Unit 2: Lesson 2: History of the US

The major effect of the Revolutionary War was

• The US gained independence from Britain
• more rights for groups like African Americans and women
• The US became a world leader
• All of the above

The use of violence or threats to reach a political goal

• terrorism
• indigenous
• annex
• slavery

To take over land

• treaty
• annex
• terrorism
• indigenous

After the Revolutionary War, Native Americans

• annexed land from the British
• lost land to the Americans
• divided land with the French
• All of the above

America expanded to the Pacific Ocean in the 1800s because of

• help from Great Britain and France
• the strength of the military
• The invention of the railroad and better weapons
• better and faster transportation, new machinery, and factories

Why did the colonists declare independence from Britain in 1776?

• They were angry at the British
• They had to pay unfair taxes
• Trade policies were unfair
• All of the above

People who are descendants of the first groups to live in a place

• terrorism
• annex
• slavery
• indigenous

A written agreement with other nations

• treaty
• annex
• terrorism
• indigenous

The practice of owning people and forcing them to work

• indigenous
• slavery
• terrorism
• annex

By 1945, the US had

• won World War II with its allies and became a world leader
• won the Civil war and ended slavery
• won the Revolutionary war and ended slavery
• won the War in Afghanistan and ended terrorism