1.Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans.2.Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.3.List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.4.Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.5.Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.6.Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.7.Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.8.Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.9.Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).10.Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.11.Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.12.Describe how the US grew as a nation.13.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.-cotton gin, the cotton gin allowed people to produce more cotton and lowered prices-steam engine, move up and down river fast-trains, quickest transportation-mores code15.Describe how the North and South developed differently.-north, grew more crops16.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-18501. california freestate2. popular sovereignty in territories3. fugitive slave law4. DC could have slavery5. slave trade banned in DC-Lincoln's election, they seceded from the union17.Describe the North's and South's goals in the Civil War.-North goals, bring union back together, the goal to end slavery-South goals, keep slavery18.Describe the advantages of the North and South during the Civil War19.Describe what Reconstruction did to the South and the rest of the country.
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