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Contains answers for the Timeline of America the Beautiful, Student Workbook, LessonReview, and the vocabularly assignments at the end of the lessons.
Timeline 1
Lesson Number — Year — Statement student writes in blank.
4. 1400 — Native American tribes migrate into what is now Georgia.5. 1200 — The Native American city of Cahokia, in what is now Illinois, has an estimated
population of 20,000 people.6. 1000 — Viking explorers land on the North American continent.7. 1507 — A map is published in Europe that gives the name America to the land mass
that includes North and South America.8. 1000 — The Acoma pueblo is built in what will later become New Mexico.9. 1190 — Ancient Puebloans build the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde.10. 1586 — Sir Francis Drake makes a map of St. Augustine before he and his crew burn
the city.11. 2007 — Queen Elizabeth II of England visits Jamestown to celebrate the 400th
anniversary of the settlement.12. 1614 — Pocahontas (Rebecca) marries John Rolfe.13. 1608 — Samuel de Champlain leads an expedition into the Great Lakes region.14. 1621 — Squanto helps the Pilgrims and Wampanoag make a treaty.15. 1656 — New Haven, Connecticut, has the first public library owned by a city.16. 1636 — Roger Williams buys land from the Narragansetts and learns their language.17. 1609 — Henry Hudson explores New York Bay and the Hudson River.18. 1682 — William Penn sails to Pennsylvania.19. 1640 — The Bay Psalm Book is printed. It is the first book printed in America.20. 1835 — Methodists begin holding camp meetings on Martha's Vineyard.21. 1736 — English ministers John and Charles Wesley visit Georgia.22. 1608 — The first American bottlemaking shop begins in Virginia.23. 1732 — Russian Mikhail Gvozdev and his crew explore Alaska.24. 1753 — Benjamin Franklin becomes postmaster general for the thirteen colonies.25. 1926 — Work begins to restore Colonial Williamsburg.26. 1775 — Patrick Henry declares, “Give me liberty or give me death!”27. 1777 — Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes flag.28. 1829 — The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal opens.29. 1634 — Boston Common is created. It is America’s oldest city park.30. 1870 — William Canby publishes the story of his grandmother Betsy Ross making the
first American flag.31. 1800 — John Adams is the first President to live in the White House.32. 1674 — The property now known as Mount Vernon is purchased by George
Washington’s great-grandfather.
Timeline2
33. 1753 — The Liberty Bell is hung in the tower of the Philadelphia State House (nowIndependence Hall).
34. 1928 — Construction begins on the Appalachian Trail.35. 1774 — Timothy Demonbreun is a fur trader at the French Salt Lick.36. 1804 — Sacajawea joins the Lewis and Clark expedition.37. 1805 — Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Ocean.38. 1805 — Native American chiefs visit President Thomas Jefferson in Washington.39. 1965 — The Gateway Arch is completed in St. Louis.40. 1828 — Noah Webster publishes his complete dictionary.41. 1801 — The Cane Ridge camp meeting is held.42. 1816 — Guides lead tourists through Mammoth Cave in Kentucky.43. 1825 — The Erie Canal in New York opens for traffic.44. 1821 — Sequoyah completes the Cherokee syllabary.45. 1857 — Seth Kinman gives a chair made out of elk horns to President James
Buchanan.46. 1830 — The Baltimore and Ohio opens the first commercial rail line in the United
States.47. 1836 — First written record of pony penning on Assateague Island.48. 1744 — The first stone chapel is constructed at the Alamo.49. 1821 — John Jay becomes president of the American Bible Society.50. 1838 — The Trail of Tears begins.51. 1842 — America and Canada agree on a northern boundary for the state of Maine.52. 1832 — Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, led by an Ojibwe guide, reaches the source of the
Mississippi River.53. 1835 — William Johnson begins to keep a diary of his life in Natchez, Mississippi.54. 1807 — Robert Fulton pilots a steamboat up the Hudson River.55. 1838 — Samuel F. B. Morse develops an improved telegraph and the Morse code.56. 1877 — Sarah Polk is given the first telephone in Nashville, Tennessee.57. 1906 — Ezra Meeker retraces his journey on the Oregon Trail.58. 1846 — The Smithsonian Institution is established.59. 1846 — The Maid of the Mist begins service at Niagara Falls.60. 1838 — John James Audubon completes Birds of America.61. 1852 — Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe is published.62. 1950 — Nine hundred and three inches of snow fall at Crater Lake.63. 1791 — The Portland Head Light is lit for the first time.64. 1877 — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is honored on his 70th birthday.65. 1852 — The Wells Fargo company begins providing banking and shipping services in
the West.66. 1861 — Union and Confederate forces meet at the first Battle of Bull Run.67. 1913 — Over 50,000 Union and Confederate veterans gather for the fiftieth
anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.68. 1852 — Robert E. Lee becomes Superintendent of West Point.69. 1881 — Clara Barton helps organize the American Red Cross.
Timeline 3
70. 1867 — Jefferson Davis is released from prison.71. 1867 — The U.S. Government purchases Alaska from Russia.72. 1872 — The Yellowstone area becomes a national park.73. 1869 — The transcontinental railroad is completed at Promontory Point, Utah.74. 1858 — Fanny J. Crosby and Alexander Van Alstyne are married.75. 1871 — Western cattle drives peak during this year.76. 1883 — Congress passes the Civil Service Act.77. 1886 — Andrew Carnegie begins giving money to start libraries.78. 1863 — The first homestead claim is filed.79. 1894 — The Wilder family moves to Mansfield, Missouri.80. 1859 — Camp Alert, forerunner of Fort Larned, is built in Kansas.81. 1893 — An economic panic hits the United States.82. 1890 — Yosemite becomes a national park.83. 1879 — Thomas Edison invents the incandescent light bulb.84. 1871 — Much of Chicago is destroyed by fire.85. 1893 — The World’s Columbian Exposition is held in Chicago.86. 1898 — The Spanish-American War is fought.87. 1874 — Russian Mennonites bring Turkey Red winter wheat seeds to Kansas.88. 1886 — The Statue of Liberty is unveiled.89. 1896 — John Philip Sousa writes “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”90. 1895 — George Vanderbilt hosts a Christmas party at the Biltmore.91. 1914 — The Panama Canal opens.92. 1922 — The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated.93. 1903 — The Wright brothers fly the first airplane.94. 1933 — The Going-to-the-Sun Road is completed.95. 1784 — Russians settle on Kodiak Island, Alaska.96. 1918 — An armistice ends the fighting in the Great War.97. 1926 — Alvin C. York Institute is founded.98. 1902 — The first daily Yiddish newspaper in America begins.99. 1917 — Edward Flanagan opens a home for boys in Omaha.100. 1919 — Grand Canyon National Park is established.101. 1929 — The stock market crash begins the Great Depression.102. 1921 — The Hershey company starts wrapping Kisses by machine.103. 1927 — The last Model T is built.104. 1927 — Carving begins on Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills.105. 1925 — The Scopes “Monkey Trial” is held in Dayton, Tennessee.106. 1935 — The Works Progress Administration begins operating.107. 1933 — The Civilian Conservation Corps begins operating.108. 1937 — Golden Gate Bridge opens in San Francisco.109. 1928 — Shirley Temple is born in Santa Monica, California.110. 1938 — Olympic National Park is established.111. 1941 — Japanese planes attack Pearl Harbor.112. 1942 — Rationing begins in the United States.
Timeline4
113. 1884 — Eleanor Roosevelt is born in New York City.114. 1900 — Hawaii becomes a U.S. territory.115. 1931 — Empire State Building opens.116. 1945 — World War II ends.117. 1926 — Route 66 opens.118. 1962 — Petrified Forest National Park is established.119. 1927 — Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs in one season.120. 1947 — Jackie Robinson becomes the first black player in modern major league baseball.121. 1958 — The first U.S. satellite is launched.122. 1956 — “In God We Trust” is adopted as America’s national motto.123. 1957 — Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is desegregated.124. 1943 — Norman Rockwell paints his series of the Four Freedoms.125. 1897 — The Klondike Gold Rush begins.126. 1963 — Martin Luther King Jr. gives his “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C.127. 1947 — Truman delivers the first televised address from White House.128. 1956 — The Interstate highway system is created.129. 1986 — Great Basin National Park is established.130. 1966 — Billy Graham helps sponsor the World Congress on Evangelism.131. 1974 — Richard Nixon resigns as President.132. 1960 — The Marshall Space Flight Center becomes NASA’s first field center.133. 1959 — The first seven astronauts are chosen for the U.S. space program.134. 1900 — California has 5.5 million navel orange trees.135. 1966 — Mister Rogers moves to Pittsburgh and continues to work in television.136. 1989 — The Berlin Wall falls, signaling the end of the Cold War.137. 1991 — The Reagan Library is dedicated.138. 1980 — Mount Saint Helens erupts.139. 1975 — Bill Gates co-founds Microsoft.140. 1992 — Mall of America opens in Bloomington, Minnesota.141. 1993 — The NAFTA agreement is approved by Congress.142. 1947 — Everglades National Park is established.143. 2000 — The U.S. Mint introduces the Golden Dollar featuring Sacajawea.144. 1976 — Millard and Linda Fuller begin Habitat for Humanity International.145. 2008 — About 2 million children are being homeschooled in the United States.146. 2003 — American soldiers help rebuild Iraq and establish democracy.147. 1915 — Rocky Mountain National Park is established.148. 1968 — The Gospel Music Workshop of America is organized.149. 1943 — The Grand Ole Opry is first performed at the Ryman Auditorium.150. 1895 — The poem “America the Beautiful” is first published on July 4.
5Student Workbook
Mississippi; Mexico; oceans; Atlantic; east;Pacific; west; Appalachian; Rocky
many; works; all; possessions
Student makes lists of members of variousfamilies and draws stick figures to representthem.
clubs; harpoons; longhouse; dwelling;wampum; Cahokia; birchbark; fire; woodashes
1. Scandinavia2. Greenland3. Vinland4. Newfoundland5. Italy6. Portugal7. Spain8. The Bahamas
1. Balboa2. Magellan3. Amerigo4. Juan 5. Soto
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Student completes pictures for the rebus.
1. b; 2. c; 3. a; 4. c; 5. a; 6. b
The gate is small and the way is narrowthat leads to life.
Roanoke, Virginia: Sir Walter Raleigh, JohnWhite, Queen Elizabeth I, Virginia Dare
Bristol, England: John Cabot
Jamestown, Virginia: Robert Hunt, CaptainJohn Smith, Sir Thomas Dale, King James I,Thomas West de la Warr
2, 7, 3, 1, 5, 4, 6, 8
1. John Carver2. Squanto3. Chief Massasoit4. William Bradford5. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow6. Miles Standish7. Priscilla Alden
Student creates a word search.
Boston; Church of England; Massachu-setts; Narragansett; Rhode Island
eight; Virginia; small; rice; English
1. Henry Hudson2. Peter Minuit3. Johan Bjornsson Printz4. Peter Stuyvesant5. Canarsees6. Dutch
1. England; 2. law; 3. admiral; 4. seven;5. colony; 6. Philadelphia; 7. constitution;8. religious
Student creates rhymes and illustratesthem.
Wilbur; windmill; Holland; sailor;Nantucket; eight; wood; ships; feet; four;thirty; six; Today; summer; corn
Sing His praise from the end of the earth.
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New England Colonies: Connecticut, Mas-sachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire
Mid-Atlantic Colonies: Delaware, NewJersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Southern Colonies: Virginia, Georgia, NorthCarolina, South Carolina, Maryland
1. a; 2. b; 3. c; 4. c; 5. a; 6. c; 7. b; 8. c; 9. a;10. b; 11. a; 12. b
1. Great Britain (circle)2. France (box)3. King George III (crown)4. Stamp Act (X)5. Boston Massacre (two lines)6. Boston Tea Party (feather)7. Coercive Acts (diamond)8. Philadelphia (star)
England; Virginia; 120; House of Burgesses;Raleigh Tavern; ministers; theatre; news-paper; 1926; money
“O”s inserted on the blanks in the verse
Richmond, VirginiaLexington and Concord, MassachusettsPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaManhattan Island, New YorkNew YorkDelaware and New Jersey
Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaSaratoga, New YorkValley Forge, PennsylvaniaWhitehaven, EnglandPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaKing’s Ferry, New YorkNewport, Rhode IslandYorktown, Virginia
Boston Common; Massachusetts StateHouse; Park Street Church; Old CornerBookstore; Old State House; Old NorthChurch; USS Constitution
Student colors sampler and adds owndesign.
