Chapter 12

Question 0

True or false: the flag design was adopted in 1777

Answer 0

True

Question 1

The official language of the US is

Answer 1

It doesn’t have one

Question 2

Current U.S. Population estimate

Answer 2

305 million

Question 3

about ___ of the population lives in urban areas

Answer 3

80%

Question 4

Benjamin Franklin and many others wanted this to be the national bird

Answer 4

The turkey

Question 5

The bald eagle became the official national bird in

Answer 5

1782

Question 6

The bald eagle is the only eagle __________________.

Answer 6

Found exclusively on North America

Question 7

The bald eagles nest can reach up to ______ feet in diameter

Answer 7

10

Question 8

The average life span of the bald eagle is ______ years

Answer 8

30

Question 9

Bald eagles were not protected by federal laws until

Answer 9

1940

Question 10

The first capital of the U.S. was

Answer 10

New York

Question 11

The second capital of the U.S. was

Answer 11

Philadelphia

Question 12

Washington, D.C.’s location was based on

Answer 12

Exact middle of the 13 colonies

Question 13

Washington, D.C. Is part of this state

Answer 13

None

Question 14

Washington, D.C. Is built on

Answer 14

A swamp

Question 15

Washington, D.C. Is this big

Answer 15

10 square miles

Question 16

Washington, D.C. Was first called

Answer 16

Federal City

Question 17

The name of Washington, D.C. Honors George Washington and

Answer 17

Christopher Columbus

Question 18

The design of the White House was based on

Answer 18

A contest

Question 19

Who designed the White House

Answer 19

James Hoban

Question 20

The third floor of the White House wasn’t built until much later because of

Answer 20

Not enough money

Question 21

The first White House did not have

Answer 21

Bathrooms, a kitchen, or closets

Question 22

Who was the only president who never lived in the White House

Answer 22

George Washington

Question 23

The address of the White House is

Answer 23

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Question 24

The White House was painted white to

Answer 24

Stop mildew and cracks

Question 25

Most of the White House was built by

Answer 25

Slaves and foreigners

Question 26

Who was the first president to live in the White House

Answer 26

Thomas Jefferson

Question 27

Abigail Adams used the east room

Answer 27

To hang laundry

Question 28

Who named it the president's palace

Answer 28

John Adams

Question 29

Jefferson changed the White House to look like

Answer 29

His own home

Question 30

Who held more parties in the White House than any other First Lady

Answer 30

Dolly Madison

Question 31

Dolly Madison saved this priceless item from the British soldiers

Answer 31

Picture of George Washington

Question 32

The White House was burned by the British in

Answer 32

1814

Question 33

The White House got bathrooms in the

Answer 33

1830's

Question 34

This reception area has been used for bike riding, roller skates, and goat races

Answer 34

East room

Question 35

During the civil was, who slept in the east room

Answer 35

Union soldiers

Question 36

Millard Fillmore added this to the White House, against everybody's wishes

Answer 36

Stove

Question 37

Which president wanted to tear down the White House

Answer 37

Chester Arthur

Question 38

It's name officially became the White House in

Answer 38

1902

Question 39

Sheep were used to mow the White House lawn during this war

Answer 39

World War One

Question 40

The third floor was finally added to the White House under this president

Answer 40

Coolidge

Question 41

During World War Two, the White House has blackout curtains on the windows and this installed on the roof

Answer 41

Machine guns

Question 42

This sits under the White House

Answer 42

A bomb shelter

Question 43

Truman heard strange sounds in the White House, caused by

Answer 43

A collapsing foundation

Question 44

During the 1940's repairs to the White House, workers did this extraordinary thing.

Answer 44

Rebuilt it exactly, piece by piece

Question 45

The White House has been rebuilt this many times so far

Answer 45

Three

Question 46

This First Lady made the White House look very much the way it still does today

Answer 46

Jacqueline Kennedy

Question 47

This is true about the White House

Answer 47

Over one million people your it every year

Question 48

The state of liberty is

Answer 48

In New York

Question 49

In the stairs right hand is a

Answer 49

Bible

Question 50

The Statue of Liberty commemorates

Answer 50

The American- french alliance during the American Revolution

Question 51

The Statue of Liberty has become an important symbol to

Answer 51

Immigrants

Question 52

This line is engraved on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty

Answer 52

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free

Question 53

Inscribed in the liberty bell is the line "proclaim liberty throughout all the land...

Answer 53

Unto all inhabitants thereof"

Question 54

_____________ ordered the original liberty bell to be made

Answer 54

The state assembly of Pennsylvania

Question 55

The original liberty bell was made in

Answer 55

England

Question 56

The liberty bell arrived in Philadelphia in

Answer 56

1754

Question 57

The original liberty bell cracked because it was

Answer 57

Too brittle

Question 58

The second liberty bell weighed this many pounds

Answer 58

2,080

Question 59

The second liberty bell was not acceptable either because it

Answer 59

Didn't sound right when it was ring

Question 60

A third liberty bell was ordered to be made

Answer 60

From the original bell makers

Question 61

The bell that was finally chosen was the

Answer 61

First bell made

Question 62

The liberty bell is rung

Answer 62

For a variety of important events

Question 63

The liberty bell was rung when

Answer 63

The separation of independence was signed

Question 64

The liberty bell was deemed to damaged to use anymore in

Answer 64

1846

Question 65

The liberty bell is now seen as a symbol of

Answer 65

Freedom