Who
This woman famously refused to move seats to the back of a segregated bus.
Who is Rosa Parks
This document lays out the rules and framework for the US government - and can be amended as our needs change over time.
What is the Constitution
Now celebrated with fireworks and hot dogs, this date originally marked the signing of the Declaration of Independence (Month + Day)
What is July 4
Runaway slaves traveled along this route - actually a series of meeting points and people, more than a mode of transportation.
What is the Underground Railroad
This key issue, more than anything else, led to the start of the Civil War.
What is slavery
This woman figuratively "carried" the Lewis & Clark expedition - while literally carrying a baby on her back.
Who is Sacagawea
This is the study of the Earth and its features - also unit 1 of our class!
Coined by Mark Twain, this term refers to an era when obvious wealth covered up poverty and corruption in American culture.
What is the Gilded Age
This hilly region runs through the middle part of NC.
What is the Piedmont
Oliver Brown wanted his daughter to attend a white school when he filed a lawsuit in Topeka, KS - leading to this groundbreaking Supreme Court case.
What is Brown v. The Board of Education
Later serving as governor of Roanoke Colony, this man drew and painted many animals on the voyage from England - including the flying fish.
Who is John White
This type of man-made river can decrease shipping and transportation times by adding a waterway where one does not exist naturally.
What is a canal
This era, when alcohol was illegal in the US, led to bootleggers, speakeasies, and other lawbreaking.
What is Prohibition
What are the Outer Banks
Women and men in Salem, Mass were brought to trial and put to death in a panic over this supposed crime.
What is witchcraft
Known as the Seven Years War in England, this US war is better known here as the ________ & ___________ - named after two sides who joined together against the American colonists.
What is the French & Indian War
What are primary sources.
Not an insect, this term describes the era before the Civil War began.
Antebellum
"49ers" rushed to this state in 1849 in search of gold.
What is California
Who is Rip Van Winkle
Born Samuel, he earned this rhyming nickname after he smuggled blueprints out of England during the early Industrial Revolution (give us the nickname).
Slater the Traitor
This land grab in 1803 nearly doubled the size of the US - when they had only set out to gain New Orleans!
What is the Louisiana Purchase
This battle, while technically part of the War of 1812, was actually fought after the Treaty of Paris was signed and the War was officially ended.
What is the Battle of New Orleans
This island in the Charleston Harbor marked the site of the first Civil War battle.
What is Fort Sumter
Thanks to the Quakers, this city is known as "The City of Brotherly Love."
What is Philadelphia