Word Lists in the U.S. History Category

Example: What were the Framers concerned with regards to the executive branch?: [m] With them becoming too powerful, dictators, Why were the Framers concerned?: [m] They did not want kings to rule., What is one example of shared power?: [m] All of the above, Why does executing the laws give the President great power?: [m] A President can say who can enforce the law and how much to support that law; Congress can pass the law

Example: The people in Georgia wanted more money for what?: , What were some of the complaints voters called about?: , After the law changed, were black people treated fairly or unfairly?: , to recommend for a job or an award.: [m]

Example: When was the Boston Massacre?: March 5, 1770, What led to the Boston Massacre?: Sugar, quartering, stamp, and townshend acts, How many Bostonian colonists died?: 5, Slogan that colonists created: "No taxation without representation"

Example: What happened to Amir’s mother?: [m] She died during childbirth. , Three words that describes Amir relationship with his father:: [m] love, fear, and hate., Who is Sanaubar?: [m] Hassan’s mother., What discrimination do Hassan and Ali face?:

Example: He is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the twentieth century, and is frequently ranked as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time, earning him the nickname "The Greatest.": Muhammad ali , an American political scientist, diplomat, and major player in the decolonization process and the civil rights movement in the mid-twentieth century, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 : Ralph J. Bunche , a former professional basketball player in the United States who spent 20 seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).: Kareem Abdul- Jabbar, From 1954 to 1976, he was an American professional baseball right fielder who spent 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).: Hank Aron

Example: 1st Amendment: This amendment includes the freedoms of speech, the press, religion, assembly and the right to petition the government., 2nd Amendment: This amendment gives us the right to bear arms., 3rd Amendment: This amendment gives us protection against housing soldiers in civilian homes., 4th Amendment: This amendment offers protection against unreasonable search and seizure and warrants without probable cause.

Example: The first federal income tax was passed to help pay for which war?: [m] , When did the bombardment of Fort Sumter start?: [m] , What day did South Carolina secede from the Union?: [m] , What was the date of the surrender at Appomattox Court House?: [m]

Example: A. An outdoor fire used for warmth or cooking: ___campfire, B. To move to a place and make it your home : ___settled, C. Things or places seen: ___sights, D. Feeling sorry about someone else's trouble or misfortune: ___sympathy

Example: An outdoor fire used for warmth or cooking: campfire, To move to a place and make it your home : settled, Things or places seen: sights, Feeling sorry about someone else's trouble or misfortune: sympathy

Example: WHAT IS THE NICKNAME OF ILLINOIS?: [m] THE PRAIRIE STATE, WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF ILLINOIS?: [m] SPRINGFIELD, WHAT IS ILLINOIS STATE BIRD?: [m] NORTHERN CARDINAL, WHAT IS ILLINOIS STATE FLOWER?: [m] VIOLET

Example: ILLINOIS STATE NICKNAME?: [m] THE PRAIRIE STATE, ILLINOIS CAPITAL IS?: [m] SPRINGFIELD, THE BIGGEST CITY IN ILLINOIS IS?: [m] CHICAGO, ILLINOIS STATE BIRD IS?: [m] NORTHERN CARDINAL

Example: ILLINOIS STATE NICKNAME?: [m] THE PRAIRIE STATE, ILLINOIS CAPITAL IS?: [m] SPRINGFIELD, THE BIGGEST CITY IN ILLINOIS IS?: [m] CHICAGO, ILLINOIS STATE BIRD IS?: [m] NORTHERN CARDINAL

Example: WHAT IS THE NICKNAME OF ALABAMA?: [m] THE HEART OF DIXIE, WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF ALABAMA?: [m] MONTGOMERY, WHAT IS ALABAMA'S STATE BIRD?: [m] YELLOWHAMMER, WHAT IS ALABAMA'S STATE FLOWER?: [m] CAMELLIA

Example: oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement within the borders of the continental United States: St. Augustine, escaped persecution from King James I of England and then emigrated to the Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower in 1620: William Bradford , the defendant in the most famous of the trials intended to suppress religious dissent in the Massachusetts Bay Colony: Anne Hutchinson , leader of the Quakers who was given the state of Pennsylvania : William Pen

Example: Territory: A region of land; also a region designated by Congress and organized under a governor. , Diplomacy: The art of conducting negotiations with other countries. , Texas War for Independence : The 1836 rebellion of Texans against Mexican rule, that resulted in Texas becoming an independent nation. in , Mexican-American War: The war with Mexico from 1846-1847 that resulted in Mexico ceding to the U.S. a huge region extending from Texas to California.