P e ph l i b r a r yi e i Cl c n oa t B o s t o nd r e s
E u r o p e i r tl c iP a r l i a m e n t th t ui y ta i
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B A L D E A G L E
O S P R E Y
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M U S K R A T
O Y S T E R
R E D B E A R D S P O N G E
S E A C U C U M B E R
J E L L Y F I S H
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1. Ordinance2. Convention3. Madison4. New York City5. Adams6. Rights7. Federal8. White House
1. Learns handwriting by copying 101 Rulesof Civility2. Serves in the French and Indian War andbecomes a colonel3. Marries Martha Dandridge Custis4. Serves in the House of Burgesses5. Becomes Commander-in-Chief of theContinental Army6. Serves as President of the United Statesof America
1. William Penn (box)2. Penn Square (underline)3. Old City (1)4. Independence Hall (circle)5. Congress Hall (star)6. Old City Hall (dotted line)7. Betsy Ross (three small circles)8. Benjamin Franklin (two lines)
1. a; 2. c; 3. c; 4. b; 5. c; 6. b; 7. a; 8. b
1. Thomas Jefferson2. Napoleon Bonaparte3. Meriwether Lewis4. William Clark5. York6. Toussaint Charbonneau7. Sacajawea8. George Gibson
1. Mandan2. Jefferson, Gallatin, Madison3. Divide4. Pacific5. Louis6. Lewis, Clark, Washington
tail fur: ropeskin: tepees, clothing, rugs, moccasinshump: shieldshorns: spoonsteeth: necklacesribs: sledshooves: glue, rattles
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9Student Workbook
1. 6302. 543. 174. 9005. 96. 17,2467. 6308. 13,000,000
1758; Yale; teacher; law; England; Rebecca;Boston; six; two; dictionary; 70,000
Many answers possible, including: hat,web, star, rat, boast, tear, stern, steer, tree
Madison; Great; Britain; Jackson; hero;Battle; Orleans; Monroe; returning; Africa,Monrovia; Adams; United; country; State
And this be our motto: In God is our trust
New York State; Albany; Erie Canal;Atlantic Ocean; St. Lawrence Seaway; Cityof New York
Cherokee; talking leaves; English; War;twelve years; language; Cherokee; silver;Oklahoma; statue; sculpture; door; tree
Answers for solid blanks: trap; chain;branch; castoreum; pelt; St. Louis; hats;spring; fall; summer
Answers for dotted blanks will vary.
1. Tennessee (star)2. American Revolution (underline)3. Rachel (heart)4. The Hermitage (chimney)5. War of 1812 (two lines)6. Arkansas and Michigan (circle)7. national bank (X)8. Martin Van Buren (box)
1. The Alamo2. Santa Anna3. Moses Austin4. Sam Houston5. Davy Crockett6. San Jacinto River
lawyer; Continental; Constitution;ambassador; Secretary; Justice; Governor;president
Treaties; government; land; agreements;Congress; Mississippi; Van Buren;
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L A C N R H
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M A M M O T H
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M I N E R A L
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C H U R C H E S
E A R T H
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Soldiers; stockades; Oklahoma; Trail ofTears
Student designs campaign poster.
1. b; 2. c; 3. a; 4. b; 5. c; 6. a; 7. b; 8. a
Natchez; French; Rosalie; British; Spanish;territory; state; cotton; slaves
1. captain2. mate3. pilot4. engineer5. purser6. stoker7. deckhand8. cook9. waiter10. mud clerk
Student writes Morse code message.
best; blameless; conscience; God; men
1. jumping off town2. steamboat3. linseed oil
4. food5. wagon ruts6. the animals in7. buffalo dung8. fifteen miles9. bread and bacon10. oxen and mules
James; scientist; nephew; United States;institution; knowledge; Jackson; Congress;law; Polk; art; chemical; sixteen; tax;contributions
1. ferry2. oak3. trains; pedestrians; carriages4. tightrope5. barrel6. whirlpool7. Honeymoon8. steel
Audubon; Haiti; France; eggs; nests;drawing; America; eighteen; nature; gun;art; assistant; birds; chalk; money; GreatBritain; London; sons; mammals
1. b; 2. c; 3. c; 4. a; 5. b; 6. c; 7. a; 8. a
1. flashes
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2. foghorn3. Morse code4. lightship5. keeper
Student colors lighthouse.
The Courtship of Miles StandishEvangelinePaul Revere’s RideThe Children’s HourSong of HiawathaThe Village Blacksmith
young; skinny; wiry; 18; drinking;gambling; swearing; Bible; 25; 10; 15; 75; 20;death; Russell; Majors; Waddell; California;Express
1. Abraham Lincoln (circle)2. Jefferson Davis (box)3. Fort Sumter (X)4. Corinth (railroad track)5. Emancipation Proclamation (two circles)6. Ulysses S. Grant (star)7. Robert E. Lee (two lines)8. blue (Union)9. gray (Confederate)10. Matthew Brady (wavy line)
In the world you have tribulation; but takecourage, I have overcome the world.
1. Virginia2. George Washington
3. Arlington House4. U.S. Military Academy5. Mexican War6. Army of Northern Virginia7. General-in-Chief8. Appomattox Court House
1. b; 2. b; 3. c; 4. a; 5. b; 6. a; 7. b; 8. c
easy; difficult; South; carpetbaggers;voting; impeached; one vote; two
1. T; 2. F; 3. F; 4. T; 5. T; 6. F; 7. F; 8. T; 9. T;10. F
Student colors spike yellow or gold,writes “The Last Spike” on top, and onthe side writes “May God continue theunity of our country as the railroad unitesthe two great Oceans of the world.Presented David Hewes San Francisco.”
mine; glory; salvation; blood; delight;rapture; Angels; love; rest; happy; above;goodness; song; Savior; story; day
1. lasso2. brand3. spur
P E N N S Y L V A N I A G E N E R A LU N I O N M O N U M E N T S
V I R G I N I A G E T T Y S B U R GR I G H T C O N F E D E R A T E
L E E G O V E R N O RR E M E M B E R V I C T O R I O U S
M I L I T A R Y C E M E T E R Y
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4. chuckwagon5. chaps6. oilskin duster7. maverick8. corral9. bronco10. mustang11. cookie12. sourdough bullet
1. Shakespeare2. vows3. teetotaler4. janitor5. inauguration6. train station7. Vermont8. preacher9. Yellowstone
money; churches; medical; concert; baths;parks; knowledge; peace; library
Answers will vary.
1. a; 2. b; 3. b; 4. c; 5. a; 6. c; 7. c; 8. b
Laura; Wisconsin; three; one; Dakota;Wilder; Rose; Missouri; books; pioneer;letter; honest; happy; courage; wrong
Be gracious to me, O God
1. blockhouse2. commissary3. bakery4. storehouse5. barracks
Ohio; grandson; attorney; Civil War; oneterm
New Jersey; New York; minister; bachelor;White House
1. Milan, Ohio (baby bottle)2. telegraph (three dots)3. Menlo Park, New Jersey (light bulb)4. phonograph (star)5. West Orange, New Jersey (two lines)6. motion pictures (circle)7. inspiration (1%)8. perspiration (99%)
1. Michigan2. skunk3. fire4. Bible5. city6. bicycle7. car8. missionaries
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Student designs poster.
McKinley; President; veteran; Panic;Supreme; segregation; legal; suffer; Spain;Cuba; Guam. Philippines; elected; Buffalo;eight; Nearer
1. c; 2. a; 3. b; 4. b; 5. c; 6. a; 7. b; 8. c
Washington; Marine; conservatory;apprentice; thirteen; conducting; country;world; Lakes; patriotic; Stars; Forever
The March King
1. shipping2. Commodore3. elevator4. Breakers5. three hundred6. Rhode Island7. North Carolina
8. Biltmore9. four10. thirteen
McKinley; mine; strike; parks; Panama
The Philippines; War; Arizona; law;Supreme Court
1. United States Capitol2. Washington Monument3. Arlington Memorial Bridge4. National Archives5. White House6. Lincoln Memorial7. Jefferson Memorial8. Vietnam Veterans Memorial9. National Cathedral10. World War II Memorial
1. Rocky2. ice3. Shining; Backbone4. Railway; Montana5. bus6. Sun
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1. Alaska (two lines)2. Russia (triangle)3. moose; caribou (box)4. whalebone (circle)5. ena (underline)6. walrus (dotted line)7. spruce roots (basket)8. dog (line above and below)
Europe; Germany; Italy; England; France;Wilson; neutral; ship; Mexico; war; soldiers;meat; sugar; Liberty; Stamps; League;Nations; Americans
Mall; grew; drank; gambled; life; revival;church; war; government; fight; hero; others;money; school; roads
serve one another
1. b; 2. c; 3. a; 4. b; 5. c; 6. a; 7. c; 8. b
1. Ireland2. priest3. pray and work4. Omaha5. boys6. movie7. Truman
Colorado; 6,000; 18; volcanoes; stagecoach;railroad; rafting; mule; 1919; five; TheodoreRoosevelt
1. Detroit (two tires)2. Chrysler; General Motors; Ford (circle)3. Quadricycle (underline)4. Model T (two lines)5. assembly line (exclamation point)6. Dearborn (smokestack)
Dakota; Wyoming; Borglum; carve; Rush-more; Democracy; Washington; indepen-dence; Jefferson; government; Lincoln;union; Roosevelt; world; four; three
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1. clothes character2. coach lawyer3. Silver Gold4. Governor President5. Finance State6. Dream Bible7. Elephant Monkey8. Smithsonian Capitol
Student draws illustrations for posters.
Conservation; Roosevelt; work; soil; state;hiking; cabins; picnic; roads; trees; telephone;fish; camps; thirty; month; free; benefit
as for the Lord rather than for men
1. b; 2. a; 3. c; 4. c; 5. a; 6. b; 7. a; 8. c
Hollywood; speech; organ; three; Depression;Lollipop; Crackers; Ghana; Czechoslovakia;Protocol; Screen; Life
1. Washington2. Canada3. Olympus4. elk5. rainforest6. marmot7. nurse8. glaciers
dictators; Germany; Japan; Axis; world;war; United States; Hawaii; military;Allies; Europe; surrendered; Pacific;Truman; atomic; August
New York City; grandmother; London;Europe; headmistress; poverty; politics;teacher; markets; tenement; Court; FirstLady; speaking
Answers will vary.
1. Grand Central Station2. Hudson River3. air raid wardens4. German submarine
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5. Manhattan Project6. Hunter College7. Madison Square8. Times Square
1. b; 2. c; 3. a; 4. a; 5. c; 6. b; 7. c; 8. a
Student draws Route 66 business.
Arizona; Painted; wood; Flood; quartz;mud; sand; volcanic; decay; mice; badgers;hollow; Native; monument; park
the world and all it contains
1. base2. Cincinnati3. National4. League5. Series6. innings7. Ball8. Babe
(Base, Ball, and Babe are interchangeable in the puzzle.)
Georgia; California; trouble; mechanic;mother; crowd; different; athlete; baseball;Dodgers; manager; discriminated; talent;star
1. prayer2. truck3. Scouts4. potato5. poodle6. polio7. variety8. Trust
1954; Supreme; integrate; Arkansas; high;Nine; Governor; National Guard; Eisen-hower; Airborne; riot; senior; National;1998; Gold
New York City; weight lifter; drawing;Navy; Boy Scouts; Saturday; neighbors;Freedoms
1. Russia (snowflake)2. Arctic Ocean (waves)3. Juneau (star)4. Mt. McKinley (mountain peak)5. Point Barrow (box)6. Attu Island (diamond)7. Alaska Highway (dotted line)8. Little Diomede (circle)
1. a; 2. c; 3. c; 4. b; 5. b; 6. a; 7. b; 8. c
B A B E
B A L L
I N N I N G S
S E R I E S
B A S E
C I N C I N N A T I
L E A G U E
N A T I O N A L
SD WO I A
H M S A T E L L I T EA I Z AW N E S U P R E M EA O R KI K E L AI S E A W A Y
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V A R I E T Y SC
T OP R A Y E R UO U T TT S S RA T UT C
P O L I O KP O O D L E
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I C C RW E D D I N G E H T
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Eisenhower; Germany; America; President;Highway; Act; miles; odd; Florida; even
Great; Lake; Utah; square; flows; salt; out;water; tons; harvest; blocks; many; flies;shrimp; Birds
be fruitful and multiply
North Carolina; Florida; hurting; Chicago;Youth; preach; Europe; California; radio;newspaper; Truman; Obama; friendship;trial; genuine
1. Richard Nixon2. Spiro Agnew3. Gerald Ford4. Jimmy Carter5. Anwar Sadat6. Menachem Begin7. The Shah8. Walter Mondale
1. Robert H. Goddard (rocket)2. Explorer I (circle)3. NASA (star)4. Wernher von Braun (underline)5. booster rockets (clouds of smoke)6. computers (box)7. Apollo (moon)8. Saturn V (two lines)
1. Mercury2. Shepard3. Glenn4. White5. Apollo6. Armstrong7. flag
8. Skylab9. Cosmonaut
Pennsylvania; grandfather; special;minister; children; quality; good; television;Pittsburgh; important; day; neighbor
Love your neighbor as yourself.
