Science (US Industrial Revolution)
Name one thing that was difficult for factory workers in this time.
No health or safety laws, Child labor, Smokey air, Many injuries, Tiny wages (<1€), Long hours (11-16 hours per day).
What food do Americans traditionally eat on Thanksgiving?
Turkey (I will accept other answers).
True or False: Native Americans mostly benefitted from American imperialism?
False.
What is the capital of the United States?
Washington DC
True or false: The United States became much bigger (gained more land) before the Industrial Revolution?
True.
What were they celebrating at the first Thanksgiving?
The harvest (and being alive).
True or False: The United States owned colonies in the past?
True. Many.
True or False: There are currently 500 million citizens in America.
False. 340 million.
Name one important American resource for the Industrial Revolution.
Iron and coal, Slave labor, Land, Free trade, Property rights, Stable politics, Etc.
When was the first Thanksgiving (within 40 years)?
1621.
What are two ways the United States keeps its power today?
Movies/TV, Music, Businesses, Foreign Aid, Threatening Greenland, Invading Venezuela, Etc.
True or False: Puerto Rico is an American state.
False. Puerto Rico is an American territory, but not a state.
What was one important new mode of transportation from this time?
Train or steamboat.
What do we call the Europeans who celebrated Thanksgiving?
Pilgrims.
What was the United States' strategy for fighting Communism during the Cold War?
(You can describe it if you do not know the name.)
Containment.
What are the three most popular sports in the USA?
American Football, Basketball, Baseball.
What was one important (non-transportation) new technology?
(Can describe if you do not know the name)
Cotton gin, textile factories, steam engine, looms, reapers, seeders, threshers, etc.
What city was the first Thanksgiving celebrated in?
Plymouth.
What is the phrase for the idea that God chose the United States to bring civilization to the American continent?
Manifest Destiny.
What are the three biggest states in the USA (by population)?
(I will allow 1 incorrect guess.)
California, Texas, Florida.