US History Knowledge Check

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  1. 3. The University that Mr. Underwood went to. GO HAWKS!
  2. 5. The Bill of _______ - The initial 10 amendments to the US Constitution.
  3. 9. Martin Luther _________ Jr. - Famous African American activist who believed in non-violent protest.
  4. 10. ________ Armstrong - Famous jazz musician who rose to fame during the 1920s.
  5. 12. The House that Mr. Underwood belongs to.
  6. 14. Ida B. ________ - Influential African American Women Rights activist who helped form the NAACP.
  7. 15. Last name of the President that signed the Emancipation Proclamation
  8. 16. Last name of the President who was involved in the Watergate Scandal.
  9. 17. Theodore "_________" Roosevelt - He was the 26th president.
  10. 18. Herbert _________ - 31st President, he was in office at the start of the Great Depression.
  11. 19. The last name of the Vice President and eventual president who took the office after Lincoln's assassination.
  12. 20. John _______ - Enlightenment thinker, he inspired much of what the founding fathers believed in.
  13. 21. The ________ Deal - The name given to FDR's social programs and government policies in response to the Great Depression.
  14. 22. Frederick ________ - Former slave turned abolitionist, he was a leader for the fight to end slavery.
Down
  1. 1. The name given to the US, Britain, Soviet Union, and France during World War II.
  2. 2. The ________ Twenties - The nickname given to the 1920s in America that saw jazz, movies, flappers, and economics boom.
  3. 4. The last name of the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
  4. 6. The amendment that made slavery unconstitutional except in the form on punishment.
  5. 7. Last name of the first president of the United States.
  6. 8. The name of the time period in US History from 1865-1877 following the Civil War.
  7. 11. The first permanent English colony in North America.
  8. 13. The last name of the "Father of the Constitution."