U.S. History

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U.S. History
American Revolution ? U.S. Constitution ?
American Political System ? Presidents ?
Industrial Revolution ?
? Abolition Movement
? Westward Expansion
Civil War
? Slavery ? Reconstruction ?

? Gilded Age ? George Washington ? Frederick
Douglass ? 54th Massachusetts ? Andrew Jackson

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Essential Question
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Music? ?
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Our Nation then Our Nation today
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Standard 8.1 American Revolution

• What do I need to know?
• What do you believe is worth fighting for?

Enlightenment John Locke believed in rights to
liberty equality, which only a republic could
provide.
Great Awakening Religious movement seeking to
unite and revive spiritual meaning throughout
the 13 Colonies by emphasizing that all are
equal under the eyes of God.
Republic a country governed by elected
representatives.
Declaration of Independence Written by Thomas
Jefferson
Stated all men are created equal with certain
inalienable rights that among these are life,
liberty pursuit of happiness.
Stated that if government fails to provide
inalienable rights, the people have the right to
abolish it.
stated the 27 complaints the 13 colonies had on
King George III
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Standard 8.2 U.S. Constitution
What do I need to know? Essential Question What
is power? Who/what has power?
The people create government.
- Limited Government - Limit the power
of the King.
Social Contract- People have right to abolish
(get rid of) a government if it does not protect
individual rights.
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Standard 8.2 U.S. Constitution (cont.)
What do I need to know? Essential Question
What is power?
Who/what has power?
Debating the Constitution3/5ths Compromise
Addressed the issue as to whether slaves would be
people or property.
The first attempt at creating a government failed
for several reasons. Articles of Confederation
as it became to be called gave more power to
the states, could not tax and/or solve disputes
between states.

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Standard 8.2 U.S. Constitution (cont.)
What do I need to know? Essential Question What
is power? Who/what has power?
Federal Government
Shared
States
Bill of Rights Liberties/Rights provided to the
American people.1st Amendment Speech, Press,
Religion and Assemble Petition4th Amendment
Unreasonable search and seizure5th Amendment
Protects from self-incrimination6th Amendment
Fair and speedy trial by impartial jury8th
Amendment cruel and unusual punishment.
States
Government
Federalism Power is shared by both the states
and the federal government. This ensures that
power is distributed so that no one party
possesses power. 10th Amendment Any power not
given to government goes to the states.
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Standard 8.2 U.S. Constitution (cont.)
What do I need to know? Essential Question What
is power? Who/what has power?
Separation of Powers Three Branches of Government
Executive Branch Carries out Laws
Judicial Branch Interprets Laws
Legislative Branch Makes Laws
Checks and BalancesSystem that allows each
branch to limit the powers of the other branches.
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Standard 8.3 American Political System
What do I need to know? Essential Question Why
do we argue?
John Adams Urges Congress to pass Alien
Sedition Acts, which limited freedom of speech to
all who opposed the government.
Shays Rebellion Whiskey Rebellion Rebellions
are common forms of protesting a bad decision
made by government.
VS.
Thomas Jefferson Strict construction of
Constitution wanted agriculture to be primary
concern in economy
Alexander Hamilton Loose construction of
Constitution wanted a national bank for business
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Standard 8.3 American Political System
Laws come into effect once a proposed bill
travels through a long process of discussion and
debate.
What do I need to know? Essential Question Why
do we argue?
The electoral college officially elects the U.S.
President. Each state receives electoral votes
which is based on state population.
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Standard 8.4 U.S. Presidents
What do I need to know? What separates a leader
from a follower?
George Washington In his Farewell Address,
Washington urges the American people to unite by
avoiding political alliances, war and debt.
Presidents provide Americans a life of adventure.
Popular literature depicted frontier life in the
west.
James Fenimore Cooper
Thomas Jefferson Buys the Louisiana Purchase for
15 million from France.
Washington Irving
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Our Nation then Our Nation today
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Standard 8.5 U.S. Foreign Policy

• What do I need to understand?
• What separates a leader from a follower?

