American Revolution
What was the key phrase of the Revolutionary War?
Taxation without Representation
What were the two sided of the civil war and what were both their stance on slavery.
North (Union) - No slavery
South (Confederacy) - Slavery
Where did the majority of Immigrants come to the US through?
Ellis Island
The United Nations made a list of 30 human rights. What were they called?
Universal Human Rights
What is debt?
Money owed
Two events happened in Boston. Name both of them
Boston massacre and Boston Tea Party
Who were the two leaders of the Civil Rights Movement that we studied?
Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
What happened on 9/11?
Terrorist attack against the United States
What was Apartheid?
Legal separation of people based on the color of their skin
What is the difference between a credit card and debit card?
Debit is your own money from a checking account. Credit is borrowed money.
Thomas Paine wrote what book?
Common Sense
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
A signed declaration from President Abraham Lincoln which freed all slaves both in the North and the South.
What was the name of the law that prevented people from certain Asian countries from coming to the United States in the 1900s?
Chinese Exclusionary Act
In Rwanda there was a genocide between two ethnic groups. What were the two ethnic groups and who committed the genocide.
Tutsi's and Hutu's and the Hutu's committed the genocide.
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What document did the Constitution replace?
Articles of Confederation
Ruby Bridges was allowed to go to school at white school because of what supreme court decision?
Brown vs. Board of Education
What was the group who committed 9/11?
Al-Quada
What is a genocide?
Intentional killing of a group or part of a group based on race, nationality, ethinicity, or religion
What is one measure of the economy?
GDP, Unemployment, or Inflation
What war did we learn about that came before the Revolutionary War?
7 years war?
What was the fugitive slave act?
It was a law that required that if a slave ran away, they must be returned to their owner. This applied even if the slave escaped to a free state.
What terrorist organization did we study in Sri-Lanka?
Tamil Tigers
What two methods did the Iranian Women's movement use to fight oppression?
Protesting and Signature Campaign
Name the five types of investments we discussed as a class
CD’s, High Yield Savings Accounts, Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds