Was Abraham Lincoln right to keep the flag as it was?

Yes, because it showed he wanted the states to stay together

Why was June 14 chosen for Flag Day?

The flag turned 100 years old on June 14, 1877.

Why did people want to take eleven stars off the American flag?

People in the North wanted the 11 states to lose their stars

Why did people continue making more than one kind of flag?

Congress did not say how the stars and stripes should appear

What did Congress decide the first national flag should look like?

The flag should have 13 red and white stripes and 50 stars.

Why did people start moving west?

Our country was getting bigger.

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Comprehension Test for the Story Red, White, and Blue History of the American Flag- Reading Street Unit 6 Story

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1
Was Abraham Lincoln right to keep the flag as it was?
Yes, because he loved the way it looked.
No, he should have added more stars.
No, he should have listened to the people.
Yes, because it showed he wanted the states to stay together
2
Why was June 14 chosen for Flag Day?
The was the day the Civil war ended.
The flag turned 100 years old on June 14, 1877.
The flag was flown for the first time on this day.
The people drew it out of a hat and named it so.
3
What was the Genre of the story?
informational text
realistic fiction
fantasy
humourous fiction
4
How many stars and stripes are on our flag today?
23 stars and 15 stripes
50 stars and 13 stripes
13 stars and 50 stripes
50 stars and 50 stripes
5
Why did people want to take eleven stars off the American flag?
People in the North wanted the 11 states to lose their stars
They wanted to start with 11 and then take off more
People liked it how it was before the stars were added.
People wanted to change how the flag looked.
6
Why did people continue making more than one kind of flag?
People wanted to fly many flags.
Congress did not say how the stars and stripes should appear
People did not like the first flag.
Congress wanted to see how many different ways it was made
7
What did Congress decide the first national flag should look like?
The flag should have 13 red, white and blue stripes and star
It should have 50 red and white stripes and 25 stars.
The flag should have 13 red and white stripes and 13 stars.
The flag should have 13 red and white stripes and 50 stars.
8
Which General wanted a new flag to be made?
Robert E. Lee
Custard
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
9
Why did people start moving west?
People wanted to see what the west was like.
They wanted to be movie stars.
Our country was getting bigger.
Our country was getting smaller.
10
What is a nickname that the flag is sometimes called?
Betsy
Old Glory
circles and rectangles
white stripes
11
What was the name of the song what was written about our flag?
"Let Freedom Ring"
"Red, White, and Blue"
"America The Beautiful"
"The Star Spangled Banner"

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