History
What is the word that describes the way a society behaves & its system of beliefs, laws, & customs?
Culture
Define "vast"
Definition: very large
Sample Sentence: Many city dwellers who were tired of living in
The Indian Removal Act was authorized by what President which caused a series of migrations that became known as the Trail of Tears. This was devastating to Native Americans, their culture, and their way of life.
US President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act in May 1830.
The United States suffered many costly defeats at the hands of British, Canadian and Native American troops over the course of the War of 1812, including the capture and burning of what capital?
Our nations capital, Washington, D.C.
What is the meaning of ROY G BIV?
Sir Isaac Newton identified the 7 colors of the visible spectrum that together make up white light. All of which are present in a rainbow in the order red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet (the acronym or name ROY G BIV is a good way to remember these colors and their order).
A group of people living together as a group is called what?
Society
Define "territory"
Definition: an area of land, or a region
Sample Sentence: The Oregon Territory once covered an area that now spans several US states, including Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana.
The Treaty of Fort Jackson following the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in the War of 1812; the remaining Creeks signed over the rest of their lands after the enactment of the Indian Removal Act and relocated to...where?
...to Indian Territory through the Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson is most remembered for his performance in what battle?
The Battle of New Orleans during which he led his troops to a decisive victory over the British after the Treaty of Ghent had been signed and hostilities had officially ended.
A migrant is a person who moves from one country to another. The words immigrant and emigrant are two other ways to describe migrants. Describe the difference.
The difference comes down to point of view: an immigrant describes someone who has moved into a country, and an emigrant describes someone who has moved away from a country.
An advanced & complicated society is called what?
Civilization
Helena is the Capital of?
Montanta
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was applied to the —Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole
"Five Civilized Tribes" - so named by people of the time because they had to some degree assimilated into white European culture and society.
In April 1775 skirmishes between British troops and the colonial militiamen kicked off the armed conflict at what two towns in Massachusetts?
Lexington and Concord
Explain the words slavery and enslaved?
Slavery means taking away someone’s freedom, forcing them to work for no money, and controlling where they can and can’t go.
To enslave someone means to force them into slavery.
Name the 4 first empires in Central America?
Olmec, Maya, Aztec, Inca
What is the Capital of Virginia?
Richmond
Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States, how many terms did he serve?
He served two terms in office from 1829 to 1837.
On December 16, 1773, a party was held in which colonists boarded East India Company ships and dumped their loads of tea overboard was called what?
The Boston Tea Party
What is the the difference between the words "to relocate" and "to be removed from"?
Relocate means to move to a new place. You can relocate yourself, and you can also relocate someone else, or something.
If you remove someone, that means you take them out of one place and make them go to another place.
What is the name of a clay home that the Southwest Native Americans built?
Adobe
Raleigh is the Capital of what State?
North Carolina
Consistent with his anti-elite sentiments, Andrew Jackson ( as was Donald Trump) was a fierce opponent of what?
The Bank of the United States, which he contended was run by and for the eastern banking and manufacturing elites, and operated in direct conflict with the interests of the common man. Although the US Supreme Court had declared the bank constitutional, after Jackson was reelected in 1832, he made it his personal mission to shut the bank down. As a direct result of a series of policies enacted by Jackson for the explicit purpose of weakening the Bank of the United States, the country was thrown into financial turmoil and an economic recession hit in 1837.
The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. The act imposed a tax on what?
The act, which imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies.
What is the definition of "Consequence"?
consequence
(noun)
Definition: something that happens as a result of something else