test tomorrow!!!TEST QUESTIONS1. Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans.how did they get here? crossed the bering land bridge, or traveled over seabefore europeans: nomadic and lived off the land, didnt waste anything, were truly a green culture-lived in there own tribes, family was very important, some were farmers, huntersafter europeans: wanted land, had disease and guns, pushed them on to reservations; trail of tears2. Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.christopher columbus wanted to go to asia for an easier route. king sent him on an expidition for new land-religious freedom3. List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.england, france, spain, portugal, netherlands. portugal settled in brazil, spain settled in mexico-all of central america, french took canada along the mississippi down to new orleans, england got the eastern coast, spain had florida, netherlands took new york areacolumbusmigeloncortez and pizzarro-cortez took out the aztecs, pizzarro took the incas in peru4. Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.REASONS:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::religious freedomsearching for richesoppertunities(slaves were forced over)in debt or in trouble in europe, wanted to start overindentured servantsreuniting with familyPROBLEMS::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::diseaselack of foodnative americansnot knowing the landweather conditions-tornados, hurricanes, droughtanimal attacks5. Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.war-ended in 1763, french and indians against great britain-british wonwar left britian in massive debt, so they decided to tax the colonies to help pay back the debtbritish took over canada from france and france was kicked out6. Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.desire for independenceno taxation without representation-dont want to be taxed without being part of the british parliament-governmentboston massacure-colonists were protesting and the redcoats shot back, killing fiveboston tea party-rebellion against tea taxEFFECTSindependencebritish was pushed to canadahomes and families destroyed7. Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.the official document that declared independence for americawe were justifying what we wantedlisted all the bad things that the king did-have a good reason for being independent8. Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.government set up that gave the states all the powerled to a lot of problemslike the un united states of america-had all different currencies, traded with each other9. Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).protects our rights-right to bear arms, freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom to assemble, right to a trial by jury, no cruel and unusual punishment-bill of rightsvoting extended to womensets up government-executive-the president, legislative-the congress, judicial-supreme court.10. Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.between texas and mexico-mex was inviting americans into mexico , they broke their rules such as no slavery and becoming catholic.immagration into mexico needed to stopresultstexas won and got their independence (lone star republic)but were annexed into the united states a few years later11. Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.causes:::::::::::::border disputesmexico had just been invaded, so they attacked backwe wanted land and nothing would stop us.effects:::::::::::::::after, the mexican cession became oursu.s. and mexico weren't on good terms12. Describe how the US grew as a nation.end of revolutionary war, atlantic ocean to the missouri river was ourslouisiana purchase from france in 1803bought florida from spain in 1821annexed texas in 1845took the mexican cession from mexico in 1848settled oregon country with great britain 1846gadsen purchase from mexico1853 were going to build the southern trans continental railroad13. Describe reasons people moved westward in the early parts of our history and the problems they faced.religious rightsgold rush/silver rushpotential farming oppertunitiesadventureescape troubles like debtproblems::::::::::::::::::mountains and rivers were hard to crosswild animalscold weather, droughtnative americansdiseasegetting along with everyone elselack of supplies14. Describe some new technologies/inventions that came about in the 1800's that changed the face of the US forever.cotton gin-raised demand for slaves and brought cotton prices downsteel plow-helped plow the great plains which allowed more food to be produced which brought down pricesmodern weaponstelegraph-made the world a smaller place, it could send a message in minutessteam boat-transporting goods faster lowered pricesrailroad-revolutionized transportationmass production assembly lineguns made in large quantitiesthe loom-eventually led to the computer15. Describe how the North and South developed differently.north was based on industry, south was based on cotton and tobacco16. 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 secessionproblems came in when a new territory wanted to be a state-it would upset the balance of power in congresscompromise of 1820: missouri would be a slave state, maine would be a free state. drew a line at 36' 30: everything above would be free, everything south would be slavecompromise of 1850-california wants to be a free state, a new fugative slave law passed: any white person could go get his slaves no matter where they were-popular sovereignty: the idea of letting people of the state decide whether they're free or slave: lasted for 7 years made people temporarily move to other states to tamper with the decision -DC could have slavery, but would be banneddred scott case-supreme court says africans americans arent citizens so they can't testify in court. got rid of popular soveriegnity and said that you could have slaves anywherejohn browns raid-went down and got control of a southern armory hoping that slaves would join his raid-believed he was born to get rid of slaverylincoln election: south thought he would abolish slavery so they told everyone not to vote for himsouth sucession: seceded because lincoln was elected-thought he would abolish slavery17. Describe the North's and South's goals in the Civil War.union:::::::::save the unionend slaverysouth:::::::::::maintain their way of life-keep slavery18. Describe the advantages of the North and South during the Civil War.south:::::::::home field advantagebetter generalsbetter reason to fight-if they lost, they lost their slaves and they would have to worknorth::::::::::railroads-supplies transferred fastertelegraph-better communicationmore troopsmanufactured moreiron productionmore food19. Describe what Reconstruction did to the South and the rest of the country.reconstruction: the period of time after the civil war in which the south had to be rebuilt and reorganized and brought back into the unionslaves were freeBe 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!------------notes--------------republican radical reconstruction-rebuilt the south socially politically and physically-split south into five military district controlled by us army-13th(abolished slavery), 14th (made blacks citizens), 15th (gave black males the right to vote) amendments passed-Freedmen's Bureau set up to help former slaves-southern governments taken over by "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags"-these governments set up schools, raised taxes, built railroads, helped ex-slaves, industrialized the south-governments were accused of widespread corruption by southerners"The corruption 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-the republican in turn agreed to pull troops out of the south and end reconstructionthe white racist democrats took over the south again when north left-made black americans life even worseeffects of reconstruction:-established the "solid south" until 1964-after the north left, the "Redeemers" took over Southern governments and established white, racist governments-set up jim crow laws and segregation(colored schools, drinking fountains, ect.)
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