ Louisiana |
| Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s. | (Choose One) ▪ War of 1812 ▪ Mexican-American War ▪ Civil War ▪ Spanish-American War |
| Name the U.S. war between the North and the South. | (Choose One) ▪ the Civil War ▪ the War between the States |
| Name one problem that led to the Civil War. | (Choose One) ▪ slavery ▪ economic reasons ▪ states’ rights |
| What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?* | (Choose One) ▪ freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) ▪ saved (or preserved) the Union ▪ led the United States during the Civil War |
| What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? | (Choose One) ▪ freed the slaves ▪ freed slaves in the Confederacy ▪ freed slaves in the Confederate states ▪ freed slaves in most Southern states |
| Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s. | (Choose One) ▪ World War I ▪ World War II ▪ Korean War ▪ Vietnam War ▪ (Persian) Gulf War |
| Who was President during World War I? | ▪ (Woodrow) Wilson |
| Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II? | ▪ (Franklin) Roosevelt |
| Who did the United States fight in World War II? | (Name all 3) ▪ Japan, Germany, and Italy |
| Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? | ▪ World War II |
| What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States? | ▪ Terrorists attacked the United States. |
| Who is the “Father of Our Country”? | ▪ (George) Washington |
| When do we celebrate Independence Day?* | ▪ July 4 |