Geography
The compass rose has these 4 cardinal directions
North, South, East, West
What is impressment
British kidnapping and forcing American soldiers to work on their ships.
The pioneers went West for this reason:
hope for a better life
gold
Who was president?
Lincoln
Immigrants often believed this myth about the United States?
Everyone was rich and the streets were paved in gold.
The country to our north and the country to our south
Canada to the North
Mexico to the South
Who saved the portrait of George Washington
Dolly Madison
The eerie canal was ___ft. wide and ___ft. deep
4
South wanted to leave the Union
Debate over Slavery
Name 3 countries that immigrants came from during this time period
Ireland
Poland
Russia
Italy
An area of low land between hills or mountains, often with a river or stream running through it.
Valley
This man was being held on a boat in Baltimore Harbor when he wrote our National Anthem
Francis Scott Key
The Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railroads met in:
Promontory Point, UT
Name 3 attributes about the North
Union
Industry
Blue
Stars and Stripes
When Immigrants arrived at Ellis Island they had to endure several exams; which was the most feared and why?
The medical exam/bc of the eye exam checking for trachoma
A large area of flat land with few trees.
What is a plain
Our National Anthem was originally:
a song
a poem
a newspaper article
a poem
Pioneers were often prepared for a 6 month journey on the trail and they traveled in what?
A Conestoga Wagon
The Gettysburg Address
The Statue of Liberty is made from ___________and was a gift from _____________.
copper
France
The United States has these landforms: (you must be able to name 4 but not including plains or valley)
Desert
Mountains
Bay
Harbor
Penisula
Name two reasons that the War of 1812 began.
Impressment
Canon Fire on Ft. McHenry
The Pony Express
Name the two Generals of the Civil War
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
What is written on the tablet that lady liberty is holding?
July 4, 1776