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Stuff Every Heritage Scout Should Know

Practice facts for the American Heritage merit badge. Not an official Scouting America credential.

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  1. What does the Declaration of Independence say all men are created with?
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    Equal rights. The Declaration states that all men are created equal and have rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

  2. Which document did the Second Continental Congress vote to approve on July 2, 1776?
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    The Lee Resolution. Congress voted for the Lee Resolution creating the new nation, then formalized independence on July 4.

  3. What did the Treaty of Paris of 1783 accomplish?
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    Britain recognized American independence. In the Treaty of Paris, Britain acknowledged the independence and sovereignty of the Thirteen Colonies.

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  1. What does the Declaration of Independence say all men are created with?
  2. Which document did the Second Continental Congress vote to approve on July 2, 1776?
  3. What did the Treaty of Paris of 1783 accomplish?
  4. Which battle began the American Revolutionary War?
  5. Who was unanimously chosen to command the Continental Army in 1775?
  6. What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 do for the United States?
  7. What did the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 do?
  8. Which battle is considered the deadliest in American military history?
  9. Which amendment outlawed slavery after the Civil War?
  10. What did the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee?
  11. What did the Fifteenth Amendment prevent?
  12. What was the first successful English colony in America?
  13. What crop became Virginia's chief source of revenue?
  14. Which ship carried the Pilgrims to America in 1620?
  15. What agreement did the Pilgrims make at Plymouth?
  16. What did the Stamp Act of 1765 impose on the colonies?
  17. What was the Boston Tea Party a protest against?
  18. What did the Intolerable Acts do to Massachusetts?
  19. What did the Articles of Confederation limit?
  20. What did Shays' Rebellion of 1786 worry nationalists about?
  21. What did the Great Compromise create in the Constitution?
  22. What did the Bill of Rights of 1791 guarantee?
  23. What was manifest destiny?
  24. Where did the women's suffrage movement begin in 1848?
  25. What did the Compromise of 1850 include?
  26. What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allow voters to decide?
  27. What did the Union victory at Vicksburg in 1863 accomplish?
  28. What did Sherman's march to the sea do?
  29. What did the transcontinental railroad of 1869 help do?
  30. What did the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 do?
  31. What did the Progressive movement lead to?
  32. What did the New Deal programs include?
  33. What did the civil rights movement of the 1960s enforce?
  34. What did the Cold War end with in 1991?
  35. What did the 2020s Artemis program aim to create?
  36. What document is the oldest written national constitution still in use?
  37. Which 1803 Supreme Court case established that courts can overturn unconstitutional laws?
  38. What did the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 say European powers should stop doing?
  39. What did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 authorize the president to do?
  40. About how many Cherokee died along the Trail of Tears in 1838?
  41. What did the Fugitive Slave Act require free states to do?
  42. What did the Dred Scott decision of 1857 rule about free Black people?
  43. Which battle in 1862 was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War?
  44. What did the Freedmen's Bureau do after the Civil War?
  45. What does the National Register of Historic Places do?
  46. What does 'The Star-Spangled Banner' celebrate?
  47. What is one way to research your family history?
  48. What is a good way to learn about a historic place near you?
  49. What is a career that uses American heritage knowledge?
  50. What should you do before interviewing a veteran?
  51. What does a historic trail marker help you do? 🔒
  52. What is a good way to compare two historical figures? 🔒
  53. What does a biography help you learn about? 🔒
  54. What can popular songs from a period tell you about? 🔒
  55. What does a film set in a historical period sometimes get wrong? 🔒
  56. What is a good way to learn what America means to different people? 🔒
  57. What does an organization that promotes positive change often do? 🔒
  58. What is one way to understand how a current news topic connects to the past? 🔒
  59. What does the Declaration of Independence say governments get their power from? 🔒
  60. What did the First Great Awakening in the 1740s emphasize? 🔒