Problem-Solution-Effect
8th Grade US History
Vocabulary
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Wild Card
100
difficulty in getting things that people need or want
What is an economic problem
100
The American colonies declared their independence from Britain on this date in history.
What is July 4, 1776
100
This is the vast grassland that extends through the central portion of North America, from Texas to Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains
What are the Great Plains
100
This was the overland transport of cattle along trails to a shipping center
What is the long drive
100
Native American and European American cultures differed significantly on this issue.
What is land ownership
200
when people are not given basic rights
What is a people's rights problem
200
This was the first permanent English settlement in the New World.
What is Jamestown (1607)
200
This refers to a minority group’s adoption of the beliefs and way of life of the dominant culture
What is assimilation
200
This was a law, enacted in 1862, that offered 160 acres of land to any citizen who was head of household and would cultivate the land for five years.
What is the Homestead Act
200
This encouraged many settlers to go West
What are gold and silver/mining
300
the "solution" of last resort
What is Tolerating
300
This purchase from France almost doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase
300
This was a law, enacted in 1887, that was intended to “Americanize” Native Americans by distributing reservation land to individual owners.
What is the Dawes Act
300
The Patrons of Husbandry was an organization through which farmers tried to fight the power of the railroads in the late 19th century
What is the Grange
300
This comprehension strategy involves posing questions before or during reading, which requires students to integrate information and think as they read. In addition to answering their own questions, students also profit from answering questions from the teacher and/or other students.
What is Generating and answering questions
400
What do the letters in the word 'ADMIT' stand for?
Accommodating, Dominating, Moving, Inventing, Tolerating
400
This document was the first attempt at writing a constitution for the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation
400
This was a breed of sturdy, long-horned cattle brought by the Spanish to Mexico and suited to the dry conditions of the Southwest.
What is a longhorn
400
This was a late-19th century political movement demanding that people have a greater voice in government and trying to help farmers and laborers.
What is Populism
400
This comprehension strategy involves knowing whether the text is making sense and having a plan to clarify confusing aspects of the text and/or correct misunderstanding on the part of the reader.
What is Clarifying/monitoring
500
Identify and describe the two general types of problems, the five types of solutions, and the three types of effects.
People had economic problems in getting enough money and people’s rights problems in getting certain freedoms and rights. They solved these problems by accommodating (for example, negotiating and compromising), dominating (for example, fighting), moving (for example, immigrants coming from another country), inventing (for example, coming up with new ways of doing something), and tolerating (for example, putting up with a problem). The effect is that the problem is solved, not solved, or a new problem is created.
500
In the early days of the nation, this was often a requirement for being eligible to vote?
What is Property
500
this was the major cattle route from Texas through Oklahoma to Kansas
What is the Chisholm Trail
500
This is a money system where the basic unit of money is defined in terms of a set amount of gold
What is the gold standard
500
This comprehension strategy involves pulling together the essential elements in a longer piece of text. This is like retelling in the reader’s own words
What is Summarizing
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