Population Demographics
What was the estimated population of the US in 1700?
760
10,980
250,900
1,670,000
250,900
True! In 2010 it was $855
Which document changed the United States from a confederation of colonies to a nation of states?
The Constitution
How did European colonists arrive to North America?
Boats
What was the "baby boom"?
A temporary increase in the birth rate, especially the one following World War II
What has happened to the gender wage gap over time?
It has gotten smaller! Aka more equal!
The purchase of the ____ territory from the French for 27 million nearly doubled the US in size.
Louisiana
Railroads began to dominate US transportation in the _____ century.
19th
The state with the most people living in it for the 2010 census was _____. In the 1940 census it was ______.
California (2010) and New York (1940)
In the 1940 census, most Americans said they worked in what industry?
Manufacturing! In 2010 it was "educational services, health care and social assistance"
Which 1896 Supreme Court Case enforced racial segregation in the South by sanctioning Jim Crow Laws?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What has the best selling car for most of the 2000s has been?
Toyota Camry
What was the most popular male name in 1950?
Gary
James
Kenneth
Carl
James
What is inflation?
A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money
Which event majorly changes US security, specifically for air travel?
September 11 attacks
Which president signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, creating our modern interstate system?
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
In what year did immigrants account for the highest percentage of the US population?
1890
In what year was the US unemployment rate the highest?
1926
1933
1974
2008
1933
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed the slaves of the Confederate states in rebellion against the Union.
Which car company developed the assembly line technique of mass production?