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  • Name the oceans that are on the West and East Coasts of the United States.
    Pacific (West), Atlantic (East)
  • What countries did the U.S. fight in World War II?
    Japan, Germany, and Italy
  • What did Susan B. Anthony do?
    fought women's rights/civil rights
  • What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
    freed slaves in the Confederate states
  • Name two wars fought by the U.S. in the 1900s.
    WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War
  • Name three states that border Mexico.
    California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
  • Name two wars fought by the U.S. in the 1800s.
    War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Civil War, Spanish-American War
  • Name three states that border Canada.
    Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Alaska
  • What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the U.S.?
    Terrorists attacked the U.S.
  • What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
    Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) Saved the union Led the U.S. during the Civil War
  • Who was the first president and "Father of our country"?
    George Washington
  • Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
    World War II
  • Name three national U.S. holidays.
    New Year's, MLK, Presidents', Memorial, Independence, Labor, Columbus, Veterans, Thanksgiving, Christmas
  • What territory did the U.S. buy from France in 1803?
    Louisiana Territory
  • During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the U.S.?
    Communism
  • Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
  • Name two U.S. territories.
    Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam
  • Name the two longest rivers in the U.S.
    Mississippi or Missouri
  • What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
    Fought for civil rights, worked for equality of all Americans
  • Name the U.S. War between the North and the South
    Civil War
  • Where is the Statue of Liberty?
    New York (Harbor), Liberty Island
  • Name three American Indian tribes in the U.S.
    Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, Chippewa, Choctaw, Pueblo, Apache, Iroquois, Creek, Blackfeet, Seminole, Cheyenne, Arawak, Shawnee, Mohegan, Huron, Oneida, Lakota, Cro
  • What is the name of the national anthem?
    The Star-Spangled Banner
  • What is Ben Franklin famous for?
    U.S. diplomat, Oldest member of Constitutional Convention, first Postmaster General of the U.S., writer of Poor Richard's Almanac, started first free libraries