1. b; 2. c; 3. a; 4. b; 5. c; 6. b; 7. a; 8. c
Roosevelt; library; Museum; California;dedicated; Nixon; Ford; Carter; Reagan;Bush; history; archives; Oval; Rose; Berlin;memorial; respected
1. Washington2. erupted3. ash
S K Y L A BS H E P A R D
W H I T EA R M S T R O N G
A P O L L OG L E N N
F L A GM E R C U R Y
C O S M O N A U T
S A V O C A D O S
T C E L E R Y A R
R L T A
W A L N U T S E E I
G W K I W I M S
A C B O I
R L W A T E R M E L O N N
L M R R L S
I O R R F I G S
C N O I V
P L U M S D T E E
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4. snow5. hibernating6. lava7. glacier8. avalanche
Washington; Risk; thirteen; computers;friend; $20,000; Microsoft; 1986; Melinda;philanthropists; world
1. clerk2. Piggly Wiggly3. factory outlet4. Target; Kmart; Walmart5. Vermont6. Sears, Roebuck and Co.7. Mall of America8. Minnesota
1. slough2. sawgrass
3. hammocks4. pinelands5. Cypress6. mangrove7. prairies8. grass
1. U.S. Constitution (underline)2. copper cents (11,178)3. Thomas Jefferson (1)4. Sacajawea (circle)5. Philadelphia; Denver (small circle above)6. Fort Knox (box)7. quarter (E Pluribus Unum)8. Abraham Lincoln (penny)
Fuller; Habitat; homeowners; built;Cambodia; Hungary; Laos; Mexico;Philippines; Carter; Clinton; Freedom
and sees his brother in need
Answers will vary.
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A V A L A N C H E
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M BU I M P E A C H E DS LL K SI M M I G R A N T S
M E N AX T
C L I N T O N ECO K L A H O M A
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W P R A I R I E S
G C Y P R E S S
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GP E N T A G O N
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1. Split Divide2. Norway Canada3. Sourgrass Bitterroot4. Wyoming Colorado5. Tennessee Snake6. guns furs7. Italian Spanish8. built mined
Stephen Foster - Minstrel ShowsBessie Smith - BluesMahalia Jackson - GospelLouis Armstrong - JazzGlenn Miller - Big BandElvis Presley - Rock and RollWoodie Guthrie - FolkRebecca St. James - Contemporary Christian
1. c; 2. b; 3. b; 4. a; 5. b; 6. a; 7. c; 8. b
CB F I R E W O R K S
P O P ON KF B O
A M E R I C A T H E B E A U T I F U LR L T LE P L AS H O W S S G
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MF I R E C R A C K E R S
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1. Mississippi; 2. Chinook; 3. Atlantic;4. Pacific; 5. cone-shaped; 6. palm fronds;7. swans; 8. harpoons; 9. wampum;10. wood ash
1. a; 2. b; 3. c; 4. a; 5. c;6. c; 7. b; 8. a; 9. c; 10. a
1. T; 2. F (did become); 3. T; 4. T; 5. F(France); 6. F (spoke English); 7. T; 8. T; 9. T;10. F (in Massachusetts)
1. Roger Williams; 2. King Charles II;3. Peter Stuyvesant; 4. Hudson RiverValley; 5. Philadelphia; 6. Nantucket Island;7. Henry Hudson; 8. William Penn
Massachusetts, North Carolina,Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia, NewHampshire, Rhode Island, South Carolina,New York
1. Patrick Henry; 2. Old North;3. Philadelphia; 4. Delaware; 5. Continental;6. Corwallis; 7. Constitution; 8. Boston;9. Longfellow; 10. Chesapeake
1. a; 2. c; 3. a; 4. b; 5. c;6. a; 7. b; 8. b; 9. c; 10. a
1. Napoleon Bonaparte; 2. ThomasJefferson; 3. Meriwether Lewis andWilliam Clark; 4. Corps of Discovery;5. Pacific Ocean; 6. bison; 7. St. Louis;8. Noah Webster
1. James Madison; 2. Andrew Jackson;3. James Monroe; 4. Mammoth Cave;5. Erie Canal; 6. Sequoyah; 7. St. Louis;8. John Quincy Adams
1. F (War of 1812); 2. T; 3. T; 4. F (was amission); 5. T; 6. T; 7. T; 8. F (had to movewest of the Mississippi); 9. T; 10. T
1. b; 2. a; 3. c; 4. b; 5. a;6. b; 7. a; 8. c; 9. b; 10. c
1. James K. Polk; 2. cotton; 3. fifteen miles;4. Mexican War; 5. SmithsonianInstitution; 6. tightrope; 7. Haiti; 8. birds
1. c; 2. b; 3. b; 4. c; 5. a; 6. c; 7. a; 8. a
1. Abraham Lincoln; 2. Jefferson Davis;3. Ulysses S. Grant; 4. Robert E. Lee;5. Matthew Brady; 6. George Washington;7. Clara Barton; 8. Susie King Taylor;9. Varina Howell ; 10. Mary Todd
1. F (after); 2. T; 3. T; 4. F (half);5. F (Utah); 6. F (blind); 7. T; 8. T
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1. Hayes; 2. Garfield; 3. Arthur; 4. Carnegie;5. land agent; 6. Montana; 7. homesteader;8. author; 9. blockhouse; 10. barracks
1. c; 2. b; 3. a; 4. b; 5. a;6. a; 7. c; 8. c; 9. b; 10. a
1. T; 2. F (with Spain); 3. T; 4. T;5. F (is a poem about the statue); 6. F (1907);7. F (John Philip Sousa); 8. T
1. Panama; 2. Taft; 3. Philippines;4. Archives; 5. Cathedral; 6. bicycle; 7. kites;8. Montana; 9. Rockies; 10. Russia
1. Germany; 2. Russia; 3. Mexico; 4. LibertyBonds; 5. League of Nations; 6. WoodrowWilson; 7. Alvin C. York; 8. EdwardFlanagan; 9. Harry Truman; 10. TheodoreRoosevelt
1. Henry Ford; 2. Warren Harding;3. Calvin Coolidge; 4. Charles Lindbergh;5. Herbert Hoover; 6. Gutzon Borglum;7. William Jennings Bryan; 8. TheodoreRoosevelt
1. a; 2. c; 3. b; 4. c; 5. b; 6. b; 7. a; 8. c
1. Germany; 2. Japan; 3. Allies; 4. Axis;5. atomic bomb; 6. ration cards; 7. factories;8. Times Square
1. Bust Boom; 2. Road Curtain; 3. FranceGermany; 4. Australia Korea; 5. PathRoute; 6. Kentucky Arizona; 7. diamondsquartz; 8. football baseball; 9. moneycourage;10. only first
1. b; 2. c; 3. c; 4. a; 5. b;6. a; 7. c; 8. b; 9. c; 10. b
1. Peace Corps; 2. history; 3. Cuba;4. Martin Luther King Jr.; 5. assassinated;6. Vietnam; 7. Germany; 8. Interstates;9. Utah; 10. Billy Graham
1. T; 2. F (Georgia); 3. T; 4. F (satellite);5. T; 6. F (moon); 7. F (rocketry); 8. T
1. b; 2. c; 3. b; 4. a; 5. b;6. c; 7. a; 8. b; 9. b; 10. c
1. Clinton; 2. Canada, Mexico; 3. Balkan;4. Muslim; 5. Everglades; 6. Denver,Philadelphia; 7. Fort Knox; 8. Fuller;9. volunteer; 10. houses
1. Kansas Florida; 2. July September;3. Russia Iraq; 4. Gore Obama; 5. EgyptAfghanistan; 6. Appalachian Rocky;7. Mexico Canada ; 8. Parker Presley;9. Chicago Nashville; 10. Smith Adams
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1. Atlantic; Pacific2. American Alligator, AmericanCrocodile, Humpback Whale, Gray Seal,Bottle-nosed Dolphin, Green Sea Turtle,Manatee, Walrus, Right Whale3. wisdom4. Answers will vary.5. Answers will vary.
1. cedar wood, dried salmon, horncarvings, fish oil, furs, seashells, seal oil2. acorns3. eight feet across4. animal skins and shredded bark5. money and jewelry
1. Cascade Mountains and RockyMountains2. A nomad travels from place to place insearch of food instead of being settled inone place.3. elk hide4. They dried them.5. willow poles
1. Alabama, Creek, and Coushatta2. Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek,and Seminole3. Some were used as burial grounds. It islikely that others were used as platformsfor buildings.4. corn, beans, and squash5. Answers will vary.
1. a bow and arrows2. a feather3. five4. a wigwam5. a person, two animals, and circledesigns
1. b; 2. c; 3. a; 4. b; 5. c; 6. c; 7. b; 8. a; 9. b; 10. a
1. Nordic peoples2. wild wheat, grapes, and a kind of treethought to be maple3. Newfoundland4. Columbus was born in 1451 in Genoa,Italy.5. Answers will vary.
1. Vasco Núñez de Balboa2. Ferdinand Magellan3. Amerigo Vespucci4. Juan Ponce de León5. so they will be better looking, so theywill be healthier and stronger, so they willlive longer, other answers possible
1. Francisco Vásquez de Coronado2. baked beans, corn balls, cornbread,hominy, and soup3. Married women wore their hair inpigtails. Unmarried women wore their hairin a squash blossom or butterfly whorlstyle. Today American women who aremarried usually wear a ring on their left
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ring finger. They also go by “Mrs.” insteadof “Miss.”4. shell necklaces5. Children and old people might be hurt.
1. Colorado2. The blocks were made of sandstone andthe mortar was made of mud and water.3. brown, pink, red, white, and yellow4. They climbed up hand-and-toe-holdtrails.5. Two cowboys looking for stray cows sawsomething that looked like a magnificentcity across a canyon.
1. The people who established it arrived inFlorida on the feast day of St. Augustine.2. 15653. Castillo de San Marcos4. an attack on the city by the English in17025. Answers will vary.
1. TRUE2. FALSE (Viking artifacts were discoveredin Canada in 1960.)3. FALSE (North and South America werenamed after Amerigo Vespucci.)4. TRUE5. TRUE6. TRUE7. FALSE (Mesa Verde National Park islocated in Colorado.)8. TRUE9. FALSE (St. Augustine was establishedby the Spanish in 1565.)10. FALSE (After the English attacked St.Augustine, the Spanish decided to build awall around the city.)
1. Bristol, England2. Queen Elizabeth I of England3. Sir Walter Raleigh4. Virginia Dare5. Jamestown, Virginia, named for KingJames I of England
1. In his journal2. playful one3. Chief Powhatan, her father4. England5. a) kneeling; b) seven; c) ten; d) wood;e) the English
1. They explored, formed alliances withNative Americans, worked as fur traders,spread Catholicism among the natives, andbuilt trading posts and forts.2. copper, nickel, iron, and silver3. the Huron confederation of tribes inCanada.4. Straits of Mackinac5. Niagara Falls
1. the Speedwell and the Mayflower2. Mayflower Compact3. John Carver4. When Squanto was a slave in Spain heescaped to England where he learnedEnglish.5. William Bradford
1. Boston2. David Thomson, Edward Hilton, andThomas Hilton3. Catholics4. They bought land from the Pequot tribe.
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5. Its settlers proclaimed the FundamentalOrders of 1639, which may be the firstwritten constitution based on democracy.
1. Queen Elizabeth I2. John Smith3. Squanto4. Virginia Dare5. William Bradford6. Chief Powhatan7. John Carver8. King James I9. Bristol10. Boston11. Roanoke12. Jamestown13. Canada14. England15. Plymouth
1. God had shown him merciful providencein his distress.2. religious persecution3. eight proprietors4. The climate was well-suited for growingrice. England paid a high price for the ricegrown there.5. George Washington and Robert E. Lee
1. Henry Hudson2. His crew mutinied and forced him andeight others into a small boat. They werenever heard from again.3. 60 Dutch guilders4. He introduced cobblestone streets,police and fire protection, a hospital, and aprotective wall around the city.5. The English named it after an island inthe English Channel.
