Finished episode 5 of America: The Story of Us.1.Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans.Nomadic, lived off the land, environmentally friendly, hunters, gathers. Europeans kicked NA off their land, brought diseases that killed many NA. Pushed them onto reservations.2.Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.Get to Asia, religion, new life.3.List the major countries (including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.England-Eastern Seaboard of the US. France-Canada, Mississippi River. Spain-Mexico, Central America, South America. Portugal-Brazil. Netherlands-New York.4.Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.Religious freedom, farm, cheap land, forced over as slaves. In debt so they started a new life. Disease, lack of food and resources, Native Americans, lack of knowledge of the land, wild animals, hostile weather.5.Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.French and Indians against the British, British won and the French was kicked out of the western hemisphere, the British taxed the colonists more, because the British were in debt from all the wars.6.Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.The taxes that Britain pushed on the colonists, the colonists wanted independence, the Boston massacre- British killed five colonists for almost no reason, the Boston Tea Party- Colonists dumped tea in the Boston Harbor.7.Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.1776- Gave the colonists independence from Great Britain, the British were forced to Canada.8.Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.Government that was setup and gave the states most of the power, the country was more like a bunch of small countries, each state had their own currency.9.Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).1) Protects the rights of citizens, freedom of speech, freedom of press, right to a trial by jury. 2) Sets up our government, three branches - executive, judicial, legislative.10.Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.Texas vs. Mexico, 2 rules americans were supposed to follow, become catholic and no slaves. Texas won and eventually became a state.11.Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.12.Describe how the US grew as a nation.13.Describe reasons people moved westward in the early parts of our history and the problems they faced.14.Describe some new technologies/inventions that came about in the 1800's that changed the face of the US forever.15.Describe how the North and South developed differently.16.Describe major events, compromises and incidents leading up to the Civil War.-Compromise of 1820, Compromise of 1850, popular sovereignty, Dred Scott Case, John Brown's Raid, Lincoln's election, South's secession17.Describe the North's and South's goals in the Civil War.18.Describe the advantages of the North and South during the Civil War.19.Describe what Reconstruction did to the South and the rest of the country.Be able to give examples of stories from the video. For example, when asked what problems people faced moving west(#13), mentioning the Donner party would be great!
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