Minnesota Civics Study Guide 2020 updated to pass

Minnesota Civics Study Guide 2020Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? - correct answer Native americans Who was the first President of the United States? - correct answer George Washington What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did? - correct answer Led the U.S. during the Civil War When is Independence Day celebrated? - correct answer July 4th Who is the "Father of Our Country"? - correct answer George Washington What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? - correct answer Atlantic What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do? - correct answer fought for civil rights Which is one of the two longest rivers in the United States? - correct answer Mississippi River What do Americans show loyalty to when saying the Pledge of Allegiance? - correct answer The flag/America Why did the colonists fight the British? - correct answer 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? - correct answer Thomas Jefferson