Example: States had more power than the country..... "No king".: A weak national government., Congress could only ask states to help pay debts.... "please help pay".: Congress could not tax or regulate commerce amoung states, All states printed their own money and could only spend it in their own state.: No common currency, Neither size or population affected the number of votes a state representative had.: Just one vote per state, no matter the size of the state

Example: What is Tennessee's state tree?: Tulip Poplar, What is Tennessee's state bird?: Mockingbird, What is Tennessee's nickname?: The Volunteer State, What is Tennessee's state flower?: Iris

Example: What are records made by people who saw or took place in an event?: Primary Sources, What are records generated by someone who did not experience an event first hand?: Secondary Sources, What is a territory controlled by another country?: Colony, A new community in a new place is called?: Settlement

Example: investors pool their money for a common purpose: Joint stock company, works for another in return for travel: Indentured servant, rights over English colonies in North America: proprietor, enomic system where nations increase their wealth: mercantilism

Example: investors pool their money for a common purpose: Joint stock company, works for another in return for travel: Indentured servant, rights over English colonies in North America: proprietor, economic system where nations increase their wealth: mercantilism

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Example: Thomas Jefferson: Wrote the Declaration of Independence, George Washington: Leader of the Continental Army, Paul Revere: Created the engraving portraying the Boston Massacre, Thomas Paine: Wrote the pamphlet Common Sense

Example: Thomas Jefferson: Wrote the Declaration of Independence, George Washington: Leader of the Continental Army, Paul Revere: Created the engraving portraying the Boston Massacre, Thomas Paine: Wrote the pamphlet Common Sense

Example: The exposed land between Alaska and Siberia that served as a bridge between North America and Asia during the Ice Age: Beringia, a scientist who learns about earlier societies by discovering and studying physical evidence of their lifestyles: Archaeologist, An object made or shaped by humans : Artifact, A social and political institution developed during the Mississippian Indian period: Chiefdom

Example: Charter: Official document giving a person or group permission to do something. , Cash Crop: Crop grown to be sold for profit., Indentured Servant: Person who agreed to work for someone for a certain amount of time in exchange for the cost of the voyage to North America. , House of Burgesses: Law-making assembly in colonial Virginia.

Example: The exchange of plants, anunaks, diseases, and people across the Altantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas: Coloumbian Exhange, the treatment of people as property. People who are denied freedom in this way are said to be : Slavery, They introduced crops such as wheat and rice to these lands, as well as _______ animals like horses, cows, pigs and sheep. : domesticated, Spanish soldier-exokiresrs, especially those who conquered the native peoples of Mexico and Peru: Conquistadors

Example: to move rom one place and establish a home in a new place: Migrate, all of the physical surroundings in a place, including land, water, animals, plants, and climate: Environment, useful material found in nature, including water, vegetation, animals, and minerals: natural resource, a people's way of life including beliefs, customs, food, dwellings, and clothing: culture

Example: Company in which investors buy shares in exchange for part of any profits.: Joint stock company, Person who opposed war or violence.: Pacifist, To mistreat person or group because of their beliefs.: Persecute, Land owners of DUTCH colonies who ruled like Kings over large areas of land.: Patroon

Example: Elected representative to a Government in Jamestown.: Burgess, Document granting the right to form a colony.: Charter, List of laws to support a government: Constitution, Person who owes money.: Debtor

Example: In which city does the story begin?: [m] Boston, What city did Paul Revere want to signal?: [m] Charlestown, How many lanterns were hung?: [m] Two, True/False: Paul Revere called the British troops Regulars.: [m] True

Example: True/False: John Smith wrote Of Plymouth Plantation.: [m] False, What illness did many of the Pilgrims suffer on their journey?: [m] Seasickness , What was used to raise the main beam after it started buckling?: [m] An iron screw, True/False: John Howland was the man who fell overboard but was rescued.: [m] True

Example: True/False: John Smith wrote Of Plymouth Plantation.: [m] False, What illness did many of the Pilgrims suffer on their journey?: [m] Seasickness , What was used to raise the main beam after it started buckling?: [m] An iron screw, True/False: John Howland was the man who fell overboard but was rescued.: [m] True

