Citizenship Test / American History

One reason colonists came to America.

• freedom

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

•Native Americans

What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?

•Africans

Why did the colonists fight the British?

• high taxes, no self-government

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

• July 4, 1776

Name 3 of the original 13 states.

• New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

•Wrote the Constitution

When was the Constitution written?

•1787

What is one thing Benjamin Franklin famous for?

• Oldest member at the Constitutional Convention

Who is the “Father of our country”?

•George Washington

Who was the first President of the United States?

•George Washington

Name one author of the Federalist Papers.

• Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, James Madison

What territory did the U.S. buy from France in 1803?

• Louisiana Territory

Name one war fought by the U.S. in the 1800’s.

• War of 1812, Mexican-American War, and Civil War

Name the war between the North and the South.

•Civil War

Name one problem that led to the Civil War.

• slavery

What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?

• Freed the slaves

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

• Ended slavery

What did Susan B Anthony do?

• Fought for women’s right to vote

Identify the three branches of the U.S. government?

• Legislative, Executive, Judicial

What type of government does the U.S. have?

• Representative Democracy

What are checks and balances?

• Limits the power of each branch

What is an amendment?

• A change to the constitution

Identify one right protected by the First Amendment?

• Speech, religion, assembly, press

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