Posted by 5Taylor L on September 7, 2011 at 12:09pm
ITS SID"S BIRTHDAY!!! :)This weeks blog assignment is on 9-11. There are four items in which you need to research.1. What happened on 9-11-01 in detail.2. What do you remember about that day?3. Who was responsible for the attack and why did they do this4. What did the US do in response to the attack?Just a reminder that you can do these blogs in three formats-typed, podcast or video.Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans.-hunted and gathered. nomadic. farmers. fisherman.didn't waste things! AFTER got puched out of their land. dieses!! forced them to live in sertin areas.2.Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.-wanted to get to asia. spices. gold. silks.riches. trade. relgion.3.List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.-Spain .France. England. Portugal. Nether Lands. england-east coat. French- canada. Spanish- mexico and western us. Portugal- brazil! Nether lands..new york area.4.Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.-relision freedom. GOLD. maybe in debt. better life over here. family. adventure. 2 native americans..lacak of food! diesese! winters! wild animals.5.Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.-Britsh won and got canada! after war they enforced taxes! colonist didn't like it. no taxation without representation.6.Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.-no taxation with out representaion! the boston masascure. boston tea party. lexington and concord the 1st battles that started the war. EFFECTS freedom. became an indepentent courty.7.Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.-to declare indepandence from Britain. we have a reason to fight.8.Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.-gave states lots of power. every state had its own currency. they taxed each other. swets up are 3 branches of goverment and gives of power to each.9.Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).-protect our rights..freedom of speech, religion, assembly, press, right to bare arms. getting rid of slavery.10.Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.- people did not follow the rules so mexico said no more rules and texians then wanted to be free and started war! TEXAS won! became and independent country.11.Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.-war of conquest.. Americans win.12.Describe how the US grew as a nation.-1784 all land east to mississippi..1803! louisana pourchase great plains of US. 1821 bought florida from spain..1845 anexed texas..bought Mexan session..gatson purchase.13.Describe reasons people moved westward in the early parts of our history and the problems they faced.-GOLD! cheap or free land! and sheep. Manavest Destiny. religious freedom. in trouble they would move. more adventure outwest..and it was grerat adventure! PROBLEMS: lack of food and water bad weather dieses native americans wild animal attacks flash floods..others stealing of what you had. fights.14.Describe some new technologies/inventions that came about in the 1800's that changed the face of theUS forever.-gotton gin. steam boat. more modernized weapons. railroads. telegraph.15.Describe how the North and South developed differently.-south based on agriculture..north industrial. (factories)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 lastest about 30 years. 36 degrees..missouri slave state. 1850 the gold rush in cali. has to become a free state. fugitive slave law passed.. popular sovereignty washington D.C. could have slavery..slave trade was banned in D.C. DRED SCOTT CASE: surpreme court ruiled against him. slaves are not us citizens you can not bann slavery ANYWHERE. balcks were not citizen and could not be in court. JOHN BROWN-took over armory. him and his sons hoping slaves would revolt he was caught hung and so was his kids. LINCOLN's ELECTION-south seceded they thought lincoln was going to abolish slavery.17.Describe the North's and South's goals in the Civil War.- north to keep the union together. SAVE THE UNION! south-to maintian there way of life..slavery.18.Describe the advantages of the North and South during the Civil War.- SOUTH-knew their land found on there home land. there were lots of riches in the south didn't know what they were going to do if they lost. wanted to maitain slavery. better generals!NORTH-more number of states, higher population! higher railroad mileage! more factories, bank deposits, more money in the north, iron production! and farm acreage. better stuff..telograph! more material better communication.19.Describe what Reconstruction did to the South and the rest of the country.Be able to give examples of stories from the video. For example, when asked what problems people facedmoving west(#13), mentioning the Donner party would be great!Reconstruction(1865-1877)- the period of time after the civil war in which the south had ato be rebuilt and reorganized and brought nack into the Union.-President Lincoln and Johnston wanted to be easy on the southReconstruction Radical Reconstruction-rebult socially politically , and physically--split south into five military distict controlled by US army.---13th 14th and 15th amendments passed----freedmen's bureau set up to help former slaves.-----southerns governments taken over by "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags"------these governments set up schoold, raised taxes, built railroads, halped ex-slaves, industrialized the south.-------governments were accused of widespread corruption by southernsCorrupt Bargain.-reconstruction ended in 1877 witgh the Compromise--the south and democrats is general accepted the controversial results of the 1876 presidential election which gave rebuplican Rutherford B. 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