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U.S. HISTORY 10

United States History Chronological Periods
America Before the Europeans
Discovery and Exploration 1492-1650
Colonial Era 1650-1765

Daily Life In the Colonies
Boone & Crockett's America
Revolutionary Era 1765-1783
Constitutional Era 1783-1800
Early National Period 1800-1830
The Age of Jackson 1830-1855
The Coming of the War 1850-1860
The Civil War 1860-1865
Reconstruction 1865-1876
The Gilded Age, 1876-1900

US HISTORY OUTLINE

Chapter 1:Early America

Chapter 2:The Colonial Period
Chapter 3:The Road to Independence
Chapter 4:The Formation of a National Government
Chapter 5:Westward Expansion and Regional Differences
Chapter 6:Sectional Conflict
Chapter 7:The Civil War and Reconstruction
Chapter 8:Growth and Transformation
Chapter 1:Early America
Chapter 2:The Colonial Period
Chapter 3:The Road to Independence
Chapter 4:The Formation of a National Government
Chapter 5:Westward Expansion and Regional Differences
Chapter 6:Sectional Conflict
Chapter 7:The Civil War and Reconstruction
Chapter 8:Growth and Transformation
 

 

 

 

 

 

US HISTORY 11

20th Century

1900-1909   1910-1919  1920-1929,   1930-1939   1940-1949  1950-1959    1960-1969   1970-1979   1980-1989   1990-1999    2000-2009   

20th Century Inventions

US History Outline
Chapter 9:Discontent and Reform
Chapter 10:War, Prosperity, and Depression
Chapter 11:The New Deal and World War II
Chapter 12:Postwar America
Chapter 13:Decades of Change: 1960-1980
Chapter 14:The New Conservatism and a New World Order
Chapter 15:Bridge to the 21st Century

 

 

GOVERNMENT

U.S. Government    

Alabama Government   

  Ben's Guide to US Government

 

ECONOMICS

Economics: earning, saving, tracking, investing, owning, glossary

Fool.com

Stocks.com

EconEdLink.org

HISTORY KNOWLEDGE SCAVENGER HUNT

  1. Who is the governor of Alabama? ____________________
  2. What is the capitol of Alabama? _____________________
  3. What states border Alabama? _________________________________________
  4. Who is called the “Father of our country”? _______________________________
  5. Who is the Vice President? ___________________________________________
  6. Who is the Secretary of Defense? _______________________
  7. Who is the Secretary of State (federal)? __________________
  8. Who is Gordon Brown? _______________________________
  9. How old is the US? ___________
  10. What is the President’s cabinet? _______________________________________
  11. Who is the chief justice of the US Supreme Court? ________________________
  12. What are the three branches of government?_____________, _______________, _______________________________
  13. What are political parties?____________________________________________

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  1. What political party controls Congress today? ____________________________
  2. How many people are in the Senate of the United States? ___________________
  3. How many states are in the United States? _________________
  4. How old do you have to be to vote in the US? ______________
  5. Who is Rosa Parks? _________________________________________________
  6. What is the Declaration of Independence?

 

  1. Who did the US declare independence from? _____________________________
  2. What is Plessy vs Fergurson? _________________________________________
  3. Who was the 44th President of the US? ______________________
  4. What is the US Constitution?

 

  1. What are the first ten amendments to the US Constitution called? _____________
  2. What are the two houses of US Congress? _____________________, _________
  3. US Senators are elected every ________years.
  4. Which house of congress represents the population of each state?_____________
  5. Which state was the last to be admitted to the Union? ______________________
  6. When is America’s Independence Day? _________________________________
  7. 16th Amendment    ______________________________  
  8. What is Roe v Wade?   ______________________________________________
  9. What was the Gettysburg Address about?

Who wrote it?_____________

  1. What was the Emancipation Proclamation? ______________________________
  2. Who was Dwight Eisenhower? _________________________________________
  3. What international organization was started in 1863 in Switzerland to alleviate suffering and promote public health? The American chapter was started by Clara Barton. ___________________________________
  4. 13th Amendment    __________________________
  5. What was the Manhattan Project (1945)?  ________________________________
  6. In 1880 the US capital moved to Washington D.C. from where? ______________ 
  7. What was the Trail of Tears?  _________________________________________
  8. America ’s first subway line opened in what city in 1897? __________________
  9. Who wrote “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calevares County” in 1867?______
  10. Who is the largest employer in Birmingham?  ________________________
  11. What was Woodstock ? ______________________________________________
  12. What were the Roaring 20’s? __________________________________________
  13. Who invented the Assembly line?  _____________________________
  14. Who introduced the Theory of Relativity? _______________________
  15.  Who gave the “Give me liberty or give me death” speech?  _________________
  16. A member of the US House of Representatives must be how old?  _______
  17. If something were to happen to both the President of the US & the VP, who is next in line to assume the office?  ______________________________________
  18. Which Article of the Constitution sets up the Judicial Branch?  _______________
  19. What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War? ________________________
  20. 15th Amendment    ______________________________________   
  21. 19th Amendment    ______________________________________  
  22. What is NASA?   _______________________________________
  23. What is EPA?      _______________________________________
  24. 1st Amendment   _______________________________________
  25. 2nd Amendment   _______________________________________
  26. 3rd Amendment   ________________________________________
  27. 4th Amendment   ________________________________________
  28. 5th Amendment  _________________________________________
  29. 6th Amendment  _________________________________________
  30. 7th Amendment  _________________________________________
  31. 8th Amendment  _________________________________________
  32. 9th Amendment  _________________________________________
  33. 10th Amendment _________________________________________
  34. What year was the first Earth Day? 1921, 1952, 1970, 1984, 1990
  35. What were the causes of the Civil War? ___________________________________
  36. Why did the US enter WWII? _________________________________________
  37. What was the cause of the Korean War? _________________________________
  38. What was the longest war the US fought and the only one it lost? _____________
  39. What type of government does the US have? _____________________________
  40. What type of economy does the US have? _______________________________
  41. What was the Cold War? (between whom)
  42. When is the next presidential election? _____________