The GMAS study guide packet that went home has 10 questions that follow the list of concepts we have studied this year. I am listing those ten answers here just to make sure you are studying those ten concepts correctly.
1. Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederacy.
2. The 13th Amendment ended slavery.
3. The Panama Canal was built to create a shorter route between the Atlantic and Pacific.
4. Langston Hughes wrote poetry about the lives of African Americans.
5. The Battle of Iwo Jima led the eventual defeat of Japan in WWII.
6. Know where Kitty Hawk, NC is located on a map. If travelling north along the eastern coast, it goes Florida, Georgia, SC, then NC.
7. One function of the U.S. government is to collect taxes to provide public services.
8. Freedom of Speech allows us to speak out against the government.
9. The 26th Amendment allowed more people to vote by lowering the voting age to 18.
10. Henry Ford's assembly line improved the standard of living for Americans because more people could afford to buy cars.
