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Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.

• High taxes • Taxation without representation • British soldiers stayed in Americans’ houses boarding, quartering • They did not have self-government • Boston Massacre • Boston Tea Party, Tea Act • Stamp Act • Sugar Act • Townshend Acts • Intolerable Acts

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.

• Battle of Bunker Hill • Declaration of Independence • Washington Crossing the Delaware, Battle of Trenton • Battle of Saratoga • Valley Forge Encampment • Battle of Yorktown, British surrender at Yorktown

There were 13 original states. Name five.

• New Hampshire • Massachusetts • Rhode Island • Connecticut • New York • New Jersey • Pennsylvania • Delaware • Maryland • Virginia • North Carolina • South Carolina • Georgia

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 • Alexander Hamilton • John Jay • Publius

Why were the Federalist Papers important?

• They helped people understand the U.S. Constitution. • They supported passing the U.S. Constitution.

Benjamin Franklin is famous for many things. Name one.

• Founded the first free public libraries • First Postmaster General of the United States • Helped write the Declaration of Independence • Inventor • U.S. diplomat

George Washington is famous for many things. Name one.

• “Father of Our Country” • First president of the United States • General of the Continental Army • President of the Constitutional Convention

James Madison is famous for many things. Name one.

• “Father of the Constitution” • Fourth president of the United States • President during the War of 1812 • One of the writers of the Federalist Papers

Alexander Hamilton is famous for many things. Name one.

• First Secretary of the Treasury • One of the writers of the Federalist Papers • Helped establish the First Bank of the United States • Aide to General George Washington • Member of the Continental Congress

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

• Louisiana Territory • Louisiana

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

• War of 1812 • Mexican-American War • Civil War • Spanish-American 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 • Emancipation Proclamation • Battle of Vicksburg • Battle of Gettysburg • Sherman’s March • Surrender at Appomattox • Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg • Lincoln was assassinated.

Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.

• Freed the slaves [Emancipation Proclamation] • Saved or preserved the Union • Led the United States during the Civil War • 16th president of the United States • Delivered the Gettysburg Address

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

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?

• After the Civil War • During Reconstruction • With the 15th Amendment • 1870

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

• Susan B. Anthony • Elizabeth Cady Stanton • Sojourner Truth • Harriet Tubman • Lucretia Mott • Lucy Stone

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

• World War I • World War II • Korean War • Vietnam War • Persian Gulf War

Why did the United States enter World War I?

• Because Germany attacked U.S. civilian ships • To support the Allied Powers [England, France, Italy, and Russia] • To oppose the Central Powers [Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria]

When did all women get the right to vote?

• 1920 • After World War I • With the 19th Amendment

Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.

• Writer of the Declaration of Independence • Third president of the United States • Doubled the size of the United States [Louisiana Purchase] • First Secretary of State • Founded the University of Virginia • Writer of the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom

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