MONDAY- Big Historical Events-
Events That Shaped US History to 1877
1. Native Americans Coming and Going (10,000 years ago)
2. Exploration (1492-early 1600's)
3. Colonization (early 1600's-1770's)
4. Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
5. US Constitution (1789)
6. Westward Expansion (1800's)
7. Texas War for Ind. (1835-36)/Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
8. Civil War (1861-1865)
9. Reconstruction (1865-1877)
10. The Bering Strait land bridge and the migration of early Indians
Native Americans were forced from the East to the Indian Territory (Cherokee removal routes)
Indians -food source
Europeans explorers and eventually Unites States do to Native Americans over the years?
Disease, rage war against them, lied to them/cheating them out, buy their land, killed off their buffalo/bison
Explorers - Columbus - Vikings (500 years earlier than Columbus)- Melange (first to navigate/circulate the world/proved Earth was round) -Cortex (killed Aztecs) -Francis Drake -Coronado -Pissaro
TUESDAY- Spain and Portugal are the 2 countries that were known for exploring
Spanish -Texas, California (Southwest) Mexico (Central America) Western part of South America, Florida, Caribbean Islands, Brazil
French settled - Great plains, Central America and part of Canada
Britain- Canada, East Coast of US
England settled- Canada, eastern United States
FRIDAY- Reconstruction (1865-1877) - Rebuilding of the South after the Civil War (bring back into the Union) left very deep divisions between the northern states and southern statesOnce the northern government and military left the south, traditional rich, white racist males took back over.Jim Crow laws and segregation was establishedAfrican-American’s would not see the rights they should have had in 1865 until 1964President’s Lincoln and Johnson wanted to be easy on the SouthThat changed in the 1866 Congressional election and with Lincoln’s deathJohnson (1 vote short of being impeached)Bill Clinton (only other president becoming impeached) (lying under oath)Republican Radical ReconstructionRebuilt south economically, socially, politically, and physically(slaves worked as tenant farmers at plantations)Split South into five military district controlled by US ArmyFreedmen’s Bureau- provided food, clothing, education, and job training to feed slavesThese governments set up schools, raised taxes, built railroads, helped ex-slaves, industrialized the SouthSouthern governments taken over by “carpetbaggers” and “scalawags”Carpetbaggers - northern born white republicans who moved south after the war. Many won political office or became rich businessmenScalawags- Southern born white Republicans. Southerners believed these people were betraying the South13th Amendment- It made slavery unconstitutional and illegal14th Amendment- It stated that states could not take away the rights of citizens without due process of the law.15th Amendment- It allowed all men to vote, no matter their skin color.1920- Women can voteElection of 1876 (Rutherford B. Hayes vs. Samuel J. Tilden)Tilden won the Popular vote and was leading electoral voteFour states (within 20 electoral votes) had disputed resultsThe Compromise of 1877Unwritten deal between Northern and Southern politicians that settled the heavily disputed 1876 U.S presidential electionRepublican Rutherford B. Hayes was awarded the White House's over Democrat Samuel J. TildenHayes would then not remove the federal troops from the south ending Reconstruction
Dutch- New York
13 Colonies
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
CAUSES of the Revolutionary War
Townsend Acts
Intolerable Acts
French & Indian War
Boston Tea Party
First Congregational Congress
Proclamation of 1763
Boston Massacre
Cause of the War- Britain started enforcing taxes
Boston Massacre- red coats shot colonist
Gadson Flag - (strike back on Great Britain)
Rattlesnake - symbol of United States
Declaration of Independence- the purpose was to declare independence from Great Britain. We have the right to fight back against Great Britain.
First paragraph - great Britain is doing awful things
Rest- what he's all done
Last - we're declaring independence
Articles relied on the state government for everything
1781-1788 The Un-United States of America
State governments had more power than the Federal Government
Constitutional Convention 1787
The US Constitution 1789
QUESTIONS ON THE TEST
US Constitution- document that sets up our government (protects our rights) supreme laws of the United States
Come about from the articles
Separation of Powers- breaks it up into 3 branches of government. Separates their powers
Executive -President veto a law, Make treaties, ensure laws are executed, Commander in Chief
Legislative - Congress- make laws, set taxes, declare war, borrow money, override vetoes, print money, regulate international and national trade, okay anyone president hires
Judicial - Supreme Court - decide a law, decide cases of constitutional law and federal law (Supreme Court judges served for life unless impeached)
"Father of the Constitutions" James Madison
How many people are in the House of Representatives? 435 based on population of a state
Length of term/Age- 6 years (3o years old)
House (25 years old 2 year term)
2 houses of Congress - Senate, House of Representatives
How many senators? 2 each state (100 total)
Checks and Balance System- balance of powers, so not one branch is more powerful
WEDNESDAY- What powers does Congress have? Make laws, declare war
Length of the presidents term? 4 years must be 35 years old (longest time a president can serve is 10 years)
Franklin Roosevelt 12 years term (Great Depression & World War II)
Justices get their job? President elects them also Senate
What powers does the US Supreme Court have? Questions laws to see if they're constitutional
John Roberts -Current Chief Justice of the US
Bill of Rights -10 Amendments
Why did people move west? Appalachians Mountains -changed through history
-gold gush, religious reasons, better farming land, military reasons, silver mining, cattle ranch, sheep herd
Manifest Destiny- God wants us to do
Name 5 states that came out of the Louisiane purchase
South Dakota, Iowa , Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Colorado, Montana
THURSDAY- Oregon Territory (Great Britain) Oregon, Idaho, Washington
Texas War for Independence (Stephen Austin & Sam Houston)
Causes- Mexico allowed immigrants to come over and enforced rules about religion.
Results- Texas won and gained independence
Mexican- American War (1846-1848)
Fights about the border and land
(US wins)
Civil War (1861-1865)
Goal: (North save the union) (South keep slavery)
Causes- Sectionalism (North and South) , Slavery, State's rights (choose what we want), Tariffs (money, taxes (cotton) ), Election of 1860 & Secession (Election of Lincoln)
South thought Lincoln was going to end Slavery
Missouri Compromise- Missouri would come and wanted to a slave state the North was concerned. Maine broke off of Massachusetts. Draw a line saying that anything above the line was a free state and everything below it was a slave state.
California population grows since gold rush (Compromise of 1850)
Dred Scoot Decision -1857
7-2 decision by the US Supreme Court
Supreme Court said that black were not US citizens and could not sue in court
said that the government could not abolish slavery
suddenly, slavery could be open anywhere (greatly upset abolitionists)
North Advantages-
more resources
larger population
leadership of Lincoln
new military leaders
more railroads
more food
more factories
better allies
more familiar with weapons
better reason to start the war
African Americans wanted to end slavery
Spain and Portugal line
1775-83 Revolutionary War
Great Britain sending fake news to US (don't tell us what to do and we're going to strike back
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