1. Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans.
-before they hunted they garthered and farmed and fished, Before, they were nomads. The men were warriors, they protected the families from other tribes. After the Europeans came, they suffered from diseases. Europeans brought guns, knowledge, etc. Mostly, Europeans found the things the N.A.'s had desirable, and so they took them. By force.
2. Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.
-They were trying to find a shorter way to Asia. They were after gold, riches, and the spread of religious beliefs.
3. List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where
they settled.
-Spain, England, France, Portugal, Netherlands. Portugal- Brazil; Netherlands- New York; English-Colonies/eastern coast; Spanish- Central America, Western/Southern U.S., South America; France- Canada.
4. Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.
-they wanted gold/riches, get away from death, a better life, family, adventure/traveling different places problems: native americans, famin, disease, winters, drouts, lack of everything; clothes and food, wild animals
5. Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.
-started and ended in 1784, british started taxing the colonist, no taxation without representation, French and Indians vs. The British and Colonist. The war was about land. France lost and got thrown out of Canada. Because of this, Britain was in debt. Which led to Britain enforcing heavy taxes.
6. Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.
-No taxation without representation. Having no representation in parliament, colonists had little say in their government. The Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, Paul Revere's ride (Lexington and Concord), Declaration of Independence, Housing British Soldiers(Quartering Soldiers in Homes.). Effect: We gained independence. Families were torn apart, etc.
7. Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.
-Declare Independence. The vast majority of the declaration was listing things King George had done to the colonists
8. Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.
-State government had all the power. Basically we had mini-countries within the U.S. They each had their own currency. They all taxed each other. Which is why it failed. The founding fathers decided they needed a change. Instead of revising the articles, they came up with the constitution.
9. Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).
-Sets up our government. The different branches set up different parts of our government, such as... the president, congress, courts, etc. Checks and Balance system. We did not want a dictator. We wanted to make it that all three branches were balanced..none more powerful then another. The Constitution also protects our rights.
10. Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.
-Mexico opened up Texas for citizens to come into. They set up rules. No slaves. Become Roman Catholic. After a while, Texans didn't feel as though they were connected to Mexico. So they fought. They became a independent nation. Then they came back to the U.S. That's how they got the name Lone Star State.
11. Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.
-Causes: Troops came into Mexico. So, as Mexico was invaded, they fought back. However, we were told that they attacked us! Which, they kind of did, but we started it. We got the Mexican Cession. It wasn't the 1930's till we started working on relations with the Latin-American nations.
12. Describe how the US grew as a nation.
-After the Revolutionary war, we had the land between the Atlantic Ocean and Mississippi River. Then we gained the Louisiana Purchase from France. Then we purchased Florida in 1821 from Mexico. In 1845, we annexed Texas - making it a part of the US. Next, the Oregon Country in 1846, making a deal with Great Britain. Then came the Mexican Cession, in which we took it and said "oh, here's some money for this." 1853, the Gadsen Purchase - which was where the transcontinental railroad was going to be. The others were in the 1860's (Alaska and Hawaii.)
13. Describe reasons people moved westward in the early parts of our history and the problems they faced.
they move west because of the gold, and cheap land, and manafest destiny, the mormans, ecape periscution, wanted adventure problems they faced-lack of food and water, the native americans, diseases, drout, flashing rivers, animals attacks, fights,
14. Describe some new technologies/inventions that came about in the 1800's that changed the face of the US forever.
cotton gin, why? good: could produce more cotton and bad: more slaves, rail roads, steamboat, more modernized weapons, more bullet shaped bullets instead of a ball bullet, the telegraph, moris code, oil lamps, light bulb,
15. Describe how the North and South developed differently.
the south was algriculture and the north was 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-missiour would came in as a free state, and anything south of that would be slave, the 36-30, anything north of 36-30 was free and anything south of that line were slave
-compromise of 1850-1. california-free state 2. fugitive stave law passed 3. popular sovereignty-popular vote 4. d.c. could have slavery 5. slave trade banned in d.c.
-dred scott case-that they can not ban slavery anywhere, blacks are not citizens
-john brown's raid-he was caught and his sons and himself were killed we was caught because he was revolting
-lincoln's election-they won and the south seceded because they feared lincoln was gunna abolish slavery, but he was acutally it was the new territories
17. Describe the North's and South's goals in the Civil War.
the norths goal was to save the union, and the souths goal was to keep slavery
18. Describe the advantages of the North and South during the Civil War.
southern advantages knew their land better and a better reason to loose, and a better reason to fight, and also had better generals, and northern advantages-number of states, population, railroad mileage, factories, bank deposits, exports, iron products, and farm acreage, telegraph, more material, and more troops: the south didnt really have a chance
19. Describe what Reconstruction did to the South and the rest of the country.
-the period of time after the civil war in which the south had to be rebuilt and reorganilzed and brought back into the union
-presidents lincoln and johnson wanted to be easy on the south
-that changed
*republican radical reconstruction
-rebuilt south socially, politially and phisically
-split the south into 5 military district controlled by the us army
-13th, 14th, and 15th amendments passed
-freedmens 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
-graphed new constitutions
*"the corrupt bargain"
-reconstruction ended in 1877 with the compromise of 1877
*effects of reconsturction?
-positive
-negative
-establishd the "solid south" until 1964
-after the north left, the "redeemers" took over the southern governments and establish white, racist governments
-set up jim crow laws and segregation
20. 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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