Posted by 5Chantel on September 2, 2011 at 12:18pm
1.Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans.Before they were nomatic following herds, hunted and gathered, and were farmers. Nature was of the most importance to them they didn't waste things. After they get pushed out of their land bacause europeans want their land, disease killed them, they were forced to live in reservations, and we waged war against them.2.Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.To find a quicker way to asia for trading for other riches, and to expand their religion3.List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.Spain, France, Ingland, Portugal, The Netherlands. England along the east coast. French took over Canada. Spanish took over the Western part of the US and Mexico. Portugal took over Brazil. The Netherlands took over New York. Colombus, Magelen traceled the world in boat.4.Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.15-1600's. Religious freedom, riches like gold, to escape their problems in europe, a better life, reunite with families, adventure. Problems were native americans, famine or lack of food, disease, hard winters, wild animals, wars agains other people.5.Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.British enforcing taxes the colonist and they got mad because of no taxation without representation.6.Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.Britian started enforcing taxes, the boston massicure when five people were shot down for protesting, boston tea party, Lexington and concord out break, the proclamation line saying you couldnt live past the appilation mountains. Effects we got independence and gained freedom.7.Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.to declare independence from great britian, all the things great britian did to us like taxing were listed in the declaration.8.Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.It gave the states a lot more power than the government, every state had their own currency and each state would tax eachother, the only way the federal government could get money or wage war they had to ask the states for it and they always said no. Then they got rid of it and made the declaration.9.Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).Protects our rights(freedom of speech, religion, press, petition, assembly to protest, right to bear arms) Bill of rights, getting rid of slavery, limited a president to certain years of terms, limiting congress their pay increase, extending voting rights(women, age, minority men, washington D.C.) Sets up our government(executative, leglislative, juditial)10.Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.Mexico invited people in and they had to follow certain rules like no slaves, then they didn't follow the rules and mexico said okay no more people.11.Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.mid 1930's. It was a war of conquest. We said the boarder was the Rio Grande river and Mexico said the Neuces River was. We moved troops to the Rio Grande river prety much invading to mexico compared to them then they sent troops up and we started war.12.Describe how the US grew as a nation. (physicaly)http://users.humboldt.edu/ogayle/hist383/Politics1850-1860.html13.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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