What name did Columbus call the original settlers of America?
Indians
200
Who was the first to circumnavigate the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
200
How many ammendments are there?
27
200
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
England
200
What is another name for the Union?
Yankees
200
When the "white man" came, many Native Americans were dying, why?
(Give an example)
disease, killing food supplies, wars
300
Who did Christopher Columbus sail for?
Spain
300
Who is the Father of the Constitution?
James Madison
300
Who invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
300
How many southern states suceded
11 states
300
In the Native Americans eyes colonization was what?
Invasion
400
What country didn't take part in sailing?
italy
400
When was the constitution signed?
September 7 1790
400
Who is the inventor of the reaper?
Cyrus McCormick
400
What is the year was the the attack on fort sumter
1861
400
What is the land bridge theory? Describe.
Believed that during the ice age ocean fell leaving exposed land at the Bering Strait from Alaska to Russia. Asian hunters came across land bridge and settled there.
500
What was the main reason for exploration?
finding a trade route to Asia or to find riches or to settle
500
what are three charateristics of the founding fathers
wealthy, smart, powerful, educated
500
What did George Stephenson invent?
steam localmotive
500
What general showed total war stragety?
General Sherman
500
Eastern Woodlands, Southeast, Great Plains, Southwest, Northwest What are the 5 different places the Native americans settled?
Eastern Woodlands, Southeast, Great Plains, Southwest, Northwest