War of 1812 A major cause of the war was
impressment (American sailors
were captured by British).
James Madison
Monroe Doctrine European powers could not
conquer Latin America.
War of 1812 Headline White House is Burned Down
Spoils System Give political supporters jobs.
Indian Removal Act Act forced Native
Americans to leave U.S. territory.
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Standard 8.6 Industrial Revolution

• What do I need to understand?
• How do we measure progress?

Womens Suffrage Seneca Falls Convention spreads
word on socio-economic rights. Leaders
were (1). Elizabeth Stanton (2). Lucretia
Mott (3). Susan B. Anthony
Thoreau
Emerson
Transcendentalists People should listen to their
gut-feeling more than their logic.
Henry Clay System - Erie Canal - Improves
Transportation
Immigration Growth of cities (1) Irish leave
potato famine (2) Germans escape persecution
Cotton Gin Spread Slavery
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Standard 8.7 8.9 Slavery and Abolition Movement

• What do I need to understand?
• What makes people become heroes?

Liberator
Abolition End Slavery
Supreme Court (1857)
Speeches
William L. Garrison
Dred Scott
Kansas-Nebraska Act Bleeding Kansas
(1854) Both territories allowed the people to
vote (popular sovereignty) for or against
slavery.
Compromise of 1850 (CA becomes a free state)
Missouri Compromise (1820) Missouri enters
the union as a slave state Maine enters as a
free state. This kept the balance for power in
the Senate.
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Standard 8.8 Westward Expansion

• What do I need to understand?
• What happens when cultures collide?

Louisiana Purchase Lewis and Clark document life
in the new territory
Manifest Destiny U.S. had God-given right to
expand borders from 13 Colonies to Pacific Ocean.
California Missions Convert California Indians
to Christianity
Mexican-American War River dispute in
Texas led to growing conflict between the U.S.
and Mexico.
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Our Nation then Our Nation today
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Standard 8.10 Civil War
Nullification States have right to ignore U.S.
laws. South Carolina did this when it seceded
from the union.

• What do I need to know?
• For what reasons might people choose violence
  over talking and peaceful negotiating?

Emancipation Proclamation, House Divided,
Gettysburg Address Declaration of Independence
Purpose is to unite the American People and
resolve problems in America.
Daniel Webster Government has complete power.
John Calhoun Limit power of Government.
Weapons Balloons, Rifles, Cannons Ironclads
Civil War Statistics
Critical Developments The Unions
ability to produce weapons, uniforms and stations
in large quantities helped pave the way for a
Confederate loss.
Critical Developments The Confederates lack of
industry and railroad standardization, greatly
reduced the effectiveness of Souths ability to
wage war. Naval Blockade Prevented British trade
of weapons to the South for cotton.
54th Massachusetts
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Standard 8.11 Reconstruction

• What do I need to know?
• How well do people respond to change?

Freedmens Bureau Provide food, medicine,
education and opportunities for work to
African-Americans living in the South.
Amendments 13th Abolished
Slavery 14th Civil Rights 15th Voting Rights
(African American men)
Reconstruction The South must (1). Create new
state constitutions. (2). Repeal act of
secession (3). Elect new state
governments. (4). Ratify 14th Amendment. (5).
ABOLISH SLAVERY

• Jim Crow Laws
• - Separate but equal...
• Segregation
• Same as Black Codes

Plessy vs. Ferguson Supreme Court creates
Separate but equal ruling (1896) Overturned
in 1954 Brown v. Board of Education
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Standard 8.12 Industrial Revolution

• What do I need to know?
• Essential Question What causes people to invent?

Entrepreneurs
John D. Rockefeller (Oil Trust Company- Ch.20)
Eli Whitney / Henry Ford - Interchangeable
parts - Mass production through the assemble line.
Unions Haymarket Square Knights of Labor
Fought for more pay, working hours and fair
treatment in the workplace. (Ch.20)
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