Events
True or False: People traveled the Oregon Trail in the winter so it wouldn't be so hot
False
Name the 2 powers during WW2
Axis & Allies
Where did the Wright Brothers make their first flight?
Kitty Hawk, NC
How many original colonies were there?
13
This means to add to the cost of something
Tax
This was a competition between the US and Soviet Union during the Cold War Era, to see who could get to ______ first?
Space Race
Who won the French and Indian War?
England
Who traveled with Lewis and Clark as an interpreter?
Sacagawea
Who did the US purchase the Louisiana Territory from?
France
This means to bring goods into a country to sell
Import
Name one result of the Louisiana Purchase
doubled size of US, new land for farming & trade, US now owned Port of N. Orleans, US now controlled Mississippi River
War of 1812
Name one job that Daniel Boone did
hunter, soldier, explorer, settlement founder
Why was the Trail of Tears named that?
very long, cold, treterous journey, many died
This means to listen closely and watch carefully
This movement was a national effort to eliminate segregation
Civil Rights Movement
Who fought against each other in the Civil War?
North and South (United States)
During the War of 1812, what did the president's wife do at the White House?
She stayed behind until the last minute to save the portrait of George Washington
Where did Operation Desert Storm take place?
The Persian Gulf or Iraq
This means to put back together again (the US needed to be put back together after the Civil War)
Reconstruction
The worst economic crisis in American History during the 1920s/1930s
The Great Depression
This war was fought in jungles and villages, not on battlefields
Vietnam War
What was the name of the president's wife who stayed behind during the War of 1812 when DC burned?
Dolly Madison
This "line" divided the colonies from the land set aside for the native people (west of the Appalachian Mts)
Proclamation Line
This means a ban on trade with a country
Embargo