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Famous People Points Question Who was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?

Famous People Points Answer George Washington

Famous People Points Question Who was the President of the United States during World War I and proposed Fourteen Points for the treaty that ended the war?

Famous People Points Answer Woodrow Wilson

Famous People Points Question Who was the first aviator to fly a non- stop solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927?

Famous People Points Answer Charles Lindbergh

Famous People Points Question Who was the African American that established the N.A.A.C.P.?

Famous People Points Answer W.E.B. DuBois

Famous People Points Question Who was a Democratic candidate for President on three occasions and the prosecuting attorney in the Scopes Trial?

Famous People Points Answer William Jennings Bryan

Famous Dates Points Question What was the year that the United States declared its independence from Great Britain?

Famous Dates Points Answer 1776

Famous Dates Points Question What was the year that the United States fought Spain in the Spanish- American War?

Famous Dates Points Answer 1898

Famous Dates Points Question In what year did World War I break out in Europe?

Famous Dates Points Answer 1914

Famous Dates Points Question What was the year that the American Civil War ended?

Famous Dates Points Answer 1865?

Famous Dates Points Question In what year did World War II end?

Famous Dates Points Answer 1945

Progressive Era Points Question What is the process of making changes in politics, the economy, and society to improve life?

Progressive Era Points Answer Reform

Progressive Era Points Question What was the amendment adopted in 1920 that extended the right to vote to women?

Progressive Era Points Answer 19th Amendment

Progressive Era Points Question What was the amendment adopted in 1913 that established an income tax?

Progressive Era Points Answer 16th Amendment

Progressive Era Points Question Who was the popular president of the early 1900s known for his progressive reforms

Progressive Era Points Answer Theodore Roosevelt

Progressive Era Points Question What was the amendment adopted in 1913 that provided for the direct election of U.S. Senators by the voters?

Progressive Era Points Answer 17th Amendment?

Principles of the Constitution Points Question What principle says that people hold the powers of government through their elected representatives?

Principles of the Constitution Points Answer Republicanism?

Principles of the Constitution Points Question What principle distributes the powers of government between the national and state governments?

Principles of the Constitution Points Answer Federalism

Principles of the Constitution Points Question What principle divides the powers of government among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches?

Answer Separation of powers

Principles of the Constitution Points Question What principle gives each branch of government powers over the other two branches so that no branch becomes too powerful?

Principles of the Constitution Points Answer Checks and balances

Principles of the Constitution Points Question What principle says that all powers of government belong to the people who can change or abolish their government?

Principles of the Constitution Points Answer Popular sovereignty

Early American History Points Question What was the war the United States fought against Great Britain to achieve its independence?

Early American History Points Answer American Revolution

Early American History Points Question What was the conflict fought between the North and the South during the 1860s?

Early American History Points Answer Civil War

Early American History Points Question What was meeting where delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution?

Early American History Points Question What was meeting where delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution?

Early American History Points Answer Articles of Confederation

Early American History Points Question What was the attempt by South Carolina in 1832 to declare the federal tariff law null and void?

Early American History Points Answer Nullification Crisis

Foreign Affairs to Points Question What document ended World War I and established a League of Nations?

Foreign Affairs to Points Answer Treaty of Versailles

Foreign Affairs to Points Question What was completed in 1914 and connected the Pacific Ocean with the Caribbean Sea across Central America?

Foreign Affairs to Points Answer Panama Canal

Foreign Affairs to Points Question What was the issue that caused the United States to enter World War I in 1917?

Answer Unrestricted submarine warfare

Foreign Affairs to Points Question What was the belief in the early 20th century that the United States needed to expand beyond its continental borders?

Foreign Affairs to Points Answer Imperialism

Foreign Affairs to Points Question What was the proposal of President Wilson for a peace treaty to end World War I?

Foreign Affairs to Points Answer Fourteen Points