Monday- No School
Tuesday-
We went over the 10 amedments and explained more thoroughly
Addmendment 1 right to free speech press petition
Addmendment 2- RIght to bare arms
Addmendment 3- Housing of troops
Addmendment 4- Search and Seziure
Addmendment 5- Grand Jury Jeporady
Addmendment 6- Crinimal Procedure Jury Trial
Stephen F Austin and Sam Houston, Mexico let people immagrate, No slaves have to be roman catholic
Spain deystoryed us in the Alamo
The Lone Star Republic, 1846 we annexed it, and made it a part of the United States
Mexican-American War- They went to war about the Texas Border, you want to take over land.
They attacked us first, sending troops past the border territory, border dispute, we buy the mexican cession
Calfornia, nevada, colarado, oregon, new mexico, utah, arizona, whyoming
Civil 1861-1865- The Union won
1. Sectionalism, 2. Slavery, 3. States Rights, 4. tarrifs, 5. Election of 1860 and Seccession
Wednesday-
Mr Bruns talked about note checks. May be weekly. Test on Friday
A new state comes into the union the voting will be off in congress.
Compromise of 1850, calfornia admitted as free state,
Popular svovereignty- let the people vote
Missouri Compromise Line- no slavery
Dred Scott Decision 1857
7-2 Decison by the US Supreme Court
Blacks aren't us citzens they cant sue in court is what they said.
Said that the goverment could not abolish slavery
Suddenly slavery could be open anywhere
Lincoln is elected 1860- they think he will let the slaves be free
Texas Louisanan Arkansas Georgia South and North Carolina. Missouri Kentucy WV Maryland didn't secceed. Free States Ioa Minnesotta Illinios Oregon Calfornia.
Why did the North win the civil war- Abudant resources, larger population, new military leaders, leadership of Lincoln, and determination of African Americans to end slavery
Reconstruction 1865-1877- rebuilding of the south
President Lincoln and Johnson wanted to be easy on the South
Friday- 13th amendments- It made slavery unconstutional and illegal14th Amendement- It stated that states could not take away rights of citizens without due process of the law; it made blacks us citzens
15th Amendement- It allowed all men to vote, no matter their skin color
Freedoms Bureau- provided food clothing and job training and education to free slaves
Carpetbaggers- northerners white republicans who moved south after war. Many won politcal office or became rich buisnessmen- had bags that looked like carpet
Scalawags- Southern born white republicans, southerners believed these people were betraying south.
Set up schools, raised taxes, built railroads, helped ex slaves, industralized south
Goverments were accused of widespread corruption by southerners
Once the northern goverments and miltiary left the south traditional rich white racist males took back over
Jim Crow laws and segregation was established
African Americans would not see the rights they should have had in 1865 until 1964
Election of 1876- Tilden won the popular vote and was leading electoral votes
Four states with 20 electoral votes had disputed results
The compromise of 1877
Unwritten deal between Northern and Southern politicans that settled the disputed 1876 US Presidential election
Republican Rutherford B Hayes was awarded the White House over demorcrat Samuel J Tilden
Hayes would then remove the fedral troops from the south ending reconstruction
Friday- Part one test.
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