Can anyone help me with these U.S. History questions?

Question

1. Who was given credit for finding the America's?

3. Name one of the main authors of the Declaration of Independence.

4. Name one reason the American Colonists rebelled against England.

5. Name the longest river in the United States.

6. Name the largest mountain range in the United States.

7. Name a famous battle of the American Revolutionary War.

8. Name one reason why Westward expansion occurred in the early 1800's.

9. Name a famous battle of the Civil War.

10. Name one reason why the Civil War was fought.

BONUS: Give the years of the Civil War and the two sides that fought in the Civil War.

Answer 1

1. Amerigo

3. Thomas Jefferson

4. Taxes

5.  Mississippi River

6. ?

7. Battle of Ticonderoga

8. ?

9. ?

10. Slaves

Bonus: ? and North and South United States.

Answer 2

1) christopher columbus

3) john handcock

4) They were against the fact that england had a central bank. Although they might not agree with that, the more common answer is that they were being taxed without having a representative in paralment.

5) Mississippi

6) The cascades (not entirely sure on that)

7) No clue

8) not entirely sure on this one, but i believe it was in order to expand America's borders

9) Battle of Gettysburg

10) the civil war was fought become the south wanted to separate from the american states and form their own government. They felt that the northern states were becoming too "libral" if you will. They wanted a government that represented their own way of thinking. The main reason the war was fought was become we did not want the states to leave the union. The fight for slavery was not introduced until later in the war, when they figured out that they could get black people to help fight the war.

bonus: not sure on the years, check wiki. The two sides is was the Union vs the confederates. No matter what you hear in the south, the confederates did not win.

Answer 3

The Vikings originally found the Americas, but you're looking for Christopher Columbus

Thomas Jefferson

Taxes on tea

Mississippi river

Rocky Mountains

Battle of Bull Run

Gold rush

Battle of Saratoga

Suffrage of women

Don't know the bonus question..

Answer 4

1. christopher Columbus

2.

4. the tea tax

5. mississippi

6. the rockies

7.

8.

9, Battle of Ft. Sumter

10. the south seceded from the union

b. 1960 to 1965 the north (the union) and the south (the confederacy)

Answer 5

1.Columbus

5. Missippii river

Answer 6

it's called GOOGLE..  

Answer 7

OK, this sounds like a homework question.  You should look at your textbook or check your library's website.  You should use a database like World Book Online.

Answer 8

1. Christopher Columbus or Vespucci

3. Thomas Jefferson

4. English Taxes

5. Mississippi

6. Appalachians or Rockies

7. Battles of Lexington and Concord

8. People wanted more land

9. Gettysburg

10. Slavery

Bonus: 1861-1865; United States of America (Union) vs. Confederate States of America (Confederacy)