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PART I: 1492-1754 1) What was Columbus looking for? 2) Why was a passage to India important for European countries to find? 3) How did the crusades change European and how did it lead to the exploration of the "New World"? 4) How did tobacco change the course of America (particularly the Virginia colony)? 5) Discuss the rise of self-government in America (make sure you note the House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut). 6) How did religion play an essential role in the shaping of the early colonies? 7) Discuss why early colonists came to America (the various reasons - begin to relate these to the American Dream and the American Character). 8) What was the Great Migration? 9) What was the renaissance and how does it fit with the exploration of the Americas? 10) Where the 1st Europeans to the Americas "Explorers" or "Invaders"? Please justify your answer. 11) How did the English distance the relationship between indentured whites and black slaves? Why did they fear a relationship between the two? 12) Please to list the six colonies and why they were formed (and by what settlers). 13) Know the following people: John Rolfe, John Smith, John Winthrop, Anne Hutchinson, Roger Williams, William Bradford, John Wheelright, Jacques Marquette, Samuel de Champlain, Francis Drake, John Cabot, Henry Hudson, Ferdinand Magellan, Francisco Pizarro, Hernan Cortes, Squanto, Samoset. 14) What is the difference between the Separatists and Puritians? 15) Discuss King Phillips War and how it changed America? 16) When did the 1st Africans come to the English colonies? Where? What was the purpose of importing them (be specific)? 17) According to Zinn why were Africans easier to force into labor than Native Americans or poor white immigrants? 18) Why were each of the 13 colonies established? 19) How did religious freedom, slavery, and self-government shape the first 13 colonies (be exact - this should be an paragraph for each). 20) How did the Massacre at Mystic change America? 21) What was King Philips War? Why did it start and what was the outcome of it? 22) What was Nat Bacon's rebellion really about? 23) Why did Philadelphia become an important city? PART II: FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR * What are the reasons the war starts and spreads to become a world war? *What are the reasons the French lost? *How does the British turn the tide of the War? * What are the results of the war? * How did the war begin? *What was George Washington's role in the war and how did it prepare him for the Revolution? * Why were the following people important: Edward Braddock, Half-King, Marquis de Montcalm, James Wolfe, General Forbes, William Pitt. * Discuss the Native Indians role and importance in the war. What battles did they fight in? How did they change the power structure? What agenda did they have? * The French and Indian war begin over what area of land? * Why did the Native Americans take captives? Was this an effective practice? PART III: The Revolution 1) According to Paul Johnson what was the most deciding factor in the colonists victory over the British. 2) How did the colonists win the media war, the ideological battle and the emotional battle? 3) What important things did Patrick Henry do? 4) How was Thomas Jefferson a “mass of contradictions”. 5) What was Thomas Jefferson’s most important quality (according to Johnson). 6) What did Common Sense do? Who wrote it. 7) What was the 1st constitution? What powers did it give the government? 8) What was the paradox of the war (at least from Britain's point of view)? 9) What was Washington's main strength as a commander? Why did he win the war? 10) What were the four points of the Peace of Paris - as laid out by John Adams? 11) Why did slavery increase during the revolution? 12) Who were the big losers of the war (name three)? List what they lost and explain why they are the biggest losers. 13) What happened to the Loyalists in America after the war. 14) What were the most important battles of the war. Why do you think they are the most important? (Note battles is plural). 15) List at least five reasons why the Americans won. 16) List the importance of the following people in the cause of the Revolution. A) Thomas Paine B) Thomas Jefferson C) John Adams D) Samuel Adams E) John Hancock F) George Washington G) James Otis H) Benjamin Franklin I) Benedict Arnold (think beyond his treason) J) Patrick Henry K) Alexander Hamilton 17) Who was Molly Pitcher? 18) Why did the British strategy for the war make little sense? 19) How did the British fail to win the war in 1776? Who was the General in charge? 20) "America was already developing the notion that all were entitled to the best if they worked hard enough, that aiming high was not only morally acceptable but admirable." Discuss the importance of this statement. 21) Who were the two most important people involved with the push towards a new constitution? 22) Give examples of how the Articles of Confederation failed. 23) In your option why would some people prefer State rights over a strong Central government. What are the arguments for both sides? 24) What is a nomiocracy? How do you feel about this term connected with the U.S. government? 25) What were the three compromises on the Constitution? Which one of these seems the strangest to you? 26) What is the irony about the President vs. a King as example by Johnson? 27) Know the importance of Valley Forge. What happened there? What the troops had to overcome? Compare this with the British winter quarters. 28) What help did France, Spain, and the Netherlands offer the colonies? 29) What is important about Judith Sargeant Murray and Abigail Adams? 30) Discuss the war in the west. 31) Discuss the war in the south. 32) What is the importance of the following people: A) George Rogers Clark. B) John Paul Jones. C) Nathanael Greene. D) Comte de Rochambeau. E) Admiral Francois de Grasse. 33) What is important about Washington's farewell address? 34) Why did the natives give support to the British? 35) Why did the British think their military forces were superior to those of the Americans? 36) Why was fighting on their own land an advantage for the Americans? PART IV: The Constitution, Jefferson, War of 1812, Jackson 1) Discuss the significance of Thomas Jefferson's quote: "A little rebellion now and then is a good thing...God forbid that we should ever be twenty year without such a rebellion...The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." 2) Why did Shay's Rebellion happen? 3) The constitution is "a political creation, hammered together in a series of artfully negotiated compromises. Discuss these compromises. 4) What was the Virginia Plan? 5) "No person held in service" was a euphemism for what? 6) List the basic Powers and Checks of the three branches of the government. 7) Who wrote the Federalist Papers and why did they write them? 8) Briefly outline the first ten amendments. 9) Who could wrote in the first election (what parts of the population)? 10) How did Washington D.C. come be located on the banks of the Potomac? 11) What did Jay's Treaty do? 12) What was the "Whiskey Rebellion" and how was it put down? 13) Describe the election of 1800? How was it finally resolved? 14) Who was John Marshall? 15) Why did France sell its North America possessions (the Louisiana territory) to the U.S.? 16) What did Lewis and Clark do? Describe their journey? 17) How did Hamilton incur the wrath of Aaron Burr? Was he right in what he did? How did the ordeal end? 18) What was Jefferson's Embargo Act? Why was it unpopular and what was it suppose to do? 19) What did Tecumseh try and do? 20) Describe the Battle of Tippecanoe? 21) Most historians call the War of 1812 a draw. Why? 22) Describe the Battle of New Orleans. 23) What did the Monroe Doctrine state? 24) What was the Missouri Compromise? 25) How was the election of 1824 decided? Why was it called a "corrupt bargain"? 26) List some of the labels attached to Andrew Jackson. 27) Was Andrew Jackson an Indian hater? What did the natives call him? What "Indian Wars" did he fight in and what was the outcome? What was his native "policy" as President? 28) How did Jackson come to symbolize the common people? 29) Name the 1st seven Presidents of the United States War of 1812 1) Importance of Fort McHenry. 2) Burning of D.C. by the British. 3) Battle of Plattsburg 4) Battle of New Orleans 5) Native Defeats: Tecumseh and the Creeks (Battle of Thames and Horseshoe Bend).

