Colonial era
What was the name of the very first British colony in North America
Roanoke
This invention helped spur the industrial revolution in the united states by sorting a common crop from the south
the cotton gin
What is the term for when a company has complete control of an industry?
Monopoly
Why did America not join WWII at the beginning
Not our problem
Don't want to get dragged into another of Europe's wars.
This president was the youngest ever elected
JFK
What was the first enduring British colony in North America
The Virginia colony
Why was much of the U.S.'s industry in New England
Many fast flowing rivers, high population, less agriculture than the south.
What is the economic system of the United States?
Capitolism
Who was President during most of WWII
Franklin Roosevelt
Why was the conflict between America and Russia called a cold war.
Nukes, Mutual destruction, don't want open conflict.
Who lead the continental army during the American revolution
George Washington
This invention allowed factories to spread west
steam engine
Why did the U.S. join WWI
Sinking of the Lusitania
Germany already losing
Wanted a seat at the table for the treaty negotiations
Why did America join the allies later in WWII
Pearl Harbor
Why did America go to war with Iraq
Wanted to have an allied country in the area
Wanted to uphold U.N.'s rule
Saddam had no regard for human life
List a reason that the United states won the revolutionary war
French help
To expensive for British to continue
War was fought differently
This man memorized the designs of British textiles machines and brought them to the U.S.
Merchant Francis Cabot Lowel
What organization did Woodrow Wilson want America to join after WWI
The League of Nations
This invention allowed America to win the war sooner than expected.
The atomic bomb
This is a name for the wars fought between communist and anti communist forces but not the countries directly
proxy wars
list all 13 of the original U.S. states
Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island
This was the U.S.'s biggest contribution to the industrial revolution
Interchangeable parts
What was the name of a series of social, economic and governmental reforms in this timeperiod
The new deal
What was the name of the plane that dropped the first bomb and the two cities that were bombed
Enola Gay, Hiroshima, Nagasaki
This was the name of a very successful attack on U.S. and south Vietnamese forces during a holiday
The Tet Offensive