1.Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans. Came across bearing land bridge there nomadic.2.Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s. They wanted faster trade routes. They wanted riches.3.List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled. Frace britain spain portugal and netherlands. Columbus, magellion, cortez, pizaro.4.Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced. religious freedom, better oppurtunity, riches, and whale trading. To escape the political problems. Adventure. Storms weather, dieseses, native americans, lack of food.5.Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies. The war between brtain and the colonists vs the french and indians. Colonists won the war. No taxation without reprsentation.6.Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War. Taxes, Boston massacre, Boston tea party. Lexington and concorde.7.Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about. Freedom from britain. We wanted to show the world our reasons for leaving.8.Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government. Gave to much ower to the states.9.Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments). Protectsd our rights. THere are 27 ammendments. Sets up our government.10.Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence. THey brught slaves and didnt become catholic.11.Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War. Border dispute. Pesident started this. We got the area called the mexican session.12.Describe how the US grew as a nation. We had all the land up to missipi river then the loisana ourchas got florida from spain got texas from mexico Mexican session Deal with britain for orgon area13.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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