USH: Each student will be given one of the following topics from your 8th grade history class:
1. Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans.
2. Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.
3. List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New Worldand where they settled.
4. Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe.
5. Describe the differences between the New England, Middle and Southern colonies in there development.
6. Describe the causes and effects of the French and Indian War.
7. Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.
8. Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.
9. Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.
10.Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).
11. Describe the early development of US political parties.
12. Describe the accomplishments of Washington, Jefferson, and Jackson as President.
13. Describe the causes and effects of the War of 1812.
14. Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.
15. Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.
16. Describe reasons people moved westward in the early parts of our history.
17. Describe major events, compromises and incidents leading up to the Civil War.
18. Describe the advantages of the North and South during the Civil War.
19. Define Reconstruction and give positive and negative effects Reconstruction had on the US.
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