Presidents
Who was the first President of the United States
George Washington
What act provided tensions, unemployment insurance, and aid to blind, deaf, disabled and dependent children
Social Security Act
Which ethnicity participated in the trail of tears?
Native Americans
What was the main cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
What groups were bring segregated from each other?
African Americans and Whites
Who was the first president to be impeached?
Andrew Johnson
What act paid farmers not to grow crops?
Agriculture Adjustment Act
Why did thousands of people rush to California in 1849?
to mine for gold
Where were most of the battles fought?
South
what laws that said that African Americans and whites must use different schools, restaurants, hotels, theaters, parks?
Jim Crow Laws
Richard Nixon
What year did the second New Deal start?
1935
What happened when gold was discovered on Native American reservations?
The Native Americans were forced to move to new reservations
How many states declared their secession from the United States?
11
Who is a person who works to bring social change?
Activist
Who was the only President to serve more than two terms?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What act helped construction workers get jobs doing public projects (highways, bridges, sewers)?
Public Works Administration (PWA)
True or False - All cowboys in Westward Expansion were immigrants from Ireland.
False
Which President issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
President Lincoln
What Supreme Court case in 1896 that said separate facilities are legal as long as they are equal?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Who assassinated JFK?
Lee Harvey Oswald
What act gave 2.5 million poor citizens jobs and land. It brought cheap electric power, low-cost housing, cheap nitrates, and the restoration of eroded soil?
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
What direction did the transcontinental railroad go?
West to East
What was the deadliest battle of the Civil War?
What amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18?
26th Amendment