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100

A method the first people used to cross into North America.

Walking on the Bering Land Bridge, or using boats.

100

A photograph is this type of source.

Primary

100

Governing document of the USA

Constitution

100

Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

George Washington

100

Document that gave English nobles some rights, eventually expanding to most people in England.

Magna Carta

200

Period within the Pleistocene when glaciers and ice covered the Earth.

Ice Age

200

A source from a witness of an event.

Primary Source

200

This legislative body makes federal laws.

Congress

200

Main author of the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

200

Process where people began building factories, and farmers and foreign immigrants moved to Northern cities for work.

Industrial Revolution

300

When people started farming and settling down (used maize in North America)

Agricultural Revolution

300

A source that draws conclusions from eyewitness accounts.

Secondary Source

300

This group is who actually elects the president.

The Electoral College

300

He started the Democratic Party, and as president advocated for the removal of Native Americans in the Southeast.

Andrew Jackson

300

War where Britain and France competed over territory in North America.

French and Indian War, or Seven Years' War

400
The Clovis Culture is an example of this type of society:

Hunter-gatherers

400

When researching hunter-gatherer societies, spearheads they left behind are this type of source.

Primary

400

This type of government is stronger than an alliance, weaker than a federation, and usually involves several separate groups unifying for mutual defense.

Confederation

400

This amendment ended slavery in the US

13th amendment

400

When the French peasants (and the middle class) rose up against the nobles and eventually overthrew the monarchy.

French Revolution

500
This city, representative of the Mississippian culture, may have been a religious center (huge mounds!)

Cahokia

500

A biography is this type of source:

Secondary

500

This type of government involves a set of rules governing a single, hereditary ruler.

Constitutional Monarchy

500

This part of the Constitution guarantees citizenship for those born in America, and guarantees all people equal protection under the law.

14th amendment
500

First Whig president, who promptly died showing how macho he was (no hat or coat during his inauguration...)

William Henry Harrison

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