What is the cash crop that created tensions between Native Americans and white settlers (because they took land to grow this)
Tobacco
Name one Hispanic influence in the American South/Southwest BEFORE the United States acquired the land.
Mexican settlements in Texas and California
Vaqueros
El Camino Real
Spanish settlements in the New World
Tejano and Californios cultures
What is the name for the slave-trade journey from Africa to the New World?
Middle Passage
What law blocked Chinese immigrants entry to the United States?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Fill in the blank: Aw, we're so sorry to hear that your brother passed away- he gets five big _______.
Booms
Name the tribe that the highest amount of causalities during the Trail of Tears
The Cherokee
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Officially ended the Mexican-American War and made Mexico's land purchasable
What is Reconstruction
Reintegrating the Confederate states to the Union after the Civil War
What did Commodore Matthew Perry's voyage do?
Forcibly opened Japan to the world
What is Mr. Bailey and Mr. Kuolt's government names? (First names)
Douglas and Michael
What is the Battle of Wounded Knee?
The largest massacre in American history, with over 300 Lakota Natives being killed
How much of Mexico's land was ceded to the United States?
Around 55%
What is indentured servitude?
Where an individual will gain their freedom after their labor contract is fulfilled
Name one challenge of the Hmong living in the United States
Cultural assimilation
Isolation/detachment from both Americans and Hmong
Refugees following Vietnam and other wars
Quadratic Formula
When was the approximate date that the Ohio Serpent Mound was created?
Between 1000 - 300 BCE
What were the Zoot Suit Riots?
Violent clashes in Los Angeles between U.S. servicemen and Mexican American youths, who were targeted for wearing flamboyant "zoot suits," symbolizing cultural pride but perceived as unpatriotic and rebellious by many at the time
What did the Fugitive Slave Act do?
Allowed runaway slaves to be captured and returned to slavery, even in Free States
What is the "minority model myth?"
The idea that Asians are the "ideal" minority in the United States, putting unfair stereotypes on all minority groups.
Name what game this is from (double points for his name)
Fortnite / Spitfire
What is the Ghost Dance and why did the Lakota perform it?
The dance would return ancestors from the dead, renew the way of life, and drive the whites from the earth. They performed it for cultural preservation and as resistance to the government's attempt to control and assimilate them.
How did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo affect Mexicans now living in newly acquired American territory?
Mexicans in these territories can become American citizens
Full American rights
Mexicans got to "keep" their property
Protection from Native tribes
Name one Reconstruction Amendment and what it did
13th Am. - Abolished slavery
14th Am. - Grants citizenship to anyone born in the United States and guarantees equal protection/due process of law
15th Am. - Gives any male of color the right to vote
What is islamophobia and how does it affect the attitudes of the United States?
The fear of people who practice Islam or that look Arab/Muslim. It has shaped a very negative perception of these people and increased hostilities toward Muslim/Arab Americans.
What was the first state of the United States?
Delaware