Vocabulary
People Long Ago
Shaping Washington, D.C.
Equal Rights For All
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A long and narrow Native American Shelter? (Page 90)
What is a longhouse.
100
The first people to arrive in what is now Washington, D.C?
What is Native Americans, or nomads.
100
_______________ was the first president of the United States?(page 95)
Who is George Washington.
100
_____ ______ spend much of his life working for the equal treatment of African Americans and other groups.(page 107)
Who is Frederick Douglas.
100
Another word for freedom (page 95)
What is independence.
200
A change to the constitution? (page 107)
What is an amendment.
200
The _______________ were among the Native American groups who lived in the Washington, D.C. area? (page 91)
Who are the Piscataway.
200
By the 1700's, Britain had ______ colonies in North America. (page 95)
What is 13.
200
Frederick Douglas lived in which quadrant of Washington, D.C? **
What is Southeast, Washington, D.C.
200
The unfair treatment of another person because of his or her background, race, or religion? (page 107)
What is prejudice.
300
A place ruled by another country? (page 92)
What is a colony.
300
The Potomac River was important to the Piscataway for what reasons? (page 91)
What is because it gave them fish to eat and water to drink. Also, the people used the river to water their crops and to travel on to trade with other groups of Native Americans.
300
The Land George Washington chose for the capitol was covered with __________ and __________.
What are woods and swamps.
300
On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial. They listened to _________________ talk about his hopes for equality in the United States.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
300
The rights that give everyone equal treatment under the law? (page 108)
What are Civil rights.
400
A person who moved from place to place hunting and gathering? (page 91)
What is a nomad.
400
__________ was the first permanent English settlement in North America? (page 93)
What is Jamestown, Virginia.
400
_________________ was the French artist who helped plan and design Washington, D.C. (page 97)
Who is Pierre L'Enfant.
400
The ________________ says that all Americans have the right to use public places and services. (page 108)
What is the Civil rights act.
400
When the boundaries of a city are marked, or ______? (page 96)
What is to survey, or surveyed.
500
A war in which people from the same country fight each other? (page 98)
What is a Civil War.
500
__________ caused problems with the Piscataway and the European colonists?
What is the colonists took away the Piscataway's land and brought disease.
500
In the Civil War, the Northern and the Southern states fought over _____________. (page 98)
What is slavery.
500
Where in Washington, D.C. did people march and give speeches?
What is "The National Mall"
500
Before Washington, D.C. was built ______and _______ each served as the capital of the United States. (page 95).
What are New York City and Philadelphia.