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U.S. History Quiz: Manifest Destiny 50 points 1) List four promises James K. Polk made during his election. 2) What was the cost of the Mexican-American war in both lives and dollars? 3) List three battles of the Mexican-American War. 4) The Oregon Territory consisted of what area? Who claimed it? 5) Discuss how Texas became independent. 6) How did the Mexican-American War start? Why did it start? Was it a “Just War”? Explain. 7) What was Manifest Destiny? 8) Why did President Jackson refuse to annex Texas? 9) Why did some Americans think that making California part of the United States would strengthen the security of the nation? 10) Why was the California Gold Rush important? What did it do for the country?

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History Test: CIVIL WAR 1) What were the dates of the Civil War? 2) How many people died in the war? 3) Why did the Confederate States believe they had a right to leave the Union? 4) What was the Union’s plan at the beginning of the war? 5) What was the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments? 6) How was the 14th Amendment reinterpreted? How was the 15th Amendment interrupted? For the Following discuss the importance of the battle (include dates, Generals, outcome and importance): 7) Chancellorsville 8) Gettysburg 9) Antietam 10) Bull Run For the following people discuss who they were, what they did, and why they were important. 11) James Longstreet 12) Ulysses S. Grant 13) Robert E Lee 14) Tecumseh Sherman 15) Frederick Douglas 16) Why did Lincoln suspend Habeas Corpus? 17) What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? 18) List Four Border States 19) What disadvantages did the South face? 20) In a short essay discuss how the Civil War has shaped our lives today.

