Vocabulary
A form of government
Constitution
How did the first Americans travel to the Americas?
By ship!
A system of government in which the state controls economic and political systems
Communism
Which Founding Father wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Land that is set aside for Native Americans
Reservation
Why were colonists in North America angry with Great Britain?
Colonists felt Great Britain was taking away their rights.
An area of land that is governed by a country, but is not a state.
Territory
How did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. help pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led nonviolent protests to support civil rights.
To break away or formally withdraw.
Secede
How were the states in the North different?
They didn't have slavery or they had factories that used free labor.
What did President Thomas Jefferson buy from Napoleon in 1803?
The Lousiana Purchase!
Who were the two explorers that were sent to find a safe route to the Pacific Ocean?
Lewis and Clark
A system of government in which a leader has complete power over a country.
Fascism
What did abolitionists fight for?
They fought to end slavery
Who was opposed to the Unites States in the Cold War?
The Soviet Union
A period of time when the economy slows down and people lost their jobs.
Depression
How did the first people to come to the Americas find food?
They hunted food and gathered berries, plants, and nuts.
Which New Deal program still exists today?