Florida Civics
April 15
Literacy exam
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When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms? -
What is one reason colonists came to America? - -freedom
-political liberty
-religious freedom
-economic opportunity
-practice their religion
-escape persecution
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? -American Indians
- -Native Americans
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves? -Africans
- -people from Africa
Why did the colonists fight the British? - -because of high taxes (taxation without
representation)
-because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
-because they didn't have self-government
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? - (Thomas) Jefferson
,When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? - July 4, 1776 Who
was President during World War I - (Woodrow) Wilson
Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II? - (Franklin) Roosevelt
Who did the United States fight in World War II? - Japan, Germany, and Italy
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? - World War II
During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States? - Communism
What movement tried to end racial discrimination? - civil rights (movement)
What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do? - - -fought for civil rights
worked for equality for all Americans
What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States? Terrorists
- attacked the United States.
Name one American Indian tribe in the United States. -Cherokee
- -Navajo
-Sioux
-Chippewa
-Choctaw
-Pueblo
-Arawak
-Shawnee
-Mohegan
-Huron
-Oneida
-Lakota
, -Apache
-Iroquois
-Creek
-Blackfeet
-Seminole
-Cheyenne
-Crow
-Teton
-Hopi
-Inuit
Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States. Missouri
- Mississippi
What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States? - Pacific
What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? - Atlantic
Name one U.S. territory. Puerto Rico
- U.S. Virgin Islands
American Samoa
Northern Mariana
Islands Guam
Name one state that borders Canada - Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
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