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THE BALD EAGLE
STARS AND STRIPES
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
What is the U.S National bird ?
The flag of the United States of America
What is the name of the President's official home?
What great American building did Gustav Eiffel help design and…
THE BALD EAGLE
What is the U.S National bird ?
STARS AND STRIPES
The flag of the United States of America
Alphabet Agencies
American Dream
Anarchist
Black nationalists
organisations established under the New Deal
The belief that everybody has the right to be successful
A political person who doesn't believe in any type of goverment
African Americans who were prepared to establish a separate Af…
Alphabet Agencies
organisations established under the New Deal
American Dream
The belief that everybody has the right to be successful
American History
1. Expedtion: Roanoke Island (NC)
2. Expedition: Jamestown in Vriginia (n…
Virginia Settlement (in the South)
= History of European dominance... Question: Who will dominate No…
- Queen Elizabeth was interested in maps of the west... > she sen…
- King James I is the new King of England... - 1607: settlers arr…
- after the 2. Expedition: immigrants mainly from west England…
American History
= History of European dominance... Question: Who will dominate No…
1. Expedtion: Roanoke Island (NC)
- Queen Elizabeth was interested in maps of the west... > she sen…
Reasons for red scare
Events outside USA affecting the red sc…
Trumans plans to stop spread of communi…
Hollywood 10
Many people were against communism as it went against the amer…
1948 - Czechslovakia becomes communist under USSR... 1948/1949 B…
Marshell plan - US goverment gave money to the EU countries in…
1947 ... 10 hollywood actors and directors refused to deny or ad…
Reasons for red scare
Many people were against communism as it went against the amer…
Events outside USA affecting the red sc…
1948 - Czechslovakia becomes communist under USSR... 1948/1949 B…
Latin America
Middle America
Caribbean
South America
Western hemisphere, south of US, includes nations from Mexico…
mid portion of W. hemisphere, mexico, central america
a group of islands in the caribbean sea
western hemisphere, part of the northern and southern hemisphe…
Latin America
Western hemisphere, south of US, includes nations from Mexico…
Middle America
mid portion of W. hemisphere, mexico, central america
Jamestown
Act for the Encouragement of Trade
Proclamation of 1763
Stamp Act
First permanent English settlement in the New World.
Part of the Navigation Acts, passed by the British Parliament…
British attempt to prevent colonial settlement west of the App…
Parliament's first direct tax on the colonies, aimed at raisin…
Jamestown
First permanent English settlement in the New World.
Act for the Encouragement of Trade
Part of the Navigation Acts, passed by the British Parliament…
Amazon Rainforest
Amazon River
Andes Mountains
Galapagos Islands
The largest tropical rainforest in South America and the world.
A major river in South America that flows through Peru, Bolivi…
The world's longest mountain chain, stretching along the west…
A chain of islands west of South America that have a surprisin…
Amazon Rainforest
The largest tropical rainforest in South America and the world.
Amazon River
A major river in South America that flows through Peru, Bolivi…
1859
1860
1861
1861 April
abolitionist John Brown led a failed attack on Harpers Ferry a…
Lincoln is elected president promising to end the expansion of…
The Confederate government is set up in Alabama led by Jeffers…
Confederate troops open fire on US Fort Sumtur South Carolina…
1859
abolitionist John Brown led a failed attack on Harpers Ferry a…
1860
Lincoln is elected president promising to end the expansion of…
Andes Mountains
Mt. Aconcagua
Tierra del Fuego
Angel Falls
Longest mountain range in the world
Highest peak in the Andes
Group of islands (archipelago) near southern Chile & Argentina…
Highest waterfall in the world... Found by Jimmy Angel
Andes Mountains
Longest mountain range in the world
Mt. Aconcagua
Highest peak in the Andes
Laissez-faire
Tariffs
Low taxes
Mass productions
idea that government should play a small role in economic affa…
taxes on foreign products to make American goods cheaper
Wages increased and taxes stayed low. Sales increase
Making many identical products at once on a large scale. Allow…
Laissez-faire
idea that government should play a small role in economic affa…
Tariffs
taxes on foreign products to make American goods cheaper
Emancipation Proclamation
Ulysses S. Grant
Vicksburg
April 9, 1865
1863
What general did President Lincoln place as commander of the U…
What city did the Union capture that led to their control of t…
On what date did the Confederates surrender to the Union?
Emancipation Proclamation
1863
Ulysses S. Grant
What general did President Lincoln place as commander of the U…
boycott
repeal
Declaratory Act
Townshed Acts
refuse to buy—British goods in protest
or cancel, the Stamp Act.
stating that it had the right to tax and make decisions for th…
to tax imported goods ,they were brought inside the colonies
boycott
refuse to buy—British goods in protest
repeal
or cancel, the Stamp Act.