Tuesday, September 6th

[3Marielle]

Our next assigned blog is going to be on 9/11 and certain details that clarify what 9/11 really was.-what happened in detail-who was responsible and why did they do it-what did the US do in response to the 9/11 attacks-personal rememberancegoing to continue our 8th grade discussion:1.Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans.-mirgated over the bridge from Russia to what is now Alaska-spread over Canada and over the US2.Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.-gold/riches, religious reasons/better opportunities: fishing and fur trading, and for good and plentiful resources.3.List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.-Great Britain, France, Portugal, Spain, and The Netherlands, and talked about where each of these countries settled along North and South America. The people were Columbus, Cortez, Magellan, and Pizzaro.4.Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.\Reasons: believed there was an El Dorado and a Fountain of YouthProblems: Native Americans and lack of food5.Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.-ended in 1763: French and the Indians fought against the British and the Colonies. British and Colonies won, but needed more money from being in debt, so they enforced more taxes upon the Colonists, which brought out the "No Taxation without Representation" quote because they were being taxed without being represented in the British Parliment.6.Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.-Extreme taxes, the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Lexington and Concord.7.Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.-Independence from Great Britain8.Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.-America's first attempt at a government, and it failed miserably because it gave most of the power to the states. It was basically 13 different little countries.9.Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).-Amendment that protect our rights such as freedoms of speech, press, to bear arms, and religion. Also so women would have te same rights as men do, and a right for women and African Americans to vote. It establishes the U.S. Government branches: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches.10.Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.-Battle of the Alamo took place during this period. Mexico invited certain Americans in but had restrictions for no slaves and we would have to be catholic. We didn't follow their restrictions, and we went to battle, Texas won, and we now own that part of America today.11.Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.-James K. Polk sent troops to the Rio Grande, which we thought was the border, and the Mexicans thought that the Neuces River farther North was the border. So Mexico thought that we invaded him, and we thought that Mexico attacked us. And so there was war.12.Describe how the US grew as a nation.-Settled the Eastern Part of the U.S. in 1783, Louisiana Purchase, got Florida from Spain in 1821, won over Texas in 1845, Mexican Cession in 1848, and the Gadsen Purchase in 1863.13.Describe reasons people moved westward in the early parts of our history and the problems they faced.-Reasons:We believed that we were following God's will by moving west; He wanted us to expand westward.-Problems: food shortage, cannibalism, and the mountain crossing, Native Americans, and animals that would attack14.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 made it possible to make more cotton, and the price of clothes came down, but it needed more slaves to help produce all of the cotton.-Steam Engine: made it possible to transport goods cross country in a shorter amount of time, also helping to lower the price of goods-Trains: could transport people in a short amount of time15.Describe how the North and South developed differently.-North was more industrial while the South was more agricultural...more steam engines and helpful inventions in the North while slaves for farming and lots of cotton in the South.16.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-Compromise of 1820: Line of latitude 36-30 and up would be free and anything below that would be under slavery.-Fugitive Slave law: the South could come and bring free slaves from the North back down to the South-Popular Sovereignty in territories: the people of the state could vote on whether or not the state was going to be a free or slave state.-California: free state-Washington D.C. could have slavery, but the slave trade was banned-Dred Scott case: The Supreme Court decided that slaves weren't citizens, so there couldn't be any banning of slavery-John Browns Raid: thought that slaves would come and help in a revolt against the South but the slaves never came so John was eventually killed for his actions17.Describe the North's and South's goals in the Civil War.-North: their number one goal was to reunite the union, not necessarily to end slavery at first. After 1863, with the Emancipation Proclamation, then ending slavery became a big priority.-South: to preserve slavery and keep from losing it18.Describe the advantages of the North and South during the Civil War.-North: railroads, the telegraph, better transportation and more of an advance in technology and way of strategy-South: agriculture, better generals...that's pretty much it... <:(19.Describe what Reconstruction did to the South and the rest of the country....will do this one tomorrow :)