Example: True/False: Robinson Crusoe built a fence around his tent. : [m] True, During the thunderstorm, what did Robinson Crusoe worry about losing?: [m] C. His gunpowder , What kind of animal did Robinson Crusoe hunt on the island?: [m] B. Goats, True/False: Robinson Crusoe found many reasons to be thankful. : [m] True

Example: True/False: Robinson Crusoe built a fence around his tent. : [m] True, During the thunderstorm, what did Robinson Crusoe worry about losing?: [m] C. His gunpowder , What kind of animal did Robinson Crusoe hunt on the island?: [m] B. Goats, True/False: Robinson Crusoe found many reasons to be thankful. : [m] True

Example: Slave who sued for his freedom: Dred Scott, Law that banned slavery in states north of a set line: Missouri Compromise, 11 states who seceded from the Union: Confederate States of America, Rival of Abraham Lincoln, debated him several times: Stephen Douglas

Example: Slave who sued for his freedom: Dred Scott, Law that banned slavery in states north of a set line: Missouri Compromise, 11 states who seceded from the Union: Confederate States of America, Rival of Abraham Lincoln, debated him several times: Stephen Douglas

Example: Said to be the initial spark to the movement, when this young man was murdered for allegedly cat calling a white woman?: [m] Emmitt Till, Who is Not a founder of the NAACP?: [m] Martin Luther King Jr, What year was the Voting Right Act?: [m] 1965, What year were school in Huntsville desegregated?: [m] 1963

Example: Said to be the initial spark to the movement, when this young man was murdered for allegedly cat calling a white woman?: [m] Emmitt Till, Who is Not a founder of the NAACP?: [m] Martin Luther King Jr, What year was the Voting Right Act?: [m] 1965, What year were school in Huntsville desegregated?: [m] 1963

Example: Said to be the initial spark to the movement, when this young man was murdered for allegedly cat calling a white woman?: [m] Emmitt Till, Who is Not a founder of the NAACP?: [m] Martin Luther King Jr, What year was the Voting Right Act?: [m] 1965, What year were school in Huntsville desegregated?: [m] 1963

Example: What continent is the United States on?: North America, What are the first people in North America called?: Native Americans, How did the first people probably get here?: an ice bridge from Asia, When did Columbus sail to North America: 1492

Example: How many tribes were there in the Americas originally: [m] 2000, Which is not a form of government the N.A. used: [m] bands, tribes, confederacies, What did most N.A. tribes have in common about religion: belief in mysterious force of nature, About how many languages were spoken: [m] 200

Example: How many tribes were there in the America's originally: [m] 2000, Name the 3 types of government N.A. used: bands, tribes, confederacies, Name one fact about each style of government: , About how many languages were spoken: [m]

Example: How many tribes were there in the America's originally: [m] 2000, Name the 3 types of government N.A. used: bands, tribes, confederacies, Name one fact about each style of government: , About how many languages were spoken: [m]

Example: Who was the first one to North America?: [m] Native Americans, What may have led the first people here to America?: [m] Animals, What year did Cristipher Columus arive in America?: [m] 1492, What were the 3 tribes that lived along the Northwest Coast?: [m] Chinook, Makah, and the Salish

Example: Who was the first one to North America?: [m] Native Americans, What may have led the first people here to America?: [m] Animals, What year did Cristipher Columus arive in America?: [m] 1492, What were the 3 tribes that lived along the Northwest Coast?: [m] Chinook, Makah, and the Salish

Example: Who was the first one to North America?: [m] Native Americans, What may have led the first people here to America?: [m] Animals, What year did Cristipher Columus arive in America?: [m] 1492, What were the 3 tribes that lived along the Northwest Coast?: [m] Chinook, Makah, and the Salish

Example: Martin Luther King, Jr., is born in Atlanta, Georgia.: January 15, 1929, Coretta Scott and Martin Luther King, Jr., are married: June 18, 1953, Montgomery Bus Boycott: December 5, 1955-December 21, 1956, The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is founded and Dr. King is chosen president: January 10-11, 1957

Example: When was the Homestead Act written: 1862, Which state is part of the Great Plains?: Texas, When was the Gold Rush: 1849, When was the Transcontinental Railroad completed?: 1869

Example: Who said, England is no longer my country, I am American.: Benjamin Franklin, What part of America is Sarah's father exploring?: Ohio Territory, Name another product that was unfairly taxed by Britain.: Stamps, What harbor was closed to punish the colonists for rebelling?: Boston Harbor

Example: First published, African American, female poet.: Phyllis Wheatly, Name the government establishment of England.: Parliament, Name the Kind of England during the time of the Revolution.: King George, Name the act passed allowing soldiers to live, eat, and sleep in the homes of colonists without pay?: Quartering Act

Example: They had many : servants or slaves, Most white Virginiaians made a living from their: land, They lived in _____homes with dirt floors.: one-room, Most African Americans worked in the ______.: tobacco, harvested crops, and handled livestock

Example: person with no permanent home who travels from place to place: nomad, movement from one place to another: migration, skill of raising plants and animals for human use: agriculture, change the way one lives: adapt

Example: person with no permanent home who travels from place to place: nomad, movement from one place to another: migration, skill of raising plants and animals for human use: agriculture, change the way one lives: adapt

Example: Register to vote : 1, Read facts about candidates : 2, Make a decision about who you want as a candidate : 3, Cast a vote: 4

Example: In what movie did Tom Hanks star as a FedEx executive stranded on an island in the middle of the ocean?: [m] Cast Away, What year was FedEx founded?: [m] 1971, What city was FedEx founded in?: [m] Little Rock, AR, What NFL team does Fred Smith own 10% of?: [m] Washington Redskins

Example: What is the job of the front teeth?: [m] cutting , What is the job of the pointed teeth?: [m] tearing, What is the job of the back teeth?: [m] grinding, When should you brush your teeth?: [m] after every meal

Example: I get my best rest while I am: [m] sleeping, I should usually sleep at least _____ hours. : [m] eight, When I am growing rapidly, I may need ___ sleep.: [m] more, If I have good sleeping habits, I will feel ___ when I wake up. : [m] rested

Example: What was America's first patriotic song?: [m] Yankee Doodle, Who wrote "The Star Spangled Banner"?: [m] Francis Scott Key, What American Fort was being attacked by the British?: [m] Fort McHenry, The song "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" was first sung on Fourth of July.: [m] True

Example: What do we call holidays that only people of the USA celebrate?: [m] patriotic holidays, When is Veterans Day?: [m] November 11, Why do we celebrate Flag Day?: the day our flag was given to Congress, Who made the first flag>: [m] Betsy Ross

Example: continents: large pieces of land, North America: made up of three countries, South America: made up of 12 countries, community: a city, town, village or rural place that people live in.

Example: What is a "free state"?: [m] A state that did not allow slavery at all, What were "states' rights"?: [m] The idea that states have the right to make decisions about issues concerning their state., What is a "slavery state"?: [m] A state that allowed slavery, Who was John C. Calhoun?: A United States senator from South Carolina who believed in states rights.

Example: What was the movement of thousands of African Americans who left the South in search of better opportunities in the North called?: [m] The Great Migration, What were the two main of push factors that caused the Great Migration?: [m] racism and unemployment, What was the main pull factor that caused the Great Migration?: [m] employment and economic opportunities, Which city in the North experienced tremendous growth between 1910-1920 due to the Great Migration?: [m] Detroit

Example: What is pump priming?: [m] Give people jobs by making public projects which stimulates the economy, What was the Social Security Act?: [m] Pension system for retirees and injured workers, How did the Wagner Act help employees?: [m] Gave them the ability for the unions to negotiate about hours,wages and other conditons, What did the Fair Labor Standards Act do?: [m] Banned child labor, made a minimum wage and made workweek 44 hours

Example: What is pump priming?: [m] Give people jobs by making public projects which stimulates the economy, What was the Social Security Act?: [m] Pension system for retirees and injured workers, How did the Wagner Act help employees?: [m] Gave them the ability for the unions to negotiate about hours,wages and other conditons, What did the Fair Labor Standards Act do?: [m] Banned child labor, made a minimum wage and made workweek 44 hours

Example: What is pump priming?: [m] Give people jobs by making public projects which stimulates the economy, What was the Social Security Act?: [m] Pension system for retirees and injured workers, How did the Wagner Act help employees?: [m] Gave them the ability for the unions to negotiate about hours,wages and other conditons, What did the Fair Labor Standards Act do?: [m] Banned child labor, made a minimum wage and made workweek 44 hours

