Important People
What explorer first landed in the Bahamas and Cuba
Christopher Columbus
The War Between the States is also known as....
The Civil War
The first Americans had to find food to eat like plants and animals. What is the name for these people?
What do you call a person who was against slavery and believed all people should be free?
abolitionist
What African American man was famous for his fight for Civil Rights of all races?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What abolitionis helped many slaves escape from the south to the north to be free?
Harriet Tubman
Who was the President of the Unioin during the Civil War?
Abe Lincoln
When America was discovered, the Native Americans were able to trade with Eurpeon explorers for goods they couldn't produce themselves. What is this called?
The Columbian Exchange
What event forced the Americans to join the fight in World War II ?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
African Americans vowed they wouldn't ride the city busses in Montgomery, Alabama in protest of segregation laws. What do you call this?
boycott
Who was the first to explore the Florida area?
Hernando de Soto
What was the reason the Civil War started?
Slavery
Who did Thomas Jefferson hire to explore the Louisiana Purchase?
Lewis and Clark
What do you call the period of American history after the stock market crashed and many Americans lost their homes and their money?
Great Depression
When African American students were forced to go to different schools than white children, it is called.....
segregation
Who was the first to explore the Southwest region of what is now the United States?
Franciso Coronado
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Who were the soldiers from the South, who were fighting to keep slavery?
Confederates
This is the belief that Americans should expand our nation from coast to coast
Manifest Destiny
Who was the Confederate President of the United States?
Jeffereson Davis
Who explored the St. Lawrence River and what is now parts of Canada?
Samuel de Champlain
What do you call the period of time after the Civil War when the South was rebuilt by the US government?
Reconstruction
What was the name of the soldiers from the North, who were fighting to stop slavery?
Union
What do you call the years of tension and conflict between the United States and Russia after World War II
Cold War
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