1. London, England on October 14, 16442. He protested mandatory Anglicanchapel.3. He was attending an illegal Quakermeeting.4. He came without weapons, he learnedtheir languages, and he was strong.5. as “the greatest law-giver the world hasproduced”
1. Bay Psalm Book, printed by CambridgePress2. Eliot and his wife welcomed anAlgonquian youth into their home.3. Cotton Mather wrote the book toencourage the education of Africans whowere being brought to America as slaves.4. Anne Bradstreet5. an alphabet in rhyme, the Lord’s Prayer,the Ten Commandments, other rhymesand stories
1. Bartholomew Gosnold2. beaches, cliffs, dunes, freshwater ponds,marshes, and woodlands3. small, wooden, brightly painted,decorated with fancy gingerbread4. He learned about windmill constructionwhile visiting Holland as a sailor. He builta windmill on Nantucket Island.5. Nantucket, Cape Cod, and the easternend of Long Island
1. b; 2. a; 3. c; 4. a; 5. c; 6. c; 7. b; 8. a; 9. c; 10. b
1. James Edward Oglethorpe2. Savannah
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3. New England: Connecticut,Massachusetts, Rhode Island, NewHampshire;
Mid-Atlantic: Delaware, New Jersey, NewYork, Pennsylvania;
Southern: Virginia, Maryland, NorthCarolina, South Carolina, Georgia4. The king5. Jonathan Edwards
1. An apprentice lived with his master. Heoften did not receive any wages, but he didreceive room and board, training in thetrade, and instruction in reading, writing,and arithmetic.2. furniture making3. blowpipe, scissors, tongs, woodenpaddle4. carpentry and blacksmithing5. Answers will vary.
1. the land between the Ohio River and theGreat Lakes2. All land between the Appalachians andthe Mississippi River belonged to nativesand the colonists could not move there.3. Boston Massacre4. Parliament wanted to scare people inother colonies. Instead, people in othercolonies got angry and supported Boston.5. England: 5 million; Colonies: 2.5 million
1. four of these: candlemaker, printer,author, inventor, scientist, philosopher,diplomat, statesman, ambassador,postmaster, musician2. He worked as an apprentice to hisbrother and then went to London where heworked at two printing houses.3. Poor Richard’s Almanac
4. Albany Plan of Union5. God sends rain upon the vineyards. Therain enters the roots of the vines and thevines produce grapes that can becomewine.
1. King William III of England2. House of Burgesses3. Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, andJohn Tyler4. They had passed resolutions against theTownshend Acts.5. John D. Rockefeller Jr.
1. Matt's father goes back for the rest of thefamily, leaving Matt alone to work thecrops and guard their new home.2. Matt made an agreement with Attean'sgrandfather to teach him how to read.3. Matt learns forest survival skills andabout the culture and perspective of theNative Americans.4. Matt's father paid for their farm, so Matthas the perspective that they own thatpiece of land. Attean believes that landcannot be owned, but belongs to allcreatures.5. They all got sick with typhus.
1. FALSE (James Oglethorpe led theestablishment of the colony of Georgia.2. TRUE3. FALSE (An apprentice often did notreceive any wages.)4. FALSE (The city of Philadelphia becamea center for furniture making)5. TRUE6. TRUE7. FALSE (Benjamin Franklin moved toLondon where he worked in two printinghouses.)
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8. TRUE9. TRUE10. FALSE (The House of Burgesses wasthe first representative assembly in thecolonies.)
1. St. John’s Episcopal Church inRichmond, Virginia.2. John Hancock3. Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson,John Adams, Robert Livingston, and RogerSherman4. “I only regret that I have but one life tolose for my country.”5. Thomas Paine began publishing “TheCrisis”.
1. It had thirteen stripes of alternating redand white and thirteen stars on a field ofblue.2. The Second Battle of Saratoga3. over a year4. General Cornwallis surrendered toGeneral Washington in Yorktown, Virginiaon October 19, 1781.5. Treaty of Paris
1. It is 23 miles long. It goes from road totunnel to road to tunnel so that cars cancross between the capes while stillallowing ships to enter the bay.2. They are raking for oysters in theshallows of Chesapeake Bay.3. Washington, D.C. and Mount Vernon4. It helped keep Washington’s troopsfrom starving at Valley Forge.5. 11,500 miles
1. It begins at Boston Common and ends atthe Bunker Hill Monument.
2. It was sung by a children’s choir on thesteps of Park Street Church in Boston onJuly 4, 1831.3. Old State House; built in 17134. USS Constitution5. five of these: ferry service, stagecoach,omnibus, steam locomotive, horsecar,electric streetcar, subway, elevated trains,bus, commuter rail
1. three of these: brass, mother-of-pearl,ivory, painted porcelain, tortoiseshellinlay, engraved gems2. upholstery shop3. scraps from leftover fabrics and pieces ofold clothing4. stenciling a design on a piece of canvasand then covering the canvas with severalcoats of varnish5. Answers will vary.
1. c; 2. a; 3. c; 4. b; 5. c; 6. a; 7. b; 8. a; 9. c; 10. b
1. Any of these ideas are acceptable: Itdeclared that the new states from theNorthwest Territory would be equal withthe original thirteen. It gave religiousfreedom and legal rights to individuals,stated that Indian tribes would be treatedfairly, and outlawed slavery in that area ofthe country.2. They did not want rumors about whatthey were doing to cause uneasinessamong citizens.3. James Madison4. all of them5. Federalists and Republicans
1. 1732-17992. sixteen
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3. dove of peace weathervane4. He wanted to live as a farmer andcitizen. Instead he served as President ofthe Constitutional Convention and then asPresident of the United States.5. They were freed.
1. The Birthplace of the Nation; The City ofBrotherly Love2. They wanted to break away fromEnglish influences.3. A celebration is taking place outside ofIndependence Hall on January 1, 1876,marking the beginning of America’sCentennial Year.4. “Proclaim LIBERTY throughout the landto all the inhabitants thereof.”5. Congress Hall in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania
1. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York,New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland,West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, NorthCarolina, and Georgia2. Forty3. Catskill Mountains4. water vapor and natural oils released bythe lush vegetation in the area5. See Rock City
1. The day Daniel Boone saw present-dayKentucky for the first time.2. It was the main route for people movinginto Kentucky and Tennessee.3. Timothy Demonbreun4. One group traveled by land across theCumberland Mountains. The other grouptraveled by boat on the Tennessee, Ohio,and Cumberland Rivers.
5. “To Love and fear God believe in JesusChrist. Dowall the good to my Neighborsand my Self that I can and Do as Littleharm as I can help and trust in God’smercy for the Rest.”
1. Amos learned from the Copelandfamily, his first owners.2. Amos looked for his sister Athmun.3. Amos learned tanning from his owner,Mr. Ichabod Richardson.4. Amos purchased their freedom andmarried each of them in turn.5. Answers will vary.
1. James Madison2. Republicans3. George Washington4. All electors of the first electoral college5. Federalists6. Timothy Demonbreun7. Daniel Boone
Ordinance; Territory; states; thirteen;religious; individuals; Indian; fairly;slavery
Revolution; farmer; President
Philadelphia; Nation; Brotherly; Congress;Hall
1. He ran against the President with whomhe served as Vice President.2. France; 15 million dollars (three centsper acre)3. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark4. He was William Clark’s slave whotraveled with the Corps of Discovery.5. gifts, an American flag, and a peacemedal
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1. They took reports, maps, skeletons,animal skins, mineral samples, nativeartifacts, and live animals to PresidentJefferson. They also took letters from otherCorps members to their loved ones.2. Toussaint, Sacajawea, and Jean BaptisteCharbonneau3. It is an 80-mile-long canyon that cutsthrough the Cascade Mountains.4. They had been gone over two years andmany thought they had died.5. Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri, Snake,Columbia
1. They carried him on a fancy paintedbuffalo robe.2. They were away on a summer buffalohunt.3. Each village should work together forthe benefit of the village and for eachfamily and clan that lived there.4. Members of the tribe wore darkmoccasins.5. They earned them by being brave.
1. People are gathered in the Basilica of St.Louis for a mass in 1904, whichcommemorated the 100th anniversary ofthe transfer of the Louisiana Territory toAmerica.2. Eero Sarrinen from Finland3. The Arch a catenary curve. It is hollowand the sides have a triangular shape. It is630 feet high and 630 feet wide.4. two years and nine months5. by riding a tram car inside
1. He studied with a local minister.2. He didn’t want them to be dependent onEnglish ones. He thought their books
should contain American words andAmerican geography. He wanted topromote a truly American form of English.3. a speller, a grammar book, and a reader4. America, England, and France5. The U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp inhis honor.
1. FALSE (The United States purchased theLouisiana Territory from France.)2. TRUE3. FALSE (York was William Clark’s slavewho traveled with the Corps of Discovery.)4. FALSE (Corps members took reportsand artifacts back to President Jefferson.)5. TRUE6. TRUE7. FALSE (The Gateway Arch is as wide asit is tall.)8. TRUE9. TRUE10. FALSE (Noah Webster conductedresearch for his dictionary in threecountries.)
1. A crevice formed and the MississippiRiver ran backwards to fill it, creatingReelfoot Lake.2. American: about 20; British: almost onehundred3. wooden crates stamped “U.S.” that wereloaded with supplies for the U.S. Army4. The country’s capital is Monrovia.5. Answers will vary.
1. A stalactite forms on the ceiling of a cave;a stalagmite forms on the floor of a cave.2. Slaves mined saltpetre in the cave,which was used to make gunpowder forAmerican troops.
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3. He improved trails through the cave,purchased a nearby hotel, and purchasedthe services of three slaves to serve asguides.4. cave crickets5. Answers will vary.
1. He believed that New York City wouldone day become a center of business,manufacturing, banking, and shipping.2. He emptied two containers of waterfrom Lake Erie into the Atlantic Ocean. Hecalled this the “Marriage of the Waters.”3. locks4. Businesses paid a toll to use the Canal.The state earned back its expenses nineyears after the Canal opened.5. nearly 80%
1. “Talking leaves” referred to writtenEnglish.2. They couldn’t read orders given to themby their officers, keep journals, or writeletters home.3. Cherokee writing is made up of symbolsfor the language’s 85 syllables. Englishwriting is made up of 26 letters that standfor individual sounds within syllables.4. twelve years5. Cherokee Phoenix
1. pelt: used to make beaver hats;castoreum oil: used to make perfume2. spring and fall; In summer the fur wastoo thin; in winter the temperatures weretoo cold.3. When William Ashley became aCongressman he shared the informationwith Congress.4. Union Pacific Railroad and Interstate 805. Answers will vary.
1. a; 2. b; 3. c; 4. b; 5. c; 6. b; 7. b; 8. a; 9. c; 10. c
1. Virginia; Massachusetts; Virginia;Virginia; Virginia; Massachusetts;Tennessee; New York2. Jackson was opposed to it because hedid not believe the Constitutionauthorized it and he believed that itsactions had been harmful to America.3. Horses pulled containers of rock fromquarries.4. 1829-18375. He was the first President born afterAmerica declared its independence fromGreat Britain.
1. The island is dotted with ancient NativeAmerican copper mines.2. a nuclear power accident3. A barrier island is a long and sandyisland that shields a coast from wind,waves, and storms.4. Volunteers from Chincoteague Islandcapture the wild ponies and heard themtoward the beach. The ponies swim toChincoteague where they are sold.5. off the coast of Texas; cattle raising
1. Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas,and Florida2. Moses Austin3. He fired a cannonball.4. only women, children, and slaves5. Answers will vary. The men probablywanted to encourage each other not to giveup but to fight to the very end like the menat the Alamo. Perhaps they wantedrevenge against the Mexican army whohad wiped out their fellow soldiers at theAlamo.
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1. He was chosen to represent New York inthe First Continental Congress.2. He encouraged the people to adopt it.3. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court4. the crew of the USS John Adams,Delaware Indians, the Chinese, thevisually impaired5. Answers will vary.
1. He did not believe that NativeAmericans and whites could livepeacefully as neighbors.2. It gave white people the rights to minegold on Cherokee land. It forbade theCherokee from mining on their own land.It gave their land away. It limited thekinds of business the Cherokee couldconduct.3. They were kept in stockades.4. The Egyptians and the Israelites in theOld Testament; the Romans and the Jewsin the New Testament; previously thewhites and the blacks in America; otheranswers possible.5. A man’s life does not consist in theabundance of his possessions, even whenhe has an abundance.
