1. W hat Am I?
USI Review
Vir ginia SOL’s
6TH Grade Review
All SOL’S 1.2 -1.9
Portsmouth Public Schools
2. What Am I?
Alabama South Carolina
Arkansas Tennessee
Florida Texas
Georgia Virginia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
3. I Am…
Slave States
The South
The Confederate
States of America
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/b/bf/550px-Map_of_CSA_4.png
4. What Am I?
Powerful empires
Located in West Africa
Became powerful by controlling trade
5. I Am…
Ghana, Mali, and
Songhai
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/imageislam/westAfrica.gif
6. What Am I?
Provided a weak national government
Gave Congress no power to tax or
regulate commerce
Provided for no common currency
Gave each state one vote regardless of
size
Provided for no executive or judicial
branch
7. I Am…
The Articles of
Confederation
http://www.celdf.org/Portals/0/Images/Articles%20of%20Confederation.bmp
8. What Am I?
Battle during the Civil War
Occurred in the first state to secede from
the Union
Confederate forces won
First battle of the Civil War
9. I Am…
The Battle of Fort
Sumter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:FortSumter1865.jpg
10. What Am I?
Written by James Madison
Written guarantee of individual freedoms
The first ten amendments to the
Constitution
11. I Am…
The Bill of Rights
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/bill.jpg
12. What Am I?
Poor maps and navigational tools
Disease/starvation
Fear of the unknown
Lack of adequate supplies
14. What Am I?
Located west of the Interior Lowlands
and east of the Rocky Mountains
Flat land that gradually increases in
elevation westward
Grasslands
15. I Am…
The Great Plains
http://www.stephentrimble.net/gp/closeup.asp
16. What Am I?
Worked the land according to region
Relied on family members for labor
17. I Am…
A farmer in Colonial
America
http://www.wm.edu/niahd/journals/display_image.php?id=17543
18. What Am I?
Economic venture
Also called the Lost Colony
19. I Am…
Roanoke Island
http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/roanoke.jpg
20. What Am I?
Occurred in 1774
Delegates from all the colonies met
The delegates discussed problems with
England and promoted independence
21. I Am…
The First Continental
Congress
Carpenters Hall, where the first
Continental Congress took place.
http://www.generalatomic.com/AmericanHistory/carpentershall.jpg
22. What Am I?
War between England and France
Fought over land in the Ohio River Valley
England would go on to tax the colonists
to pay for this war
23. I Am…
The French and
Indian War
http://reenacting.net/images/maps/1754areamap.gif
24. What Am I?
Holds some of the oldest rock formations
in North America
Hills worn by erosion
Hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers
Wrapped around Hudson Bay in a
horseshoe shape
25. I Am…
Canadian Shield
http://www.nucleartourist.com/images/shield1.jpg
26. What Am I?
Occurred in 1775
Happened in Massachusetts
Site of the first armed conflict of the
Revolutionary War
27. I Am…
Lexington and
Concord
http://theamericanrevolution.org/images/battles/lexcon.gif
28. What Am I?
Occurred in 1803
Bought from France
Happened when Thomas Jefferson was
President
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
explored it
29. I Am…
The Louisiana
Purchase
http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Graphics/LA%20Purchase%20Map.jpg
30. What Am I?
Settled by a group of people who wanted
freedom to practice their faith without
interference
William Penn was the founder
31. I Am…
Pennsylvania
(Quakers)
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/e/ef/400px-Penncolony.png
32. What Am I?
Occurred in 1863
Divided the South
The North gained control of the
Mississippi River
33. I Am…
Battle of Vicksburg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bf/Vicksburg_battle_map2.svg/424px-Vicksburg_battle_map2.svg.png
34. What Am I?
Appalachian Mountains Fishing
Boston Harbor Shipbuilding
Hilly terrain Industry and naval
Rocky soil supplies
Jagged coastline Trade and port cities
Moderate summers and Skilled craftsmen
cold winters Shopkeepers
Religious reformers and Village and church are
separatists center of life
Town meetings
35. I Am…
New England
Colonial Region
http://www.nps.gov/ethnography/aah/aaheritage/images/NewEnglandColonies.gif
36. What Am I?
One of the 5 territories acquired by the
U.S.
