1. Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans.Native Americans got here by crossing the Bering Streit. They were a green culture and environmentally friendly. They were nomadic, which means they moved around. Family was very important and they lived within their own group. Their were hunters and gatherers.....after the arrival, Europeans wanted their land. Europeans brought many diseases which wiped out many people. Trail of Tears.2. Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’sChristopher Columbus wanted to explore because he wanted to get to Asia for silk, spicews and other riches that they could trade with. Land, money, power and riches. They did it in the name of Lord. They were trying to Christianize people, and if they didn't want Christianized they were pretty much killed.3. List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.England, France, Spain, Portugal, and The Netherlands. Spanish settled in Mexico and the western part of the United States, and some of South America. French settled in Canada and along the Missippi River. English settled in the Eastern seaboard of the United States. Netherlands settled in New York. England settled the eastern part of the United States. Portugal settled mainly in Brazil.4. Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe. Problems they faced once over here.Religious freedom was a main reason that the pilgrims came over. New opportunities, and searching for riches. They were in debt and legal trouble. Poor white Europeans.issues faced once over here: Lack of food. Native Americans. wewather conditions and not knowing the land very well. Wild animal attacks.5.Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.French and the Indians war ended in 1763. French and Indians lost to the British and Colonies. French and Indians vs. British and the colonies for land. The british were taxing the colonies because of the war, and because Britain was deeply in debt. France lost and since they lost great britain took over Canada.6.Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.Main cause of the Recolution war was NO TAXATION without REPRESENTATION. Boston Massacre. They were protesting and the Redcoats starting shooting at the colonists. They really wanted independence. Boston Tea party. Colonist were mad because they placed a tax on tea.7.Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about. It was the document that we were declared independence from great britain.8.Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.We attempted to set up a government, but it gave the states most of the power. The federal government was too weak to get anything done.9.Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).It protects our rights. Freedom of speech, freedom of press.....etc. It gives us the right to vote. US constitution sets up our government. Three Branches of government. Legislative-Congress, Judicial-Court, and executive-president.10.Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.Texas and Mexico were inviting people into the texas area and they had rules...no slaves, and you had to be catholic but the people didn't listen. The first war that they had the Texans won.11.Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.Causes: The mexican-american war started due to borer disputes.12.Describe how the US grew as a nation.1783 defeated great britain got all land. 1821 we purchased Florida from spain. We annexed Texas. Texas just got independence from Mexico. Mexican section. 1846 the Oregon territority was settled peacefully from great britain making Oregon part of the United States. We purchased the Gadsen purchase from Mexico bec that is where we were gping to have the southern continential railroad.13.Describe reasons people moved westward in the early parts of our history and the problems they faced.Religious rights. Mormons in particular. Gold rush and silver rush was also big. potentially farming and sheep herding as well as new opportunities. Adventure. Escape trouble that you were in. GO WEST was the slogan for everything. Problems: not enough supplies. They had to travel across mountains and rivers. Wild animals, climate, native american attack, diseases, dealing with other people, and lack of supplies were 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- they could harvest cotton faster. The cotton gin brought slavery due to the amount of cotton that was being produced which was a huge negative. the cotton gin brought prices down. Steel plow allowed more food to be produced. Modern weapons. The telegraph made the world a much smaller place because information could be received in reduced time. Steamboat/railroads revolutionalized transportation. Since you can transport things quicker the stuff is going to be cheaper. Mass production/ interchangeable parts. every gun was made identical and in large quantities. Mass production was huge in price reduction.15.Describe how the North and South developed differently.The south was more Agricultural. (cotton and tobacco) The north was based on business industry.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 secessionThe north didn't want all the slaves and new states upset the balance of power. Compromise of 1820- missouri would be a slave state and main would be a free state. The Compromise of 1850- California becoming a free state. Fugitive slave law passed. Any white southerner could go find a person and bring them back. Black people had no rights. This is something that the south wanted and they got. Popular sovereighnty is the idea of letting people of the state decide if they are free or slave. Popular sovereighnty lasted for about 7 years. D.C could have slavery but slave trade banned in D.C. Dred scott case got rid of Popular sovereighnty. It said slavery can be anywhere, and you cannot ban it. The decision was not a positive one. The South seceded because Lincoln was for election. John Brown was a symbol. He fought and died for freedom.17.Describe the North's and South's goals in the Civil War.The norths goal was mainly to save the union and eventually end slavery. The souths goal was to maintain their way of life and to keep slavery.18.Describe the advantages of the North and South during the Civil War.The south: fought on their own soil and had better generals. The south had a better reason to fight. If they lose, they lose their livelyhood. The south lost.North: railroads, transporting troops and food to the frontlines. The telegraph-better communication systems. The north had more troops and had way more stuff due to manufacturing. The North won because they had MORE of everything.19.Describe what Reconstruction did to the South and the rest of the country.Reconstruction lasted from 1865-1877. It was the period of time after the civil war in which the south had to be rebuilt and reorganized and brought back into the Union. The south was a mess because of the war taking places. Slaves were now free. President's Lincoln and Johnson wanted to be easy on the South. Johnson was a democrat and Lincoln was a republican. Congress was controlled by the republicans.--Republican Radical Reconstruction. Rebuilt south socially, politically, and physically. Split south into five military district controlled by the US Army. 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments passed. Abolish slavery was the 13th amendment. Freedmen's Bureau set up to help former slaves. Southern gov'ts taken over by carpetbaggers and scalawags. carpetbaggers were white northerners who went to the south and took control. These governments set up schools, raised taxes, built railroads, helped ex-slaves, industrialized the South. Governments were accused of widespread corruption by southerners. Reconstruction ended in 1877 with the COmpromise of 1877. The South and Democrats in general accepted the controversial results of the 1876 presidential election which gave republican rutherford b. hayes the presidency over Samuel Tilden. The republican in turn agreed to pull troops out of the South and end Reconstruction. After the north left, the south was taken over by the white, racist, democrats. Republicans were the party that ended slavery. democrats were pro-slavery. The south was always the democrats. The north was all for republicans. Later, that flip-flopped. African Americans voted democratic. Effects of reconstruction:1. established the Solid South until 19642. after the north left, Redeemers took over southern gocernments and established white, racist governments3. set up Jim Crow laws and segregation.THEY ENDED THE RECONSTRUCTION WAY TOO SOON.Know about the video and the Donner Party.
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