Geography
We live in this geographic region
Coastal Plain
Spanish explorer who explored North America
Coronado
The first ever English settlement in North America
Roanoke
Our first constitution
Articles of Confederation
Large territory bought from France
Louisiana Purchase
Confederate General who fought in the Battle of Bull Run and later had his arm amputated
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Who is the Governor of Virginia?
Abigail Spanberger
The body of water that the Spanish explored
Colorado River
Native American tribe who lived on the Pacific coast and made totem poles.
Kwakuital
This colonial region specialized in fishing and ship building
New England
Britain's desire to remain a world power resulted in this war with France
The belief that westward expansion is the right and duty of the country
Manifest Destiny
This document freed enslaved people in the seceded states
Emancipation Proclamation
What happened to Henry VIII's 6th wife (Catherine Parr)?
She outlived him ("Survived")
Lines that are used to find locations around the globe
Longitude/Latitude
Native American tribe who lived in longhouses in the East and invented lacrosse
Which social group relied on wealthy colonists to pay for their journey to the New World, and then worked to pay it off?
Indentured Servants
Saratoga
This invention increased the demand for slavery
Cotton Gin
A nurse during the Civil War that later founded the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
Mr. Morreale's favorite roller coaster at Busch Gardens
(Hopefully you were paying attention on the first day of school!)
Alpengeist
This was a river that was used to transport farm and industrial products and provided links to U.S. ports and other parts of the world?
Mississippi River
Portugal traded with Africa for this
Gold
Colony founded to provide economic opportunity to debtors
Georgia
Wrote Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Most industrialization took place here
The north
The place where General Robert E. Lee surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant
Appomattox Courthouse
The name of Mr. Morreale's dog
(Remember the presentation I gave about myself on the first day of school?)
Koda
Line that divides which way rivers flow
Continental Divide
The 3 motivations for exploration (the 3 Gs)
Gold, God, and Glory
The most diverse colony
Pennsylvania
Born in Africa, wrote poems and plays supporting independence while enslaved in Massachusetts
Phyllis Wheatley
Document declaring that "all men and women are created equal."
Declaration of Sentiments
This Civil War general is famous for his "March to the Sea" where several cities and towns were burned to the ground
General Sherman
Footprints found in this state are leading experts to believe that people may have been in the Americas for as many as 23,000 years ago
New Mexico