Pre-Columbus
True or False: The Native Americans that lived in North America formed distinct cultures in the various geographic areas in which they settled.
True
Which country's flag did Christopher Columbus sail for?
Spain
There were how many original English colonies in North America?
13
What English philosopher argued that all men are born with natural rights?
John Locke
What is the term for someone who wants to abolish slavery?
Abolitionist
Around 14,000 years ago, how did the original people arrive in the Americas?
Migrated across the Bering Land Bridge
Where did Columbus believe he landed when he arrived in North America?
Asia
Which colonies were settled by dissenters and separatists fleeing the Church of England?
The New England Colonies
What is a system of human enslavement where one person owns another person and their offspring as property?
Chattel Slavery
Who was the only President of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
What major city, which had a population larger than London at the time, existed in N. America that was a massive hub of trade and religion for Native Americans?
Cahokia
What killed most Native Americans when contact was first made between Europeans and North Americans?
Disease
Which colonies were dependent on the labor of enslaved people?
The Southern Colonies
Name three items in which colonists were being taxed on, which they protested.
Stamps, Tea, Sugar
What is the term used for someone fighting for the right to vote?
Suffragette/Suffragist
What was the major crop that led to the rise and eventual downfall of the largest Native American city in what is now the US?
Corn/Maize
What European nation originally colonized New York?
Netherlands/The Dutch
Who were the group of European settlers that sailed on the Mayflower?
Pilgrims
What are the 3 unalienable (natural rights) written by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence?
Which Constitutional Amendment abolished slavery in the US, except as a punishment for crime?
13th Amendement
True or False: There were pyramid like structures in what is now the United States.
True
What was the name for the route taken by ships carrying enslaved people from Africa to the Americas?
The Middle Passage
How did the Pilgrims survive their first harsh winter in North America?
With help from Native Americans
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
10
What President is Mr. McKenzie related to?
James Buchanan