Unit 1
This Italian explorer is who America is named after
Amerigo Vespucci
This country sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States
France
This person developed the first telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
The assassination of this person led to the beginning of WWI
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This ship carried the Pilgrims to the New World
The Great Awakening helped colonists achieve these two freedoms
Religious and political
This branch of government is responsible for interpreting laws according to the Constitution
Judicial
The name of the lands set aside by the government for the Native Americans to live on
Reservations
This U.S. President was assassinated in 1963
John F. Kennedy
This president challenged the Soviet Union to tear down the Berlin Wall
Ronald Reagan
This act taxed all legal documents
Stamp Act
The author of The Star-Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key
This state is known as the Centennial State
Colorado
Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan on this day in 1941
December 7th
This is the name of the first ten amendments to the Constitution
Bill of Rights
This act required colonists to give housing and supplies to British soldiers
Quartering Act
After the fall of the Alamo, this became the battle cry of the Texians
"Remember the Alamo"
Slavery in America was outlawed by this amendment
13th
The Iron Dome missile defense system is used by this country
The first and only president of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
This city is known as "the city of brotherly love"
Philadelphia
"The shot heard round the world," that began the American Revolution, occurred here
Lexington and Concord
This document declared slaves free in states in rebellion during the Civil War
Emancipation Proclamation
This system of government promotes the idea that the government should control all resources, politics, economics, and society on behalf of the people
socialism
The first president to die in office
William Henry Harrison