The U.S. Government
Vocabulary
Trail of Tears
Women's Rights
Math
100
This is another word for a nation.
What is a country?
100
These are people who worked/fought to end slavery.
Who are abolitionists?
100
This is a piece of legislation took land from several Native American Tribes. Bonus: What year did it pass?
What is the Removal Act? 1830
100
This is another word for "the right to vote."
What is suffrage?
100
Mrs. Stoken and Ms. King only have 5 sheets of paper. They need share these five sheets equally. What fraction of the sheets of paper will each of the teachers get? * Write your equation * Show a picture/diagram * If possible, write the answer as a mixed number and as an improper fraction.
5 ÷ 2 = ? 5/2 2½
200
This man is our representative in Congress. He came to Del Rey Woods last year to speak to several classrooms.
Who is Sam Farr?
200
This is what an association is.
What is a group of people organized for a joint purpose? Other possible answer: What is a connection or cooperative link between people and organizations?
200
This character trait is what General Winfield Scott is best known to have possessed.
What is compassion?
200
This woman is famous for illegally voting in the 1872 presidential election.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
200
List all of the prime factors for the number 288.
2x2x2x2x2x3 or 2⁵x3
300
To become a law, a bill must pass through these branches:
What are the Legislative, Judicial and Executive?
300
This describes a reformer.
Who are people who want to change things in politics or society?
300
This was the famous river that the Native American tribes had to cross.
What is the Mississippi River?
300
This woman helped the women of Wyoming gain the right to vote and hold office before any other woman in the United States.
Who is Esther Morris?
300
Find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for the numbers 127 and 13.
The answer is 1, because when 2 numbers are prime, their factors are only 1 and themselves, so 1 will always be the only common factor for two prime numbers.
400
This executive order issued by the 16th president of the United States on January 1st, 1863, freed 3,100,000 slaves.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
These ideas describe an economy.
The wealth (money) and resources (wood, water, food) of a country or region The production (making) and consumption (using) of goods (thing you can buy) and services (things you pay people to do for you). Buying and selling Jobs Supply (creating/making things) and Demand (people's need for things).
400
This person "fought" against the unjust removal of the Native Americans by using the government. Name this person and what group of people he/she belonged to. Which branch of government did he use to "fight?"
John Ross, Cherokee, Judicial Branch
400
This woman is famous for drafting the Declaration of Sentiments at the Seneca Falls Convention.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
400
This is a number between 30 and 40. It is an even number. one of its factors is 6.
36
500
This was the first president who did not come from the original 13 colonies. What is his name? Where did he grow up? How did he relate to his voters and who are they?
Who is Andrew Jackson? Andrew Jackson grew up on the frontier. He grew up with a similar background to the new voters. The new voters were ordinary citizens or the "humble members of society." These people included farmers, mechanics and laborers.
500
This is the definition of polling.
What is recording votes or opinions?
500
This Native American Chief fought against injustice using force. What is his name and what tribe did he belong to? What injustice was he fighting against? Bonus: How exactly did he fight against it?
Who is Chief Osceola of the Seminole Tribe? What is the removal of the Seminoles from their land? They fought with surprise attacks.
500
These are four rights that women did not yet have in the 1800's.
What is ________? Vote Hold office Own property Enter/sign contracts Hold her own income Divorce from an abusive marriage Wear comfortable clothes and short hair Have equal pay as men Have opportunities for higher education Serve in the military Other acceptable answers
500
Ash began at his house and rode his bike 24 feet away. Then he rode his bike a dozen more feet away from his house. Finally, he turned around and rode half way back in the same direction he came from. How far away is Ash from his house now?
Answer: Ash is now 18 feet away from his house.