Geography
acronym to help you remember the 5 themes of geography
MR. HELP
Main commander of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
Inventor of a sodbusting plow made of steel
John Deere
the inventor of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
the last pharaoh of Egypt before Rome took over =
Cleopatra
this has a latitude of 0 degrees
the equator
type of rule in which the military is in charge and citizens' rights are suspended
Martial Law
self-appointed law keepers
Vigilantes
He perfected a system to mass-produce cars using an assembly line
Henry Ford
In a website browser address bar, what does “www” stand for?
World Wide Web
this has a longitude of 0 degrees
Prime Meridian
Policy that said that voters could decide (not congress) if a place would have slavery or not
Popular sovereignty
Exodusters =
African Americans who moved to the Great Plains after the Civil War
The concept of "Survival of the Fittest" being applied to explain why only some people were getting rich; business owners used this idea to justify their actions
Social Darwinism
Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. is the birth name of this famous person who is considered the greatest boxer of all time
Muhammad Ali
Building a bridge across a river is an example of which of the themes of geography?
H/E (Human Environmental Interaction)
Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment (you have to be told why you're being imprisoned and the reason has to be legitimate)
Habeas Corpus
This group wanted 8-hour workdays, income rather than property tax, and silver to be the basis for the money supply
Populist Party
the founder of Hull House, a settlement house which provided English lessons for immigrants, daycares, and child care classes
Jane Addams
this person declared that the sun, not the earth was at the center of the solar system
Copernicus
a new tik tok dance that started in California becomes popular in Maine then in Britain, then in India, etc. etc. This is an example of which of the themes of geography?
M - Movement
Bloodiest day of the Civil War
(Battle of) Antietam
This was an attempt by the US government to turn nomadic Native Americans into farmers; they gave Native American men 160 acres of land and set up schools
The Dawes Act
site of terrible fire where almost 150 workers died; this alerted reformers to the terrible conditions of industrial workers
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory (Fire)
Band that was a part of the "British Invasion" of the late 1960s and made famous for songs like "I want to hold your hand" and "here comes the sun"
The Beatles