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SS Chapter 2
Section 1
Question: What do some scientists think that Native America was migrated from?
Answer: Asia
Question: Before the Revolutionary War, the American colonists decided to do what? Define.
Answer: Boycott - or refuse to buy British goods.
Question: Who are religious people who want to convert other people to their religion?
Answer: Missionaries
Question: Why was the Lousiana Purchase of 1803 so important to the development of the United States?
Answer: It doubled the country's size
Question: The United States Constitution was approved in 1788, what was the purpose of this?
Answer: to set up a framework of the government.
Section 2
Question: How did the Industrial Revolution affect the poor in the late 1800s?
Answer: The life of the poor DID NOT improve.
Question: What was the phrase American colonists used to show their objection to taxes on British goods?
Answer: "Taxation without representation!"
Question: What was the change from making good from hand to making them by machine called?
Answer: Industrial Revolution
Question: What do you call a person who moves from one country to another to settle?
Answer: An immigrant
Question: What was a person called who wanted to end slavery in the US?
Answer: An abolisionist
Section 3
Question: After the Indusrial Revolution, many poor immigrants joined what? Define.
Answer: the labor force - or the suppy of workers
Question: What are the rights belonging to all citizens called?
Answer: Civil Rights
Question: After the Industrial Revolution, what did many poor immiagrants join? Define.
Answer: The labor force
Question: What was it called when the US feared the Soviets were trying to expand their power throughout the world?
Answer: The Cold War
Question: What was the one event that first helped the United States become a World Power?
Answer: The country fought in World War 1
Section 4
Question: What is a self governing area called
Answer: A dominion
Question: Having two official languages
Answer: Bilingual
Question: In 1867, Canada became a what? Define?
Answer: Dominion -
Question: What did Canada have as a result of the British North American Act of 1867?
Answer: Its own central government
Question: What was one important political result of the Canadian constitution of 1982?
Answer: Canada was completely independent.
Section 5
Question: A fee charged to import is called what?
Answer: A tariff
Question: What do the following have in common -The Great LakesThe Rocky Mountains andThe Atlantic and Pacific coasts
Answer: The US and Canada share these geographic features
Question: The US and Canda have worked to solve environmental problems such as water pollution, soil erosion and what?
Answer: Acid Rain
Question: What happened as a result of the 1969 Cuyahoga River fire?
Answer: Water pollution decreased
Question: Who's goals are the following -To maintain peace and To prevent interference in the region
Answer: The OAS or the Organization of American states