Acquired with the Onis-Adams Treaty of
1819
Acquired it from Spain
38. What Am I?
There are four
Slave states
Remained in the Union
39. I Am…
Border States
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/US_map-South_Historic_1.PNG
Striped states are the four border states.
40. What Am I?
Economic: gold, natural resources, trade
Religious: spread of Christianity
Competitions for empire
Belief in the superiority of their own
culture
44. What Am I?
Men and women who did not have
money for passage to the colonies
Agreed to work without pay for the
person who paid for their passage
Were free at the end of their contract
46. What Am I?
States that people establish government to
protect their rights
Government derives power from the people
People have a right to change a government
that violates their rights
States people have unalienable rights to life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Inspired by John Locke
Thomas Jefferson was the major author
47. I Am…
The Declaration of
Independence
http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/doc-content/images/declaration-of-independence-m.jpg
48. What Am I?
Order issued in 1862
Issued by Abraham Lincoln
Freed enslaved people in areas
controlled by the Confederacy
Made ending slavery a new goal for the
North
49. I Am…
The Emancipation
Proclamation
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/jb/civil/jb_civil_subj_e.jpg
50. What Am I?
Economic venture
Virginia Company of London
1607
First permanent English settlement in
North America
51. I Am…
Jamestown
http://www.history.com/classroom/jamestownstory/images/JAMESTOWN_OVERVIEW_01.gif
52. What Am I?
Occurred in 1865
Happened in Virginia
Courthouse
Lee surrendered to Grant
Ended the Civil War
53. I Am…
Surrender at
Appomattox
Courthouse
http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=5764&rendTypeId=4
54. What Am I?
Appalachian Mountains Cash crops
Piedmont Wood products
Atlantic Ocean Small farms
Coastal Plain Slavery
Good harbors Indentured servants
Rivers Few cities/schools
Humid Climate Church of England
Large farms/plantations Counties
55. I Am…
Southern Colonial
Region
http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/00_01/CA/13c8.gif
56. What Am I?
California New Hampshire
Connecticut New York
Illinois New Jersey
Indiana Ohio
Iowa Oregon
Kansas Pennsylvania
Maine Rhode Island
Massachusetts Vermont
Michigan West Virginia
Minnesota Wisconsin
57. I Am…
North
Free states
Union
http://www.worldbook.com/wb/content/np/na/fom/civil_war/img/dividednation.gif
58. What Am I?
Exchanged goods and ideas
Improved navigational tools and ships
Claimed territories
60. What Am I?
Worked as caretakers, house workers,
homemakers
Could not vote
Had few chances for education
61. I Am…
Women in Colonial
America
http://www.southampton.k12.ny.us/ColonialSourcebook/j0128946.gif
62. What Am I?
Led by strong women who began their
campaign before the Civil War and continued
after the war ended
Declared “all men and women were created
equal”
Believed women were denied basic rights such
as the right to vote, educational opportunities,
equal opportunities in business, and limited in
rights to own property
63. I Am…
The Suffrage
Movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and
Susan B. Anthony
http://z.about.com/d/womenshistory/1/0/i/9/stanton_anthony.gif
64. Who Am I?
Relied on geography and climate for
food, clothing, and shelter
Lived in a rainy, mild climate
Inhabited the Pacific Northwest Coast
65. I Am…
Kwakiutl
Kwakiutl Fisherman
http://eprentice.sdsu.edu/S04X/deggleston/wq/images/pl_the_fisherman-wishham.jpg
66. Who Am I?
Located west of the Rocky Mountains
and east of the Sierra Nevadas and the
Cascades
Area of varying elevation containing
isolated mountain ranges and Death
Valley, the lowest point in North America
67. I Am…
The Basin and
Range Region
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicPast/Notes/basin_and_range.html
68. What Am I?
Happened during the Revolutionary War
Boston
1770
Colonists were shot after taunting British
soldiers
69. I Am…
Boston Massacre
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/0/09/350px-Boston_Massacre.jpg
70. What Am I?
Appalachian Unskilled and skilled
Mountains workes and
Coastal lowlands fishermen
(harbors and bays) Villages and cities
Rich farmlands Varied and diverse
Moderate climate lifestyles
Livestock and grain Diverse religions
Trading Market towns
71. I Am…
Mid-Atlantic/Middle
Colonies
http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/31/32716/figures/DIVI037.jpg