1. Brady has a tendency to blurt out whathe knows without thinking.2. Brady's mother and father disagree onthe topic of slavery.3. Brady found that his father was hiding arunaway slave boy.4. They began to meet separately from therest of the church.5. Answers will vary.
1. Andrew Jackson2. Martin Van Buren
3. Moses Austin4. Santa Anna5. John Jay6. The Cherokee7. Massachusetts8. Tennessee9. Texas10. New York11. Georgia12. Oklahoma
1. He had been victorious over the NativeAmericans in the Battle of Tippecanoe Creek.2. He delivered a long speech in the coldand rain, caught pneumonia, and died.3. His Accidency4. Congress of the Confederacy5. Answers will vary.
1. It begins at Lake Itasca in Minnesota andends in the Gulf of Mexico.2. In the first photo, the river is verynarrow and shallow. It is surrounded onlyby vegetation. In the second photo, theriver is very wide with a bridge over it anda boat on it.3. Rocky Mountains and AppalachianMountains4. At first they were pulled by people or byhorses, mules, or oxen walking on thebanks of the river. Then they were movedby steamboats and steam-poweredtowboats. These were eventually replacedby diesel-powered vessels.5. He rescued thirty-two people whoseboat had capsized on the Mississippi.
1. It commemorates an old NativeAmerican trail.2. the Natchez tribe and the state ofMississippi
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3. The government negotiated treaties withthe Chickasaw and Choctaw tribes. Theywanted to use the Trace as a mail route.4. barbers5. All Christians are equal. God loves eachperson the same. His love does not dependon our nationality, gender, or anythingelse. Other answers possible.
1. Robert Fulton2. The river currents were too strong.3. ornate woodwork, cut-glass chandeliers,thick carpets, oil paintings4. deckhands5. Answers will vary.
1. He was in Washington, D.C., when shedied. Since it took a long time for him tohear the news, he wasn’t able to make ithome until after she had been buried.2. Morse wanted to build a telegraph thatused only one wire. The earliest telegraphused 26 wires.3. A system of dots and dashes whichrepresent letters.4. “What Hath God Wrought!”5. portrait studio
1. TRUE2. FALSE (John Tyler’s political enemiescalled him “His Accidency.”)3. TRUE4. TRUE5. FALSE (Natchez Trace commemoratesas old Native American trail.)6. TRUE7. FALSE (Robert Fulton traveled on theHudson River in a steamboat in 1807.)8. FALSE (Deckhands were responsible forloading and unloading a steamship’scargo.)
9. FALSE (Samuel Morse wanted to build atelegraph that used only one wire.)10. TRUE
1. They believed that American shouldexpand all the way to the Pacific Ocean.Some even believed God wanted this tohappen.2. The land was divided between the twocountries at the 49th parallel of latitude.3. He sent troops to Texas to defendAmerican land. The U.S. responded to theattack by declaring war on Mexico.4. No other President has died at such ayoung age unless he was assassinated.5. Answers will vary.
1. The men did not accept Marcus at firstbecause he was a Christian who didn’tdrink alcohol.2. National Statuary Hall3. The pioneers who had taken too manypossessions had to leave some of them onthe trail. People from the jumping offtowns picked up these items, took themback to town, and sold them.4. fifteen miles5. Answers will vary.
1. to increase and diffuse knowledgeamong men2. British gold sovereigns3. an art gallery, a lecture hall, a library, achemical laboratory, a natural historylaboratory, and a science museum4. A Blackfeet chief is making aphonograph record at the Smithsonian in1916.5. Answers will vary.
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1. Horseshoe (or Canadian) Falls; 2,200 feet2. Lakes Superior, Huron, Michigan, andErie3. Maid of the Mist4. on a tightrope5. He is mightier than the sounds of manywaters and the mighty breakers of the sea.
1. He liked to collect birds’ eggs and nestsand draw them.2. He traveled from the Florida Keys toLabrador in Canada to Texas.3. He was turned down by the Academy ofNatural Sciences in Philadelphia. He foundan engraver in London.4. John James Audubon and his sons,Victor and John5. If God takes care of the birds, He isgoing to take care of us, too. We are worthmuch more than birds.
1. b; 2. b; 3. c; 4. a; 5. b; 6. a; 7. c; 8. b; 9. a; 10. c
1. slavery2. Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore,Franklin Pierce, and James Buchanan3. Some settlers attacked other settlers whohad opposing views about slavery and twohundred people died during the conflict.4. Slaves were not citizens and could notbe citizens. Slavery was an issue for stategovernments, not the Federal government.Slave-owners could take their slaves intoany territory.5. Station: a home or business that fed orhoused slaves; conductor: someone wholed slaves from one station to another;stockholder: someone who gave money tohelp in the Underground Railroad
1. a volcanic eruption2. Moss is not known to grow at such adepth anywhere else in the world.3. One day when he was a boy he read anarticle about it in the newspaper in whichhis lunch was wrapped.4. Answers will vary.5. Answers will vary.
1. Lighthouses help ship captains knowwhere they are, warn them of dangers, andlet them know that land is near.2. The difference can be known by the size,shape, and color, and by the series of lightflashes.3. She rescued her mother and sisters bygetting them out of the keeper’s house andinto one of the lighthouse towers during astorm. She also kept the lighthouse lit forany ships in need.4. George Washington5. It is America’s only lighthouse that istriangular-shaped and the only one withan elevator. It is the most powerfullighthouse in the Western Hemisphere.
1. thirteen2. He used textbooks he wrote himself.3. a full-time author4. The chair was made of chestnut, whichis mentioned in Longfellow’s poem “TheVillage Blacksmith”.5. Poet’s Corner is a section in London’sWestminster Abbey, which honors famouspoets. Longfellow’s bust was placed thereafter his death in 1882.
1. Passengers could find food and lodgingand drivers could get fresh horses.2. Wells Fargo
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3. coins, checks, gold bars, gold dust, andlegal papers4. They must be young, skinny, wiry,expert riders, under 18, and willing to riskdeath daily.5. Answers will vary.
1. Mary Ellen’s father worked as a potter.2. Mary Ellen was sad to say goodbye toher grandmother.3. Daisy drowned in the swift current.4. Mr. and Mrs. Todd named their sonElijah.5. The Todds were thankful and praisedGod for bringing them to Oregon safely.
1. slavery2. Bleeding Kansas3. conductor4. stockholder5. James K. Polk6. volcanic eruption7. by the size, shape, color, and series oflight flashes8. thirteen9. full-time author10. Wells Fargo11. California newspaper12. death
1. It was established in February of 1861when representatives from the states thathad seceded from the Union gathered inAlabama.2. They rode to the battlefield in carriagesto watch.3. three million4. General Robert E. Lee surrendered toGeneral Ulysses S. Grant.5. A house divided against itself cannotstand.
1. Union2. the Governor of Pennsylvania3. freedom4. It is a gathering of 50,000 Union andConfederate veterans at Gettysburg tohonor the fiftieth anniversary of the battle.5. Answers will vary.
1. United States Military Academy at WestPoint, New York2. He was forced to decide whether hewould be loyal to the Union or to his homestate of Virginia.3. General-in-Chief of All ConfederateArmies4. Arlington National Cemetery5. Answers will vary.
1. Most of the war was fought on Southernland and the Union Army occupied muchof the South.2. They disguised themselves as men.3. She donated supplies and collectedsupplies from others. She took care ofwounded soldiers and helped establishfield hospitals.4. She served as nurse and laundress andtaught some of the men to read and write.5. Answers will vary.
1. She went to school for thirteen years,which is more than most people of herday, especially girls.2. She wanted America to look stable toEngland and France, since those countriescould side with the Union or theConfederacy.3. It was formed to provide for the needsof Union soldiers.
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4. She knitted clothing and made shoes forsoldiers, donated blankets, and visitedConfederate hospitals.5. Answers will vary.
1. FALSE (The Confederate States ofAmerica was established in 1861.)2. TRUE3. FALSE (The Union Army won the Battleof Gettysburg)4. TRUE5. FALSE (Lee graduated from the UnitedStates Military Academy at West Point.)6. FALSE (Arlington Cemetery is on landthat once belonged to Robert E. Lee.)7. TRUE8. FALSE (Clara Barton and Susie KingTaylor served as nurses during the war.)9. TRUE10. TRUE
1. It was created to help freed slaves withfood, housing, medical care, and education.2. Carpetbaggers were northerners whocame to the South during Reconstructionto take advantage of the southerners whowere having a hard time.3. The Senate must hold an impeachmenttrial. Johnson was found not guilty by onevote.4. tailor5. He left his career to be with his wife andchildren. He moved to be near his parents.He worked to help his family financially.He wrote beautiful letters to his wife.
1. half2. Old Faithful is a geyser that shootssteam and hot water as high as 180 feetinto the air. It got its name because itseruptions are fairly dependable.
3. Initials and a date carved in a tree andwooden pins used for drying pelts werefound.4. They did not want to risk theirreputation “with such unreliablematerial.”5. Congress had to pass a law andPresident Grant had to sign it. Thishappened in 1872.
1. The Civil War2. San Franciscan David Hewes, the ownerof a San Francisco newspaper, and thestates of Nevada and Arizona3. a railroad worker4. D-O-N-E5. It was taken apart and loaded on a shipwhich took it around South America andthen north to the west coast where it wasreassembled.
1. She would have wanted to be born blindso that when she got to heaven the firstface she would ever see would be herSavior.2. She would either fold her hands or knit.She would imagine she was a sailor, ageneral, a leader of a choir praising God,or a preacher pleading with people tocome to Christ.3. Grover Cleveland4. She sat alone and prayed for thoughtsand feelings.5. Answers will vary.
1. He heats a branding iron in a fire. Whenit is hot enough, he holds it against a cow’shide until the brand’s design is burnedinto it.2. books, clothing, food, a map, money,tools, and utensils
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3. They were driving their cattle from theirranch to a train station.4. maverick: an animal that has not yetbeen branded; corral: a fended-in placewhere horses and cattle are kept; bronco: arough or wild horse; mustang: a strayanimal5. Wild West Shows entertained theiraudiences with acts and contestsperformed by cowboys, Indians,sharpshooters, and actors.
1. Shadrach Yale is a schoolteacher and aclose friend of the Creighton family.2. John is on the side of the Union, and Billis on the side of the Confederacy.3. All of the other young men in the familygo to fight in the war. Jethro’s father isphysically unable to work.4. Jethro wrote to Abraham Lincoln to askfor help for his cousin Eb, who haddeserted from the army.5. Answers will vary.
1. a; 2. c; 3. b; 4. a; 5. a; 6. a; 7. c; 8. b; 9. b; 10. c
1. Democrat leaders agreed that Hayes hadwon in exchange for Republicans agreeingto remove the last Federal troops from theSouth.2. He had never seen a President leavepower so well-spoken of.3. attend her son’s inauguration as President4. President James Garfield was shot anddied.5. Civil Service Act
1. People started buying more fabric fromfactories.
2. He allowed Carnegie to borrow booksfrom his personal library.3. Carnegie Steel Company4. a library5. almost ninety percent
1. two million2. Montana3. farm it, live on it, build a house, andmake improvements4. $185. Settlers cut three-foot slabs of sod thatwere four inches thick. They stacked theslabs like building blocks with the grassside down. Some soddies were built intothe side of a hill and others were built free-standing.
1. near Lake Pepin, Wisconsin, in 18672. four of these: covered wagon, buggy,horseback, train, automobile, and airplane3. It tells the story of Almanzo Wilder’schildhood.4. They were eaten by grasshoppers.5. Answers will vary.
1. to keep the peace between settlers andNative Americans2. If the soldiers were ever under a siege,they could get water without going outside.3. Buffalo Soldiers4. Santa Fe Trail5. Answers will vary.
1. b; 2. c; 3. b; 4. a; 5. c; 6. b; 7. a; 8. b; 9. c; 10. a
1. Grover Cleveland2. North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana,Washington, Idaho, Wyoming3. standing for the people
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4. There was an economic recession; manybanks and businesses failed and manypeople lost their jobs.5. Answers will vary.
1. Mt. Whitney2. Half Dome3. John Muir and President TheodoreRoosevelt4. a tree firmly planted by the water5. Answers will vary.
1. His mother began to teach him at homebecause his teachers thought he was slow.2. Thomas Edison reciting “Mary Had aLittle Lamb”3. He received 1,093, which is more thananyone else in American history.4. Genius is 1% inspiration and 99%perspiration.5. Answers will vary, but could include:People can listen to religious broadcastsand recordings and see religious videos,even in countries where Christianity is ille-gal; electricity makes computers possible,which is one way people can communicateabout Jesus.
