What is the first permanent settlement in the colonies?

Which physical feature stopped many of the colonists from moving further

        Inland towards the western part of the United States?

This act made colonists house soldiers

This act had colonists pay a tax on all sorts of printed materials such as newspapers, magazines and legal documents

The Tea Act caused which event in history?

This Act was designed to regulate colonial trade and enabled England to collect duties (taxes) in the Colonies.

This Act placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists including the following:

New taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea.

It placed high taxes on tea, cloth, and other British goods.

Established an American Customs Board in Boston to collect taxes.

Set up new courts in America to prosecute smugglers (without using a local jury).

Gave British officials the right to search colonists' houses and businesses.

The colonists did not think it was fair to pass taxes because they did not have representation in the British government. What was the saying that they would use?

This was the belief that God was telling them to move westward.

Who believed that everyone should obey the King’s orders.?

Who believed that they should have freedom and create a new country away from England?

This was a result from _____ that the King closed the port and stopped all trade for the colonists of Boston to help pay for the tea they destroyed.

Colonists started throwing snowballs,provoking soldiers, and some colonists were killed. This event was called the

The Founding Fathers wrote "We the people" to start the preamble. What did they mean when they wrote this?

The Legislative Branch

The Executive Branch

The Judicial Branch

The Executive Branch consists of

The Judicial Branch consists of

The Legislative Branch consists of

What was the first battles of the American Revolution?

The colonies sent delegates to Philadelphia to decide what to do after the American Revolution.   This group of representatives would pick George Washington to lead the American Army.  Later they would approve the Declaration of Independence.  This group was called

What was the sign of freedom when the Declaration of Independence was read?

The 13 stripes and 13 stars represented what on the flag?

Which region is the "bread basket" of the United States because it grows our nation's wheat?

What ocean did the Europeans have to cross to get to North America?

Where did the immigrants land in New York City to start a better life?

Who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower and settled at Plymouth?

What were most explorers looking for when they came to the New World?

James Madison included a system of _____ in the US Constitution while creating the 3 branches of government to keep the balance of power equal among the branches.

Which amendment granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed?

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

Today, If a person is not a citizen of the USA, they can become a citizen by going through

Chinese, Japanese, and other Asian immigrants came to our country in San Fransisco, California through which place?

Things that every citizen should be free to do or have is called a

Things that every citizen should do is called a

The Women's Rights Movement was organized by

_____ were used to deny African Americans, Immigrants, the less

educated, and the poor the ability to vote.

This amendment granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S. (even former slaves)

A court ruling that interpreted the 14th amendment to mean that while citizens were given the same legal rights those rights did not transfer to social rights.

The interpretation of the law led to the legal segregation of African Americans and whites. They were given separate facilities in all public places and schools. These were called the ______.

What event occurred that led to desegregation at restaurants and lunch counters?

This even led to Rosa Parks arrest when she refused to give up her seat to a white man. African Americans refused to ride the buses.

This Act ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, or national origin.

_____ was the most tiring and difficult trail in the United States. With Native American historical roots, the trail was used by the adventurous and opportunists bringing textiles from Santa Fe to trade for mules and horses in Los Angeles beginning in the early 1800s.

This Act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson that prohibited racial discrimination in voting.

Who was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement and gave his famous "I Have A Dream" speech?

Who was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white school in Louisiana?

What was written to protect the rights of the citizens of the United States?

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Who had the largest signature on the Declaration of Independence?

What consists of 10 amendments that guarantee certain rights and

protections to US citizens by limiting the power of the federal government?

____ was to persuade farmers to move West for the fertile land for farming.  It also provided large amounts of cheap land, and it influenced settlers to move West for better opportunities.  You had to be 21 years old to claim 160 acres of land to farm for 5 years.

The settlers moved to the West on covered wagons down this trail.

Who explored the newly purchased Louisiana Territory that was purchased when Thomas Jefferson was president? They went on an expedition to map the regions of the Louisiana Territory, to discover and document natural resources, animals, plant life, and geography of the regions they would discover, and to establish friendly relationships and trade with Native Americans.

The economic system where African slaves were exchanged for raw materials, money, finished goods, and also involved the countries/continents Africa, Europe, and the Americas was called the

Who invented Hull House, started daycares, Kindergartens, and won a Nobel Peace Prize?

____ eliminates the need to carry money or checks. They are used to pay for things, but they do NOT allow people to spend more money than they have in their account.

____ eliminates the need to carry money or checks. They are used to pay for things, but they DO allow people to spend more money than they have in their account for a fee. You can pay for it later.

