Native Americans
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European Explorers
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Colonies
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Road to the Revolution
Essential Questions
First event: The French and Indian War |
Brainpop:
Discovery Education:
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Second Event: The Stamp Act
Third Event: Boston Massacre
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Fourth Event: Boston Tea Party
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Fifth Event: Battles of Lexington and Concord
First Continental Congress
Important People
American Revolution
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New Nation
Articles of Confederation
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Constitutional Convention
Federal system: a system of government that divides up power between a strong national government and smaller local governments
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Compromises
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Framers
Constitution
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Bill of Rights
Westward Expansion
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Louisiana Purchase
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Lewis and Clark
War of 1812
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Native Americans in the 1800s
Texas and the Alamo
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Oregon Trail
California and the Gold Rush
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Industrial Revolution
- Which new and exciting inventions appeared during Westward Expansion?
- How did these inventions impact pioneers moving west?
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Steamboat
Railroad
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
Farm Equipment
Reform Movement
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Frederick Douglass
Civil War
Slavery and states rights were major causes of the Civil War. Some southerners had grown dependent on slavery in order to run cotton plantations. In the pre-Civil War period, a number of court cases and issues involving slavery heightened tensions between the southern and northern states, and between the federal government and state governments.
The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 was used to justify the need for slavery in the south. The cotton gin made it much easier to produce cotton, so the farmers needed more slaves to work the fields. At the same time the price of cotton was increasing. The textile mills in Britain and New England needed more cotton. Cotton was the south’s most important crop and the south was growing more of it than any other group of states. With cotton production and slavery on the rise, the southerners did not want to lose the right to have slaves. After the raid at Harper’s Ferry, people in the south worried about a slave rebellion. Students will need to discuss how the south thought that the government had become too powerful. When the government tried to pass tariffs or limit slavery, the south said their states’ rights were under attack. When Lincoln - the only candidate against slavery- won the election, southerners feared the government would become even stronger and that Lincoln would try to end slavery. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina voted to leave the Union, and ten more southern states joined them in the following months. In February 1861, delegates from seven states met and decided to form their own confederation, the Confederate States of America, and elected Jefferson Davis as their President. Life changed after the war and consequences followed.
The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 was used to justify the need for slavery in the south. The cotton gin made it much easier to produce cotton, so the farmers needed more slaves to work the fields. At the same time the price of cotton was increasing. The textile mills in Britain and New England needed more cotton. Cotton was the south’s most important crop and the south was growing more of it than any other group of states. With cotton production and slavery on the rise, the southerners did not want to lose the right to have slaves. After the raid at Harper’s Ferry, people in the south worried about a slave rebellion. Students will need to discuss how the south thought that the government had become too powerful. When the government tried to pass tariffs or limit slavery, the south said their states’ rights were under attack. When Lincoln - the only candidate against slavery- won the election, southerners feared the government would become even stronger and that Lincoln would try to end slavery. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina voted to leave the Union, and ten more southern states joined them in the following months. In February 1861, delegates from seven states met and decided to form their own confederation, the Confederate States of America, and elected Jefferson Davis as their President. Life changed after the war and consequences followed.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a novel about slavery that made emotions run high. In 1850 Congress passed a Fugitive Slave Law that required escaped slaves to be returned to slavery. This law also ordered citizens to help catch slaves. Harriet Beecher Stowe did not like the Fugitive Slave Law and wrote a book about the cruelty of slavery. Her book Uncle Tom’s Cabin sold over 300,000 copies in one year, and pointed out that slavery was not just the south’s problem, but the nation’s problem. People in the south said her book was not accurate and the arguments over the book just widened the tensions between the north and south. |
John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry
Abolitionist John Brown led a slave revolt raid at Harper’s Ferry. John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry deepened the conflict between the north and south. John Brown was an abolitionist who decided he would fight slavery on his own. In 1859, he led a rebellion against slavery by attacking an army post at Harper’s Ferry. He was quickly captured and charged with treason and was found guilty and hanged. Northerners thought he was a hero and southerners thought he wanted to destroy their way of life. By 1860, many northerners had developed strong feelings against slavery and some southerners thought they should leave the Union in order to protect their way of life. |
Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, the Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea,
and Appomattox Court House
The war lasted from 1861 to 1865 and many historians consider it the defining event in the history of our country.
and Appomattox Court House
The war lasted from 1861 to 1865 and many historians consider it the defining event in the history of our country.
