A citizenship quiz continued
Published 5:40 pm Friday, July 31, 2015
Last week, the “Short Rows” was devoted to questions about American government. They were samples of questions asked of applicants for U.S. citizenship and were offered to see how well we native Americans might fare in a civics test.
This week, the test continues. This time, it’s American history. Enjoy.
A: Colonial Period and Independence
1. What is one reason colonists came to America?
2. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
3. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
4. Why did the colonists fight the British?
5. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
6. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
7. There were 13 original states. Name three.
8. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
9. When was the Constitution written?
10. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
11. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
12. Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
13. Who was the first President?
B: 1800s
14. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
15. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
16. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
17. Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
18. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
19. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
20. What did Susan B. Anthony do?
C: Recent History
21. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
22. Who was President during World War I?
23. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
24. Who did the United States fight in World War II?
25. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
26. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
27. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
28. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
29. What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
30. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
Answers
A: Colonial Period and Independence
1. ▪ freedom
▪ political liberty
▪ religious freedom
▪ economic opportunity
▪ practice their religion
▪ escape persecution
2. ▪ American Indians
▪ Native Americans
3. ▪ Africans
▪ people from Africa
4. ▪ because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
▪ because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
▪ because they didn’t have self-government
5. ▪ (Thomas) Jefferson
6. ▪ July 4, 1776
7. ▪ New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
8. ▪ The Constitution was written.
▪ The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.
9. ▪ 1787
10. ▪ (James) Madison
▪ (Alexander) Hamilton
▪ (John) Jay
▪ Publius
11. ▪ 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
12. ▪ (George) Washington
13. ▪ (George) Washington
B: 1800s
14. ▪ the Louisiana Territory
▪ Louisiana
15. ▪ War of 1812
▪ Mexican-American War
▪ Civil War
▪ Spanish-American War
16. ▪ the Civil War
▪ the War between the States
17. ▪ slavery
▪ economic reasons
▪ states’ rights
18. ▪ freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
▪ saved (or preserved) the Union
▪ led the United States during the Civil War
19. ▪ freed the slaves
▪ freed slaves in the Confederacy
▪ freed slaves in the Confederate states
▪ freed slaves in most Southern states
20. ▪ fought for women’s rights
▪ fought for civil rights
C: Recent History
21. ▪ World War I
▪ World War II
▪ Korean War
▪ Vietnam War
▪ (Persian) Gulf War
22. ▪ (Woodrow) Wilson
23. ▪ (Franklin) Roosevelt
24. ▪ Japan, Germany, and Italy
25▪ World War II
26. ▪ Communism
27. ▪ civil rights (movement)
28. ▪ fought for civil rights
▪ worked for equality for all Americans
29. ▪ Terrorists attacked the United States.
30. ▪ Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, Chippewa, Choctaw, Pueblo, Apache, Iroquois, Creek, Blackfeet, Seminole, Cheyenne, Arawak, Shawnee, Mohegan, Huron, Oneida, Lakota, Crow, Teton, Hopi, Inuit