Continuing our 8th grade review.This weeks blog assignment is on 9-11. There are four items in which you need to research.1. What happened on 9-11-01 in detail.2. What do you remember about that day?3. Who was responsible for the attack and why did they do this4. What did the US do in response to the attack?Answer all the Questions in the blog.1.Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans.-durring the ice age on the land bridge- some were farmers and fishermen- nature was the importance- got pushed off their land and died from disease, and forced them to live in certain areas2.Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.- to find a quicker way to Asia and wanted spices, food, silks, gold, and other riches- wanted to expand their religion3.List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.- there were 5 countries- england settled on the east coast and eventually took over canada- the spanish took mexico and western part of the united states- pourtugal took brazil and south america- netherlands took over new york area for a while4.Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.- religious freedom- for gold and other riches- escape trial or other issues- better life- reunite with family and adventure traveling the trails, gold rush- problems were native americans, lack of food, disease, winters, drouts in the summers, lack of everything, wild animals, other people that came over5.Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.- the british and the colonists won the war and they got control over canada- started enforcing taxes for the first time- they never asked opinions "No Taxation Without Representation"6.Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.-Causes: Britain started enforcing tax --- Boston Massicure --- Boston Tea Party7.Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.- to declare indipendence from Great Britain8.Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.- gave states the power to Federal Government- the only way they could get the power is to ask for it and the states said no9.Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).- gives us our rights like freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of press, right to bare arms, the rest of them range with different things like getting rid of slavery, extending voting rights,- 17 passed since the first 10- members of the state were not allowed to vote- poll tax literacy test- demolished that test in 1961- sets up our government- has the power of the three branches- Executive: the president- Legislative: the congress- Judicial: Supreme and Federal Courts10.Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.- the people who moved to texas had slaves- eventually mexico said no more people cuz we want to have control- then war broke out- Texas vs. Mexico- Texas won and got independence for their own country before it was anexed by the US-11.Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.- Americans Invaded Mexico12.Describe how the US grew as a nation.- 1783 our land goes up to the Mississippi River- 1803 the louisianna purchase where we get half of the US- Florida purchase from spain- Texas is a part of the US- We made a deal with GB in 1846 and got the paciffic northwest- bought the mexico session and forced them to sell it to us- Gadsen purtchase in 1863 because the railroads were being built up north13.Describe reasons people moved westward in the early parts of our history and the problems they faced.-similar to why euopeans came over- moved for gold, cheap or free land, sheep hearding, manifest destiny, mormans, religious freedom, to escape persicution in europe, in debt, adventures wanted adventure- problems they faced were native americans, disease, lack of food and water, bad weather, wild animals, crossing rivers, flash floods, fighting14.Describe some new technologies/inventions that came about in the 1800's that changed the face of the US forever.- cottin gin -- they could produce more cottin and more slaves to work in the feilds- railroads -- transported people and goods- steamboat -- to bring prices down and transport more quickly- weapons- telegraph -- allowed people to transfer messages within minutes with morse code instead of having it being delivered in days15.Describe how the North and South developed differently.- the south was centered around agriculture- the north was industrial16.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- all new lands coming in as a state -- any in the south had to be a slave state and any in the north became industrial- the gold rush caused population- the compromise of 1850 -- California is a free state, fugutive slave law, popular sovereignty (people in the states that vote), DC could have slavery, slave trade was banned in DC- in the north if people wanted slaves they could have them- john browns was against slavery and took over an armory- he hoped it would cause major outbreak with slaves but that failed later- he was found hung as well as his sons- lincon won in the 1866 election- the south seceded (leave) because they thought he was going to abolosh slavery- the south formed the confederate states of america- caused a riff to the country17.Describe the North's and South's goals in the Civil War.- the norths goal was to keep the union together- lincon did not belive that the south had seceded- another goal was to end slavery- the souths goal was to maintain their way of life with slavery because they really thought lincon was going to end that18.Describe the advantages of the North and South during the Civil War.- they knew they were trained and fought on their land- most of the fighting took place in the south- the north was fighting to bring the south back and the south fought to keep the slaves- rich men wanted to keep their slaves just because they were rich and didnt want anyone telling them what to do- the norths reason was to end slavery and got people more motivated- that was a lot of people were fighting for- the south had some famous generals- they north had advantiges in everything- 71% of the people lived in the north, 72% railroad milelage, 85% factories, more money was in the north, 96% iron production, 65% farm acreage- more food because you dont eat cottin or tobacco- the south didnt have a chance19.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!- The period of time after the Civil War in which the South had to be rebuilt and reorganized and brought back into the Union-Lincon and Johnson wanted to be easy on the south- That changed in 1866 Congressional election- rebuilt south socially, politically and physically- split south into 5 military district controlled by US Army-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 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 Reconstruction-- Effects of Reconstruction- Positive-Negative1. Established the "Solid South" until 19642. After the North left, the "Redeemers" took over Southern governments and established white, racist governments3. Set up Jim Crow laws and segregation-- Talked a little about the test and use these questions to study and we will have a spokesperson to say the final answer after talking about the question- some questions will be written down on paper
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