Posted by 5Chantel on September 7, 2011 at 12:09pm
1.Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans.Before they were nomatic following herds, hunted and gathered, and were farmers. Nature was of the most importance to them they didn't waste things. After they get pushed out of their land bacause europeans want their land, disease killed them, they were forced to live in reservations, and we waged war against them.2.Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.To find a quicker way to asia for trading for other riches, and to expand their religion3.List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.Spain, France, Ingland, Portugal, The Netherlands. England along the east coast. French took over Canada. Spanish took over the Western part of the US and Mexico. Portugal took over Brazil. The Netherlands took over New York. Colombus, Magelen traceled the world in boat.4.Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.15-1600's. Religious freedom, riches like gold, to escape their problems in europe, a better life, reunite with families, adventure. Problems were native americans, famine or lack of food, disease, hard winters, wild animals, wars agains other people.5.Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.British enforcing taxes the colonist and they got mad because of no taxation without representation.6.Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.Britian started enforcing taxes, the boston massicure when five people were shot down for protesting, boston tea party, Lexington and concord out break, the proclamation line saying you couldnt live past the appilation mountains. Effects we got independence and gained freedom.7.Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.to declare independence from great britian, all the things great britian did to us like taxing were listed in the declaration.8.Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.It gave the states a lot more power than the government, every state had their own currency and each state would tax eachother, the only way the federal government could get money or wage war they had to ask the states for it and they always said no. Then they got rid of it and made the declaration.9.Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).Protects our rights(freedom of speech, religion, press, petition, assembly to protest, right to bear arms) Bill of rights, getting rid of slavery, limited a president to certain years of terms, limiting congress their pay increase, extending voting rights(women, age, minority men, washington D.C.) Sets up our government(executative, leglislative, juditial)10.Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.Mexico invited people in and they had to follow certain rules like no slaves, then they didn't follow the rules and mexico said okay no more people.11.Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.mid 1930's. It was a war of conquest. We said the boarder was the Rio Grande river and Mexico said the Neuces River was. We moved troops to the Rio Grande river prety much invading to mexico compared to them then they sent troops up and we started war.12.Describe how the US grew as a nation. (physicaly)http://users.humboldt.edu/ogayle/hist383/Politics1850-1860.html13.Describe reasons people moved westward in the early parts of our history and the problems they faced.gold, cheap or free land, manifest destiney( god given beleif that we had the right to move westward and he wanted us to do that), religious freedom, silver, if they were in trouble with the law, just wanted adventure. Problems were native americans, disease, lack of food and water, bad weather like blizzards, wild animal attacks, crossing rivers, flash floods, fights (people wanting to steel what you have).14.Describe some new technologies/inventions that came about in the 1800's that changed the face of the US forever.The cotton gin because they could produce more cotton so it got cheaper but then they had more slaves, railroads were the #1 way to transport things they helped the north in the civil war, the steam boat brought prices down, modernized weapons making it easier to kill people faster and easier, the telograph allowed people to transfer messages in minutes to people far away, factories being able to produce things in mass quantities.15.Describe how the North and South developed differently.The south was based on agriculture (tobacco and cotton) and the north was industrial (inventing new things and developing).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 secessionMissiouri compromise of 1820 missouri would be a south state and maine would be the north and they made the 36degree 30minute line saying where slaves could be and couldn't be,1:1850 california the gold rush caused california to grow quickly so they wanted to become a state then the compromise of 1850 california became a free state that benifited the north 2: fugitive slave law was passed that let the owerners go catch run away slaves 3: popular sovereignty was set up now slave vs. free was determined by voting 4: washington D.C. could have slavery but the slave trade was banned there.Dred Scott: the supreme court said that you can't ban slavery anywhere the north refused to accept it and the south loved it, this case was the last decision before the civil war on slaveryJohn Brown: was an abolitionist ( person who is against slavery) he led an revolt against slavery in the south and was hoping that the slaves would revlot with him but it didn't work out because no one revolted and him and his family was killed but they were seen as simbols of hope that the south fearedLincolns election: the south seceded from the union because they thought lincoln was going to abbolish slavery but he wasn't going to otherwise in the new states the south formed the confederiate union.17.Describe the North's and South's goals in the Civil War.To keep the union together lincoln didn't think the south had the right to leave the union to end slavery wasn't a goal till later in the war. The souths goal was keep their way of life of slavery.18.Describe the advantages of the North and South during the Civil War.South: they knew their land, they had a better reason to fight to maintain their way of life, they had better famous generals. North: they had more states, land, and people, railroad mileage to get things to the troups and troups other places, factories to make things for the troops, iron production to make railroads, guns, and bullets, farm acreage to produce food to eat.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 reorganized and brought back into the UnionBe 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!1865- 1877 President's lincoln and Johnson wanted to be easy on the South.Republican Radical Reconstruction- rebuilt south socially, politically and physically- split south into five military district controlled by US army- 13th, 14th, & 15th amendments passed- freedmen's bureau set up to help former slaves- southern governments taken over by "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags" which were northerners and blacks- these governments set up schools, raised taxes, built reailroads, helped ex-slaves, industrialized the south- governments were accused of widespread corruption by southernersThe 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- The republican in turn agreed to pull troops out of the South and end ReconstructionEffects Of Reconstrucion- established the "solid south" until 1964- after the north left, the "redeemers" took ocer Southern governments and established white, tacist goverments- set up Jum Crow laws and segregation
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