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Apr 23, 1492
Maize cultivation
The spread of maize cultivation from present-day Mexico northward into the American Southwest and beyond supported economic development and social diversification among societies. -
Apr 23, 1492
The Spanish In Anerica
-Spanish and Portuguese exploration and conquest of the Americas led to widespread deadly epidemics, the emergence of racially mixed populations, and a caste system defined by an intermixture among Spanish settlers, Africans, and Native Americans. -
Period: Apr 23, 1492 to
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Apr 23, 1501
Slave Labor In America
-In the economies of the Spanish colonies, Indian labor, later replaced with African slaves, which latter then would become the Atlantic slave trade -
Rivalry In The New World
-Differences in imperial goals, cultures and the North American environments that different empires confronted led Europeans to develop diverse patterns of colonization. -
Conflict With Natives
-European colonization efforts in North America stimulated intercultural contact and intensified conflict between the various groups of colonizers and native peoples. -
Colonial Development In The New World
-The increasing political, economic, and cultural exchanges within the "Atlantic World" had a profound impact on the development on colonial societies -
Rebellion
-Britain’s victory over France in the struggle for North America led to new conflicts among the British government, the North American colonists, and the American Indians, culminating in the creation of a new nation -
The New America
-In the late 18th century, new experiments with democratic ideas and republican forms of government, as well as other new religious, economic, and cultural ideas, challenged traditional imperial systems across the Atlantic World. -
Manefest Destiny
-Migration within North America By the early 1770s Americans were moving across the Appalachians into western Pennsylvania, and areas of Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. Their most famous leader was Daniel Boone. -
Jeffersonian Democracy
-people believed in a(n) agriculturalally derived system
-Louisiana Purchase pushed for westward expansion -
Westward Expansion
-Louis and Clark lead an expedition west to explore the newly purchased land.
-Lead to followers of the movement
-A trend of national pride and independence due to election of James Monroe in 1816 -
Common Man
-The "common man" became apparent in the Second Party System.
-Many moved out west due to transportation advantages, and cheap land for farmers
-Immigrants were prevalent in the westward expansion -
Antietam
- Slavery began rapid growth because of the cotton gin. -Temperance movements against alcohol -Abolitionist movements against slavery
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Impact of Slavery
-In the North racial discrimination was diminishing
-Speakers against womens suffrage became apparent, The Grimke Sisters were a large part
-The Missouri Compromise, made the northern states free states and the southern slave states -
Pushing Toward Freedom
-The "Kansas-Nebraska" act has people from all over pour into Kansas to choose its fate as a free or slave state.
-The abolitionist movement became more apparent, after the Dred Scott decision. -
Reconstruction
-Due to the aftermath of the civil war many began pushing for reconstruction.
-Women had a bigger role during, and after the war ex.working in fields, working in factories etc. -
Immigration
-Southern and eastern Europe, Italians, Greeks, Croats, Slovaks, Poles, Russians, poor and illiterate peasants move into US.
-Many move west in the US crowding into poor towns.
- Americans develop a prejudice against immigration, due to the immigrants taking their jobs. -
New Wave
-Immigrants began pouring in, and had to pass through Ellis Island to enter the US.
-The American Federation of Labor made workers feel more safe at their jobs. -
Joing the Work Force
The nation was faced with many challenges;much mass industrialization forced many people to the rual places throughout the nation in order to find work. -
Gilded Age
The gilded age was a cultural movement that was the start of the economic growth -
Inventions
A new growth of inventions were produced and manufactured. It started many new ideas, and migrations throughout the nation. Inventions such as stop signs (1890) ,shredded wheat/cereal (1890), smoke detectors, the first automobile, etc. -
IM COMING HOME
Soldiers return home from the war, poor in in need of housing which the nation came about and developed the first suburbs. -
TELEVISION
Television aired in with only two hours to watch per week; watching entertainment, the news, and sometimes the president would come on. Toward the late fifties the Soviets launched a satellite in space called Sputnik. -
Civil Rights
Was the start of the civil rights movement which led African Americans to start non violent protest, and the movement to end segregation. -
Crash of Twin Towers
The nation was later on under attacked by terrorist, within a couple weeks of George Bush's presidency. -
Cultural Curve
Now you see a shift in the nation's history; within every corner of the u.s. you see different races and much diversity throughout the country. -
way waY wAY WAY Far Out
Today technology has far advanced from our imagination. Almost everyone above the age of 10 has a smart phone.During this modern day era many people communicate through the worldwide web.
