Concrete Jungle (NYC)
Rights & Opportunities
Cause & Effect
Foreign Policy
People & Places
100

Which geographic feature caused people to settle in this area we now call NYC?

Atlantic Ocean (Hudson River works too)

100

How do we remember the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?

Free, Citizens, Vote

100

What is the effect of the Declaration of Independence? 

The United States became a country.

100

What foreign policy advice did George Washington give in his Farewell Address?

Stay neutral!

100

During the Progressive Era and Great Depression, two related Presidents both had which last name?

Roosevelt (Teddy and Franklin)

200

What famous African-American cultural revolution occurred in Manhattan?

Harlem Renaissance

200

Which famous phrase from the Declaration of Independence was changed at the Seneca Falls Convention to support Women's Rights?

"All men (and women) are created equal"

200

What is one cause of the Great Depression?

-- Overproduction

-- Overuse of Credit (too much debt)

-- Uneven distribution of wealth

-- Risky investments

200

On August 6, 1945, the U.S. became the first and only nation to use what weapon in a war?

Atomic Bomb?

200

Which Civil Rights leader encouraged Black Americans to use their 2nd Amendment rights (gun ownership)?

Malcolm X

300

Built in 1825, what human made waterway is the reason NYC is the wealthiest and most populated US city?

Erie Canal

300

In both Schenck vs. United States (1919) and Korematsu v. United States (1944) are proof that rights can be ___________ during ___________?

"Limited" during "War or National Crisis"

300

What is one cause (push or pull factor) of the Great Migration of African-Americans from the South to the North?

Push = racism, segregation, violence. Pull = Factory jobs and opportunities, less racism and segregation
300

After the Spanish-American War, the United States began colonizing smaller nations. Which type of foreign policy is that?

Imperialism

300

Which geographic feature formed the Western border of the 13 Colonies?

Appalachian Mountains

400

Images like these are living spaces called...

Tenements

400
WHY/HOW did Women and Black Americans benefit from both World Wars?

Job opportunities and empowerment!

400

What is an effect of the Sherman Antitrust Act?

Monopolies became illegal. Federal government became more regulatory (hands on)

400

Which event on December 7, 1941, ended American Neutrality for good?

Attack on Pearl Harbor

400

Which geographic feature caused Thomas Jefferson to purchase Louisiana in 1803?

Mississippi River

500

Which famous NYC landmark was actually a gift to celebrate the end of slavery? Even though most people know it as a celebration of immigration.

Statue of Liberty

500

There were no individual rights in the original Constitution until what was added?

The Bill of Rights (first 10 Amendments

500

What is one effect of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal on the federal government?

Expanded power of the federal government. Government is more active in helping people.

500

Which geographic feature helped the United States stay neutral, by keeping us separate from other nations?

Atlantic Ocean

500

Name BOTH Civil Rights activists from the early 1900s, who had strong disagreements with each other?

Marcus Garvey & W.E.B. DuBois