Today is my birthday!! :)
Our test is tomorrow.
1.Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans.
-came during the ice age on the land bridge
-hunted, gathered, fished before
-christianity was important
-after they get pushed out
-diseases
-forced into resorvations
2.Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.
-find quicker way to asia
-asia had spices, silks, golds
-wanted to expand religion
3.List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.
-Spain, France, England, Portugal, The Netherlands
-England..east coast of US
-France..Cananda
-Spain..Mexico/Centrail South America
-Portugal..Brazil
-The Netherlands..New York area
-main explores..Cortez
4.Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.
-religious freedom, find gold, escape trouble/problems, better life, adventure
-problems.. Native Americans, famine or lack of food, diseases, harsh winter, summer drought, wild animals
5.Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.
-1763
-British won and got Canada
-Britain enforced taxes..colonists mad
6.Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.
-causes.."Not taxation without representation", Boston Masacre, Boston Tea Party,
-effects..freedom!,
7.Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.
-declare independence from Great Britain
8.Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.
-gives states power, less power to federal goverment
9.Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).
-protects rights(freedom of speech, religion, assembly, press)
-right to bare arms
-no slavery
-sets up our government (executive, judicial, legislative)
10.Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.
-wars took place
-settlers didn't follow rules coming into Texas
11.Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.
-Americans invaded Mexican land
12.Describe how the US grew as a nation.
-after Reolutionary war we had up the Missippi war in 1783
-1803 purchases Louisiana purchase(Great Plains)
-FLorida purchase 1821
-Texas Annex 1845
Oregon territory 1856
-1863 Gadsen
13.Describe reasons people moved westward in the early parts of our history and the problems they faced.
reasons:
-freedom
-gold
railroads
problems:
-diseases
-native americans
-weather
-wild animals
14.Describe some new technologies/inventions that came about in the 1800's that changed the face of the US forever.
-cotton gin..produced more cotton(good), need more workers(bad)
-railroads..brought more goods(good)
-improved weapons
15.Describe how the North and South developed differently.
-north..industrial
-south..agricultral
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..missouri slave state;maine free state
-compromise od 1850..cali free state, fugitive slave law passes, popular soverneighty, Washington DC could have slaves, slave trade banned
17.Describe the North's and South's goals in the Civil War.
-north..keep union together
-south..maintain way of life with slavery
18.Describe the advantages of the North and South during the Civil War.
-south..keep land better, better reason to fight, better generals
-north..to save the union, more troops, factories, railroads, bank deposits, exports, iron production, farm acerage (had WAY more stuff)
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 faced moving west(#13), mentioning the Donner party would be great!
-period of time after the Civil War in which the South had to be rebuilt and reorganizeed and brought back into the Union.
-president Lincoln and Johnson wanted to be easy on the South,
-REPUBLICAN RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION:: rebuilt south socially, politically and physically
-13th amendments was HUGE! ended slaverly. 14th made minorities made them US citizens and equally protect of the laws. 15th black men the right to vote.
-Freedman 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, and industrailzed the South.
-Governments were accused of widespread corruption by southerns
"The Corrupt Bargain"
::Reconstruction ended in 1877 with the Compromise of 1877
::The South and Democrats in general accepted the controverisal results of the 1876 Presidental election which gave Republican Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency over Samuel Tiden
Effects pf Recostruction?
::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
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