Early America
______ were the first people to live in what is today the United States
a) English
b) Native Americans
c) British
b) Native Americans
Two people working together to create a new machine is an example of what?
a) invention
b) collaboration
c) immigration
d) industrialization
b) collaboration
Moving from one country to another is called _____
Migration
True or False?
Tradition is a custom or belief handed down from generation to generation
True!
A document written in 1776 declaring the 13 colonies were separate from Great Britain
a) The Bill of Rights
b) The Constitution
c) Declaration of Independence
c) Declaration of Independence
What are natural rights?
a) rights that people get for being a citizen, such as the right to vote
b) rights that people earn after obeying the law, such as the right to freedom of speech
c) rights that all people should have, such as the right to life
d) rights that Parliament had but the colonists did not, such as the right to a free press
c) rights that all people should have, such as the right to life
How did the Cheyenne adapt to a nomadic life?
a) They built shelters like teepees.
b) They built lodges for 50 people.
c) They built homes in the below ground.
a) They built shelters like teepees.
What was one thing the women’s rights movement of the 1960s was fighting for?
a) segregation
b) the right to vote
c) equal treatment at work
d) fair wages for farm workers
c) equal treatment at work
True or False?
The Underground Railroad was an actual railroad underground that slaves used to escape.
False!
The Underground Railroad was a way for African Americans to escape slavery in the South. The Underground Railroad was not an actual railroad. It was a network of secret places where African Americans could hide as they traveled north to safety. Many Underground Railroad routes went through the Great Lakes region and into Canada.
The Columbian Exchange was the introducing of new plants, animals, and diseases to and from the ______ and _____
a) Africa and Asia
b) Mexico and Europe
c) Americas and Europe
c) Americas and Europe
This was the war between the colonies and Great Britain colonists — people living in the 13 colonies
a) World War 1
b) American Revolutionary War
c) Civil War
b) American Revolutionary War
Who wrote the "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
a) Taylor Swift
b) Francis Scott Key
c) No one knows
b) Francis Scott Key
Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in _____
(hint: the answer is a year)
1492
Which amendment ended slavery?
a) Thirteenth
b) Fifteenth
c) Nineteenth
d) Twentieth
a) Thirteenth
True or False?
The Industrial Revolution was a period of time where factories were used to make products faster than ever before.
True!