1.Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans.Some believed that they crossed the baron strait. They lived off the land. A green culture. They were nomatic. They lived within their own nations. Some people are farmers, fishers, hunters, gatherers.Had to keep moving because the europeans wanted anything on the land. They brought guns and diseases killing a bunch of people. The trail of tears.---------------------------------------------------------------2.Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.Find a quicker way to get to Asia to trade. Killed people off if they couldn't christianize them---------------------------------------------------------------3.List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.England, France, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands. Spanish settled in Mexico, much of South America, and western part of the U.S. French settled in Canada. Portugal settled in Brazil.---------------------------------------------------------------4.Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.Religious freedom, better oppurtinities, slaves were forced over, they were in debt in Europe. Disease, trying to find food, native americans, not knowing the land, weather conditions, wild animal attacks.---------------------------------------------------------------5.Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.Ended and 1763, French and the Indians vs. British colonies. The British taxed the colonies more, great britain took over Canada.---------------------------------------------------------------6.Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.Colonies wanted independence, no taxation without representation, boston massacre, boston tea party. Gave us independence, territory from the atlantic ocean to the mississippi.---------------------------------------------------------------7.Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.Freedom, declaring independence if we lose we are commiting treason, george the 3rd is mentioned a bunch of times during the declaration.---------------------------------------------------------------8.Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.It gave the states a lot of the power---------------------------------------------------------------9.Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).It protects our rights, our government, legeslative the courts, judicial the congress, Executive the president.---------------------------------------------------------------10.Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.between texas and mexico, they allowed slaves, they were catholic. Texas won and got their independence called the lone star republic and eventually became part of the united states.---------------------------------------------------------------11.Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.Causes: Border disputes, unjust war, we are the aggressor, Mexican's hated us---------------------------------------------------------------12.Describe how the US grew as a nation.After revolutionary war our land stretched from the atlantic ocean to the mississippi, defeated Britain, purchased louisiana, bought florida from spain, made Texas part of America after we defeated mexico, the oregon territory we settled that with great britain peacefully, the gadsen purchase that is where we built the southern trans continental railroad.---------------------------------------------------------------13.Describe reasons people moved westward in the early parts of our history and the problems they faced.Gold rush in california, religious rights, more job oppurtunites, for adventure, escape troubles you were in such as debt or if you were a criminal. Not enough supplies to make it there, wild animals, didn't know about weather, dealing with other people.---------------------------------------------------------------14.Describe some new technologies/inventions that came about in the 1800's that changed the face of the US forever.Cotton gin (why was it a big deal), the south needed more slaves because it kept growing everywhere, cotton brought the prices down, the steel plow helped plow up the great plains, better weapons that were more powerful, the telegraph takes less time to deliver a message, the steam boat and railroad revolutionized transportation to transport people and weapons, stuff was made more quickly and in large quantities.---------------------------------------------------------------15.Describe how the North and South developed differently.The south was more based on agriculture the north was more built on industries.---------------------------------------------------------------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.Missouri compromise: missouri would be a slave stateMaine: would be a free stateCompromise of 1850:1. California-free state2. Fugitive slave law passed3. popular sovereignty, voting if they wanted to have slaves4. D.C. could have slavery5. Slave trade banned in D.C.---------------------------------------------------------------17.Describe the North's and South's goals in the Civil War.Save the union(original goal), get the south out of here, end slavery (later goal), South: maintain slavery---------------------------------------------------------------18.Describe the advantages of the North and South during the Civil War.South: Homefield advantage, better generals, better reason to fightNorth: almost 3/4 of the railroad, telegraph lines (better communication), more troops 71%, manufactured stuff quicker, more money, more farming---------------------------------------------------------------19.Describe what Reconstruction did to the South and the rest of the country.The period of time after the civil war in which the South had to be rebuilt and reorganized and brought back into the Union. President's Lincoln and Johnson wanted to be easy on the South. Bill Clinton lied under oath.Republican Radical Reconstruction act was passed in the 1860's. Radical means crazy. Rebuilt south socially, politically and physically. Split south into five military districts controlled by the US Army. 13 (ended slavery),14 15, ammendments passed. Freedmen's Bureau set up to help former slaves. Southern gov't's taken over by "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags". These governments set up schools, raised taxes, built railroads, helped ex-slaves, industrialized the South. Government's were accused of widespread corruption by southerners. The corrupt Bargain: Rconstruction 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. The white racist democrats took back over. The republicans were the party that ended slavery. Effects of reconstruction?-Positive-Negative1. Established the Solid South until '642. After the north left, the ''redeemers'' took over the southern goveernments and established white, racist governments3. Set up Jim Crow laws and segregation
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