Revolutionary War
King George was the ruler of this country that the colonies fought for independence from.
What is Great Britain/England?
This was the primary issue that caused the American Civil War to happen.
What is slavery?
What is California?
Immigrants from Europe would travel here before being allowed in America.
What is Ellis Island?
The House of Representatives and the Senate combine to create this governing body in America.
What is Congress?
German mercenaries, called this, were paid to help fight against the American colonists. Some of them actually stayed and became some of the first immigrants to America.
This cash crop is difficult to harvest with technology and is grown mostly in the southern states of the US.
What is cotton?
If one wanted to travel to the west via a ship, you would have to go all the way around Cape Horn, the southernmost point of this continent.
What is South America?
The most common reason an immigrant would be turned away at Ellis Island was this.
What is they were sick/had a disease?
The break up letter that was "found" in Mr. Wright's room was meant to be a middle school version of this American document.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This confederation of Native American tribes was forced to break apart after a disagreement on who they should support during the American Revolution. They never rejoined together.
What is the Iroquois?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This act gave 160 acres of land to anyone who built a house and farmed the land for five years.
What is the Homestead Act?
This archduke of the Austria-Hungarian Empire was assassinated. It had nothing to do with his cool mustache.
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
To change the Constitution, you would have to make one of these. So far, there have been 27 of them.
What are amendments?
Though they helped us during our revolution, and we helped to start theirs, the US never gave assistance to this country when they decided to get rid of their king.
What is France?
DAILY DOUBLE!
America is not the only country that has had a civil war. In fact, we had the ability to read about six other civil wars in human history. Name two of them.
The painting "American Progress" showed the angelic America spreading civilization to the west, shown by her laying telegraph wire and leading this important invention.
What are trains/railroads?
This Great Lakes city was the destination of many immigrant populations, including Italians, Polish, and Czech people.
What is Chicago?
An example of the checks and balances system to prevent one branch of government from getting too powerful is how Congress can vote to do this to a president who they believe committed a crime.
What is impeach?
Though General Washington used this type of sneaky fighting during the Revolution, he learned it while fighting against Native Americans during the Seven Years War.
What is guerilla warfare?
This economic system, where having as many resources as possible is the most important thing, created the conditions that allowed slavery to occur in the first place.
What is mercantilism?
The Gold Rush and many other expansions west also were some of the first times that people from this country started to immigrate to America.
What is China?
This small nation in Europe was the target of the first declaration of war in response to them turning down Austria-Hungary's ridiculous list of demands.
What is Serbia?
Though we vote for president every four years, this group of 535 people are the ones who technically get the final vote.
What is the Electoral College?