The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
(James) Madison • (Alexander) Hamilton • (John) Jay • Publius
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What did Susan B. Anthony do?
fought for women’s rights • fought for civil rights
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
(Thomas) Jefferson
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Who was President during World War I?
(Woodrow) Wilson
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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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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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Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
slavery • economic reasons • states’ rights
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What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
US diplomat, oldest member of the Constitutional Convention, first Postmaster General of the US, writer of Poor Richard’s Almanac, started first free libraries
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Who was the first President?
(George) Washington
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Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
(Franklin) Roosevelt
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What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) • saved (or preserved) the Union • led the United States during the Civil War
