America and Europe
What is the word for a person who studies artifacts and sites to learn about ancient people?
archeologist
What word means "a plan of Government"?
constitution
What is the word for a person who comes to live in a new land or country?
immigrant
What is an entrepreneur?
A person who risks money to start a new business.
What is the word for a government that controls economic and political systems?
Communist
Columbus was trying to get here when he found North America?
The Indies
What were Lewis and Clark looking for?
A river route to the Pacific Ocean
What is an abolitionist?
someone who believes slavery is wrong
Where did most immigrants come from?
Northern and Western Europe
What two American inventions helped change the world?
computer and television
Which explorer sailed the Mississippi River?
Robert de La Salle
What was the proclamation of 1763?
It said that colonists could not expand past the Appalachian Mountains.
What is Manifest Destiny?
American's had a clear duty to expand the nation
Who was president during the great depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The US fought 2 wars over communism in what two countries?
Korea and Vietnam
Name two things that were NOT in North America until the Europeans arrived.
horses, cows, pigs, wheat, citrus fruits, chicken
Who is called the Father of the Constitution?
James Madison
What was the reconstruction?
The time when the south had to rebuild after the civil war.
What was the holocaust?
The killing of 6 million Jewish people in World War II.
Who was the cold war between?
US and Soviet Union
Where did the first Americans come from?
Asia
What did President Thomas Jefferson by from Napolean in 1803?
Louisiana Territory
Name two ways that the south and the north were different.
Factory/farms
No Slaves/Slaves
Why did the US enter WWII?
Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
How did America win the space race?
put two men on the moon