America and Europe
What do we call a person whose job it is to study and learn about ancient people?
Archeologist
In 1803, Thomas Jefferson bought this large piece of land from France?
The Louisiana Territory
What is manifest destiny?
The idea that American's had to expand the nation from coast to coast.
Name one invention of the late 1800s that changed the way American's lived?
light bulb, telephone, automobile, sewing machines
In 1969, what famous event happened in American History, helping America win the space race?
What word describes the way of life for a group of people?
culture
Why did the Proclamation of 1763 make the colonists mad?
It said that they could not settle past the Appalachian mountains.
Other than different opinions on slavery, why was the south different from the north?
The south had mostly farms where the north had mostly factories?
Why did America become a more diverse country from 1880-1900?
More immigrants came
What 2 inventions made America a leader in technology?
Television and computers
Most historians believe that the first Americans came from where?
Asia
Who is called the "Father of the Constitution"?
James Madison
Why were people in south mad when Abraham Lincoln became president?
Lincoln was against slavery.
What do we call the time when the economy of United States slowed down?
The Great Depression
Why was the United States in a cold war with the Soviet Union?
The United States did not want communism to spread/
According to the map on page 40, which explorer started in Cuba and made his way through Florida and beyond.
Soto
What is the one good thing that came from the New Congress of Confederation?
It set up a way for new states to join the union.
Name two of the amendments added to help African Americans after the civil war ended?
13th-slavery illegal
14th-gave African Americans equal rights
15th - Granted African American men the right to vote.
Which New Deal Program is still around today?
social security
What law ended segreation and guaranteed equal rights?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Name two things that Europe and two things that America got in the Colombian exchange.
Europe got tomatoes, potatoes, corn, pumpkins, turkey
America got wheat, horses, cows, chickens, pigs and citrus fruits
What were Lewis and Clark hoping to find in their exploration?
A river route to the Pacific Ocean
When the south seceded from the north who was the president and general of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis was president and Robert E. Lee was general
How did World War II end?
The US dropped atmoic bombs on Japan.
After the event known as 9/11, which president started which war?
Present George W. Bush
War on Terror