1. A natural or human feature that helps people find their way.

2. A natural or human feature that helps people find their way.
Landmarks

3. An increase in size, as of the growth of a nation.

4. An increase in size, as of the growth of a nation.
Expansion

5. A person who goes to find out about a place.

6. A person who goes to find out about a place.
Explorer

7. To say that something belongs to you.

8. To say that something belongs to you.
Claim

9. Crossing the continent from one side to the other.

10. Crossing the continent from one side to the other.
Transcontinental

11. Uses electricity in a code of dots and dashes to send messages over wires.

12. Uses electricity in a code of dots and dashes to send messages over wires.
Telegraph

13. A person who lives in a Colony.

14. A person who lives in a Colony.
Colonist

15. A fight for a change in government.

16. A fight for a change in government.
Revolution

17. Freedom from the control of another country.

18. Freedom from the control of another country.
Independence

19. The location of the nation’s capital.

20. The location of the nation’s capital.
District of Columbia

21. A change made to something already written.

22. A change made to something already written.
Amendment

23. Who was Christopher Columbus?

24. Who was Christopher Columbus?
He was an Italian explorer who discovered America for Spain.

25. Who was Christopher Columbus?
He was an Italian explorer who discovered America for Spain.
He thought he had reached The Indies. That is why he made the mistake of calling the Native Americans “Indians”.

26. Who was Pierre L’Enfant?

27. Who was Pierre L’Enfant?
He was the architect who designed the nations capital: District of Columbia

28. Who was Pierre L’Enfant?
He was the architect who designed the nations capital: District of Columbia
He was fired by George Washington because he would not listen to George Washington and he also spent to much money building the city District of Columbia

29. Who was Thomas Jefferson?

30. Who was Thomas Jefferson?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence with John Adams and Benjamin Franklin

31. Who was Thomas Jefferson?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence with John Adams and Benjamin Franklin
He was the 3rd President of the United States

32. Who was Thomas Jefferson?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence with John Adams and Benjamin Franklin
He was the 3rd President of the United States
He sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory

33. How did Native Americans of different regions met their needs?

34. How did Native Americans of different regions met their needs?
Like when they hunted buffalo, they used every part of it. They ate the meat and made the bones into tools. They used the skin to make their clothes, their tepees and the travois.

35. How did Native Americans of different regions met their needs?
Like when they hunted buffalo, they used every part of it. They ate the meat and made the bones into tools. They used the skin to make their clothes, their tepees and the travois.
The buffalo was also part of the Native American’s religion.

36. What happened when Columbus met the Native Americans?

37. What happened when Columbus met the Native Americans?
Columbus sailed from Spain. He thought that he could sail west around the world to the part of Asia that the Europeans called the West Indies.

38. What happened when Columbus met the Native Americans?
Columbus sailed from Spain. He thought that he could sail west around the world to the part of Asia that the Europeans called the West Indies.
Because Columbus thought that he had reached the West Indies, he called the people he met Indians.

39. Why did the 13 colonies fight for their freedom?

40. Why did the 13 colonies fight for their freedom?
Because lawmakers in England started passing laws that were unfair to the American Colonists.

41. Why did the 13 colonies fight for their freedom?
Because lawmakers in England started passing laws that were unfair to the American Colonists.
The American Colonists fought for their right to freedom and to be treated fairly by a new government.

42. The building of our capital city…

43. The building of our capital city…
George Washington wanted a new city to be built that was in the middle of the country. Most people wanted it to be in Philadelphia or New York the largest cities in the United States.

44. The building of our capital city…
George Washington wanted a new city to be built that was in the middle of the country. Most people wanted it to be in Philadelphia or New York the largest cities in the United States.
The land was given by the states of Virginia and Maryland & was swampy. The land was pick out by George Washington

45. The building of our capital city…
George Washington wanted a new city to be built that was in the middle of the country. Most people wanted it to be in Philadelphia or New York the largest cities in the United States.
The land was given by the states of Virginia and Maryland & was swampy. The land was pick out by George Washington
It was named for Christopher Columbus

46. The building of our capital city…
George Washington wanted a new city to be built that was in the middle of the country. Most people wanted it to be in Philadelphia or New York the largest cities in the United States.
The land was given by the states of Virginia and Maryland & was swampy. The land was pick out by George Washington
It was named for Christopher Columbus
It was designed by Pierre L’Enfant. Who was late fired because he did not listen to George Washington . The city was finished by Andrew Ellicott & a African American man named Benjamin Banneker

47. What were the reasons for the Civil War?

48. What were the reasons for the Civil War?
The Southern states wanted to have slavery.

49. What were the reasons for the Civil War?
The Southern states wanted to have slavery.
The Northern states felt slavery was wrong and that it should be ended.

50. What were the reasons for the Civil War?
The Southern states wanted to have slavery.
The Northern states felt slavery was wrong and that it should be ended.
There were other things that the North and South disagreed on. The South wanted more states rights. This would allow them to have slaves.

51. What were changes in the transportation and communication in America?.

52. What were changes in the transportation and communication in America?
Transcontinental Railroad:

53. What were changes in the transportation and communication in America?
Transcontinental Railroad: Made it easier for people to get from one side of the country to the other.

54. What were changes in the transportation and communication in America?
Transcontinental Railroad: Made it easier for people to get from one side of the country to the other.
Telegraph:

55. What were changes in the transportation and communication in America?
Transcontinental Railroad: Made it easier for people to get from one side of the country to the other.
Telegraph: People could get news to others that were far away.

56. What were changes in the transportation and communication in America?
Transcontinental Railroad: Made it easier for people to get from one side of the country to the other.
Telegraph: People could get news to others that were far away.
Telephone:

57. What were changes in the transportation and communication in America?
Transcontinental Railroad: Made it easier for people to get from one side of the country to the other.
Telegraph: People could get news to others that were far away.
Telephone: People could speak to others that were far away.

58. What frontier did America start exploring in the 1960’s?

59. What frontier did America start exploring in the 1960’s?
Outer Space

60. What frontier did America start exploring in the 1960’s?
Outer Space
In 1961 the first American man into space.

61. What frontier did America start exploring in the 1960’s?
Outer Space
In 1961 the first American man into space.
In 1969 America put the first men on the Moon

62. How did the telegraph, the telephone & the transcontinental railroad all change life for all Americans?

63. How did the telegraph, the telephone & the transcontinental railroad all change life for all Americans?
This meant people could communicate with people how lived a 1,000 mile away. It also meant that it was easier and safer to travel to the West.