Vocabulary
A government in which the people have the power to make political decisions.
What is a democracy?
This was compared to a "biblical flood," and carved out eastern WA after an ice dam in Montana broke, releasing a giant lake into the northwest.
What is the Great Missoula Flood?
This group of Native Americans was nomadic and moved to different areas to obtain resources throughout the year.
What is Plateau tribes?
This region of Washington contains large cities such as Seattle, Tacoma, and Everet. It is the heart of Washington and is a large tech industry hub.
What are the Puget Lowlands?
This was a form of resistance slaves showed to overseers who forced them to convert religions.
What is combining Christian and African rituals?
These are the branches of government. One makes laws, one ensures they are followed, and one interprets the law.
What are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches?
What is abolition?
This scientist theorized that the WA Scablands were caused by a massive, quick flood rather than previously known gradual erosion.
Who is J Harlen Bretz?
This group of Natives had more tribes and less people in each tribe.
What is Coastal tribes?
This region contains the Olympic Mountains and Willapa Hills. It has a low population, falling lumber and fishing industry, rainforests, and five Native reservations.
What is the Coastal Range?
This is a large aspect of enslaved African culture, where they used vocals, foot stomping, and clapping. This would later expand to many genres.
What is music?
The freedoms of Speech, Religion, Petition, Assembly, and the Press.
What is the First Amendment?
A formal change made in a document or law editing, deleting, and/or adding to the existing document. This can be made to various legal documents.
What is an amendment?
This large landmass is made of ice and rock. During the Flood, it likely left behind rocks like granite in the Scablands, which are not native to the area.
What is a glacier?
This group of Natives had less tribes, but more people in each tribe.
What is Plateau tribes?
This region is also known as the Okanogan Highlands, and is the least populated region in Washington.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
This was one method used by overseers to keep slaves in line. It led to slaves creating a family culture, where children called all enslaved adults "aunt" or "uncle", and all enslaved children "brother" and "sister."
What was the selling of family members?
This case established the Necessary & Proper clause for the government to hold any power necessary to function, and the Federal Supremacy clause making it illegal for states to interfere in federal activity.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
This is the term for a period of time before a civilization has developed writing, and historians must rely on archeology and oral tradition to learn about them.
What is protohistory?
The spread of this European disease drastically increased tensions between Natives and colonists, and caused mass deaths of Native Americans.
What is smallpox?
This group of Natives' economy was based around their access to water and its resources.
What is Coastal tribes?
This region is also known as the Columbia Plateau, is the driest land in the PNW, grows apples, cherries, and wheat, and its economic center is Spokane.
What is the Columbia Basin?
This person was born into slavery in 1818, later escaped at 20, becoming the face of abolition in Massachusetts.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
This case was the first time the Supreme Court used judicial review, overturning decisions made by the Legislative Branch and establishing the checks & balances between the Judicial and Legislative Branches.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Laws drafted by individual states and colonies in the South to define the lack of rights of enslaved African Americans.
What were the slave codes?
The introduction of this animal not native to North America, first brought by the Spanish, drastically changed the fortunes of the tribes who mastered its use.
What is a horse?
This language was the main trading language for business among the native tribes. It shares the name of a Coastal tribe.
What is Chinook Jargon?
This region has high volcanic peaks and glaciers. It cuts the state in half, and has famous mountains including Mt. Baker, Mt. Saint Helens, and Mt. Ranier.
What is the Cascade Mountains?
This person was an escaped slave, who returned and helped other slaves escape in the Underground Railroad. She established safehouses for other fugitive slaves.
Who was Hariet Tubman?
These are the principles the U.S.A were founded under. They are the belief that people are born with certain rights, power comes from the people, everyone is held to the law, and the government cannot control your decisions. (4 answers)
What are Natural Rights, Popular Sovereignty, the Rule of Law, and Limited Government?