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To end forever, as in "Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, and the Republicans' 13th Amendment made it illegal for all time."
Abolish
Once called the Eastern Roman Empire, it is now the home of modern-day Turkey.
Byzantine Empire
Spanish adventurers who sought fame and riches in conquering lands in the New World.
Conquistadors
Document produced by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, it called for separation of the American colonies from England.
Declaration of Independence
Post WW I ten year world-wide economic recession.
The Great Depression
Another word for "farming".
Agriculture
Food or anything grown (like tobacco) that can be sold for a profit.
Cash Crop
A plan for government.
Constitution
Ruling family where kingship is handed down from generation to generation.
Dynasty
Caused by a ten-year draught, this event saw the destruction of farmland the migration of thousands of people out from the American Midwest.
The Dust Bowl
First plan of government of the United States.
Articles of Confederation
A city that is also its own country, like Vatican City.
City State
Meeting of delegates from the British colonies in North America, the second meeting led to independence.
Continental Congress
A statement that can be proven true.
Fact
People who survive by gathering plants and by hunting.
Hunter-Gatherer
First weapon to use atomic (nuclear) energy.
Atom Bomb
Long-term struggle to end legal discrimination led by organizations like the NAACP.
Civil Rights Movement
Earliest from of writing, it consisted of pressing wedge shapes int clay tablets.
Cuneiform
A statement that is based on someone's perception and can not be proven true.
Opinion
Use of force, or the threat of force, by one country to dominate another (either directly or indirectly).
Imperialism
personal opinion that shapes how someone views a topic.
Bias
Post WWII relatively hostile relations between the US and the USSR.
Cold War
Any period in history where there are little to no written records.
Dark Ages
Pre-Civil War law that required US citizens (even those in the North) to help return run-away slaves to their masters.
Fugitive Slave law
Phrase used to refer to transition from making most things by hand to buying most things made in a factory.
Industrialization