Constitution
The names of the THREE branches of government
Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
Junior's full name in The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Arnold Spirit Jr.
The location where the first captured and enslaved Africans were brought in 1619
Jamestown, Virginia
Type of music that was incredibly popular in the 1920-1930s
Jazz Music
The most common method by which immigrants arriving in the 1800s traveled to America by
Steamship
The branch of government that can veto a bill
Executive branch
The name of the journey taken by Cherokee Native Americans who were removed from their homes in the American Southeast and forced to walk thousands of miles to new "Indian Territory" in the Midwest by President Andrew Jackson
The Trail of Tears
The mid-Civil War announcement President Abraham Lincoln made which freed enslaved persons in all states that were in "active rebellion" against the United States of America.
The Emancipation Proclamation
The new genre of music born in the 1950s along with the "Baby Boom" generation
Rock and Roll music
The push reason for Irish immigrants in the 1840s
The Irish Potato Famine
The branch of government that controls "the purse" $$$
Legislative branch
The process by which a person becomes like the dominant, majority culture
Assimilation
The local business that Raymond hopes to integrate in Revolution - where Sunny see's him arrested at while spying on him, the boy with the white converse sneakers.
The Leflore Movie Theater
The name of the 1970s scandal that ALMOST saw President Nixon impeached from office
Watergate Scandal
The pull reason for Chinese immigrants in the 1840s
The California Gold Rush
The number of Supreme Court Justices who serves in the Judicial branch
Nine (9)
The advice Grandmom gives Junior after Roger walks away from the fight
"I think he respects you"
The THREE Reconstruction Amendments
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment
The color associated with America's fear during the Cold War era of a Soviet Union communist infiltration in the United States
The RED scare
What the documentation, informally known as a "Green Card," grants a person
Permanent Residence in the United States (NOT citizenship) and a Social Security Number
The amendment that granted women the right to vote in 1920
The 19th Amendment
Three differences between Native Americans and Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony area
- Housing/Shelter
- Clothing/Apparel
- Religious Beliefs
- Property Ownership
The 1965 law, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, that protected all Americans right to vote.
The 1965 Voting Rights Act
The name of the song by The Andrew Sisters that was dedicated to the service of WWII soldiers in the Army band
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B"
The 1907 unofficial law, agreed upon by both nations, that significantly halted immigration from Japan to the United States
The "Gentlemen's Agreement"