The American Revolution
a revolution
what is a revolt against an oppressive government?
Frederick Douglass
Who was the abolitionist who started a newspaper called the North Star?
purchase on credit
How were americans able to buy stock without having any money?
This was the first major military conflict between the West and the Communist
What is the Korean War?
Great Britain
What nation was first to industrialize
Boston Massacre
what event killed 5 colonists and wounded 6?
Harriet Tubman
Who was an abolitionist and a conductor on the Underground Railroad?
polio
what disease did roosevelt contract at the age of 39?
October 16-28, 1962 were arguably the most dangerous thirteen days of the Cold War. During this period nuclear war seemed not only plausible, but probable. This particularly unstable time was due to this dilemma.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Steam engines
What new invention did James Watt create
Stamp act
what was the name of the direct tax on the colonists
Abraham Lincoln
Who signed the Emancipation Proclamation and said the Gettysburg Address?
radio
name a popular form of entertainment that many families had in their homes.
the second major military conflict between the West and the Communists
What is the Vietnam War?
Unions
In an attempt to improve working conditions, workers joined these
Boston Tea Party
what was the name of the event when the colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor?
Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the leader of the Union Army?
the grapes of wrath
what book did john steinback write about a family escaping the dust bowl?
One of the most important causes of the Cold War between the USSR and th US after WWII was THIS KIND of conflict
What is ideological conflict?
Pollution, child labor
What were two of the problems associated with rapid industrialization
Patriots
What is the name of the colonists who wanted independence from Great Britain?
Emancipation Proclamation
What is the document that freed slaves in the South?
ella fitzgerald and louie armstrong
name 2 jazz artists on the pwer point slide.
years that the Cold War start and end
What is 1945, 1991
Textiles
What industry was the first to industrialize?