DOI/Gov
What is the United States National bird?
Bold Eagle
Name a natural resource?
Very
How did the Gold Rush affect the population in California?
Rapidly increased
What did Harriet Tubman and other slaves use,
to help reach freedom in the North?
Underground Railroad
What was the main reason for the start of WW1?
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
In which country, did the Industrial Revolution begin at?
Great Britain
In 1848, there was a war over the Rio Grande; what was this war called?
Mexican War
What officially started the Civil War?
Shots fired at Ft. Sumter
Who declared the USA neutral in WW1?
Woodrow Wilson
What is Checks and Balances?
A system built so that no one branch of
government could become to powerful
Who Invented the Steam Engine?
James Watt
Thomas Jefferson purchased this territory from France. What was it?
Louisiana Purchase
Name 3 ways people at home learned about the war?
Newspaper, Letters, Photos
3 events lead to the United States entering WW1; name 2
Sinking of Lusitania
Sinking of Trade ships
Zimmerman Letter
Which branch of government does the President belong to?
Executive Branch
Workers often packed into ____________
as they struggled to survive in the slums?
Tenements
Many Chinese immigrants found work helping to build the what?
Transcontinental Railroad
Who was the first and only President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Name 3 new weapons that were invented during WW1
Very
Which amendment "protects the rights of the people;
that are not listed in the constitution"?
Amendment 9
Which economic system does America have?
Capitalism
Manifest Destiny is the belief that the United States should what?
Expand to the Pacific Ocean
What was the name of the document
that President Lincoln drafted to put an end to slavery?
Emancipation proclamation
How did the U.S. government raise money to found the war?
Sold war bonds