Wednesday, September 6

[2Justin]

My group finished our presentation and went on to the next group

1. Christopher Columbus
   
   1. Expected to land in Japan
   2. Died on May, 20 1506
2. Louisiana Purchase
   
   1. The French owned the land from 1699 to 1762
3. Oregon Trail
   1. 2000 miles
   2. about 400,000 people
   3. transcontinental railroad
4. War of 1812
   
   1. US and the British
   2. Lasted 2 years and 8 months and ended with the Treaty of Ghent
5. Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Policy
   
   1. Indians could live in the US but not own land
   2. the process lasted 24 years
6. Alamo
   
   1. Santa Anna's Mexican army fought with the Texans for 13 days
      
      1. Alamo inspired people to fight
   2. The war ended at April 21, 1836 when the Texans defeated the Mexicans
7. Gold Rush
   
   1. James Marshall found the first gold nugget
   2. people wanted to get rich quick the rush happened
8. Assassination of Lincoln
   
   1. April 14, 1865 at around 10 pm
   2. Ford's Theatre
   3. Four others were injured
9. Revolutionary War
   
   1. Declaration of Independence was written in July, 1776
   2. 1777 was the winter at Valley Forge
10. Civil War
    
    1. 1861-1865
    2. Gettysburg, Bull Run, Shiloh, Seven Day Battle, Perryville, and Ironclad
    3. The North lost more soldiers but still won

Mr. Bruns started giving advice about presentations