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#74 — A: Colonial Period and Independence⭐ 65/20

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

  • American Indians
  • Native Americans
#78 — A: Colonial Period and Independence⭐ 65/20

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

  • (Thomas) Jefferson
#86 — A: Colonial Period and Independence⭐ 65/20

George Washington is famous for many things. Name one.

  • "Father of Our Country"
  • First president of the United States
  • General of the Continental Army
  • President of the Constitutional Convention
#94 — B: 1800s⭐ 65/20

Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.

  • 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
#113 — C: Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information⭐ 65/20

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

  • Fought for civil rights
  • Worked for equality for all Americans
  • Worked to ensure that people would "not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character"
#115 — C: Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information⭐ 65/20

What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States?

  • Terrorists attacked the United States
  • Terrorists took over two planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York City
  • Terrorists took over a plane and crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia
  • Terrorists took over a plane originally aimed at Washington, D.C., and crashed in a field in Pennsylvania