1. striped skunk2. the Chicago Board of Trade, establishedto coordinate grain sales to markets in theEast3. Great Chicago Fire4. bicycles5. Its location beside Lake Michigan causesit to experience a great deal of windyweather.
1. Congress2. twenty million; fifty cents
3. They could ride the Ferris wheel or a hotair balloon.4. There was a water and music show withcolored fountains. The park was lit byelectricity. Fireworks went up over LakeMichigan.5. Answers will vary.
1. making shirts with Mrs. White2. to college3. She did not keep order in the classroom.She favored some students and falselyaccused others. Other answers possible.4. in Laura’s autograph album5. She was asked to teach and was given ateacher's examination even though shewas not old enough.
1. FALSE (Grover Cleveland served twonon-consecutive terms as President.)2. TRUE3. FALSE (Mount Whiney is the highestpoint in the continental United States.)4. FALSE (Half Dome is in YosemiteNational Park.)5. TRUE6. TRUE7. FALSE (Chicago is nicknamed “TheWindy City.”)8. FALSE (The Great Chicago Fire occurredon October 8, 1871.)9. TRUE10. FALSE (Admission to the expositioncost fifty cents.)
1. Republican: William McKinley;Democratic: William Jennings Bryan2. Plessy v. Ferguson3. Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines4. He was shot.
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5. the words of the hymn “Nearer, MyGod, to Thee”
1. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan,Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, NorthDakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin2. eight of these: corn, wheat, oats, soybeans,sorghum, barley, sunflowers, apples, sourcherries, grapes3. John Deere4. Russian Mennonites5. He told them to work for the food whichendures to eternal life, which the Son ofMan would give them.
1. Frederic Auguste Bartholdi from France2. copper3. the words of Emma Lazarus’ poem “TheNew Colossus”4. excavation for the New York subwaysystem5. 1.25 million
1. eighteen2. U.S. Marine Band, nicknamed “ThePresident’s Own”3. “Nearer, My God, to Thee”4. He gave the impression of trying to bethe most honorable man who ever walkedon the face of the earth.5. “The Stars and Stripes Forever”
1. shipping2. an elevator and electric lights3. six years4. They spent a few weeks in the springand fall and occasional weekends in thewinter there.5. Answers will vary.
1. William McKinley2. William Jennings Bryan3. Cuba4. Iowa5. Bartholdi6. Liberty Island7. John Philip Sousa8. Frederick and Louise Vanderbilt9. Cornelius Vanderbilt10. John Deere11. Spanish-American War12. France13. three of these: corn, wheat, oats, soybeans,sorghum, barley, sunflowers, apples, sourcherries, grapes14. “The Stars and Stripes Forever”15. The Vanderbilts
1. an ornery little boy at heart2. There was an earthquake.3. Roosevelt visited Panama during theconstruction of the Panama Canal.4. supervise the construction of the PanamaCanal, supervise the Philippines, and serveas Governor of Cuba5. Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
1. George Washington2. American flags3. The names of over 58,000 people whodied or were missing in action in Vietnam.4. The National Cathedral is being built.5. Answers will vary.
1. the pursuit of knowledge2. When she was a girl she spent hourswith her father working in his carriageshop.3. Wright Cycle Company
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4. a private, open place where the windswere steady and where there was littlevegetation5. They built it.
1. Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho,Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wash-ington, and Wyoming2. Some are very close to the ground andsoak up heat from the earth. Others havespecial shapes so the strong winds don’thurt them.3. The Crown of the Continent4. Rock dynamited away from roadbedswas used to build walls to support theroad.5. Blackfoot, Flathead, and Kootenai Indians
1. place the sea crashes against2. The United States bought Alaska fromRussia in 1867.3. A woman’s hood was larger so shecould carry a baby inside it.4. fifteen people and a ton of cargo5. intestines of bearded seals or walruses
1. a; 2. c; 3. c; 4. b; 5. a; 6. c; 7. b; 8. c; 9. a; 10. b
1. Progressives2. to pay for war expenses3. so Americans could save fuel needed forthe war4. armistice5. He wanted to start the League of Nationsto help countries work out their differenceswithout going to war.
1. His best friend was killed in a bar fight.2. He believed it was wrong; his churchwas against violence and war.
3. 1324. He built a Bible school.5. He wanted to be remembered not as awar hero, but as someone who improvededucation in Tennessee, brought betterroads, and helped his fellow man.
1. 1901-1910; 8,795,3862. Panna Maria, Texas, in 18543. It is a poster written in Yiddish encour-aging Jews to buy Liberty Bonds duringWorld War I.4. It helps Italian immigrants with money,education, and housing.5. They were to treat them like the nativesamong them and love them as they lovedthemselves.
1. praying2. working with boys whose childhoodswere not as good as his own had been3. He took in boys of any race or religionwho were homeless or delinquent.4. He asked Flanagan to travel to otherparts of the world to teach people how tocare for children.5. Answers will vary
1. 6,000 feet2. mule3. by a worldwide flood4. riparian, desert scrub, and coniferousforest5. Theodore Roosevelt
1. Sarah would pay the seventeen cents shehad saved and one penny a week afterthat.2. Their father was a junk dealer whoacquired a load of books and allowed hisdaughters to take twelve of them to keep.
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3. They are Jewish holidays.4. The other girls had scarlet fever.5. They were still close, loving, and loyal.
1. TRUE2. FALSE (President Wilson tried to estab-lish a League of Nations.)3. FALSE (Alvin York was a World War Ihero.)4. TRUE5. TRUE6. FALSE (The first permanent Polishsettlement was in Texas.)7. TRUE8. FALSE (President Truman asked Flanaganto teach others around the world how to carefor children.)9. FALSE (A visitor to the Grand Canyoncan ride a mule to the canyon floor.)10. TRUE
1. Communism2. Coolidge’s father3. Lindbergh4. Herbert Hoover5. U.S. Food Administration
1. Blind men are making brooms in abroom factory.2. Yankee ingenuity is the ability of anAmerican to think of a new way of doingsomething.3. frozen food in cardboard packages4. merger5. Answers will vary.
1. Ships could bring in supplies on theGreat Lakes; copper and iron were minednearby; coal could be brought in by rail;steel mills were nearby.
2. It is near the Canadian border.3. Chrysler, General Motors, and Ford4. a continuously-moving assembly line5. They could buy the cars they weremaking.
1. South Dakota and Wyoming2. Washington: struggle for independence;birth of AmericaJefferson: idea of representative governmentLincoln: permanent union of the U.S.;equality for all citizensRoosevelt: role of the U.S. in world affairsduring the twentieth century3. Gutzon Borglum4. Devils Tower5. half ears of different colors of corn
1. Her husband was a lawyer and shewanted to be closer to him.2. Cross of Gold3. Bryan was a pacifist and PresidentWoodrow Wilson was making decisionsthat would lead America into World War I.4. any theory that denied the story of DivineCreation of man as taught in the Bible5. The Monkey Trial
1. b; 2. b; 3. a; 4. c; 5. c; 6. b; 7. a; 8. a; 9. b; 10. c
1. Works Progress Administration andCivilian Conservation Corps2. They provided electricity in one of thepoorest parts of the country. They helpedprevent flooding and made river transpor-tation easier.3. Dust Bowl4. fireside chats5. World’s Fair
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1. army discipline and hard labor2. $30 a month plus free lodging, food,clothing, transportation, and medical care3. We Can Take It4. They cleared hiking trails and builtguest cabins, picnic sites, furniture, andcampgrounds.5. as if working for the Lord rather thanmen
1. Golden Gate2. The waters of the Golden Gate are violent.The area has strong winds and frequent fog.3. elephant trunks4. 80,000 miles5. a safety net hung under the bridge
1. their handprints and footprints2. fifteen cents3. “On the Good Ship Lollipop”4. visiting the President5. U.S. Representative to the United Nations,Ambassador to Ghana, White House Chiefof Protocol, Department of State foreign af-fairs officer, Ambassador to Czechoslovakia
1. Pacific Ocean, Puget Sound, Straight ofJuan de Fuca2. He was a Greek pilot who explored thewaters off the northwest coast for Spain in1592.3. President Grover Cleveland4. temperate rainforest5. nurse logs
1. It had belonged to her great-grandmoth-er and then to her mother.2. Janey’s father was a migrant farm work-er who traveled to find work.
3. “The Library People” came in a truck tobring books to loan to the school.4. He charged the Larkin family rent forstaying in Mr. Anderson's shack and didnot give the money to Mr. Anderson.5. Answers will vary, but may include: ToJaney, the plate represented what she hadlost (her mother, her old home and life)and what she was looking for (a settledhome and a better life for her family). Theblue willow plate was a beautiful thing inJaney’s world that otherwise lacked beauty.
1. TVA2. CCC3. CCC4. World’s Fair5. Dust Bowl6. fireside chats7. Golden Gate8. Safety Net9. Shirley Temple10. Shirley Temple11. Spain12. Olympic Peninsula
1. Germany, Italy, and Japan2. They sold weapons to Great Britain.3. Allied troops crossed the EnglishChannel and landed in France. Fightingwas fierce and many lost their lives.4. The Japanese still had to be defeated inthe Pacific.5. so that we may lead a tranquil and quietlife in all godliness and dignity
1. 88,000 motorcycles for American troopsand their Allies2. Five of these: butter, canned goods,cheese, coffee, eggs, fish, milk, sugar, meat,gasoline, shoes
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3. the Navajo language4. People were afraid they would help Ja-pan.5. They changed income tax laws and soldwar bonds and war stamps to the Ameri-can people.
1. She was his niece.2. She took them to markets, tenementhouses, and New York Children’s Court.3. “My Day”4. John F. Kennedy5. Answers will vary.
1. eight2. pineapples, sugarcane, bananas, coco-nuts, limes, avocados3. wood, shells, stones, and bones4. a group of American and Europeanbusinessmen5. King Kamehameha
1. Buy war stamps and war bonds.2. Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx,Queens, and Staten Island3. He aided in the capture of four Germanspies.4. The name given to the work of develop-ing nuclear weapons.5. news of D-Day
1. FALSE (Germany, Italy, and Japan becamethe Axis Powers.)2. FALSE (The day when American troopslanded in Europe was called D-Day.)3. TRUE4. TRUE5. TRUE6. FALSE (Eleanor Roosevelt wrote a dailycolumn called “My Day.”)
7. FALSE (Hawaii is made up of eightmain islands.)8. TRUE9. FALSE (John Cullen became a hero whenhe helped capture four German spies.)10. TRUE
1. Government Issue2. The Baby Boom was the period between1946 and 1964 when forty million babieswere born in the United States.3. Communist and democratic4. Truman’s victory over Dewey in 19485. Korean War
1. auto trails2. Lincoln Highway3. Chicago and Los Angeles4. Today they are often designed to goaround cities. In the past they wentthrough the center of large cities and werethe main street of many small towns.5. Answers will vary.
1. They believe it is formed when a pieceof wood is covered with clay, mud, sand,and volcanic ash.2. Arizona3. They believe the wood could have beencarried there in the Great Flood of Genesis 6.4. Antiquities Act5. quartz
1. American soldiers at Valley Forge2. Cincinnati Red Stockings, organized in18693. Babe Ruth4. during the seventh inning stretch5. You did something I wasn’t expecting.
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1. He said that if he didn’t straighten up hewould hurt his mother and himself. He saidthat following the crowd is easy, but it takescourage and intelligence to be different.2. desegregate major league baseball3. with great baseball talent4. They named him Outstanding Rookie ofthe Year, now called the Jackie RobinsonAward.5. He had the best batting average of anyplayer in the National league and hereceived the Most Valuable Player award.
1. b; 2. c; 3. a; 4. b; 5. c; 6. a; 7. b; 8. c; 9. a; 10. c
1. “I Like Ike”2. dedication of the St. Lawrence Seaway3. They launched Sputnik, the world’s firstman-made satellite.4. If one country became Communist, otherswould quickly follow.5. Supreme Commander of the Allied Expe-ditionary Forces (or Supreme Commanderof all Allied forces in Europe)
1. In the 1950s children used a real potato.Today children use a plastic one.2. two movies with commercials in between3. A poodle skirt is a circle skirt with afabric poodle, collar, and leash sewn ontothe front.4. polio5. with a prayer
1. Having separate schools for black andwhite students was unconstitutional.2. He wanted to prevent violence and keepthe students from entering the school.
