Unit 2 Lesson 1 History of the United States

1. ____________________ is the use of violence or threats to reach a political goal.

• indigenous
• treaty
• annex
• slavery
• terrorism

2. A ____________________ is a written agreement with other nations.

• indigenous
• treaty
• annex
• slavery
• terrorism

3. To ________________ an area is to take it over.

• indigenous
• treaty
• annex
• slavery
• terrorism

4. People who are descendants of the first groups to live in a place are called _________________ people.

• indigenous
• treaty
• annex
• slavery
• terrorism

5. The practice of owning people and forcing them to work is known as _________________________.

• indigenous
• treaty
• annex
• slavery
• terrorism

6. What was one reason the American colonists declared their independence from Britain in 1776?

• They were angry about British taxes with out any representation.
• They wanted more land for farming.
• They wanted their own flag.
• They did not like tea.

7. In 1945 the United States and its allies won _______________.

• World War I
• World War II
• the Civil War
• the Cold War

8. The Emancipation Proclamation _______________________.

• declared freedom against cruel and unfair governments
• began the race to build atomic and other deadly weapons
• freed all enslaved Africans in the Southern states
• fought for equal rights for women

9. What were the two purposes of the American Civil War?

• save the Union
• gain independence from Great Britain
• end slavery
• to expand the United States

9. The Declaration of Independence was signed in the year _______________.

• 1800

• 1783

• 1812

• 1776