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Grade 4 Social St
Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What makes a good ruler? | A good ruler must be just and he must fear God. A just ruler always does what is right toward people. |
| What did the early people in Central America know how to do? | The first Americans earned ways to grow maize or corn and made it into good food. |
| What can we learn from early civilizations? | People have the ability to do great dood because God created them in His image. But people often do great eveil because they are sinners. |
| When did Europeans discover the Americas? | In 1492 Christopher Columbus was trying to sail around the world but he landed on an island in the Caribbean. These lands were called the New World. |
| What were explorers looking for in the New World? | Gold, fur or other natural resources. |
| People who came to the New World were called _______________. | Colonists |
| Why did people come to the new world? | Some came to find work; some came because they could not worship God the way the Bible taught in their home land. |
| Pilgrims and the Puritans came to American because the ______________? | could not worship God the way the Bible taught in their home country. Pilgrims arrived in 1620 |
| Why do we need government? | People are not naturally good. Government is God's way to keep people from acting wickedly. |
| The Pilgrims and Puritans wanted their leaders to be _________________. | Christian. They made good laws that tried to keep people from sinning against God and others. |
| Some governments in the American colonies did not always do what pleased God. They were not always just. What did they do that was wrong? | They mistreated the Indians and permitted slavery in their colonies. |
| What is the Great Awakening? | It was a special time when many people turned to Christ for salvation. This was one of God's blessings to America |
| Who is George Whitefield? | He was an English evangelist who traveled to the American colonies. He preached everywhere he went. Many people were saved. |
| Because both the British and the French claimed the same land the __________________________ War started. | French and Indian War; the Indians fought with the French against the British. |
| The colonists had done much of the fighting in the French/Indian War but they did not get to vote on British laws and they thought.... | paying taxes to Britain was unjust. |
| The _____________________ sent the British king a letter asking him to correct the wrongs being done to them. | First Continental Congress; The King did not listen and war resulted. |
| The ____________________ War was between the British and the Americans. The Americans defeated the British, the strongest army in the world. | Revolutionary War |
| In 1787 Americans wrote the ____________________ of the United States to set up a government that has lasted over 200 years. | Constitution; it was written in 1787 |
| Why has the Constitution lasted so long? | One reason is that God gave the US wise founders. One of them was George Washington. |
| How did George Washing our first President rule the nation justly? | He did no seize power. He was carefule not to use his power to help himself. He used his power to help the entire nation. He was a great blessing to his nation. |
| The Constitution gave power to the ___________ of the United States. | People; the people choose representative to Congress and they coose leaders for their state and local government. |
| During and after the Revolutionary War, there was a time when people began to __________ God's Word. | Reject;They accepted parts that taught about being good but they refused to accept parts they thought were foolish. |
| During the Second ______________ ____________, evangelists or traveling preachers, took the gospel to different parts of the country. | Second Great Awakening |
| Who was Asahel Nettleton? | He was a preacher who God used to bring many Americans to true faith in Christ. |
| The War of 1812 was between America and _____________. | Great Britain because the Americans thought they were still being treated like a colony. |
| The War of 1812 ended with a peace treaty after the Battle of ______________ in Maryland on September 12, 1814. | North Point |
| The American general, ____________________, defeated the British in the War of 1812 to become an American war hero. | General Andrew Jackson |
| General Andrew Jackson did not always do what was ____________. What did he do to the Indians? | right; He made an unfair treaty with the Cherokee and Creek Indians. |
| The US grew as a nation. By the 1840's the US stretched from the ________ to the __________ Oceans. | Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Most Americans still lived east of the Mississippi River but they were moving West. |
| Explain the growth of Transportation and Invention. | Transportation-Roads, canals, and railroads connected towns and carried goods. Inventions-Telegramph, steam engines, reapers and steel plows |
| How did the US grow in the 1800's? | The US grew in its number of town, railroad track, factories, and people. |
| President James K Polk stirred up conflict with Mexico and started the ________________War. | Mexican-American War. The US won and received territory from Mexico. Many people said these actions were wrong. |
| Slavery became a big problem in the US. The ____________ states wanted slavery; the ___________states did not want slavery. | Southern states wanted slavery; Northern states did not want slavery. |
| Explain how Christians disagreed about slavery. | Some said slavery was permitted if they treated their slaves well. Other christians said slavery was wrong. |
| Slavery was wrong because.... | the ancestors of most slaves were kidnapped from Africa. |
| What war came about because of slavery? | The American Civil War;(1861-1865) Congress passed a Constitutional Amendment that ended slavery in the US. |
| Who was President of the US during the Civil War? | Abraham Lincoln |
| How was slavery in the South unbiblical? | Slavery is wrong. It was wrong to buy kidnapped people. It was wrong to make people and their children slaves. They were wrong to mistreat people because of their skin color. |
| Know and locate the 7 continents, 4 oceans; 4 hemispheres. | Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Australia, Europe, Antarctica Indian, Pacific, Arctic, Atlantic; Southern, Northern, Eastern, Western |
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Bonnie Daniel
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