Foundation of America
What was the reason people came to America?
Religious Freedom
What purchase doubled the size of the United States?
Louisiana purchase
Is an economic system that involves the private ownership of industry and the distribution of goods based on the laws of supply & demand.
Capitalism.
In what decade did the great depression start?
1920's
Who was the United States "fighting" against during the Cold War?
USSR - Soviet Union
How many colonies were in the 1700's?
13
The name of the people who first moved to the new land?
Pioners
Why did pioneers move west?
Cheap land or Mineral wealth
Stock market crash - Black Tuesday
Who was the face of the civil rights Movement?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Why did the British start to tax the colonies?
French & Indian War
What group of people was removed from their land by force?
Native Americans
Why did the Irish come to the United States?
Potato famine
Who came up with 'The New Deal"?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What was the biggest Fear during the Cold War?
Nuclear Weapons
In what year did the United States gain its independence?
1776
The belief that White American settlers were destined to expand across North America was?
Manifest Destiny
What was the purpose of the Carlisle Boarding School?
To "Civilize" Native Americans
What is one effect of the new deal?
The Federal government grew in size
National debt doubled
It ended suffering but did not end the great depression.
What woman was involved in the cause of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
Where was the Declaration of Independence signed? (What colony?)
Philadelphia
In what year did the civil war start and in what year did it end?
1861 – 1865
Who wrote the gospel of wealth?
Andrew Carnegie
What political party was FDR from?
Democrat
When did the Cold War end? (Date)
December 25, 1991