The first Americans
A tool or object people used long ago is a ____
Artifact
Something that helps people
a resource
The overthrow of a government by its subject is called a
revolution
A man made waterway used for boats
Canal
What led to the Civil war?
Slavery and discrimination
People who get most of their food by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants are known as
Hunter-gatherers
Who did Lewis and Clark recruit to guide them on their journey?
Sacagewea
Why was the invention of the railroad important?
People can finally travel quicker, goods can be moved , etc
The territory purchased from France that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
The Lousiana Purchase
Name 1 influential person in the civil rights movement that we discussed
answers vary: Martin Luther King, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks etc
Who are colonists?
The first people who came to live in America from England
What are some things Lewis and Clark discovered on their journey?
New animals, plants, landforms
Who are Lewis and Clark?
Explorers sent to the Lousiana Purchase
The edge of a settled area
frontier
The document that freed enslaved people
Emancipation proclamation
What was the means of transportation in the 1800s?
The right to vote
suffrage
What caused the Boston tea party?
Rising taxes and unfair treatment
Thousands of people traveled to California to collect
gold
What are Jim Crow Laws?
laws that made separation legal
What happened to cause the U.S to expand westward? Who explored the new lands?
Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark explored it, creating maps and taking notes on all their discoveries.
What event caused oil production to completely shut down in some parts of the country in 2005?
Hurricane Katrina
In 1776 a group of colonists met and chose Thomas Jefferson to write the
Declaration of Independence
This canal connects the Hudson River to the Great Lakes
Erie Canal
Name 2 things people did to gain civil rights
Protests, marches