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Governmenttest
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| We Celbrate the 4th of July to Commemorate? | The adoption of the Declaration of Independence |
| Which of these Nr=orth American cities is oldest? | St. Augustine, Fla. |
| Which American Indian tribe has never been natice to the Atlantic Coast? | Sioux |
| What nearly destroyed the British colonies of New England in 1675-76? | Metacom's( or King Philip's) War |
| Which city was the first U.S. capital under the Constitution? | New York, N.Y. |
| The Declatation of Independence, the Constitution and the BIll of Rights are on permanent public display in what building in Washington, D.C.? | National Archives |
| The number of congressional representatice each state can send to the U.S house of Representatices is determined by: | State Population |
| Which of the following states include land from the Louisiana Purchase of 1803? | Missouri, Arkansas, Minnesote, Montana, Colorado, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Noth Dakota, Wyoming |
| WHat happened During the War of 1812? | Poet Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics of "The star-spangled Banner"; U.S. troops attacked and burned York, Ontaria, the capital of Upper Iowa; British forces invaded Washington, D.C. and burnded the White House |
| Passed by congress in 1820, the missouri compromise included the following provision: | Missouri would enter hte union as a slave state and Maine as a free state |
| The underground railroad carried americans | fromslavery to freedom |
| What was the first southern state to secede, or declare it was no longer part of the united states, in 18651? | South Caroline |
| During the 1860's the federal government: | Porvided an easy was for americans to acquire land from the federal government to start farm; frovide land grants as a way for states to raise money for colleges and universities, purchased alaska from russia |
| The 100th anniverary of the nations founding was in 1876, when this important even took place | The battle of little bighorn |
| When was the women suffrage amendment to the u.s. constitution ratified? | 1920 |
| More than 25 million passengers and members of shipss crews entered the united states betweem 1892 amd 1924 through which facility? | Ellis island and the port of new york |
| All of the folloing were created as part of the new deal respone to the Great Depression of the 1930s except the: | Federal reseve system |
| June 6, 1944 became known as D-day, marking a mahor turning point in WWII when: | 156000 american, british, canadian and other troops invaded Nazi, occupied France |
| in 1950, the tready of Detroit settled a dispute between | The united auto workers and gerneral motots |
| American scientist dr. Jonas Salk discovered: | The polio vaccine |
| An important aspect of the 1950s and 1960s "space race" was the goal of the united states and the soviet union to | increase their world reputations in science |
| The nonviolent ideas of henry david thoreau, leo tolstoy and gandhi inspired what noted civil rights leader of the 1950s and 1960s? | Martin Luther king, Jr. |
| The founders of the united farm workers in 1962 included: | Cesar Chavez |
| The internet originated in the united states from | defense department efforts to streamline communication with scientists at universities and laboratories during the 1960s |
| Which us presidents also served as presidents of the american historial association? | Theodore roosevelt and Dwight d. esenhower |
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