Unit 1 & 2
Geographers divided NC into four regions based on...
What is elevation
This was the document in which the colonies declared their independence from England and included a list of grievances
What is the Declaration of Independence
These words mean the belief that America's fate was to conquer land all the way to the Pacific Ocean. Destined by God, an obvious fate
What is Manifest Destiny
This word means the situation where one company owns all of the businesses, leaving the consumer only one choice.
What is a monopoly
During the 1920s, Americans were purchasing stock shares using the purchasing power of
What is Margin
This set of colonies had the strictest slave codes.
What is the Southern Colonies
The North Carolina Regulator movement and the Revolutionary War were both fought over this.
What were Unfair Taxes
This is the reason thousands of people rushed to California in the 1850s
What is he discovery of gold
The second industrial revolution involved the mass production of goods. Goods were being made these three ways
What are faster, cheaper and more efficiently
These were the 3 R's of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal
What are reform, Relief, and Recovery
This was the first permanent English settlement
What is Jamestown
This word means the sharing of power between a central government and the states of a country
What is Federalism
This word means the complete end to slavery
What is abolition
These were founded by laborers to help fight against poor working conditions
What are labor unions
This event started World War II
What was the German invasion of Poland
This set of colonies was known as the breadbasket colonies
What was the middle colonies
The President, Vice-president and Armed forces are all located in this Branch of Government
What is the Executive Branch
These words mean that the idea that political power belongs to the people.
What is popular sovereignty
These were the four reasons for the start of WWI
What are Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism
Roosevelt signed this act that allowed the United States to aid in the war without actually sending men to fight
What was the Lend Lease Act
This is the imaginary line where upland regions and coastal plains meet, rivers drop suddenly
What is the fall line.
This is the set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government
What is the Constitution
This amendment to the Constitution made slavery illegal in the United States
What is the 13th Amendment
During the 1920s, Americans were purchasing consumer goods using the purchasing power of
What is Credit
In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his powerful “I Have a Dream” speech to show support for what?
What was President Kennedy's Civil Rights Bill