1. Citizenship Test / American History

2. One reason colonists came to America.
freedom

3. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
Native Americans

4. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans

5. Why did the colonists fight the British?
high taxes, no self-government

6. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson

7. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4, 1776

8. Name 3 of the original 13 states.
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania

9. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
Wrote the Constitution

10. When was the Constitution written?
1787

11. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin famous for?
Oldest member at the Constitutional Convention

12. Who is the “Father of our country”?
George Washington

13. Who was the first President of the United States?
George Washington

14. Name one author of the Federalist Papers.
Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, James Madison

15. What territory did the U.S. buy from France in 1803?
Louisiana Territory

16. Name one war fought by the U.S. in the 1800’s.
War of 1812, Mexican-American War, and Civil War

17. Name the war between the North and the South.
Civil War

18. Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
slavery

19. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
Freed the slaves

20. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Ended slavery

21. What did Susan B Anthony do?
Fought for women’s right to vote

22. Identify the three branches of the U.S. government?
Legislative, Executive, Judicial

23. What type of government does the U.S. have?
Representative Democracy

24. What are checks and balances?
Limits the power of each branch

25. A change to the constitution
What is an amendment?
A change to the constitution

26. Identify one right protected by the First Amendment?
Speech, religion, assembly, press

27. GOOD LUCK!!!