Citizenship Test American History One reason colonists came

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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