People
List one important black leader that contributed to education and science.
Booker T. Washington or George Washington Carver
What happened at the Battle of Little Big Horn?
The Sioux tribe led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse attacked the Americans led by General Custer. All of the Americans were killed in this last stand.
James Monroe did not want _________________ to control countries in this hemisphere. What was this called?
European countries
The Monroe Doctrine
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
Who found gold in California?
John Sutter's mill workers
Who was Marcus Whitman?
A Christian doctor who preached to and doctored the Cayuse Indians. He and his family was killed by the tribe.
What battle was the last Confederate invasion of the Union in the Civil War?
The Battle of Gettysburg
What presidential power did Andrew Jackson use more than any other president?
The veto power
What triggered the Great Depression?
The stock market crash in 1929
Who was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
In the Spanish American War, what was Teddy Roosevelt's group of fighters called?
The Rough Riders
The Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation
What 2 companies worked on the transcontinental railroad?
The Union Pacific and the Central Pacific
What was the Indian Removal Act?
It was an act passed by Congress that all Indian tribes to move west to Oklahoma (the Indian Territory)
What did Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and Cornelius Vanderbilt produce?
A.C. - steel
J.R. - oil
C.V. - railroads
How did the North and South disagree about the federal government and state governments during the Civil War?
The South wanted the state governments to have more power. The North wanted the federal government to have more power.
How did Teddy Roosevelt become president in 1901?
President McKinley was shot and Teddy was his vice president
What was the first mission to successfully land on the moon called and what was the car called that drove on the moon's surface?
Apollo 11 and the Lunar Rover
What happened at the Battle of the Alamo? (be specific)
The Texan Americans defended the Alamo against the Mexicans led by Santa Anna. The Texan Americans lost after they were all killed. (Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, W.D. Travis)
Who was the most famous gangster during the 1920s and how did make money?
Al Capone - making and selling illegal alcohol
What led to the start of WW1?
Militarism
Alliances
Nationalism
Imperialism
Crisis - the assassination of Ferdinand
Who were the two different presidents during the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt
List the inventions of the following men
Wright brothers
Henry Ford
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Samuel Morse
Wright brothers - airplane
Henry Ford - Model T
Alexander Graham Bell - telephone
Thomas Edison - practical lightbulb
Samuel Morse - Morse code or telegraph
List 2 of the trails to the west and the reason people traveled on them.
CA trail - gold
Santa Fe trail - trade route to New Mexico
Mormon trail - religious freedom
Oregon trail - farming and fur trapping