Question 1

What war did the Americans fight to win independence from Britain?

Accepted Answer

American Revolution; The (American) Revolutionary War; War for (American) Independence

Question 2

Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.

Accepted Answer

High taxes; Taxation without representation; British soldiers stayed in; They did not have self-government; Boston Massacre; Boston Tea Party (Tea Act); Stamp Act; Sugar Act; Townshend Acts; Intolerable (Coercive) Acts

Question 3

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

(Thomas) Jefferson

Question 4

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

Accepted Answer

July 4, 1776 12 of 19 uscis.gov/citizenship

Question 5

The American Revolution had many important events. Name one.

Accepted Answer

(Battle of) Bunker Hill; Declaration of Independence; Washington Crossing the Delaware (Battle of Trenton); (Battle of) Saratoga; Valley Forge (Encampment); (Battle of) Yorktown (British surrender at Yorktown)

Question 6

There were 13 original states. Name five.

Accepted Answer

New Hampshire; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; Connecticut; New York; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; North Carolina; South Carolina; Georgia

Question 7

What founding document was written in 1787?

Accepted Answer

(U.S.) Constitution

Question 8

The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.

Accepted Answer

(James) Madison; (Alexander) Hamilton; (John) Jay; Publius

Question 9

Why were the Federalist Papers important?

Accepted Answer

They helped people understand the (U.S.) Constitution.; They supported passing the (U.S.) Constitution.

Question 10

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 11

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 12

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 13

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 14

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 15

What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

Accepted Answer

Louisiana Territory; Louisiana

Question 16

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.

Accepted Answer

War of 1812; Mexican-American War; Civil War; Spanish-American War

Question 17

Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.

Accepted Answer

The Civil War 14 of 19 uscis.gov/citizenship

Question 18

The Civil War had many important events. Name one.

Accepted Answer

(Battle of) Fort Sumter; Emancipation Proclamation; (Battle of) Vicksburg; (Battle of) Gettysburg; Sherman’s March; (Surrender at) Appomattox; (Battle of) Antietam/Sharpsburg; Lincoln was assassinated.

Question 19

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 20

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Accepted Answer

Freed the slaves; Freed slaves in the Confederacy; Freed slaves in the Confederate states; Freed slaves in most Southern states

Question 21

What U.S. war ended slavery?

Accepted Answer

The Civil War

Question 22

What amendment says all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are U.S. citizens?

Accepted Answer

14th Amendment

Question 23

When did all men get the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

After the Civil War; During Reconstruction; (With the) 15 th Amendment; 1870

Question 24

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