America Revolution
Civil War
Great Plains Native Americans
ELA/vocabulary
US World power
100

Who was the general of the Continental Army for the Americans during the American Revolution?

Who is George Washington?

100

________ is someone who wants to abolish or end slavery.

What is an Abolitionist?

100

A soft shoe made from animal skin.

What is the Moccasin?

100

What is step number 2 under the Syllable pattern?

Draw the bridge connecting the vowels.

100

_____________is making goods by machines, usually in factories.

What is the Manufacturing?

200

Name the document that declared American colonies free from British rule.

What is the Declaration of Independence?

200

Was the period in the United States the South was rebuilding from the Civil War.

What is Reconstruction?

200

Why did the Plains people give up farming villages?

Because they have horses and followed buffalos.

200

What are the 2 reasons we have rules and laws? 

Be Safe.

Be Fair.

200

When the country was into a deep and serious slowdown. Jobs were hard to come by and keep.

What is the Great Depression?

300

Who were the two armies fighting in the American Revolution?

Who are the Americans and the British?

300

The two sides that are fighting in the Civil War. Name the 2 armies for each side.

What is the North and the South?

Confederate- South

Union- North

300

What type of homes did Plains people live in after they got horses?

What is Earth lodges?

300

Separation of people by race. 

What is segregation?

300

Explain how Transcontinental railroads help with making the US  a world power.

Crossing a continent, such as North America from East to West coast transporting goods to each state. Railroads are important for transportation of people, goods and resources. 

400

The founding father who helped wroted the Declaration of Independence is___________.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

400

The President during the Civil War. 

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

400

How did sign language help different Great Plains groups?

Sign languages helps Native Americans with  communication despite language differences.

400

Explain Jim Crow laws. 

Jim Crows or (unfair rules and laws aim towards African Americans in the South States) led to segregation in the South.

400

Thomas Edison well- known for inventing the _________.

What is the Electric Light bulb?

500

The Taxes created by the British King on the American colonies. 

What is the Stamp Act?

What is the Townshend Act?

500

The law was passed after the Civil War to grant African Americans freedom from slavery.

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

500

Explains some of the Native Americans from the Great Plains traditions and cultural practices. 

Great Plains people often sun dance. They believed spirits lived in animals, plants, and the Sun. The Sun Dance was an important ceremony.

  • Clothing was made from animal hides. Men wore shirts, leggings, and moccasins; women wore dresses.
  • Tools and weapons were made from natural materials like antlers, horns, and wood.
  • Warfare included small raids, often stealing horses. Bravery was shown by touching an enemy instead of killing.
500

Explain the purpose of Venn Diagrams and how to use them. 

Venn Diagrams are pictures graphic organizers that are used to Compare and Contrast 2 subjects in the same topic. Compare means alike and contrast means different. Key details are add for both subjects along with what they have in common.
500

Explains different programs from President Roosevelt's New Deal plan that help the people recover from the Great Depression years.

  • Civilian Conservation Corps
  • Several million people were paid to help care for the environment.
  • Works Progress Administration (WPA)
  • Puts artists to work creating art for the public.
  • Social Security Helps supports people when they cannot work or are retired.