Native American and Exploration
Why is starting US History with Native Americans important?
They were the first ones here
Who was America colonized by?
The British colonized America. There were 13 original colonies.
True or False, the Constitution was the first document that the founding fathers wrote to govern our country
FALSE! The Articles of Confederation were first and they were a HUGE fail. We ditched them for the Constitution.
Lewis and CLark
Who was the American Civil War fought between?
The North (Union) and the South (Confederacy)
True or False, Most Native tribes were friendly to explorers
True! Natives helped people.
What were the Colonists mainly angry at Britain over?
Taxes without representation
It governs our country
What is one event that made people want to move West?
Gold Rush, Pioneers with the Homestead Act, Invention of Railroad
Why did the South secede?
They wanted the right to own enslaved people
There are three reasons why explorers went on their journeys. They all start with a G. What are they?
Gold, glory and God.
True or false, America EASILY won the Revolutionary War
FALSE!
France saved our BUTTS!
We have three branches of government that were set up in the Constitution. What are they?
Executive, Legislative and Judicial
What is the idea called of moving West because you have a higher calling to spread knowledge, technology and "light" to the "dark" West?
Manifest Destiny
What was an effect of the Civil War?
We no longer had legal slavery in our nation.
What was an effect of explorers "discovering" new lands on the Native population?
Most died from disease
What document caused war with Great Britain?
The Declaration of Independence
Why do we have THREE branches of government and not just one?
To check each other's power
Before the Industrial Revolution, people made things at home by hand. People didn't have a lot of "stuff" because it took forever to make and was expensive. What INITIAL innovation in energy made it so factories and machines could be built?
Reconstruction was supposed to give Black Americans their rights back. What type of laws did the South enact to make it so that didn't happen?
Jim Crow Laws
What was the event that forced Native Americans out of their homes on a death march to a reservation?
Trail of Tears
We see our Founding Fathers as heroes now, what is a word to describe how they were seen back then?
Rebels, trouble makers, etc.
What is ONE right we have because of the Constitution?
Many answers
Name one negative from the Industrial Revolution
Pollution, child labor, abuse, crowding in cities, less quality of items
True or false, three amendments were added to the Constitution because of Reconstruction
TRUE! 13th, 14th and 15th amendments.