Foundation
Jamestown
Which president bought the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and how did it impact the size of the country?
Thomas Jefferson and it more than doubled the size of the United States.
Where is the Capital of the U.S. and the seat of the federal government?
The District of Columbia (Washington D.C.)
What subregion of the Midwest car industry was the hub of the car industry in the 20th century?
The Industrial Midwest (North East Central)
A phrase used to refer to the 19th century “American belief in the God-given mission of the United States to lead the world in the peaceful transition to democracy”
Manifest Destiny
Like Virginia, the other Southern colonies became __________ colonies.
Plantation
What war was fought to acquire the territory from which the present-day states of California, Nevada and Utah are located?
The Mexican-American War
What region is known for its central role in the American Revolution and the founding of the U.S.?
The Northeast (New England and the Middle Atlantic Regions)
In what major Californian urban center can we find (the headquarters of) Elon Musk's aerospace company "Space X"?
The Los Angeles metropolis
Concept which refers to one’s belief in the value of hard work, thrift and efficiency in fulfilling their divine mission on earth
Protestant work ethic
For what two reasons were the Massachusetts's Bay Colony and Plymouth Colony established?
Dissatisfaction with the Church of England and persecution
Great Britain ceded what to the United States through the Treaty of Paris in 1783 that led to the creation of five new states and the eastern part of Minnesota
The Northwest Territory
How many regions does the U.S. Census Bureau divide the country into?
4
Why do Americans view the agricultural Midwest as the American Heartland of the U.S.?
For representing traditional values like hard work, family, and patriotism
People who paid off their passage to America by working for 3 to 7 years for a plantation owner
Indentured servants
Name two of the four Middle Colonies
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware
Alaska and Hawaii did not become states until when?
1959
What continues to shape the South’s modern cultural identity, political alignment, and economic evolution?
The legacy of the Civil War
Why is the West a region of contrast?
Vast untouched natural environments and high tech business giants
The southeast and southwest parts of the United States which have been experiencing rapid population and economic growth
Sun Belt
When gold, being a motivating factor for English colonization of the New World, was ultimately not found what did the colony of Virginia turn to?
The cultivation of tobacco
Describe how American territories in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean are governed.
Under the authority of the U.S. federal government but do not have a government of their own
Following the Civil Rights Movement, what demographic left the Democratic Party for the Republican Party?
White Southerners
What two regions are Republican strongholds?
The South and Midwest
The region of the United States where deindustrialization resulted in the closing of most factories, population loss and urban decay
Rust belt