Create an alphabet book by writing a fact for each letter
of the alphabet that concerns an event or person we studied in US History this
year.You will be graded on if you
have a colored picture and a US History fact that we have studied this year for
each letter.Choose facts that you
donÕt know very well in order that you may learn those facts!
A Africa, Asia, Australia, Antarctica, Appalachian
Mts., Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, accomplishments by explorers, Artisans, Articles
of Confederation, Alexander Hamilton, abolitionist, Abraham Lincoln, Appomattox
Court House, 13th Amendment 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment
B Basin
and Range, Benjamin Franklin, British, Boston Tea Party, Balances and checks,
Bill of Rights, Benjamin Banneker, Border States (Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland,
Missouri), Bull Run Creek,
C Coastal Plain,
Canadian Shield, Coastal Range, Columbia River, Colorado River, Continental
Divide, Spread of Christianity, crops, Continental Army, Common Sense,
Continental Congress, Constitution, California Gold Rush, Cyrus McCormick, Civil War, Compromise of 1850,
Confederates, Clara Barton,
D
Diseases, Debtors, Declaration of Independence, Democratic Republicans,
E Europe,
Eurasia, Eastern Woodland Native Americans, England, Executive Branch, Erie
Canal, Eli Whitney, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Emancipation Proclamation,
FFrancisco Coronado,
France, Farmers, French & Indian War, first 10 amendments, Federalists,
Florida, Frederick Douglass, Fort Sumter,
G Great Plains, Gulf
of Mexico, Gold, Ghana, Georgia, George Washington, ÒGive me liberty or give me
death.Ó, Gettysburg Address,
H House of
Burgesses, House of Representatives, Harriet Tubman,
I Interior
Lowlands, Indian Ocean, Inuit, Iroquois, Indentured servants, Isabel Sojourner Truth,
JJohn Cabot, John Locke,
John Adams, July 4, 1776, James Madison, James Monroe, Judicial Branch, Jo
Anderson, Jefferson Davis, James Olgethorpe
K Kwakiutl, Kiva, Kachina doll,King George III, Kansas-Nebraska Act,
L (Lake Huron,
Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Superior)=Great Lakes, Lack of
adequate supplies, land claimed or difference on land ownership, large
landowners, Lord Cornwallis, Loyalists, Lexington and Concord, Legislature
Branch, Louisiana Purchase,
M Mississippi
River, Missouri River, Mali, Mid-Atlantic Colonies, Monroe Doctrine, Meriwether Lewis, Manifest Destiny, Missouri Compromise,
Manassas, Magna Carta, Mesa Verde, Molly Pitcher, Mason-Dixon Line,
N North America,
New England Colonies, ÒNo representationÓ, North vs. South in Civil War,
O Ohio River,
obstacles faced by explorers, Oregon Trail,
P Pacific Ocean,
Pacific Northwest Native American, Pueblo, Poor navigation tools, Portuguese,
Plymouth Colony, Pennsylvania, plantations, Patrick Henry, Phyllis Wheatley, Paul Revere, Patriots,
Q Queen
Elizabeth, Quartering Acts, Quakers
R Rocky Mts., Rio
Grande River, Robert La Salle, Roanoke Island, rich
farmlands, Òright to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness,Ó Revolutionary
War, Redcoats, Robert Fulton, Robert E. Lee, Richmond, Robert Smalls,
Reconstruction,
S South America, Sioux, Southwest
Native Americans, 3 sisters (corn, squash, and beans), Samuel
de Champlain, Spain, slaves, Songhai, Separatists, Southern Colonies, Stamp
Act, Samuel Adams, Saratoga, Senate, Santa Fe Trail, Susan B. Anthony, Sacajawea,
T Taxes, Thomas
Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Treaty of Paris, Thomas
ÒStonewallÓ Jackson, Townshend Acts,
U Union, Ulysses S. Grant, The
Union blockade of southern ports (e.g., Savannah, Charleston, New Orleans)
V Virginia
Company of London, ÒVirginia PlanÓ by James Madison, 1920 Voting for women,
Vikings,
W Women, War of 1812, William
Clark, William Lloyd Garrison, WomenÕs suffrage, Washington D.C., Woodrow
Wilson, War of 1812, William Bradford, Roger Williams, William Penn, Wampum
Belts
