Lost and Found
What colony mysteriously disappeared leaving only the word “Croatoan”?
Roanoke
What religious group believe God was always watching them and the Devil was everywhere?
The Puritans
What is the policy of expanding a country’s power through military or economic control?
Imperialism
What word was carved into a tree at Roanoke?
Croatoan
What event in 1692 led to mass hysteria and false accusations in Massachusetts?
The Salem Witch Trials
What U.S. war in 1898 made America a world power?
The Spanish-American War
The Donner Party resorted to what horrifying act to survive?
Cannibalism
What is the vocabulary word we learned during the Salem Witch Trials that means mass panic?
Hysteria
What canal built by the U.S. connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
The Panama Canal
What modern-day mystery location is famous for ships and planes disappearing without explanation?
The Bermuda Triangle
What event after WWI was caused by fear of communism and immigrants?
The Red Scare
What phrase became popular after the U.S.S. Maine explosion?
“Remember the Maine!”
Tell me one of the two main reasons that the Donner Party was stuck in the mountains in a blizzard.
1: They left on their journey a month late. 2: They took the Hastings Cutoff which was not a verified trail and made them take longer.
What laws during WWI restricted free speech and punished anti-war opinions?
The Espionage & Sedition Acts
What was President Roosevelt’s foreign policy motto that meant negotiate but back it up with strength?
“Speak softly and carry a big stick.”