Mystery
How many immigrants came to the United States in the 50 years after the Civil War?
26 Million people
What were the names of the two railroad companies which did the work on the transcontinental railroad?
Central Pacific and Union Pacific
What amendment gave black men the right to vote?
15th Amendment
List three things that caused people to move from the farm to the city.
Trains, tall buildings, steel plows, and sewing machines
Why was the Reconstruction unsuccessful?
Laws were passed that segregated society and made black men pay a fee to vote
Who was America’s most famous inventor? Name two things he invented.
Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb, the record player, and the movie projector
What is the only answer to the problems in America today?
Repentance, hard work, and God's grace
How did World War I begin?
War began when Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated in June of 1914
What was Ellis Island?
A reception center for immigrants where they were checked for proper papers and diseases
What were the Fourteen Points?
The Fourteen Points was a plan for peace, which included the idea for the United Nations by Woodrow Wilson
What is Theodore Roosevelt known for? Describe it.
Starting the Panama Canal, a short waterway through Central America between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Where did the most important and deadly battles of the “Cold War” take place for the U.S.?
Korea and Vietnam
What was the Great Depression?
An economic depression where wages were lowered, unemployment rose, people began to starve, businesses stopped making products because people couldn’t afford them
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
The Treaty of Versailles required severe punishment for the Germans.
When and how did World War II begin?
September 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland and began the blitzkrieg
What was the Chisholm trail?
One of the most famous cattle trails out of Texas
Who was the first man that the U.S. put into space?
Alan Shepard
Name two areas in which the United States became the world leader?
Military, food production, industry, medicine, and technology
Why did the US become the greatest manufacturer of goods in the entire world?
Because of World War II
What ultimatum did President Truman give to the Japanese? Because of their response, what did President Truman do?
President Truman dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan
When and where did the completion of the transcontinental railroad occur?
Promontory Point, Utah May 10 1869
Name two powerful industrialists and what their companies made.
Andrew Carnegie (steel), John D. Rockefeller (oil), Cornelius Vanderbilt (railroads), Pillsbury, Kellogg, and Heinz (food)
What country put the first satellite into space and what was its name?
The USSR (Soviet Union) did, called it Sputnik
What was the “Space Race”?
The Space Race was US wanting to beat the soviets in space exploration
What was D-Day?
D-Day was on June 6, 1994 when the allied forces invaded German-occupied France with the
largest fighting force ever assembled.