The Constitution was written. • The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.
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Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
World War I • World War II • Korean War • Vietnam War • (Persian) Gulf War
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There were 13 original states. Name three.
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georg
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Who was President during World War I?
(Woodrow) Wilson
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What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans • people from Africa
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Why did the colonists fight the British?
because of high taxes (taxation without representation) • because the British army stayed in their houses (quartering)• because they didn’t have self-government
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
(Thomas) Jefferson
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Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
the Civil War • the War between the States
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Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
(George) Washington
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When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4, 1776
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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
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Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
