Previously On... U.S. History [units 1 though 4]

Sailing the ocean blue in 1492, ___________________, "discovered" the Americas.

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

• Lief Erickson

The first permanent English settlement in the Americas was...

• Plymouth, Massachusetts

• St. Augustine, Florida

• Jamestown, Virginia

• Providence, Rhode Island

The ______________________ stated the American colonists intention of being free from the British and included a list of complaints against the King.

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

The war in which American rebels defeated the British empire for their freedom is remembered as the...

• American Revolution

• American Civil War

• Mexican-American War

• World War I

The American rebels were able to defeat the mighty British military..

• by using guerrilla warfare

• utilizing training from an ex-Prussian general

• forming an alliance with the French

• all the answers are correct

After winning independence the U.S.A. founders eventually settled on The __________________ as the framework for a system of government... the framework that is still currently being used today.

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

Most European settlers viewed the natural world as ______________ while most Native Americans viewed the natural world as _____________.

• sacred.... resources for profit

• resources for profit... sacred

• sacred... sacred

• resources for profit... resources for profit

The idea that a higher power had destined Americans to settle all of North America came to be known as...

• Divide and Conquer

• Power Pilgrimage

• Manifest Destiny

• Territory Trek

The Gold Rush in 1848-49 started when gold was discovered in...

• Boston, Massachusetts

• Chicago, Illinois

• Santa Fe, New Mexico

• San Francisco, California

The _______________________ connected the East and West coasts by running across the entire U.S.; making travel safer and easier and expanding business in America.

• trans-Siberian railroad

• trans-Atlantic railraod

• Oregon Trail

• transcontinental railroad