We continued talking about the test for Thursday:
1.Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans.
-Before-Nomadic, hunting and gathering, farmers, lived off the land. After-get pushed out and/or killed, disease killed many off, forced to live on a reservations, war.
2.Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.
-Wanted to find a quicker way Asia for spices, silks, and gold, want to take over places, expand religion.
3.List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.
-Spain, France, England, Portugal, the Netherlands. Columbus, Magellan
4.Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.
-Religious freedom, riches, escape problems in Europe, better life in general, adventure. Prob- Native Americans, lack of food, disease, winters
5.Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.
-after the war, taxes started to be enforced, taxation without representation,
6.Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.
-Causes: Britain enforcing taxes, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Lexington and Concord. Effects: Freedom, deaths, destruction.
7.Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.
- To declare our independence from Britain. It talked about what Britain, designed to show the world that we had reasons to seperate.
8.Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.
-States were given more power than the federal government, known as the Un-United States of America. It failed because the states had too much power and the federal did not have enough.
9.Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).
-Gives us our rights-freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, freedom of press, right to bear arms, right to appear in front of a jury in court, getting rid of slavery, presidential term limits, voting rights. Sets up our government-executive (president), legislative (congress), judicial (Supreme).
10.Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.
-Causes: Americans invading Mexican War (not abiding laws). Effects: Texans vs. Mexico, Texan became an individual country which was later annexed by the US
11.Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.
-Causes: Border disputes (Rio Grande or Neuces river?). Effects: US wins Mexican Cession
12.Describe how the US grew as a nation.
-Manifest Destiny-God given right to move westward. Louisiana Purchase-1803, Florida-1821, Texas Annexed-1845, Oregon Country-1816, Mexican Cession-1846, Gatson Purchase
13.Describe reasons people moved westward in the early parts of our history and the problems they faced.
-Gold, cheap land, Manifest Destiny, religious freedom (Mormans), escape persecution, adventure. Problems: Native Americans, disease, lack of food and water, weather, wild animals, terrain, robbers,
14.Describe some new technologies/inventions that came about in the 1800's that changed the face of the US forever.
-cotton gin (produced more cotton), railroads (quicker transportation), modernized weapons (more deaths during Civil War), telegraph (increased communication speed), assembly line (quicker production).
15.Describe how the North and South developed differently.
-South based on agriculture, North based on industrial.
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: Missouri would become slave state and Maine would be a free state. Compromise of 1850: California becomes free state, Fugitive Slave law lets runaway slaves be captured, popular sovereignty: popular vote, D.C could have slavery, Slave trade banned in D.C. Dred Scott Case: decided that slavery could not be outlawed. John Brown's Raid: took over an armory hoping to gain abolitionist allies (didn't work). Lincoln's election: South seceded from the Union-thought Lincoln would abolish slavery
17.Describe the North's and South's goals in the Civil War.
-North: save the Union. South: maintain way of life
18.Describe the advantages of the North and South during the Civil War.
-South: Fought on home turf, better reason to fight, better generals. North: more people, more railroads, more factories, more money, more iron production, more farm land.
19.Describe what Reconstruction did to the South and the rest of the country.
-Definition- The period of time after the Civil War in which the South had to be rebilt and reorganized and brought back into the Union. Presidents Lincoln and Johnson wanted to be easy on the South. Rebuilt South socially, politically, and physically. Split South into 5 military districts controlled by US Army. 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments passed. Freedmen's Bureau set up to help former slaves. Southern governments taken over by "carpetbaggers (north)" and "scalawags (south)". These governments set up schools, raised taxes, built railroads, helped ex-slaves, industrialized the South. Governments were accused of widespread corruption by Southerners. "The Corrupt Bargain" - 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. Effects of Reconstruction: Negative- After the North left, the "Redeemers" took over Southern governments and established white, racist governments. Set up Jim Crow laws and segregation. Established the "Solid South" until 1964
Be able to give examples of stories from the video. For example, when asked what problems people faced moving west(#13), mentioning the Donner party would be great!
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