1.Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans.
-they were nomatic, they hunted and gathered. they farmed and traded furs. they had lots of wars
after- we went to war with them and then moved them to reservations. we also took thing from them
2.Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.
-find a shorter way to Asia. Christianized indians and others.
3.List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.
-Spain-mexico florida central america and western US, england-eastern coast of US, france-canada and middle us, portugal- brazil, netherland- new york cortez-aztecs, magellion-circumnavigate, pizaro-incas in peru, columbus- first explorer to start exploring
4.Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.
-excape persecution, riches(gold, silver, and lumber,fur), find better life, adventure. They faced problems like lack of food, native americans, weather
5.Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.
-they fought for land. they started getting taxes forced on them
6.Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.
-no taxation without representation,cause- boston tea party, boston massacre, paul reveres ride, housing british soldiers, effects- families torn, cities rebuilt, independance
7.Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.
- claimed our independance from britian, it talked about what king george did to us and how we were not going to have it
8.Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.
-it was set up so state government had all the power, they were like 13 own little countries. had their own tariffs and money and the federal government had no power
9.Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).
-sets up our government, legislative,executive, and judicial. checks and balances
1. freedom of speech
5. speedy trial and things
11-17. things like no slavery, citizenship of slaves
10.Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.
-causes- opened up texas to us, felt idependance, mexico shut down texas, effects- won the battle and became independant, got annexed became us state.
11.Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.
-There was a border despute. we said Rio Grande and they said Neuces river. we brought troops into desputed territory and they thought we were invading and it started war
12.Describe how the US grew as a nation.
-well they defeated britaing and got land from ocean to mississppi. bought lousiana territory from france. Purchased florida from mexico. annexed texas from mexico. bought mexico cession from mexico. got oregon and washington from british colombia or britain. 1853-gadsen purchase where the railround was going to go.
13.Describe reasons people moved westward in the early parts of our history and the problems they faced.
-cheap land, gold, silver, farming, adventure, fur trapping, religous freedom.
-problems- wild animals, indians, weather,food, transportation issues, 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- it made it so you could produce clothes faster and have cheaper clothes. negative- slavery went up.
-steam engine and railround- transport people and goods
-morse code and telegraph- made it so it would take seconds to talk to people
-better/more modern weapon- led to a lot of injuries or deaths
15.Describe how the North and South developed differently.
-north was industrial, south was agricultural
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 1820- missouri would be a slave state and maine would be a free state. and 36-30 would be slave line across US
-compromise of 1850- california would be a free state. fugitive slave law passed, popular sovereighnty- let people vote on new state, d.c. could have slaves but slave trade was banned in d.c.
-dred scott- was slave then owner died so he became free, then was slave again and so he sued for freedom. it went to supreme court and they said since he was black, he couldnt sue. you also cant make a law against slavery.
-john brown- took control of an armory and tried to arm slaves. his sons died and he was hung.
-lincoln- elected in 1860 and soon after south seceeded because they feared lincoln would abolish slavery
17.Describe the North's and South's goals in the Civil War.
- North- save the union. ending slavery. -South-allow slavery
18.Describe the advantages of the North and South during the Civil War.
-North-Bigger population, more people, more railroads, more factories,
-South- better officers, better cause, know homeland
19.Describe what Reconstruction did to the South and the rest of the country.
-1865-1877 - period of time after the civil war in which the south had to be rebuilt and reorganized and brought back into the union
-president lincoln and johnson wanted to be easy on the south
-johnson and congress butted heads and johnson was impeached
-republican radical reconstruction- rebuilt socially, politically, and physically.
-split into five military districts that were controlled by the u.s. army
-13th- abolished slavery,14th-made blacks us citizens and protection from laws, and 15th amendments- it granted them the right to vote, just males though
-freedmens bureau set up to help former slaves
-southern government taken over by "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags"
-governments were accused of widespread corruption by southerners
-reconstruction ended in 1877 with the Compromise of 1877
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-established 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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