History of the United States

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/history-of-the-united-states

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How many people live in History of the United States?Approximately 334.8 million (2023 estimate), with significant ethnic and cultural diversity
2. What money is used in History of the United States?United States Dollar (USD, $)
3. What is the Declaration of Independence?It was a document signed in 1776 that said the American colonies were free from British rule. It started the American Revolution.
4. Why did the American Revolution happen?People wanted to be free from a king and to make their own laws. They were inspired by Enlightenment ideas about people’s rights.

Popular Sovereignty: The principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people.
Manifest Destiny: The 19th-century belief that American settlers were destined to expand across North America.
Reconstruction Era: The period after the Civil War (1865-1877) focused on rebuilding the South and integrating formerly enslaved people into society.
Cold War: A period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies (1947-1991).