Civil War-Growing America
The Civil War was fought between.....
The North and the South
What two nations were the aggressors in WWII? They started the fight.
Germany and Japan
The First Americans were......
hunter gatherers
Name one of the 5 regions of the United States.
Southeast
West
Northeast
Midwest
Southwest
What is congress?
A group of people responsible for making a countries laws
Who was the president during this time?
Abraham Lincoln
The _______ again waited to join WWII. At the beginning they chose to supply money to the Allies. This later changed after what event?
The US The bombing of Pearl Harbor
What two technologies made the US a world power?
TV and Computer
Christopher Columbus
How are weather and climate different?
Weather is day to day changes and Climate is weather over time.
What is a constitution?
A plan of government
Explain the Souths' response to Lincoln's presidency?
They did not want him to be president because he wanted to abolish slavery a a result the separated or seceded from the United States.
How many people died at the end of World War I?
35 million people
The U.S. was officially brought into WWII after _____ surprise attacked an American ______base at Pearl Harbor.
Japan, naval
Which country is basically the same as the USSR (Soviet Union)?
Russia.
The first settlements in America turned into the ____ colonies.
13
Define the following: Mesa, Plateau, Canyon
Mesa- hill with a flat top
Plateau- flat raised land
Canyon- Deep rocky Valley
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The US constitution was _________ or approved by the states.
ratified
What was the Manifest Destiny
A belief that it was Americans destiny to rule the land.
When an American ship was sunk by Germany they joined the world war. True or False
True
WWII was important in American history because it jump started the U.S. economy which helped America become the wealthiest country in the world. Is this true or false?
True
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What was the space achievement made by the USA during the Cold War.
They landed a man on the moon
Colonists rebelled and started a revolution with England because.....
Colonists feared they were losing their rights to self-government
Describe the water cycle
Evaporation- water turns into water vapor and rises in the sky
Condensation-vapor gets heavier as it cools and joins with other vapor until it becomes a cloud
Precipitation- the water gets to heavy and falls to the ground as precipitation or snow
In our constitution there were changes or additions these are called.....
amendments
Who were these people Robert E Lee. Ulysses Grant?
General for the North-Grant
General for the South-Robert
Who was the president after World War I? He was the president of the New Deal.
Franklin D Roosevelt.
Explain the horrible event that happened to the Jews during World War II.
The Holacaust- Adolph Hitler Killed over 6 million Jews, and exterminated 65% of the race.
Explain why the political reason there was a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Communism. The USSR was trying to spread communism where the government controls everything, and the United States believed in democracy where the people decide.
Put these events in order
Victory at Yorktown
Lexington and Concord
Declaration of Independence
Louisiana Purchase
Constitutional Convention
3,1,2,5,4
Give an example of a renewable resource, and a nonrenewable resource.
two examples
water-renewable resource
coal- non renewable resource
What did the states sign that means they agreed to cooperate by a set of rules?
Articles of Confederation
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Who were the two explorers that were important after the Louisiana Purchase and what did they do?
They explored the West and brought back important information about the land and people of the west.
How many total people died between world war I and II.
about 95-115 million people.
Approximately how many people died in World War II.
60-85 million people.
Explain what the Cuban Missile Crisis was, the date it occurred and how it was resolved.
USSR put missiles in Cuba, which threatened Florida of the US. This occurred in 1962, and diplomacy was used to end the Crisis.
Who was the great general of the colonist who became the first president, and what was the last war fought during America's war for Independence?
George Washington, Battle of Yorktown.
List three ways technology can be used to help the environment
Aquifers, Solar panels, windmills, scrubbers, water treatment plans.
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Who was the First President? Who wrote the constitution?
James Madison.