A ___ is a written, dated, and signed document that tells the banks to pay a certain amount of money.

___ means to put your money in the bank for safe keeping.

_____ is money given to you

by the bank in which you have to pay back for a fee,

____ involves removing funds from a bank account or savings

account that you have at a bank.

A fee that you pay back for a loan is ___

An exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money is

Immigrants blend into American culture by adding items to the culture but do not

keep strong ties to their cultural background. Immigrants blend into the culture

by speaking English and practicing the customs of American culture. They give up

their culture and “melt into” or follow the American culture.

Immigrants come to America and keep strong ties to their cultural backgrounds

while adapting to the general ways of American culture. Immigrants come to

America blend into the culture by also speaking English and practice American

customs, but they do not give up their cultural ties to their home country. They

continue to speak their language, eat their foods, and practice their customs.

From 1910 to 1920, African Americans migrated in large numbers from the South to the North, this was known as

A ____ is a plan on how you will

spend your income on your needs and wants.

Immigrants came to the United States through Ellis Island and Angel Island looking for

___ is the process of growing populations in cities and towns.

____ occurs when

you make more money than you spend.

The cotton gin increased the need for

Henry Ford built Model T cars on the ____

Factories were built in the Northeast region because there were many

Why did factory owners want to employ

women, children, and immigrant workers in their factories?

____ refer to resources such as iron, water, trees, and fertile

land. These resources come naturally from the Earth.

___ describes the human work effort, both physical and mental,

used in the production of a good or service.

___ are the man-made physical resources (such as buildings, tools,

machines, and equipment) used in production of goods and services.

___ refers to taking a chance

on something that could return a profit or it could return a loss.

___ refers the desire people have to purchase a certain

good or service.

____ refers to offering goods or services for sale.

____ was a man-made canal that connected the Great Lakes to New York City via the Hudson River. It impacted the economy of New York. It made it grow into one of the largest ports in the world and a center of the world economy.

___ was created from Omaha in Nebraska to Sacramento, California. It officially connected the country from the east coast to the west coast.

The first paved (gravel) thoroughfare to cross the Appalachian Mountains was the

_____ , which reached Ohio in 1825.

___ were the cheapest way to ship goods across the country in the mid-1800s because it could go up and down rivers.

 _____ is a record made by people who saw or took part in an event (originates from the past)

____ is  a record of an event written by someone not there at the time

How did the territory of the United States change with the Louisiana Purchase?

Who helped show Lewis and Clark around the new land of the United States? She served as a translator to speak to other Native American tribes.  Her presence on the expedition showed other Native American tribes that they come in peace and mean no harm. 

What war was fought between the British and the French, lasted 7 years, and was fought over the Ohio River Valley?

On October 17, 1774, the First Continental Congress issued the ____. It denied the British Parliament’s right to tax the colonies and scolded the British for stationing troops in Boston. It described the Intolerable Acts as an assault on colonial liberties, rejected British attempts to restrict a representative government, and requested that the colonies prepare their militias.

_____ was a document that declared the American

colonies independent from British Rule. It outlined why they wanted independence and described all the bad things that the King and the British Parliament had done

to the colony.

A ____ is a government in which the supreme power is held by the people.

A ___ is a form of government that has a king or queen.

The ___ is the opening statement to the United States Constitution. The

Preamble helped explain why the Constitution was written. It also requires the newly formed government of the United States to preserve America as a republic.

If the President of the United States does not like a law he/she can ____ it and send it back to the Legislative Branch.

Which colony had

sandy and stony soil making it hard to till and grow large crops

• Cool and temperate climate

• Deep ports for ships and protection for the coastline and rivers.

• Natural resources such as timber etc.

Which colony had

• Fertile soil

• Warm humid climate

• Deep ports for ships and protection from other nations

• Natural resources such as timber, sassafras, iron, salt, furs, etc.

Many of the towns built in this region were built on the coast and colonists made their living by fishing, whaling, and shipbuilding. Farming in this region focused on small crops that provided enough for the town or community.

These colonies had a very warm climate and lots of fertile soil, so they

concentrated on agriculture and developed plantations that grew and exported tobacco, cotton, corn, vegetables, grain, fruit, livestock, and indigo.

These colonies are often called the breadbasket colonies because they grew so many crops, especially wheat. They built flour mills where wheat was ground into flour, this flour was then shipped to England.

Which region has the Pacific Ocean, Rocky Mountains, Cascade mountains

This region has the Grand Canyon and borders with Mexico. This is also the driest region.

This region has the Ohio River, Mississippi River, Great Lakes, and Great Plains.

This region has the Atlantic Coast, waterways, and Niagara Falls.