Chap 6 on 2/6 Flashcards

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What is history learn through spoken stories

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Oral history

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Who were the first people to live in North America

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Native Americans

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2
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What can people build to protect themselves from weather

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Shelter

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3
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What is the oldest lasting European settlement in what is now the United States

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St. Augustine

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4
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Who was in conflict at the Jamestown settlement

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The English and the Native Americans

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5
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Who ruled the 13 colonies throughout most of the 1700s

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Great Britain

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6
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What is money paid to the government when buying goods and services

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A tax

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What is a set of laws that tells how our government works and that guides our government to make decisions

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The Constitution of United States of America

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8
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Pres. Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of our country by buying land in what

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The Louisiana purchase

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9
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Why did pioneers head west

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Because that area offered land and jobs

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10
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Who signed the emancipation proclamation to free enslaved people

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Abraham Lincoln

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11
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Who came to the Americas from Europe to learn more about the land

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Explorers

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12
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What was named after the king Louis the XV

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The settlement of St. Louis

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13
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Who comes to live in a country from somewhere else in the world

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An immigrant

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14
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What is it called when two parts of one country fight

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A civil war

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15
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What is land that belongs to the government called

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A territory

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Who were the Native Americans

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The very first people to live in North America

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What does the term oral history mean

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It means learn history through spoken stories

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What is a tax

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Money paid to the government when buying goods and services

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What does the Constitution of United States of America Tell us?

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how our government works and that guides our government to make decisions

20
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When Pres. Jefferson bought Lands with the Louisiana purchase what did he do

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He doubled the size of our country

21
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What did the emancipation proclamation do

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It for you enslave people and was signed by Abraham Lincoln

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Where did the explorers come to to learn about the land

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They came to the Americas from Europe

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Who is the settlement of St. Louis name for

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King Louis the 15th

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What is an immigrant

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A person who comes to live in this country from somewhere else in the world

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What is a territory

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Land that belongs to the government