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Period: Sep 30, 1400 to
Exporation to the turn of the century
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Oct 1, 1492
Spanish in North America
Christopher Columbus aimed to reach Asia by sailing across the Atlantic. The spanish rulers gave him money to carry out his goals and he found land in the Carribean Sea and thought it wasAsia.After Colombus Spain launched many voyages of exploration. The arrivial of Europeans had a serious effect on the Native Americans tho and many of the died from working underharsh conditions. -
The New World
In the new colonies religious ideas influenced political, economic, and social devolopment. The religious ideas and values influenced the political, ecnomoic, and social development in the new colonies immensly.Many religious groups dominated states like the puritans in massichuttes. The puritans in Massichutetts helped shape how America sees itself. Religion was a big influes in the New World. -
Revolution against Great Britian
The colonist reason for revolting agaist Great Britian were Economic, war, and goverment. The economic reasons were taxes on the stampn act and King Goerges dabt he had to pay off. War also justified a few reasons why the colonist revolted. British surrenered to American and French forces and American also won the Battle of Saratoga. The last topic is goverment the leaders believed they needed a stronger goverment and they agreed to make three branched of legilasure, executive, and judicial. -
Power Issues
The Power Issues on making our new goverment were between Hamilton and Jefferson. Hamilton wanted to gather all of the dbt from the states and create a national debt. Then he wanted to borrow money from other countries to pay them off. Jefferson pionts out that if we do that we would be in debt to other countries that we borrowed money from. -
Reforming American Society
American expierenced a religious rise known as the second Great Awakeneing. This religios act touched African Americans to and the word of christianity brought them hope for freedom. The Abolition was an act to free the slaves. They were reated harsh and unfair and a guy by the name of Freddrick Douglaus spoke and wrote about the evils of slavery. -
Economic changes in the early 1800
THe economic changes had a huge impact on American lives. Factories had a huge effect on lives of Americans. Factories gave jobs to millions of people and produced and sold many things which helped boost the economy. Many peopl started going on strike and revolting against the working conditions. -
The Market Revolution
In the first half of the 1800s people started to icrease bying goods rather than make them. There were lots of invetions and this boosted our economic growth. The telephone allowed quick communication and steam powerd shipd and railroads helped move people and goods farther and faster. -
Manifest Destiny
In 1846 people started to talk about Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was the belief that the United States was meant to expand from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. Meanwhile the goerment made treaties with Native Americans that they did not honor. They also wanted to annex mexicos northern regions. -
Disagreements between the South and the North
The Northern states were against slavery and the harsh conditions they were forced to live in. Many plantations in the south relied on slavery to keep the plantations running so they feared the end of slavery and were against abolishing it. -
Social Reform
The early 1800 was a time of significant social reform. Many women in the early 1800s were fighting for there rights. Some were fighting to improve women education and some were fighting for abolition and temperance. -
Civil War
The Civil War changed the United States. The federal goverment was larger and stronger and the econiic gap between the south and the north widened. Then the thirteenth amendment abolished slavery. -
Reconstruction
Congress created the Freedmens Bureau to help former slaves and it passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 whhich guaranteed the civil rights of African Americans. They also pasted the fourteenth amendment and and gave African Americans the right to vote. -
Labor and strikes
The National labor union formed in 1866 and persuaded goverment to adopt an eight hour day goverment offices. The American Federation of Labor won higher wages and shorter work weeks forits members and skilled workers. there were other unions that organized unskilled workers. The Industry and goverment fougt the unions and the geat strike of 1877 stalled the ntions railroads. -
Technology and Industry
The typewriter and the telephone appered for the first time which helped communication and schedules to be more accurate and precise. -
Race
Immigration to the United States changed the United State in the 1870. Asian Immigrants were treated harsh and had to endure harsh questioning and ramshack buildings before they were aloud to beome part of society.They accepted lower wages to get jobs and had to deal with racial discrimination. -
Economics
American is known asa country with freedom, equality, and oppurtunity for all. But many Immigrants face economic problems. Many Mexicans and African Americans were forced into debt. Immigrants also had to accept lower wages from racial discrimination which posed terrible legal and economic problems for nonwhites throughout the U.S. Between 1870 and 1920 10 million to 54 million grew in U.S. which caused poverty and econimic problems. -
Settling on the Great Plains
From 1850-1871 the goverment granted huge tracts of land to businesses that were building railroads. there was also huge pices of lad being sold and millions of acres set aside to create yellowstone National Park. The new settelers and to endure many hardships. -
Social Welfare
America was known as a country with freedom and equality for all but in the late 1800s it wasnt nessasarily true for the immigrant and minority groups. The immigrant coudnt get good paying jobs because every body would pay them lower wages. Somany of them would go to poverty and couldnt afford water and other essentials. The plumbing was bad in the cities and somtimes non exicting there was no wayer sometimes and it was unsanitary and made many people ver sick. -
The Dawes Act
The Dawes Act tried to force the Native Americans to conform to white cultures and beliefs. This caused reservations to break up and cheated Native Americans of the best land. -
The Age of Railroads
By the year of 1890 there were more than 20,000 miles of railroads. the railroads helped link the nations and stimulated growth of the iron,steel,coal,and lumber industry. But there was a down side to the railroads they were difficult to run and it was dangerous work for thousands of workers. By 1888 about 2,000 people had died from working.
