vocabulary #1 and #2

The period of European settlement and rule in America.

• Colonialism

• Revolution

• Constitution

The American fight for independence from British rule.

• Colonialism

• Revolution

• Civil War

The foundational legal document of the United States.

• Colonialism

• Revolution

• Constitution

Conflict between Northern and Southern states over slavery and union.

• Civil War

• Colonialism

• Constitution

The post-Civil War era of rebuilding the South.

• Colonialism

• Reconstruction

• Civil War

The movement of people from one region or place to another.

• Bering Land Bridge

• Migration

• Archaeology

An object made or used by humans, typically of cultural or historical significance, such as tools or pottery.

• Archaeology

• Artifact

• Bering Land Bridge

An ancient group of people in North America known for their distinctive stone tools,

• Hypothesis

• Archaeology

• Clovis Culture

An idea or explanation based on limited evidence that requires further investigation to be proven.

• Clovis Culture

• Hypothesis

• Coastal Migration Theory

A controversial theory suggesting that early humans from Europe crossed the Atlantic ice shelf to North America.

• Artifact

• Coastal Migration Theory

• Solutrean Hypothesis