Important People
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thmas Jefferson
What war did the US fight in 1775
American Revolution
What is SS
Social Security
Capital of the U.S
Washington D.C
What southern policy did Lincoln end
Slavery
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin and a social reformer
Harriet Beacher Stowe
What German operation caused the U.S to join WW1
Understricted Sunberine War Fare
This act made it a crime to speak or write bad things about the government in 1798 and 1918
Sedition Acts
What did the U.S purchase from France in 1803
Louisiana
Nasa was becuase the USSR launched what
Sputnik
Politician who pushed the paranoia of the red scare and claimed to have numerous coomunist and Soviet Spies
Joseph McCarthy
Why did the USSR lose to the U.S in the Cold War
The USSR went broke
Policy by Theodore Roosevelt that exercised a foreign policy of showing your strength but never attacking, especially in latin america
Big Stick
What mountains did the british stop the colonist from crossing with the Proclamation Line of 1763
Appalachian
What Cash crop saved Jamestown from failing
Tobacco
Built an oil monopoly by ruthlessly eliminating most competitors
John Rockefeller
First Battle of the Civil War
Battle of Bull Run
What does FDIC stand for
Federal Deposits Insurance Corporation
What river did Mexico claim was Texas border.
Nueces River
Who shot Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Burr
Who was the first declared 'first lady'
Elenore Roosevelt
Why did the U.S fight the British in 1812
The British violated U.S maritime laws.
What type of society did thomas Jefferson want for america
Agrarian
When was Hoover Dam built
1936
__ the Turtle was a film given to kids and young adults when danger struck and we saw a flash, usually duck and cover.
Bert