Vocabulary
A plan of government
Constitution
This is someone who hunted animals and gathered plants for food.
Hunter-gatherer
This is freedom from rule by others.
Independence
This is a person who comes to live in a new land.
Immigrant
Who was the United States rival during the Cold War
The Soviet Union
Land governed by a country but not yet a state
Territory
What year did Christopher Columbus set sail?
1492
Who was the leader of the Continental Army?
George Washington
Who is someone who works to end slavery?
Abolitionist
Who was one of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Land set aside for Native Americans
Reservation
What is a belief or custom handed down through generations?
Tradition
Why did Thomas Jefferson buy the Louisiana Purchase?
To expand the United States
What did the South rely heavily on?
Farming, including cotton grown using slave labor.
This big vocabulary word means "crossing a continent"
Transcontinental
A time when the economy slows and many people lose jobs.
Depression or Great Depression
What mode of transportation did the first Americans use to travel to the Americas?
By boat/water route
Why Thomas Jefferson send Lewis and Clark on an expedition?
To find a river route to the Pacific Ocean. To make contact with Native Americans.
Who was our president during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What is a New Deal program that still exists today?
Social Security
A system in which a leader has complete power over a country
Fascism
What was so dangerous about the Columbian Exchange?
Europeans brought germs that were deadly to the American Indians.
What is the first amendment in the Bill of Rights?
Freedom of speech, religion, and protest.
What did Jim Crow Laws protect?
The rights of African Americans.
What BIG event led led the United States to enter World War II?
Japan attacking Pearl Harbor.