Question 1

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

Accepted Answer

American Indians; Native

Question 2

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

(Thomas) Jefferson

Question 3

Benjamin Franklin is famous for many things. Name one.

Accepted Answer

Founded the first free public libraries; First Postmaster General of the United States; Helped write the Declaration of Independence; Inventor; U.S. diplomat 13 of 19 uscis.gov/citizenship

Question 4

George Washington is famous for many things. Name one.

Accepted Answer

“Father of Our Country”; First president of the United States; General of the Continental Army; President of the Constitutional Convention

Question 5

Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.

Accepted Answer

Writer of the Declaration of Independence; Third president of the United States; Doubled the size of the United States (Louisiana Purchase); First Secretary of State; Founded the University of Virginia; Writer of the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom

Question 6

James Madison is famous for many things. Name one.

Accepted Answer

“Father of the Constitution”; Fourth president of the United States; President during the War of 1812; One of the writers of the Federalist Papers

Question 7

Alexander Hamilton is famous for many things. Name one.

Accepted Answer

First Secretary of the Treasury; One of the writers of the Federalist Papers; Helped establish the First Bank of the United States; Aide to General George Washington; Member of the Continental Congress

Question 8

Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.

Accepted Answer

Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation); Saved (or preserved) the Union; Led the United States during the Civil War; 16th president of the United States; Delivered the Gettysburg Address

Question 9

Name one leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s.

Accepted Answer

Susan B. Anthony; Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Sojourner Truth; Harriet Tubman; Lucretia Mott; Lucy Stone 15 of 19 uscis.gov/citizenship

Question 10

Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?

Accepted Answer

(Franklin) Roosevelt

Question 11

Dwight Eisenhower is famous for many things. Name one.

Accepted Answer

General during World War II; President at the end of (during) the Korean War; 34 th president of the United States; Signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (Created the Interstate System) 16 of 19 uscis.gov/citizenship

Question 12

Who was the United States’ main rival during the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union; USSR; Russia

Question 13

Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for many things. Name one.

Accepted Answer

Fought for civil rights; Worked for equality for all; Worked to ensure that people would “not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character”