3. members of the 101st Airborne Division(Screaming Eagles)4. They watched classes broadcast on tele-vision.5. Congressional Gold Medal
1. He was trying to show the America heknew and observed to others who mightnot have noticed.2. a weight lifter3. Boy Scouts of America4. The paintings helped raise moneythrough the sale of war bonds.5. Answers will vary.
1. Bering Strait2. Mt. McKinley in Denali National Park3. It is the only state capital with no roadconnecting it to the rest of the state.4. Americans were victorious after anineteen-day battle with Japan.5. January 3, 1959
1. Shady Rest Tourists Camp, a touristcamp with a filling station and a restaurant2. They helped him get untangled frombarbed wire and get his car out of a ditch,put iodine on his scratches, and got his carfixed at Homer’s father’s station.3. labor-saving devices4. remove all of the town’s mice with hismusical mouse trap5. one hundred mass-produced modernhomes
1. Ike2. Soviet Union3. Communism4. prayer5. polio
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6. Supreme Court7. Little Rock Nine8. Boy Scouts9. war bonds10. Bering Strait11. Mt. McKinley12. 1959
1. land a man on the moon2. March on Washington3. Dallas, Texas4. They were trying to keep South Vietnamfrom being taken over by Communists.5. Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act
1. She wanted it to tell the story ofAmerican history and to be decorated likethe palaces of Europe.2. school room3. They sang duets.4. eight5. placing a National Christmas tree on theWhite House grounds
1. President Dwight D. Eisenhower2. Germany’s Autobahn system3. North-south Interstates have odd numbers;east-west Interstates have even numbers.4. beyond calculation5. Answers will vary.
1. The rivers and streams that flow into thelake carry salt. Since no rivers flow out ofthe lake, the water sits there until it evapo-rates, leaving the salt behind.2. 4.3 billion tons3. Utah4. chemical reactions between the lake andits microorganisms5. algae and bacteria
1. Of all the people I have ever known, shehad the greatest influence on me.2. He spoke to a crowd of 65,000 atChicago’s Soldier Field a few days afterWorld War II ended in Europe.3. Los Angeles, California4. While he was President the friendshiphelped sustain him during an hour of trial.5. Answers will vary.
1. TRUE2. FALSE (American troops tried to keepSouth Vietnam from becoming Communist.)3. TRUE4. TRUE5. FALSE (President Eisenhower got theInterstate project moving.)6. FALSE (The Great Salt Lake is located inUtah.)7. TRUE8. FALSE (Graham said that his motherhad the greatest influence on him.)9. FALSE (In 1949 Graham spoke at aneight-week campaign in Los Angeles.)10. TRUE
1. China and the U.S.S.R2. He tried to cover up evidence.3. Nixon appointed him after Spiro Agnewresigned.4. They are agreements made by Carter,Sadat, and Begin in 1977 in an effort tobring peace to the Middle East.5. Answers will vary.
1. Robert H. Goddard. He earned the titlebecause he conducted rocketry experimentsand research in the early 1900s.2. Dr. Wernher von Braun from Germany
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3. National Aeronautics and Space Admin-istration (NASA)4. Rockets were used to boost spaceshipsaway from earth’s gravity.5. It was America’s first satellite, launchedin 1958.
1. Mercury 72. The capsule’s parachute opened and itfell into the Atlantic Ocean. A helicopterpicked Shepard up and took him to an air-craft carrier, which then took him to land.3. John Glenn4. Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, MichaelCollins5. NASA officials wanted to make surethey hadn’t brought back any diseasesfrom the moon.
1. about 3502. almonds3. Grapes are removed from the vine whilestill in clusters. The clusters are then laidout on paper trays for two or three weeksto dry. They are then taken out of the fieldfor further drying and packaging.4. China, Japan, the Philippines, India,Mexico, Central America5. Answers will vary.
1. Presidential Medal of Freedom2. He planned to become a minister.3. He was appalled at the poor quality ofchildren’s television. He wanted televisionto be used to nurture people.4. He was asked to testify about televisionbefore a Congressional committee.5. Answers will vary.
1. b; 2. a; 3. c; 4. b; 5. a; 6. c; 7. c; 8. b; 9. c; 10. a
1. The space shuttle Challenger exploded,killing all seven astronauts on board.2. “Tear down this wall!” (Tear down theBerlin Wall.)3. Saddam Hussein4. Operation Desert Storm5. director of the Central Intelligence Agen-cy
1. Franklin D. Roosevelt2. Simi Valley, California3. photographs, motion picture film, audioand video tapes, documents, and objects4. President William Howard Taft had itremodeled to honor President GeorgeWashington.5. He wanted them to reflect on what thewall meant to history and to understandthat only vigilance and strength will detertyranny.
1. Washington2. There were small earthquakes, a largeearthquake, steam eruptions, mountaintrembles, and a growing bulge on themountainside.3. They were hibernating underground.4. a lava dome and a glacier5. Answers will vary.
1. When he was thirteen years old hisschool obtained some computer equipmentand Bill became fascinated with them.2. Micro-Soft (Microsoft), which producedcomputer software3. Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller4. It seeks to help every person in theworld have the chance at a healthy,productive life.5. Answers will vary.
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1. They told a clerk what they wanted andthe clerk gathered the items for them.2. Clarence Saunders opened his PigglyWiggly grocery store with open shelvesand shopping baskets.3. Mall of America in Minnesota4. 7,600 (3,800 in the U.S. and 3,800 aroundthe world)5. mail order catalog
1. Challenger2. Ronald Reagan3. Operation Desert Storm4. George H. W. Bush5. California6. Mount Saint Helens7. glacier8. Micro-Soft (Microsoft)9. Memphis, Tennessee10. Minnesota
1. 1993-20012. North American Free Trade Agreement.The agreement did away with tariffs andtaxes for goods transported and soldbetween the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.3. A bomb went off, killing 198 people andinjuring six hundred others.4. Balkan peninsula5. Empire State Building, Golden GateBridge, Panama Canal
1. Florida2. River of Grass3. The area has both fresh water and saltwater.4. A key is a low islet.5. The average depth is six inches.
1. U.S. Mint in Philadelphia2. some of his own silver3. It oversees the United States BullionDepository, where America keeps many ofits reserves of precious metals.4. E Pluribus Unum; out of many, one5. God has said He will never desert orforsake us.
1. The organization helps poor peoplebecome homeowners and it repairs andimproves existing homes.2. Regular home mortgages have interestadded to them, while Habitat homes do not.3. Millard and Linda Fuller; 19764. Answers will vary. Possible answersinclude: it can give them a sense of dignity;it can help them to be more responsible; itcan help their children have a more securechildhood.5. How can the love of God be in him?
1. “Listen to your father’s instruction anddo not forsake your mother’s teaching.”2. Massachusetts passed a law that re-quired parents to send their children toschool away from home.3. 2,000,0004. win the National Spelling Bee5. Answers will vary.
1. FALSE (A bomb exploded outside aFederal office building in Oklahoma in1995.)2. TRUE3. TRUE4. FALSE (A key is a low islet.)5. FALSE (The U.S. Mint oversees theUnited States Bullion Depository at FortKnox, Kentucky.)
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6. TRUE7. FALSE (Millard and Linda Fuller estab-lished Habitat for Humanity in 1976.)8. TRUE9. TRUE10. FALSE (Massachusetts passed a law in1852 requiring parents to send their childrento school.)
1. Whichever candidate carried the statewould win the election. There were prob-lems in the voting procedures there, but itwas finally decided that Bush had won by537 votes.2. Nineteen Muslim terrorists carried outattacks against the U.S. at the World TradeCenter and the Pentagon. Another planecrashed in Pennsylvania that was probablyheading to Washington, D.C.3. Afghanistan and Iraq4. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton5. man or princes
1. Continental Divide2. It extends between British Columbia inCanada and central New Mexico.3. Mt. Elbert in Colorado4. coal, copper, gold, iron, lead, natural gas,petroleum, silver, zinc, and molybdenum5. He forms the mountains, creates thewind, declares to man what are Histhoughts, makes dawn into darkness, andtreads on the high places of the earth.
1. Stephen Foster2. A barbershop quartet is made up of fourmen who sing acappella, each voice singinga different part.3. It is an area in Manhattan where most ofAmerica’s important music publisherswere located in the late 1800s.
4. gospel5. Answers will vary.
1. southern Appalachian Mountains2. Father of Bluegrass Music3. Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Jerry LeeLewis, and Carl Perkins4. Nashville, Tennessee5. It was built as the Union Gospel Taber-nacle, a place to hold revival meetings.
1. Mr. and Mrs. Porter are deciding wheth-er to homeschool their children.2. Katy is worried about being too differ-ent from everybody else and missing herfriends.3. Katy’s dad is a preacher.4. Katy’s parents left them at home playingin the backyard while they went to a meet-ing and accidentally locked the doors.5. Katy felt that she was not lucky, butblessed.
1. She was at the top of Pike’s Peak inColorado.2. by solemn acts of devotion to GodAlmighty and with pomp, parades, shows,games, guns, bells, bonfires, and illumina-tions3. The cornerstone of the WashingtonMonument was laid.4. America was celebrating two hundredyears of freedom.5. Answers will vary.
1. c; 2. a; 3. c; 4. b; 5. a; 6. b; 7. c; 8. c; 9. a; 10. b
47Vocabulary
Student should write definitions from thedictionary for descendant, immigrant,confederation, dense, and cache.
Answers should be similar to:archaeologist: one who scientifically studieshistoric remainsfertile: soil capable of growing or producingpalisade: a fortress made of pointed stakesor logsstatus: place or positionritual: a practice (such as a dance or feast)that is done according to cultural orreligious tradition
Answers will vary. Student should havewritten a paragraph that uses all of thesewords correctly: merchant, navigator,monarch, Governor, colony.
1. parish2. refuge3. destination4. persecute5. salvage
influential: adjectivehostage: nounchristen: verbexport: verb or nounguardian: noun
Answers should be similar to:alliance: a group of nations who haveagreed by pact to work together, or theagreement between thembay: a body of water set apart from themain body, partially surrounded by landrapids: rough, fast-flowing watershallow: having little depthrugged: coarse, jagged, or rough
Answers will vary. Student should havecorrectly used each of these words in asentence: enterprise, pure, resources,province, mass.
negotiate (a.)modernize (b.)mutiny (c.)financial (d.)legend (e.)
Answers will vary. Student should havewritten a paragraph that uses all of thesewords correctly: attraction, engineer,isolated, migrate, whaling.
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Answers should be similar to:resentment: anger, ill-feeling, or grudgeregulate: to make and enforce rules or lawsbackfire: to have a negative, unforeseen orunintended consequencerabble: unruly, undisciplined, uninformedpeoplerepresent: to speak or act on behalf ofanother
1. petroleum2. peninsula3. charter4. philanthropist5. controversy
satellite: noun (sometimes adjective)aquatic: adjectiveingest: verbdelicacy: nounwatershed: noun
Answers should be similar to:concentration: a large number of people,animals, or things gathered into an areaarchitecture: the combined science and artof building designabolitionist: one who favors abolishing orending slaverypeal: the sound made by a bellpacifist: one who is opposed to war
Answers will vary. Student should havecorrectly used each of these words in asentence: emigrate, militia, appendix,interpreter, treacherous.
Answers should be similar to:
spokesman: someone who speaks foranother or othersastronomy: the study of things outside ofearth’s atmospherebotany: relating to plant lifetourniquet: an object used to controlbleeding by compressing blood vesselsinvaluable: worth more than can be valued
1. tense2. plaza3. oral4. yield5. Encounter
Answers should be similar to:expansion: the act or process of increasingadministered: organized and governedtransfer: the act or process of changingownership or placeprimitive: not advanced or civilizedillusion: something that appears to exist butdoes not
Answers will vary. Student should havecorrectly used each of these words in asentence: stalactites, stalagmites, leaching,ecosystem.
1. bilingual2. tracts3. ridicule4. pension5. Syllabary
Answers will vary. Student should havewritten a paragraph that uses all of thesewords correctly: reenact, scraggly,rendezvous, superhuman
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Answers should be similar to:compromise: an agreement between twopartiesexistence: the state of beingcircular: round, in the form of a circleexpand: to spreadsparse: thinly scattered, set here and there
1. tract2. cavalry3. convert4. dictator5. barracks
Answers should be similar to:inaugural: relating to a formal ceremony totake officeratified: adopted, formally approvedstockade: an enclosure made from postscherished: held as preciousgreed: an exaggerated interest in money,power or other gain
Answers will vary. Student should havecorrectly used each of these words in asentence: ceremonial, nutrients, aristocracy,antebellum, lifestyle.
chandelier (a.)associate (b.)cargo (c.)hull (d.)decor (e.)
