Well, we are continuing presentations today... And, we did not get to finish ours yesterday so we are up again...
Self Reflection- We didn't do so bad i guess. Our presentation had some weird stuff in it i guess, but it wasn't too shabby...
Presentation Notes:
Christopher Columbus-
1493
set forth to find an easier way to get to India to trade goods, it impacted the US by creating a new beginning.
Slave Trade-
1808
People went to Africa to take the slaves by boat to wherever they were going, impacted the US by starting the Civil War
Revolutionary War-
1775-1783
American Colonies declared war on Great Britain and win to gain our independence, the impact was us gaining independence from Great Britain.
Eventually turned into a Global war. 646,000 people died.
Signing the Constitution-
1786
A secret group debate on how America should be ran. The impact would be it gave the US a set of laws.
Louisiana Purchase-
1803
When the US bought land from the french, it just about doubled the size of America and gave us control of the Mississippi for trade.
Abraham Lincoln Assassination-
1865
President Lincoln was shot at the Ford theater by John Wilkes Booth. It was the first presidential assassination.
Mexican American War-
1846-1848
It was the war that was fought over the thought of Manifest Destiny, It gave us the land where Texas is and made the country bigger
Civil War-
April 12, 1861-May 9, 1865
The north fought the south, it abolished slavery. The north created the cotton gin and the south wanted it but that would mean they would have to pay more taxes.
Reconstruction-
1865-1867
Gave over 4 million slaves freedom, and gave blacks a voice in government. It created a bitterness between the North and the South.
Getting Alaska
1867
The Russian government sold Alaska to the US for 7.2 million in Gold. Added another state, oil, and other resources.
Lewis and Clark-
1804-1806
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