U.S. History FINAL: 140 points. (Each question is worth 10 points). 1) Describe the Cherokee removal from their lands. Make sure you include the following: a) How the Cherokee lived in 1830. b) The previous treaties made to the Cherokee by the U.S. Government. c) The Cherokee suing the state government and the ruling in the Supreme Court by John Marshall. d) Andrew Jackson's reaction to John Marshall. e) General Winfield Scott's role. f) The Trail of Tears. 2) How did the crusades change European and how did it lead to the exploration of the "New World"? 3) When did the 1st Africans come to the English colonies? Where? What was the purpose of importing them? 4) The French and Indian War began over what area of land? 5) What are the reasons the French lost? 6) List five reasons why the Americans won the Revolution. 7) List three important battles of the revolution and discuss why they were important. 8) List and explain the three compromises to the constitution. 9) What was Jefferson Embargo Act? Why was it unpopular and what was it supposed to do? 10) Discuss the importance of the Battle of New Orleans. 11) Discuss the elections of 1800 and 1824. 12) List the importance of the following people: a) Anne Hutchinson b) John Rolfe c) James Wolfe d) Alexander Hamilton e) John Adams 14) Who were the three biggest losers of the Revolutionary War? 15) According to Zinn why were Africans easier to force into labor than Native Americans? 16) What was the Missouri Compromise?

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Manifest Destiny 1) What was Manifest Destiny? 2) The Oregon Territory consisted of what area? Who claimed it? 3) Who were the Mountain Men? 4) Why was the Oregon Trail important? 5) Discuss the meaning behind the slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"? 6) James Polk made what promises to the American public during the election of 1844 (list four - you might need to look up on the internet). 7) Discuss how Texas became independent. 8) Discuss the battles of The Alamo and San Jacinto. 9) How long did it take the U.S. to annex Texas? Why? 10) How did the Mexican-American War start? Why did it start? Was it a "Just War"? 11) What was the American response to the war? 12) List the major battles of the war. 13) What was the cost of the war? 14) Why was the California Gold Rush important? Civil War How did the Civil War shape our lives today? Name three ways the Civil War changed the South. What constitutional right did Lincoln suspend? List the four border states. Why did West Virginia form? What disadvantages did the South fact? Why did the Confederate States believe they had a right to leave the Union? What were the three main strategies of the Union? What was the average age of soldiers who fought in the Civil War? What was the outcome of Bull Run? Discuss the Battle of Shiloh. What were Lincoln’s reasons for the Emancipation Proclamation? What did the 13th Amendment do? How was the Civil War a rich man’s war but a poor man’s fight? Discuss the draft laws in the north. Discuss the importance of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. How did Sherman use “Total War” against the South? Who were the Presidents of the Confederacy and the United States during the Civil War? What, exactly, did the Emancipation Proclamation do? What were Amendments 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19 Battles: Gettysburg Appomattox Antietam Shiloh Bull Run Chancellorsville Sherman’s March to the Sea People: Albert Sidney Johnson Ulysses S. Grant Joe Johnson Joe Hooker Tecumseh Sherman Robert E Lee Thomas Stonewall Jackson A.P. Hill James Longstreet Booker T Washington Sojourner Truth Harriet Tubman Frederick Douglas What was the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment? How was the 14th Amendment reinterpreted? How was the 15th Amendment interrupted? Corporations/Monopolies/Robber Barons Be able to Identify the following people: George Armstrong Custer JP Morgan W.E.B. Du Bois James Butler Hickok Theodore Roosevelt Eugene Debs Benjamin Harrison William McKinley John D. Rockefeller Be able to discuss the Importance of the following: The assassination of William McKinley The Robber Barons and what they did The Jungle Why the Spanish American War was fought Wounded Knee Custer’s Last Stand Jim Crow Separate But Equal How the 14th Amendment was used to protect corporations The Panama Canal Roosevelt and his “big stick” Other questions: What lands did America get from winning the Spanish-American War? How did this war make America an Imperial Country? How did Theodore Roosevelt rise in politics? What was the Bull Moose Party? Why is W.E.B. Du Bois connected with John the Baptist? How many votes did Eugene Debs receive in 1912? What was his party? What was the 16th Amendment? What was the 17th Amendment? Why did America become “Big Brother” to Latin America under Woodrow Wilson. How did World War I start? Why did World War I start? What were the divisions (or sides)? Discuss the importance of the Lusitania. Why, ultimately, did the United States enter World War I? How many casualties did the Battle of the Marne have? What was the Espionage Act? Do you consider this act legal? How many Americans died in WWI? How many people died totally? How was the world map reshaped after WWI? People: Woodrow Wilson General John J. Pershing Eugene Debs Howard Taft Upton Sinclair 1) Name five important books of the 1920s. 2) What was the first "talkie"? How did it change America? 3) Discuss the "Red Scare of 1919". 4) What was the 18th amendment? Why was it enacted? How did it go wrong? 6) What is important about Henry Ford? How did he change America? 7) What is important about Charles Lindbergh? How did he symbolize the times? 9) How were stocks inflated? How did this cause the crash? 10) What was Black Thursday and Black Tuesday? 11) What was Hoover's view of Government relief programs? 12) What was the "Bonus Army"? 13) What happened during the "Hundred Days"? 14) What was the WPA and what did it do? 15) What were Roosevelt's FIRESIDE CHATS and why did they become important?