Answers should be similar to:infancy: early days or young childhoodminiature: a small copy of an original
commission: a special job or project, or thegiving of itformal: appropriate to the standards of agiven occasionapparatus: equipment or machinery for acertain task
Answers should be similar to:huddled: crowded togetherdestiny: something appointed to happenjointly: with unity or cooperationlatitude: distance north or south of theequatorardent: passionate, zealous
Answers will vary. Student should havewritten a paragraph that uses all of thesewords correctly: channel, precipice,diverted, accommodations, gorge.
condemned (a.)poverty (b.)entrepreneur (c.)divisive (d.)impact (e.)
Answers will vary. Student should havewritten a paragraph that uses all of thesewords correctly: hazards, octagonal,beacon, physicist, triangular.
1. penned2. honorary3. culture4. turmoil5. Devastated
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Answers should be similar to:converge: to meet in a placerebellion: a state of opposition to authoritytemporary: not lasting, transientelaborate: ornate, complicated, or involvedveteran: one who has served in a certaincapacity, especially in the armed forces
Answers should be similar to:respect: to give high regard to, or considerworthy of high regardtribute: a statement or action given as amark of respectcareer: a person’s main work or jobdevout: deeply religiousexecutor: one who carries out a plan orproject
ivory (a.)authority (b.)administration (c.)wasteland (d.)intimidate (e.)
Answers will vary. Student should havecorrectly used each of these words in asentence: trestle, darkroom, homage, clad,massive.
Answers should be similar to:transport: to carry or move from one placeto anotherdemand: to insist upon havingcanvas: a heavy, durable woven materialstirrup: U-shaped saddle attachments forholding the footoutlaw: one who frequently breaks the law
Student should read definitions in thedictionary for: corrupt, moral, equality,unstable, frail.
1. hedgerow2. perseverance3. exodus4. tenant5. Resourcefulness
Answers should be similar to:diagram: an illustration of a location orprocessplague: a swarm of insects that eat plantspaymaster: the person who distributeswages to workers in a businesssurveyor: a person who determines theboundaries of property or identifieslocations for constructionswollen: grown larger
Answers should be similar to:reformer: one who makes positives changesin a group or organizationconsumer: one who uses economic goodsincumbent: the holder of an officerecession: a period of lessened economicactivitytrustee: a person holding a position of trust,usually in an organization such as amuseum or university
Answers will vary. Student should havewritten a paragraph that uses all of thesewords correctly: laboratory, gadget, patent,manufacture, genius.
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Answers should be similar to:lobby: to try to influence toward a desiredaction or opinionornate: intricately decorateddub: to give a name or nickname topier: a structure that extends into a body ofwater, used as a landing place or walkingareamanuscript: an original hand-written ortyped composition (as opposed to a printedor published version)
Answers will vary. Student should havecorrectly used each of these words in asentence: poll, literate, segregation, gospel,armistice.
mineral (c.)aquifer (b.)moderate (e.)subsistence (d.)buffer (a.)
Answers should be similar to:conservatory (musical): a school devoted toone of the fine arts, such as musicscore (musical): written musicdischarge (military): release from militarydutycivilian: non-militarycopyright: ownership of the rights to aparticular creative work such as a book orpiece of music
Answers will vary. Student should havecorrectly used each of these words in asentence: transatlantic, pious, theological,truss, horticulture.
Student should read definitions in thedictionary for: union, sympathy,conservative, composition, ornery.
Answers should be similar to:temperance: a commitment not to drinkexcessivelymechanical: related to tools and devicestheory: an idea about how a process mightworkvegetation: plant lifehospitable: inclined to treat guests kindly
Answers will vary. Student should havewritten a paragraph that uses all of thesewords correctly: insulation, driftwood,oblong, stamina, ingenious.
revival: noundraft: adjective/verbdenomination: nounsilhouette: nounendorse: verb
Answers should be similar to:seminary: an institution that exists toeducate future priests, rabbis, ministers,and others involved in religious ministrydelinquent: a person who regularly exhibitsunacceptable behaviorremedy: a treatment or cure for a physicalproblem or diseaseinfirmary: a building used to house sickpeoplevocational: relating to work or one’soccupation
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Answers will vary. Student should havedrawn a picture to represent the meaning ofeach of these words: majestic, vista, erode,maternity, wholesome.
normalcy (c.) the state of being normalCommunism (d.) a political system inwhich the state owns and controls allpropertydivorcee (a.) a woman who has beendivorcedkerosene (e.) a flammable oil used for fuelcommercial (b.) related to commerce (thebusiness of buying and selling)
Answers will vary. Student should havecorrectly used each of these words in asentence: warehouse, ingenuity, patron,merge, sanitary.
Student should read definitions in thedictionary for: shrine, tourism, likeness,sacred, spelunker.
Answers will vary. Student should havedrawn a picture to represent the meaning ofeach of these words: troupe, prosperity,recreational, consequence, circulation.
1. detonate2. wharf3. topographical4. cubic5. marvel
Student should have correctly used all ofthe following words in a paragraph:
contract, dramatic, bungalow, dignitary,optimism.
Student should read definitions in thedictionary for: arsenal, artillery,conscientious, incendiary, ration.
Answers will vary. Student should havecorrectly used each of these words in asentence: aristocratic, debut, retreat,alumnae, etiquette.
rural: adjectivewarden: nounwattage: nounFederal: adjectivenuclear: adjective
Answers should be similar to:investor: one who commits money to abusiness in hopes of later financial gainexecutive: one that acts as manager oradministratorhomespun: cloth made at homelure: to entice with promise of pleasure orbenefitcurio: a decorative object that is unique,rare, or odd
Answers will vary. Student should havecorrectly used all of the following words ina paragraph: petrified, decay, porous,petroglyph, variegated.
Student should read definitions in thedictionary for: perambulation, strike,umpire, vacant, newsreel.
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nominee: nounsummit: nounpaternal: adjectivementor: nounelite: adjective
Answers should be similar to:agency: a business that performs a servicefor anothertextile: clothboarder: a person who pays money to livein another person’s houseenlist: to register oneself for the militaryeditor: one who edits and makes decisionsabout published content
Answers will vary. Student should havedrawn a picture to represent the meaning ofeach of these words: archipelago,panhandle, navigable, prospector, outpost.
Answers should be similar to:portico: a colonnade or covered walkwaydismay: to make upset or concernedcolonnade: a set of columns placed at equaldistances that support a roof structureminuet: a slow, graceful dance containingbowing and pointing of toeslinen: tablecloths and napkins (traditionallymade of linen)
Answers will vary. Student should havecorrectly used each of these words in asentence: convoy, mobilize, appalling,trademark, suburban.
Answers should be similar to:obscure: not well known
anthropology: the study of human cultureand behaviorevangelistic: related to preaching the gospelof Christcrusade: a strong effort to reach a goalrally: a large meeting
1. impeach2. scandal3. inflation4. nationalist5. obstruction
Answers will vary. Student should havedrawn a picture to represent the meaning ofeach of these words: propellant, rocketry,ballistic missile, constellation, legislature.
Answers should be similar to:citation: a formal statement of theachievements of a person receiving anofficial honorcommencement: the ceremonies andactivities centered on the giving of degrees(graduation)admonition: a warning or teachingnurture: to provide nourishment (usuallyspiritual or emotional) and helpordain: the official, ceremonial recognitionof a person’s entry into the ministry orpriesthood
Student should read definitions in thedictionary for: militant, aerospace, graffiti,destitute, coalition.
Answers will vary. Student should havecorrectly used each of these words in asentence: dormant, corporation, pumice,altitude, crustacean.
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software: nouninnovative: adjectiveregent: nounavid: adjectiveremission: noun
Answers will vary. Student should havecorrectly used all of the following words ina paragraph: meander, slough, temperate,acid, endemic.
Answers should be similar to:economics: the study of the production anddistribution of wealth, goods, and servicesmarketing: selling or promoting(advertising) a productmortgage: a legal agreement in which anindividual borrows money (usually on ahouse or property) and agrees to pay it backwithin a given period of timecreditor: one who has lent (usually money)renovate: to repair and rebuild in order toput a structure in better condition
Answers will vary. Student should havecorrectly used each of these words in asentence: stature, compulsory, patriot,curriculum, remote.
Answers should be similar to:digital: electronic/computerized technologybombard: to throw, literally or figuratively,vigorously and continuouslyterrorist: one who commits violent acts ofterrorism (acts that incite terror to promotea particular agenda)cockpit: a space or compartment fromwhich a vessel is steered or controlledmarquee: a large outdoor sign withchangeable letters
1. acappella2. popularity3. sharecropper4. spiritual5. vaudeville
Answers will vary. Student should havedrawn a picture to represent the meaning ofeach of these words: charitable, venue,acoustics, capacity, ovation.
55Vocabulary
acappellaabolitionistaccommodationsacidacousticsadministeredadministrationadmonitionaerospaceagencyalliancealtitudealumnaeantebellumanthropologyappallingapparatusappendixaquaticaquiferarchaeologistarchipelagoarchitectureardentaristocracyaristocraticarmisticearsenalartilleryassociateastronomyattractionauthorityavidbackfireballistic missilebarracksbaybeacon
bilingualboarderbombardbotanybufferbungalowcachecanvascapacitycareercargocavalryceremonialchandelierchannelcharitablechartercherishedchristencircularcirculationcitationciviliancladcoalitioncockpitcolonnadecolonycommencementcommercialcommissionCommunismcompositioncompromisecompulsoryconcentrationcondemnedconfederationconscientious
consequenceconservativeconservatoryconstellationconsumercontractcontroversyconvertconvergeconvoycopyrightcorporationcorruptcreditorcrusadecrustaceancubicculturecuriocurriculumdarkroomdebutdecaydecordelicacydelinquentdemanddenominationdensedescendantdestinationdestinydestitutedetonatedevastateddiagramdictatordigitaldignitary
dischargedismaydiverteddivisivedivorceedormantdraftdramaticdriftwooddubeconomicsecosystemeditorelaborateeliteemigrateencounterendemicendorseengineerenlistenterpriseentrepreneurequalityerodeetiquetteevangelisticexecutiveexecutorexistenceexodusexpandexpansionexportFederalfertilefinancialformalfrail
56 Vocabulary
gadgetgeniusgorgegospelGovernorgraffitigreedguardianhazardshedgerowhomagehomespunhonoraryhorticulturehospitablehostagehuddledhullillusionimmigrantimpactimpeachinauguralincendiaryincumbentinfancyinfirmaryinflationinfluentialingeniousingenuityingestinnovativeinsulationinterpreterintimidateinvaluableinvestorisolatedivoryjointlykerosene
laboratorylatitudeleachinglegendlegislaturelifestylelikenesslinenliteratelobbyluremajesticmanufacturemanuscriptmarketingmarqueemarvelmassmassivematernitymeandermechanicalmentormerchantmergemigratemilitantmilitiamineralminiatureminuetmobilizemoderatemodernizemonarchmoralmortgagemutinynationalistnavigablenavigatornegotiate
newsreelnomineenormalcynuclearnurturenutrientsoblongobscureobstructionoctagonaloptimismoralordainornateorneryoutlawoutpostovationpacifistpalisadepanhandleparishpatentpaternalpatriotpatronpaymasterpealpeninsulapennedpensionperambulationpersecuteperseverancepetrifiedpetroglyphpetroleumphilanthropistphysicistpierpiousplague
plazapollpopularityporousporticopovertyprecipiceprimitivepropellantprospectorprosperityprovincepumicepurerabblerallyrapidsratifiedrationrebellionrecessionrecreationalreenactreformerrefugeregentregulateremedyremissionremoterendezvousrenovaterepresentresentmentresourcesresourcefulnessrespectretreatrevivalridiculeritualrocketry
57Vocabulary
ruggedruralsacredsalvagesanitarysatellitescandalscorescragglysegregationseminaryshallowsharecroppershrinesilhouettesloughsoftwaresparsespelunkerspiritualspokesman
stalactitesstalagmitesstaminastaturestatusstirrupstockadestrikesubordinatesubsistencesuburbansummitsuperhumansurveyorswollensyllabarysympathytemperancetemperatetemporarytenant
tenseterroristtextiletheologicaltheorytopographicaltourismtourniquettracttractstrademarktransatlantictransfertransporttreacheroustrestletriangulartributetroupetrusstrustee
turmoilumpireunionunstablevacantvariegatedvaudevillevegetationvenueveteranvistavocationalwardenwarehousewastelandwatershedwattagewhalingwharfwholesomeyield
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