Early US History

What is another name for the 4th of July?

• Memorial Day

• National Holiday

• Independence Day

• President's Day

When did Columbus discover America?

• 1789

• 1776

• 1492

• 1066

Answer explanation

Any ideas why the other ideas were important? Ask your history teacher.

Which of the statements about this monument are true?

• It is in St. Louis, Missouri.

• It symbolizes the end of slavery.

• It symbolizes the beginning of an expedition to discover the west.

• It was created by Native Americans.

• It is next to the Mississippi.

Answer explanation

The Gateway Arch symbolizes the Lewis and Clark expedition.

What do you call the group of people that came to American on the Mayflower to exercise their religion freely?

• Plymouth Brothers

• English Religionists

• Pilgrim Fathers

• American Freedom Fighters

Answer explanation

They were Puritans - a protestant group that started their trip in Plimouth in the South of England.

Why did many people want to move to California after 1848?

• There was peace.

• The weather was great.

• Gold was found

• Everybody got a free house.

Why did people use to call all Native Americans "Indians"?

• They look a bit like people in India.

• They speak a language that sounds like Indian.

• Columbus thought he had arrived in India when he first met them.

• George Washington liked India and chose the name for these people.

Which document was signed in 1776?

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Bill of Rights

• The US Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

With these kinds of wagons, the ... traveled west do discover new places.

• pioneers

• trappers

• conquistadors

• poiliticians

Most of the early settlers in North America were...

• French

• German

• British

• Spanish

This was the first president of the USA and his name was...

• Henry Ford

• Thomas Jefferson

• Ronald Reagan

• George Washington