-Before: Crossed land bridge by Baring Strait. Live off the land before Europeans. Didn't waste anything. Nomadic means they moved around. Lived in their own groups/tribes. Farmers. Fishers.
-After: Europeans wanted their land. Died from diseases. Undeclared wars with guns. We pushed them into reservations.
2. Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.
-Find a quicker way to Asia. Wanted land, money, and power. Religion.
3. List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.
-England, France, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands (dutch).
-England: Eastern Sea board except Florida.
-France: Canada/ New Orleans
-Spain: Mexico/Central America/Western Part of United States/ Most of South America except Brazil.
-Portugal: Brazil
-Netherlands: New York Area.
4. Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.
-Religious Freedom, Opportunities, Slaves were forced over, Debt or legal trouble, Reunite with family members.-Problems they faced were disease, lack of food, Native Americans, weather conditions, wild animal attacks.
5. Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.
-French and Indian War: Ended in 1763. French and Indians vs British in colonies. British won. British ended up taxing the colonies more. British took over Canada. British ended up in massive debt.
6. Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.
Causes:
- Desire for Independence.
-No taxation without Representation.
-Don't want to be taxed without being part of their government.
-Boston Massacre
-Boston Tea Party
Effects:
-Independence
7. Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.
- Freedom
*Most of the document was what George the third did to us that was bad.
8. Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.
-Gave the states most of the power.
-The federal government couldn't do anything. To weak!
9. Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).
-Protects Rights, Freedom of Speech, 3 branches of government.
-Parts: Women, Minorities, Age, Washington D.C in 1961.
10. Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.
Causes: Broke rules, had slaves, weren't all catholic.
Effects: Texas got their independence.
11. Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.
- Not following rules. Us gained more land.
12. Describe how the US grew as a nation.
-1783: Defeated Great Britain. Missouri river down to Florida.
-1803: Bought the Louisiana Purchase from France
-1821-Bought Florida from Spain.
-1843: Texas Annexed
-1848: Mexican Cession
-1853: Gadsen Purchase, were going to build railroad.
13. Describe reasons people moved westward in the early parts of our history and the problems they faced.
-Reasons: Religion Differences, Gold Rush, Potentially better job opportunities, adventure, escape troubles,
-Problems: Native Americans, Disease, Dealing with other people, Wild animals, weather, not enough supplies.
14. Describe some new technologies/inventions that came about in the 1800's that changed the face of the US forever.
- Cotton Gin more cotton but less prices.
-Steel plow, help plow the great plains.
-New bullets and new guns.
-telegraph
-Steamboat
15. Describe how the North and South developed differently.
-North based on industry, South more based on agricultural.
16. Describe major events, compromises and incidents leading up to the Civil War.
-Compromise of 1820, Missouri would be slave. Maine free.
-Compromise of 1850, California is free state. Fugitive Slave Law Passed able to go to the North and take your slaves back. Popular Sovereignty, letting people in the state decide if they're slaves or not. D.C slave trade was banned.
-Dred Scott Case, supreme court ruled against him. Said you can't abolish it anywhere.
-John Brown's Raid, abolitionist. Got control of a armory in the south, hoped slaves would join him, but they didn't.
-Lincoln's election, won election, South seceded. Southern states thought he was going to abolish slaves.
-South's secession,
17. Describe the North's and South's goals in the Civil War.
-North: Save the union, end slavery
-South: Keep slavery.
18. Describe the advantages of the North and South during the Civil War.
-South: Home field advantage, better generals, better reason to fight.
-North: Better railroad, better communication (telegraph), more troops,
19. Describe what Reconstruction did to the South and the rest of the country.
-1865-1877. Period of time after the Civil War in which the South had to be rebuilt and reorganized and brought back into the Union. Rebuilt south socially, politically, and physically. 13th amendment abolished slavery. Corrupt Bargain. Republican in turn agreed to pull troops out of south. White racist democrats took over again when the North left the south. Republicans ended slavery. Democrats were more racist.
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