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1492
Native American Enslavement
Christopher Columbus arrives in The Caribbean and begins enslaving the Native Americans who had lived there for thousands of years. Unit 2: America's Rough Draft -
1500
European Gender Ideas
Europeans begin trying to push their limited views of gender (a person's sense of being male, female, both, or neither) onto Native Americans. Unit 2: America's Rough Draft -
1526
The Slave Trade
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (the buying and selling of enslaved Africans) begins. Unit 2: America's Rough Draft -
The 13 Colonies
England sets up colonies (an area of land ruled by a far away country) in North America. They are called The 13 Colonies. Unit 2: America's Rough Draft -
The Declaration of Independence
After becoming angry at England for taxing The 13 Colonies, American colonists sign The Declaration of Independence (the letter where The 13 Colonies tell England they want to break up). Unit 2: America's Rough Draft -
The Revolutionary War
England refuses to break up with The 13 Colonies, so The Colonies fight for their independence. The war is called The Revolutionary War. The 13 Colonies win and become their own country. Unit 2: America's Rough Draft -
The Constitutional Convention
Politicians meet to write The United States Constitution (the rule book for the new country of America). Unit 2: America's Rough Draft -
The Indian Removal Act
The American government creates The Indian Removal Act, a law forcing Native Americans to leave their homeland and move west. The government wanted to turn Native American's homes into plantations (land used to grow plants and food). Unit 2: America's Rough Draft -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner, an enslaved man, leads a mass killing of slave owners. The event became known as Nat Turner's Rebellion and was one of many ways enslaved resisted (fought against) slavery. Unit 2: America's Rough Draft -
The Confederacy
Afraid of slavery becoming illegal, 13 southern states that relied on slavery for money seceded (separated). They formed a new territory (an area of land that belongs to a country, but does not enjoy the same rights as official members of the country) and named it The Confederacy. Unit 2: America's Rough Draft -
The Civil War
Fighting for the right to keep slavery legal, The Confederacy attacks an American military base. This leads America to fight The Confederacy in a war called The Civil War. America wins, slavery becomes illegal (expect as punishment for a crime), and Confederate states rejoin America. Unit 2: America's Rough Draft -
Black Codes
Southern states begin passing laws that control when, where, and how newly freed Black people can work, and how much they could be paid for it. These laws were called Black Codes and were early versions of Jim Crow laws. Unit 3: Flo from The Progressive Era -
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Reconstruction
The period of time in US history when Congress passed laws and amendments (changes to The US Constitution) to help newly freed Black people succeed politically, financially, and socially. Unfortunately, white southerners prevent Black people from reaching equality. Unit 2: America's Rough Draft -
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Many Asian immigrants, specifically Chinese men, move to America to do the dangerous and underpaid work of building American railroads. Worried that working on the railroads allowed Chinese people to gain financial and social power, Congress passes The Chinese Exclusion Act. This law banned all Chinese people from moving to America. Unit 3: Flo from The Progressive Era -
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The Progressive Era
The period of time in US history remembered for positive changes and improvements for the American people. Unit 3: Flo from The Progressive Era -
American Imperialism
After winning the Spanish-American war, the United States takes control of Cuba, The Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico. -
Factory Life
European immigrants and their children work long hours in unsafe factories. They face extreme poverty and discrimination (unfair treatment based on identity). Unit 3: Flo from The Progressive Era -
Industrialization
Industrialization (the shift from farming jobs to factory jobs) creates types of goods (items or services you pay for) and businesses. Unit 3: Flo from The Progressive Era -
Food Safety Laws
Congress passes new food safety laws after Americans learn about the unsafe practices in American meat factories. Unit 3: Flo from The Progressive Era -
The Great Migration
1.5 million Black people move out of The South to find better jobs and escape racial violence. Unit 4: Jazz, Jets, and Jargon -
World War I
After a Serbian man kills an Austro-Hungarian leader, Europe's complex alliance system starts World War I. The Allied Powers (Russia, France, the United Kingdom, and eventually America) beat the Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary). Unit 4: Jazz, Jets, and Jargon -
Child Labor Laws
Photos of children working in factories spread and force Congress to pass laws limiting the number of hours children can work. Unit 3: Flo from The Progressive Era -
The Harlem Renaissance
Black art, music, and culture explodes as Black artists can freely express themselves for the first time. Unit 4: Jazz, Jets, and Jargon -
White Women's Vote
White women win the right to vote when Congress passes The 19th Amendment. Unit 3: Flo from The Progressive Era -
Native American Boarding Schools
Congress attempts to 'civilize' Native American children by sending them to boarding schools. These schools were designed to make Native students feel ashamed of their culture and many experienced physical and sexual violence. After a report detailing the horrible conditions and treatment at these schools came out, the majority of Native boarding schools close. Unit 3: Flo from The Progressive Era -
The Great Depression
The worst financial crisis in modern American history begins, leaving most Americans poor and unemployed. Unit 4: Jazz, Jets, and Jargon -
The New Deal
President Franklin D. Roosevelt responds to The Great Depression by passing The New Deal (laws that created government job opportunities and provided government aid to Americans). Unit 4: Jazz, Jets, and Jargon