WORLD WAR II - Questions for Study

1) What was Lend-Lease? 2) Discuss the BATTLE OF BRITAIN. 3) What were some of the reasons isolationists wanted to stay out of the war? 4) What was the traditional definition of Fascism? Who were the Fascists of Europe in the 30s? 5) Who were the Axis Powers? 6) What were the aggressive actions of Germany and Italy before the start of WWII? 7) What are the reasons Japan attacks Pearl Harbor? 12) What is the date of Pearl Harbor? 13) What is the date of D-Day? What is Operation Overlord? 14) What was the cost of World War II? 15) What was the Yalta Conference? 16) What did Stalin demand in return for his agreement to enter the war against Japan? 17) Did the U.S. have to drop Atomic weapons on Japan? 18) Who was Rosie the Riveter? 19) Name some ways women helped win WWII? 20) What was the Battle of the Bulge? 21) Who was the American Commander in Europe? Who were the American Commanders in the Pacific? 22) Why is the Battle of Midway important? 23) What was the Holocaust? Why did it happen?

Review for TEST WWI - The Great Depression

Amendments 15-19

What is important about Henry Ford? How did he change America?
What is important about Charles Lindbergh? How did he symbolize the times?
What were "pool operators" and how were they crooked?
How were stocks inflated? How did this cause the crash?
What was Black Thursday and Black Tuesday?
What was Hoover's view of Government relief programs?
What was the "Bonus Army"? What did it do? What happened to it?
What happened during the "Hundred Days"?
What was the WPA and what did it do?
What were some programs set up during the Depression that are still with us today?
What were Roosevelt's FIRESIDE CHATS and why did they become important?
Discuss the philosophical reasons World War I began.
What was the initial spark that began World War I?
Who were the allies? Who were the central powers?
List five advancements in technology that lead to high causalities.
Describe tench warfare.
What was the Lusitania?
Why did America eventually enter the war (list two reasons)?
When was the Russian Revolution?
Discuss the importance of the Battle of the Marne.
How did World War I change the United States?
Discuss the Treaty of Versailles. What did it do? Why did the U.S. reject it?
Who was Marcus Garvey? What were his ideas?
How was Harding's Presidency corrupt?
How did the 20s change America? (think consumer society, entertainment, sports, fashion, politics)
What was the Harlem Renaissance? List three members.
How did prohibition lead to the raise of organized crime? Who was Al Calpone?
What was the Dust Bowl?
Discuss entertainment during the 1930s?
Who was Huey Long? What did he promise people?
How did Roosevelt try and stack the Supreme Court?

Thursday 3/29

Today we are going to look at a few different websites, but first let's look at some literary and primary sources:

"Dulce et Decorum Est "

Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind.

Gas! GAS! Quick, boys! -- An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime . . .
Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under I green sea, I saw him drowning.

In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, --
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.