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter, located in Charleston, South Carolina was the site of the first shots fired in the Civil War. The state militia had surrounded Fort Sumter, a federal fort with United States soldiers inside. The confederate states wanted control of the fort, but Lincoln refused and sent ships with supplies to the fort. Confederate leaders saw the refusal as an act of war. On April 12, 1861, cannons fired on Fort Sumter and the war began. |
Gettysburg
The battle at Chancellorsville, Virginia, in April 1863, was also significant, especially as it concerns another well known southern general, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. He had been given his nickname at the First Battle of Bull Run (called First Manassas by the South) in 1861, when a fellow general pointed out to his men that Jackson was “standing like a stone wall” in the midst of battle. Jackson was a fierce and fearless fighter and considered one of Lee’s right hand men. He was shot by friendly fire following the battle at Chancellorsville and died eight days later at the age of 39. Southerners mourned him as a war hero. In the middle of the war, the Union had won an important battle at Vicksburg and this gave the Union the confidence they needed. In July of 1863, General Robert E. Lee decided to attack the Union again. He marched into Pennsylvania. The Union army met his soldiers on July 1st near Gettysburg. The armies battled for two days and on the third day General Lee ordered a final attack. 14,000 Confederate soldiers ran across open fields toward the Union. The Union was ready and waiting; they killed over half of the Confederate soldiers. Lee’s army had to retreat. Gettysburg was known as the largest and bloodiest battle of the Civil War. July 1863 was considered the turning point of the war. Gettysburg was also the site where Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address, as he dedicated a cemetery of the war dead.
The battle at Chancellorsville, Virginia, in April 1863, was also significant, especially as it concerns another well known southern general, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. He had been given his nickname at the First Battle of Bull Run (called First Manassas by the South) in 1861, when a fellow general pointed out to his men that Jackson was “standing like a stone wall” in the midst of battle. Jackson was a fierce and fearless fighter and considered one of Lee’s right hand men. He was shot by friendly fire following the battle at Chancellorsville and died eight days later at the age of 39. Southerners mourned him as a war hero. In the middle of the war, the Union had won an important battle at Vicksburg and this gave the Union the confidence they needed. In July of 1863, General Robert E. Lee decided to attack the Union again. He marched into Pennsylvania. The Union army met his soldiers on July 1st near Gettysburg. The armies battled for two days and on the third day General Lee ordered a final attack. 14,000 Confederate soldiers ran across open fields toward the Union. The Union was ready and waiting; they killed over half of the Confederate soldiers. Lee’s army had to retreat. Gettysburg was known as the largest and bloodiest battle of the Civil War. July 1863 was considered the turning point of the war. Gettysburg was also the site where Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address, as he dedicated a cemetery of the war dead.
The Atlanta Campaign
General William T. Sherman began his campaign on Atlanta in May 1864. Atlanta was a center for industries and railroads, and as a central site for supplies for the Confederates. As such, it was a target for the Union. The Confederates fought back all summer long using the mountains and rivers of northern Georgia as defenses. However, Sherman had a large army and they finally captured Atlanta in September. Sherman sent Lincoln a telegram stating, “Atlanta is ours, and fairly won.” General Sherman continued on in Georgia, his next stop in Savannah. This march became known as the March to the Sea. As they marched, they destroyed anything needed for war. Sherman killed animals, destroyed railroads and factories, and stole food. This strategy was variously known as “hard war” or “total war” and its intention was to destroy the enemy’s resources. After he reached Savannah in December, he turned North once again to continue his campaign. This march was said to have broken the back of the Confederacy and hastened the war’s end. While Sherman marched into Georgia, General Ulysses S. Grant fought the Confederates in Virginia, but neither side could defeat the other. The North continued to send supplies to the Union soldiers while the Confederate army struggled. The South had no more supplies to send and the soldiers were hungry and many were deserting. At last General Lee made the wrenching decision to surrender. On April 9, 1865, Grant and Lee met at Appomattox Court House and Lee surrendered. The war was over |
Effects
Thousands of people died on both sides in this war of Americans against Americans. The war also changed both regions even though the changes were different. The war had destroyed the South; farms, cities, and factories were ruined. Southerners had to rebuild their homes and businesses and had to look for ways to make their economy work. The North grew stronger as a result of
Thousands of people died on both sides in this war of Americans against Americans. The war also changed both regions even though the changes were different. The war had destroyed the South; farms, cities, and factories were ruined. Southerners had to rebuild their homes and businesses and had to look for ways to make their economy work. The North grew stronger as a result of
Reconstruction
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