History and Government of the United States

For thousands of years, this bounty has attracted waves of ______________________ who came to find a better life.

• Animals

• immigrants

• natives

The movement of people from on country or region to another is called

• river gliding

• exchaning

• migration

• boarder skipping

Native people occupied the land undisturbed until the 15th century, when ____________ began to explore.

• Floridians

• Canadians

• Europeans

The first Europeans to arrive were the

• French

• English

• Spanish

The first settlers where looking for

• freedom of worship

• gold and other treasure

• timber

• water sources

What was the purpose of the Europeans bringing Africans to America?

• help with Natives

• Help grow the nations west

• to work as slave laborers

The Columbian Exchange sent items like Pinapple; corn; beans; squash; cacao; peppers;tabacco; peanuts; to Europe in exchange for

• money

• To please the King and Queen

• citrus fruit, grapes, bananas, sugar cane, honey bees, ect

• ships

Great Britain lost control of the 13 American colonies because of strict taxing laws and unfair rules from the British government resulting in the

• Spanish American War

• Civil War

• American Revolution

• WWI

Winning the American Revolution in 1783 the United States was founded and grew rapidly causing

• war between each other

• famine (not enough food)

• a push westward to Mississippi

• families to split up

People begin placing loyalty to the region instead of their nation creating tension between the SOUTH SLAVE LABOR and the NORTH INDUSTRIALIZATION LABOR thus creating the

• WWI

• WWII

• Great War

• Civil War (brother against brother)