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  • What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
    freed the slaves
  • Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
    slavery
  • Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
    the Civil War
  • Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
    Civil War
  • What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
    Louisiana
  • Who was the first President?
    George Washington
  • Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
    George Washington
  • What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
    U.S. diplomat
  • The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers
    Alexander Hamilton
  • When was the Constitution written?
    1787
  • What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
    The Constitution was written.
  • There were 13 original states. Name three.
    New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware
  • When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
    July 4, 1776
  • Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
    Thomas Jefferson
  • Why did the colonists fight the British?
    because of high taxes
  • What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
    Africans
  • Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
    Native Americans
  • What is one reason colonists came to America?
    freedom
  • When must all men register for the Selective Service?
    at age eighteen
  • When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms
    April 15