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How many years in a century?
100
How many years in a decade?
What does BCE stand for?
Before Common Era
What does CE stand for?
Common Era
How many years in a millenium?
1000
What is an Archaeologist?
A person who digs up evidence and interprets it to learn about history
What was Jamestown?
First permanent English settlement
Which president created the Social Security Act?
President Roosevelt
Bill of Rights
our 1st 10 amendments
Popular sovereignty
Vote of the people
What does AD stand for?
Anno Domini
What is a Society?
Community of people living in a particular area with common culture, customs, laws
Battle of Saratoga
Turning point of the American Revolution
Declaration of Independence
1776
President when Texas became the "State of Texas"
James K Polk
What is "Pre-history"
A time before written history
First Amendment...
Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition
1803
Each branch of government has the power to check the other
What 3 things were considered unalienable rights ?
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
What is a primary source?
Immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with it
What is a secondary source?
Secondary sources are created by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events or conditions they're researching
When did the Civil war begin and End?
1861-1865
What machine was invented that made cotton picking easier in the Antebellum South?
What was the inventors name?
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney
Which president was the Watergate Scandal connected to?
Richard Nixon