72. What Am I?
Relied on geography and environment
for food, clothing, and shelter
Inhabited the southwest in present day
New Mexico and Arizona
Lived in desert areas bordering cliffs and
mountains
73. I Am…
Pueblo
http://www.mikeantonucci.com/TaosPuebloIllustration1893.jpg
74. What Am I?
Battle during the Civil War
Confederate forces won
First major battle of the war
75. I Am…
Battle of
Manassas/Bull Run
https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol50no2/graphics/774176_bullrun.jpg
76. What Am I?
Occurred during the Revolutionary War
1773
Led by Samuel Adams and Paul Revere
Patriots threw tea into Boston Harbor to
protest tea taxes
77. I Am…
The Boston Tea
Party
http://bostonist.com/attachments/boston_caroline/121607-boston-tea-party.jpg
78. What Am I?
Located west of the Appalachian
Mountains and east of the Great Plains
Rolling flat lands with many rivers, broad
river valleys, and grassy hills
80. What Am I?
Leaders included both men and women
Demanded immediate freeing of slaves
Felt slavery was morally wrong, cruel,
inhumane, and a violation of democracy
81. I Am…
Abolitionist
Movement
http://z.about.com/d/womenshistory/1/7/-/M/2/frederick-douglass.jpg
82. What Am I?
One of the thirteen colonies
Settled by people who wanted a new life
and economic freedom
Settled by people who had been in
debtor’s prisons in England
84. What Am I?
Battle during the Revolutionary War
1777
Turning point of the war
Americans won
85. I Am..
Battle of Saratoga
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/textbooks/saratoga222.jpg
86. What Am I?
Civil War battle
July 1863
North repelled Lee’s invasion
The South lost so many men that Lee’s
army would never have the strength to
invade the North again
Turning point of the Civil War
87. I Am…
Battle of Gettysburg
http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/5600/5660/gettysburg_battle_1_lg.gif
88. What Am I?
Relied on geography and climate for
food, clothing, and shelter
Inhabited present day Alaska and
Northern Canada
Lived in Arctic areas where the
temperature is below freezing much of
the year
89. I Am…
Inuit
http://www.cbc.ca/sevenwonders/images/pic_wonder_igloo_lg.jpg
90. What Am I?
Located west of the Great Plains and
east of the Basin and Range
Rugged mountains stretching from
Alaska to Mexico
High elevations
Contain the Continental Divide, which
determines the directional flow of rivers
91. I Am…
Rocky Mountain
Region
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/monarch/WesternPopulationTagUtah.html
92. What Am I?
Revolutionary War event
1781
Happened in Virginia
American and French forces defeated
the forces of Lord Cornwallis
Marked the end of the Revolutionary War
93. I Am…
Surrender at
Yorktown
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/revolution-images/images/cornwallis-surrender.gif
94. What Am I?
One of the new territories gained by the
U.S. after 1801
Became an independent republic
96. What Am I?
Located west of the Coastal Plain
Extends from eastern Canada to western
Alabama
Old, eroded mountains
Oldest mountain range in North America
97. I Am…
Appalachian
Mountains region
http://www.worldbook.com/features/lewisandclark/assets/appalachians.gif
98. What Am I?
Lived predominately in the South
Relied on indentured servants or slaves
for labor
Were educated in some cases
Had a rich social culture
99. I Am…
Large landowner in
Colonial America
Great Hopes Plantation in
Williamsburg
http://www.wm.edu/niahd/journals/display_image.php?id=12800
100. What Am I?
Relied on geography and climate for
food, clothing, and shelter
Inhabited the interior of the United States
Great Plains
Dry grasslands
101. I Am…
Sioux
http://www.old-picture.com/indians/pictures/Sioux-War-Party.jpg
102. What Am I?
Settled by separatists from the Church of
England
Colonists wanted to avoid religious
persecution
103. I Am…
Plymouth Colony
(Pilgrims)
