Unit 1 and Unit 2

Why did the U.S build the Panama Canal? Options: to reduce travel time, to speed up trade, to protect from invaders, for fishing

What was a major problem for building the Panama Canal?

What was created to help shipping across Panama before the canal was built?

Which document was adopted to address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation: unable to collect taxes, failed to raise an army, unable to regulate trade?

What does the motto E-Pluribus Unum mean?

A period of time in history is characterized by certain political, social, or economic events is defined as a

Yellow Journalism is....

In the late 1800s many territories in the western part of America became states. This fact can most likely be attributed to the -

What was the main purpose of the Homestead Act?

Broke up reservations in order to "americanize" the Native Americans.