Early Humans
On what continent did humans originate?
Africa
In what war did the 13 colonies fight Britain for their independence?
American Revolution
Describe the "Slave Trade Triangle"
Manufactured goods were traded to Africans for Slaves. Slaves were sold to the Americas for cotton, sugar and tobacco. American raw materials were traded back to Europe for manufactured goods.
In what year did Christopher Columbus make his first journey to the Americas?
1492
In order to convince the Spanish government to give him more ships to bring to the Americas, Columbus told lies about America having "fields of ________"
gold
Europeans evolved to have lighter skin because darker skinned humans weren't getting what vitamin from the sun?
Vitamin D
What are 2 reasons the north had an advantage over the south in the American Civil War?
Larger populations (larger cities)
Industrialization (manufacturing weapons and supplies)
What term is used to describe the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World
Middle Passage
In what year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
1776
Though European colonizers of the Americas actively killed many native people by force, what was the largest killer of the native people?
Disease (brought by the Europeans and often lingering in they goods they traded)
True or False: It is possible for a child to have blue eyes even if both parents have brown eyes.
True
Which war, that lasted from 1754 to 1763, allowed England to control all of the American territory east of the Mississippi River?
The French and Indian War
How did slave traders deal with "anti-slaver patrols" once slavery was outlawed in Europe?
They dropped anchor (with all their "slave cargo" chained to it)
In what year did the first slaves arrive in the Americas (at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va.)?
1619
What was the name of the Island where Chistopher Columbus landed that is now Haiti and the Dominican Rebuplic?
Hispanola
The first settlers of the Americas got there by crossing what narrow body of water?
The Behring Strait
In 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to which Union General?
Ulysses S. Grant
As the US expanded during the early 1800s, why were new state generally added to the Union in slave/free pairs?
To maintain the balance of power
In what year was Abraham Lincoln elected president?
1860
What were the first 10 ammendments made to the U.S. Constitution called?
Bill of Rights
Why is it important that humans evolved to be "bipedal?"
They could travel further distances
In 1898, the United states started what war to "liberate" Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines?
The Spanish American War
After the Civil War, slavery was supposedly abolished, but during Reconstruction, black farmers remained enslaved economically through a system called what?
Sharecropping
In what year did the Mayflower land at Provincetown Harbor, Massachusetts?
1620
In 1989, Donald Trump took out an ad in the newspaper with what headline?
Bring Back the Death Penalty. Bring Back Our Police!