What is the Declaration of Independence?
This document said “all men are created equal”.
What is the cotton gin?
This invention by Eli Whitney made cotton production much faster.
What is the Civil War?
This war between the North and South lasted from 1861 to 1865.
The assassination at Sarajevo was a trigger for the ___.
WW1
Ms.Park's English name and Korean name are the same. (T/F)
True
What is the Triangular Trade?
The system that goods and enslaved people were traded between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This idea claimed that the United States was meant to expand across North America.
What are Black Codes?
These laws were created in the South to limit the rights of formerly enslaved people after the Civil War.
What is the New Deal?
This program helped Americans during the Great Depression.
What word is spelled incorrectly in every single dictionary?
incorrectly
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This compromise counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person.
Which country was admitted as a free state by the Missouri Compromise?
Maine
Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?
15th Amendment
What is containment for?
To prevent the spread of communism.
You spot a boat full of people but there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
Everyone on board is married
What does Shays’ Rebellion show?
This rebellion in Massachusetts showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
This president was known for the spoils system and the Indian Removal Act.
Andrew Jackson
What was sharecropping forcing?
This system forced farmers to rent land and give part of their crops to landowners.
This Supreme Court case ended racial segregation in public schools.
Brown v. Board of Education.
Using only an addition, how do you add eight 8’s and get the number 1000?
888+88+8+8+8=1000
How did Alexander Hamilton’s financial plan increase the power of the federal government? Also, which parties began to conflict with each other because of Hamilton's plan?
Hamilton’s plan included federal assumption of state debts, the creation of a national bank, and a loose interpretation of the Constitution. This strengthened federal power, but also caused conflict between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans.
How did the market revolution increase sectional differences between the North and the South before the Civil War?
The North became more industrialized with factories and railroads. On the other hand, the South became more dependent on cotton plantations and enslaved labor.
How did the Compromise of 1877 lead to the end of Reconstruction?
The compromise removed federal troops from the South in exchange for Rutherford B. Hayes becoming president. It allowed Southern states to weaken protections for African Americans.
How did the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan reflect the policy of containment during the Cold War?
The United States provided military and economic support to countries threatened by communism to prevent the spread of Soviet influence.
List the 1~15 Presidents in the United States.
George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan.