US History

Question 1

Where was the first permanent residence in North America?

Answer 1

Jamestown, VA in 1607.

Question 2

When was the French and Indian War?

Answer 2

1754-1763

Question 3

How was the Declaration of Independence brought on?

Answer 3

After the French and Indian war, England sought to regain economically. They put heavy taxes on the 13 colonies. This caused the Continental Congress to publish the Declaration of Independence.

Question 4

Who was the leader of the Continental Congress?

Answer 4

George Washington

Question 5

What was the American Revolution?

Answer 5

A fight between the Americans and the British. The Americans (new 13 colonies) were trying to win their independence from England. It lasted until the surrender of the British in Yorktown 1781.

Question 6

How was North America discovered and when?

Answer 6

In 1492, Christopher Columbus took a trip west across the Atlantic Ocean. He thought he was in India when he hit the land, so he called the Native Americans “Indians”. The explorers realized they found a “New World” and began establishing colonies here.

Question 7

What was the confederation that provided a weak government for the new America?

Answer 7

Articles Of Confederation

Question 8

What constitution provided a strong central government, provided the principals, and when was it ratified?

Answer 8

US Constitution in 1788.

Question 9

What are the first ten amendments in the US Constitution called and what do they promise?

Answer 9

Bill of Rights; they countered fears of an overly powered government. They promise many individual freedoms such as freedom of speech and assembly.

Question 10

What was abolished in the early 1800s in all Northern states?

Answer 10

Slavery

Question 11

What was the cash crop in the South in the 1800s?

Answer 11

Cotton

Question 12

How did the North and South states maintain power?

Answer 12

They added states in pairs, one slave and one slave free.

Question 13

What started the war between North and South territories?

Answer 13

Congress voted that the territories themselves should decide which got the West.

Question 14

What happened after Lincoln won the election?

Answer 14

South states seceded because he promised to put a halt on slavery. They then set up their own govt called the Confederacy.

Question 15

What happened in 1861?

Answer 15

The Union (United States) and Confederacy (south states who’ve seceded) were at war.

Question 16

How did the Civil War end?

Answer 16

In 1865, Confederate general Robert E Lee surrendered to Union general Ulysses S Grant

Question 17

Name 3 reasons for Industrialization.

Answer 17

With the addition of the Western territory, the US gained natural resources. These were used to manufacture machines.

The invention of new machines and industrial processes. Goods were produced quicker, cheaper, and easier.

The nations booming population. There were more people to buy more goods.

Question 18

What was the Progressive Era?

Answer 18

Unions put on strikes to make things better. Child labor, improve health care, and clean up slums.

Question 19

What is Imperialism?

Answer 19

The policy by which stronger nations take control over smaller weaker ones.

Question 20

Who was in WWI?

Answer 20

Allies - Great Britain, Russia, and France.

Central Powers - Germany, Austria Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.

Question 21

What caused The US to join the WWI?

Answer 21

In 1917, Germany sinked American ships.