Pilgrims landing at
Plymouth Rock
http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=94561&rendTypeId=4
104. What Am I?
1783
Document
England recognized American
independence
Treaty
105. I Am…
Treaty of Paris
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/treatyofparis1783.jpg
106. What Am I?
Were captured in Africa
Shipped to the colonies
Owned as property for life with no rights
Often born into their situation
107. I Am…
Slaves
http://www.earlyamerica.com/portraits/jefferson.html
108. What Am I?
Interacted with the Native Americans
during the European Exploration Era
Established settlements and claimed
ownership of land
Learned farming techniques from the
American Indians
Traded
110. What Am I?
Rugged mountains along the Pacific
Coast
Stretch from California to Canada
Contains fertile valleys
111. I Am…
The Coastal Range
region
http://www.coastrange.org/images/project_map3.jpg
112. What Am I?
Worked as craftsmen in towns and on
plantations
Lived in small villages and cities
113. I Am…
Artisans in Colonial
America
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/liberty/images/01_history/page01_casting02_hiRez.jpg
114. What Am I?
Relied on geography and climate for
food, clothing, and shelter
Inhabited Northeast North America
Heavily forested
Eastern Woodland
115. I Am…
Iroquois
http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=92050&rendTypeId=4
116. What Am I?
New England colony
Settled by people seeking religious
freedom
Puritans
117. I Am…
Massachusetts Bay
Colony
John Winthrop, the first
Governor of the Massachusetts
Bay Colony
http://www.winthropsociety.org/graphics/splashportrait.gif
118. What Am I?
Time period
Many people migrated during this time
The Abolitionist and Suffrage Movements
began
The U.S. acquired 5 new territories
during this time frame
119. I Am…
Westward Expansion
Era
http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/jwb/AP/Images/LAPurchMap.jpg
120. What Am I?
Interacted with the Native Americans
during the European Exploration Era
Brought European diseases
Brought Christianity to the New World
Conquered and enslaved Native
Americans
121. I Am…
Spanish/Spain
http://www.map-of-spain.co.uk/maps-of-spain/spain/map-of-spain2.jpg
122. What Am I?
Structure of the government
Based on James Madison’s “Virginia
Plan”
Consists of the Legislative, Executive,
and Judicial
123. I Am…
The Three Branches
of Government
http://www.seaford.k12.de.us/webdigs/images/govt.h2.jpg
124. What Am I?
Increased the production of cotton
Increased the need for slave labor
Invented by Eli Whitney
125. I Am…
Cotton gin
http://z.about.com/d/inventors/1/5/o/W/cotton_gin.gif
126. What Am I?
European Explorers
Did not explore North America
Explored along the coast of West Africa
132. What Am I?
One of the 5 territories added to the U.S.
after 1801
Located in the northwest
Divided between the U.S. and Great
Britain
133. I Am…
Oregon Territory
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/territorygrowthmap.jpg
134. What Am I?
Specific time period
War
1861-1865
Disagreements over cultural issues,
constitutional issues, and economic
issues
Country was divided in two
Disagreements over slavery
135. I Am…
The Civil War
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://brothersinarms-thecivilwar.8m.co
136. What Am I?
Increased the productivity of the
American farmer
Invented by Cyrus McCormick and Jo
Anderson
137. I Am…
The reaper
http://www-pe.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/nation/images/gal_technology_reaperlg.jpg?Log=0
138. What Am I?
Explored North America
Had the best relationship with the Native
Americans
Established trading posts
140. What Am I?
One of the 5 territories added to the U.S.
after 1801
Gained this territory as a result of a war
with Mexico
141. I Am…
California and the
Southwest Territory
http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jah/93.3/images/ruiz_fig01b.jpg
142. What Am I?
Invention
Provided faster land transportation
143. I Am…
Steam locomotive
http://www.old-picture.com/old-west/pictures/Locomotive-Steam.jpg
144. What Am I?
Specific time period
War
1775-1781
Americans fought against the British
Fought for independence
145. I Am…
Revolutionary War
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/American_Revolutionary_War_
collage.jpg/800px-American_Revolutionary_War_collage.jpg
146. What Am I?
Overland trails
Allowed people to migrate westward
147. I Am…
Oregon and Santa
Fe Trails
http://iloveoregon.com/images/Oregon_Trail_Map.jpg
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/photos-oldwest/SantaFeTrailMap.jpg
148. What Am I?
Many people flocked to California
Earned the nickname “49ers”
In search of a precious metal
149. I Am…
California Gold Rush
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/photos-california/CaliforniaGoldMiners.jpg