Example: What are push and pull factors?: Factors that determine why someone moves from one place to another., Define ESPN.: Economic, Social, Politica, and Environmental., Which colony only sent 100 men and boys?: Jamestown, What is the name of the first representative government?: House of Burgesses

Example: Who collected the taxes? 1 point: The tax colecters. 1 point, What was the British Paliment? 2 points: Great Britan's government. 2 points, Who were the colonists and what was a colonist? 4 points: The ordnary people beaing ruled by KIng George. 4 points, What did the colonist dod to the tax collecters? 5 points: The colonists would tar & feather and hang the tax collecters 5 points.

Example: How many pages of the pamphlet title "Common Sense" were published?: There were %0 pages in thte "Common Sense" pamphlet., Where was the pamphlet titled common sense published?: It was published in Philadepia , What was the impact of the Declaration of Independence?: The impact was that it gave the colonist rights and gave them more freedom. , Why is the list of grievances against the king an important part of the Declaration? : The king's actions shows the evidence of his unrightfulness and how he violated the rights of the colonists.

Example: The North was also called the: Union, The General who lead the South: RoberteLee, The Southerns were also called: confederates, How many days did the battle last?: three

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Example: Marvel Comics introduces this superhero in March 1941: a, b, c, d

Example: jefferson, treaty, france, spain

Example: Vietnam, War, Guerilla, Tactics

Example: First President of the United States: George Washington, Staff of officers (Secretaries) to advise the President: Cabinet, First Secretary of State: Thomas Jefferson, First Secretary of the Treasury: Alexander Hamilton

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Example: capitol city: Tenochtitlan, where the capitol was located: Lake Texcoco, a highlands plateau: Valley of Mexico, conquered territories: Territorial conquest

Example: What is Prospect?: expectation;likely outcome, What is Cease?: to stop;to come to an end, What is Crisis?: turning point or deciding event in history, What is Alter?: to change in some way to make different

Example: a systematic attempt to overthrow a government by using persons working secretly from withing: subversion, a policy established by President Truman that authorized the screening of all federal employees to determine their loyalty to US Government: loyalty review program, lying when one has sworn under oath to tell the truth: perjury, the policy or process of preventing the expansion of a hostile power: containment

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Example: Second president of the US.: John Adams, The Declarations's main author.: Thomas Jefferson, Us Secretary of state, he later became the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court: John Marshall, An expidition led by Meriwether Lewis and Willian Clark the began in 1804 to explore the Louisiana Purchase.: Lewis and Clark Expidition

Example: George Washington, Cabinet, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton

Example: General of the Continental Army: Washington, Patriot victory where Washington attacked the Hessian: Trenton, 1st Lieutenant who captured British warship Serapis: John Paul Jones, Battle where Patriots tricked British into running into their gunfire: Cowpens

Example: government, pennsylvania, twin towers, world trade center

Example: john locke argued that people have the natural rights of ________ _________ and life : liberty and property , __________ invented the printing press, franklin stove and bifocal glasses: ben franklin, who fought in the french and indian war : french , french colonists indians and spanish on one side and the british british colonists, indians on the other side , where was the french and indian war : north america near ohio river valley

Example: the middle colonies consisted of delaware penn. _________ and __________: new york and new jersey , the middle colonies have ______ winters _______ soil and river valleys : shorter winters fertile soil , the middle colonies had _______ crops like corn : cash crops , the southern colonies consisted of virginia maryland south carolina _________ and _________: north carolina and georgia

Example: First president of the U.S.: George Washington, Declaration of ___ Signed in 1776: Independence, How many amendments does the constitution have?: 27, How many articles does the Constitution have?: 7

Example: constitution, we the people, united states, amend

Example: Civil Liberties: The legal constitutional protections against government. Although our civil liberties are formally set down in the Bill of Rights, the courts, police, and legislatures define their meaning., Bill Of Rights: The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which define such basic liberties as freedom of religion, speech, and press and guarantee defendants rights, Amendment 1: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redre, Amendment 2: A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of the free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

Example: First president of the U.S.: George Washington, Declaration of ___ Signed in 1776: Independence, Started in 1860 and lasted through 1865: Civil War, President who delivered the Emancipation Proclamation: Abraham Lincoln