6th Grade Social Studies
people who hunt animals and gather plants for food
Who are hunter-gatherers
The first two political parties in America
What are the Federalist Party and the Democratic-Republican Party
people who move to a new country
What are immigrants
armed conflict between groups from the same country
What is a civil war.
This person was the author of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation
Who is Thomas Jefferson
___________ is best remembered as one of America’s most famous conductors on the Underground Railroad. Born into slavery in early 1822 in Dorchester County, Maryland. _______ gained international acclaim during their lifetime as an Underground Railroad agent, abolitionist, Civil War spy and nurse, suffragist, and humanitarian. Suffering under the lash and disabled by a near fatal head injury while enslaved, ______________ rose above horrific childhood adversity to emerge with a will of steel. Owing their success to unique survival techniques honed in the forests, fields and marshes of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, ____________ transcended victimization to achieve personal and physical freedom from her oppressors.
Who is Harriet Tubman
any person from whom one is descended, especially one earlier in a family than a grandparent
What is an ancestor
The American Revolutionary War ended this year
What is 1783
The spoken history that passed from one people to another and from one generation to the next is known as...?
What is the oral tradition
A system of government in which laws, policies, leadership, and major undertakings of a state or other polity are directly or indirectly decided by the “people"
What is democracy
In 1803, the United States government bought a large piece of land called the _________ territory. This deal, known as the __________ Purchase, nearly doubled the size of the country. The land previously belonged to the French.
What is Louisiana.
the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
_________ is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments
What is Geography
New England (New Hampshire; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; Connecticut); Middle (New York; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Delaware); Southern (Maryland; Virginia; North Carolina; South Carolina; and Georgia)
What were the 13 Colonies
__________________ was a period of severe economic decline in the United States and many other countries around the world.
The start of the ___________________ was marked by the stock market crash, which began on October 24, a Thursday, and culminated on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929. Many people lost their entire fortunes in just one day.
What is the Great Depression