I was gone for a few minutes at the begging of class, when i came in we were finishing talking about reconstruction in the south after the civil war. African Americans were segregated for 60 or 70 years after they were free.
Transcontinental Railroad- council bluffs to San Fransisco,1st way to get across the country fast.
brought goods and our country closer together
Native Americans were out where the rail road was and lead to battles with Native Americans.
Louisiana purchase-doubled our size, but many lives were lost exploring the land.
Mexican American War- a dispute between boundaries between where the border of them was. we ended up with more land and established boundaries, Mexico hated us, and lives lost.
French Indian War- The British and the colonists defeated the French and the Indians, French were gone but colonists paid taxes
Industrial Revolution- Things made more quickly, invention of the steam powered engine,more things available for more people, long child labor with little pay.
Jamestown-1608- the first English colony in us, Tabaco, Lead to other colonies, but many people died and Indian attacks
Gold Rush 1848-1855
Started with one gold nugget and everyone went to mine and sift and it brought many immigrants.
Great awakening-period of great revisionism that spread throughout the colonies and it had to do with a lot of religion, people were taking on different beliefs. (especially catholic)
Bering land bridge- about 20,000 years ago, a strip of land that humans and animals crossed into the us with.
war of 1812- 1812-1815 war between British and U.S. over impressment
then we went over Mr.Bruns' Power point that went into more detail over the subjects.
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