We finished watching America the Story of Us and then a few people discussed their blog. We talked about our test and these are the topics.
- Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans. They hunted and gathered. They lived off nature and respected it.
- Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.
- List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.
- Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.
- Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.
- Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.
- Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.
- Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.
- Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).
- Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.
- Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.
- Describe how the US grew as a nation.
- Describe reasons people moved westward in the early parts of our history and the problems they faced.
- Describe some new technologies/inventions that came about in the 1800's that changed the face of the US forever.
- Describe how the North and South developed differently.
- 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 secession
- Describe the North's and South's goals in the Civil War.
- Describe the advantages of the North and South during the Civil War.
- 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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