US HISTORY
The secret network that helped slaves escape
What is the Underground Railroad?
his famous explorer is "credited" with discovering the Americas in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus?
a form of government in which the people vote directly against or in favor of decisions, policies, laws, etc.
What is a Democracy?
The U.S. is made up of this many states
What is 50?
This is the amount of money people earn from work
What is income?
He was the first President of the United States
Who is George Washington?
These things caused European nations to give up control of their colonies in the New World.
What are rebellions, wars, and revolutions?
This Branch of government consist of Supreme Court (usually 9 justices given lifetime appointments), Federal courts, and evaluates laws according to the Constitution
What is the Judicial Branch ?
The line that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
What is the Equator?
When the government spends more money than it collects, it's called this
What is a budget deficit?
This war was fought between the North and South from 1861 to 1865
What is the Civil War?
These people were killed off by diseases brought by the Europeans invaders during the 16th century
Who are the Native Americans ?
A form of government in which one person has absolute authority over a nation.
What is Dictatorship ?
These are lines on a map that run north-south and east-west and help you find places
What are latitude and longitude
When prices go up and the value of money goes down, it’s called this
What is inflation?
This document, signed in 1776, declared America's independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The Cold War was mainly between these two countries
What are the United States and the Soviet Union?
This is the highest law in the United States
What is the Constitution?
The capital of the United States is this city
What is Washington, D.C.?
The basic economic problem of having limited resources is called this.
What is scarcity?
the 1896 Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities and allowed the states to continue their policy of racial segregation for public facilities under this doctrine
What is “separate but equal” ?
He was the leader of Germany during World War II, also known for carrying out The Holocaust
Who is Adolf Hitler?
Consist of the House of Representatives (435 representatives) Senate (100 senators), and Proposes bills that could become law
What is Congress
The United States shares its northern border with this country.
What is Canada?
On October 29, 1929, the New York Stock Exchange suffered its worst day ever, wiping out billions of dollars of investors’ money in a single day that became known as Black Tuesday. America and the rest of the world spiraled into their longest and deepest economic downturn, which lasted until 1939.
What is the Great Depression