Austin W, Elizabeth, Andrew N
I learned the land bridge was a large glacier from Russia to Alaska. It was actually an imaginary bridge. I learned that Abraham Lincoln's assassin was a famous actor. His name was John Wilkes Booth. It is estimated that during the four and a half centuries of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Portugal was responsible for transporting over 4.5 million Africans. (Roughly 40% of the total) Slaves committed suicide by jumping overboard and drowning. Small pox and other diseases killed slaves. Slave trade separated families. It took 60 to 90 days to travel but it could take up to 4 months. Spain was one of the biggest slave trading nations. The slave trade led to the Civil War in the end. The Civil was is also called the War Between the States, The War Against Northern Aggression, the Second American Revolution, The Lost Cause, the War of the Rebellion, the Brothers' War, and The Late Unpleasantness. There was scarcely a family in the South that did not lose a son, brother, or father. The Spaniard found Florida and built the first settlement in 1565. The first effective colonization took place when the Pilgrims arrived in 1620.
Preister, Brad Jones, Jordan, Alex
Rebellions began to form in 1650s. Most of the rebellion groups were Irish. Colonization attempts started in 1584 when Amadas and Barlow came to Roanoke Island in what is now North Carolina. The U.S. constitution has been operation since 1789. The Constitution granted national and state governments specific powers. The Industrial Revolution lasted 100 years. It began in the UK and then subsequently spread through the world. The Industrial Revolution marks a major turning point in history because of all of the new technology, etc. The Louisiana Purchase was purchased in 1803 by the United States for 15 million dollars. It doubled the size of our country. The Declaration of Independence was signed by 56 people. Our first leader was President George Washington. Washington set the precedent that there would be a new leader every 8 years (2 terms) Therefore he would not be king. The Jackson Purchase was when President Jackson bout eight counties in Kentucky from the Chickasaw Indians. The war of 1812 was fought mainly on the Atlantic Ocean. The Compromise of 1850 was a series of measures designed by the Whig Senator Henry Clay. The 5 laws worked to resole multiple territorial and slavery issues which had arisen. It mostly dealt with slavery. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War was the Battle of Antietam in Maryland. I learned a lot of new information during these presentations.
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