Civil War Years
Colonies and Revolution
Explorers and Conquest
Immigration
Technology and Development
100
A person who wants to abolish slavery
What is an ABOLITIONIST?
100
This document, written by Thomas Jefferson, declared that the U.S. was free from England and led to the start of the Revolutionary War
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
The name of the man who supposedly "discovered" America in 1492 when his ships landed in the Carribean?
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
This island in New York was the first landing place of many immigrants in the late 1800s
What is Ellis Island?
100
This inventor, called the "Wizard of Menlo Park" invented the light bulb
Who is Thomas Edison?
200
The name of the country formed by the Southern slave states
What is the CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA?
200
This country settled colonies in what is now known as the United States, and taxed the colonists without representation, which led to a war
What is England?
200
The name of the man who journeyed across Europe to Asia for 20 years and heavily influenced trading across these areas
Who is Marco Polo?
200
This landmark statue, donated to the U.S. from France, was the first thing many people saw when the entered the country from Europe
What is the Statue of Liberty?
200
A fire in this factory led to the death of over 150 female factory workers, leading to improved safety conditions including fire drills
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
300
The law that President Lincoln signed to free all the slaves in the U.S.
What is the EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION?
300
This country's explorers took lands and created colonies in Central and South America
What is Spain?
300
The country to the north where many French explorers settled
What is Canada?
300
This "road" was built out of steel by many Chinese immigrants and other workers, including Mexicans and stretched across the entire continent
What is the transcontinental railroad?
300
These buildings, ten stories tall or more, were also known as this
What is a skyscraper?
400
The general of the Northern Union Army, who later became President of the United States
Who is Ulysses. S. Grant?
400
The number of colonies that became the first United States
What is 13?
400
The precious metal that Spanish invaders forced the Indians to collect from dangerous underground mines
What is gold?
400
10,000 years ago, people migrated across the Bering Strait on a land bridge to North America from this continent
What is Asia?
500
Secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved people escaping to freedom. Grandma Moses helped over 3,000 people escape through these routes.
What is the UNDERGROUND RAILROAD?
500
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called this
What is the Bill of Rights?
500
The name of the continent where Europeans would kidnap people and force them into slavery, bringing them to the New World (North America)
What is Africa
500
These wealthy industrial bosses, including Carnegie and Rockefeller, where also known as this kind of "barons"
What are "robber barons"?
500
This organization was founded to help African Americans gain opportunities in education, careers, and housing?
What is the NAACP?
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