War Diaries

Victor Silvester

We went up into the front-line near Arras, through sodden and devastated countryside. As we were moving up to the our sector along the communication trenches, a shell burst ahead of me and one of my platoon dropped. He was the first man I ever saw killed. Both his legs were blown off and the whole of his face and body was peppered with shrapnel. The sight turned my stomach. I was sick and terrified, but even more frightened of showing it.

That night I had been asleep in a dugout about three hours when I woke up feeling something biting my hip. I put my hand down and my fingers closed on a big rat. It had nibbled through my haversack, my tunic and pleated kilt to get at my flesh. With a cry of horror I threw it from me.

Captain Bellenden

I have never seen a drearier sight than the salient in front of Ypres -- churned up mud with mucky shell holes and never a tree as far as the eye could reach. It was necessary to march single file on duck walk because of the mud for a distance of five or six miles when going in for a tour. We were machine-gunned and bombed from the air and subjected to a terrific shelling on the way in and nothing like a real trench system was possible, the line being held by a series of posts in shell holes.


To look at a copy of the Zimmerman Telegram go HERE

To see a listing of World War I recordings including the great hit of the war "OVER THERE" go HERE

To take a World War I test (you're learn something through the exercise and the winner gets 5 points) go HERE

World War I Questions

1) What ideas or ideologies lead to World War I?
2) Outline the specific events in 1914 that led to a World War.
3) What advancements in technology help create massive causalities?
4) How did the forming of alliances increase the likelihood of war?
5) List the Allies and the Central Powers during the war.
6) Explain how war in Europe brought an economic boom for the United States.
7) Briefly discuss the importance of the following battles: Marne, Verdun, Somme, Gallipoli, Argonne Forest.
8) Who was the U.S. General in Command during the war?
9) Write three questions of your own based on information that you found interesting in these sections.

ALSO PAGE 692 questions 5-17.

DUE: Thursday.

Classwork: Thursday and Friday 3/8 and 3/9

Read chapter 19 in your textbook, The American Journey and answer questions 5-22 on page 576-577.

Projects

Guidelines for PROJECTS:

1) Presentable - you have to present your projects.
2) It must use information from the packet: Don't Know Much About History. Must be able to be used as a review guide.
3) Length: 15 minutes
4) Spelling, Grammar, Neatness
5) Creativity

Remember this is a project grade and its worth 50 points. Do well and good luck at Regionals.

Don't Know Much About History

I want you to mark the following:

1) What you find most interesting in the reading - this will be shared.
2) What you find most important. NOTE: These two things aren't always the same.

As a guide you might want to know the following:


Be able to Identify the following people:

George Armstrong Custer
JP Morgan
W.E.B. Du Bois
James Butler Hickok
Theodore Roosevelt
Eugene Debs
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
John D. Rockefeller

Be able to discuss the Importance of the following:

The assassination of William McKinley
The Robber Barons and what they did
The Jungle
Why the Spanish American War was fought
Wounded Knee
Custer’s Last Stand
Jim Crow
Separate But Equal
How the 14th Amendment was used to protect corporations
The Panama Canal
Roosevelt and his “big stick”

Other questions:

What lands did America get from winning the Spanish-American War?
How did this war make America an Imperial Country?
How did Theodore Roosevelt rise in politics?

Tuesday Feb 21st

Today: Test on the Civil War

Wednesday - Friday: Don't Know Much About History: Monopolies in the 19th Century; The Wild West; The American Empire.

Next Week: ?

CIVIL TEST

Friday Feb. 17th.

Monday January 13th

Finish Zinn chapter 9.

Begin reviewing for CIVIL WAR FINAL.

Homework for Trip

Finish reading Zinn chapter 9, Study and Know the following information:


3) What was the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment?
4) How was the 14th Amendment reinterpreted? How was the 15th Amendment interrupted?
5) List ways a slave rebelled.
6) Zinn tries to show slavery from a slaves perspective, what are three things he says?
7) After the Civil War how did the South prevent former slaves from attaining power?
8) Why didn't former slaves more after the Civil War?
9) Name two slave uprisings.
10) How many people died in the Civil War?
11) Give the dates of the war.

Battles:
Gettysburg
Appomattox
Antietam
Shiloh
Bull Run
Chancellorsville
Sherman’s March to the Sea

People:
Albert Sidney Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Joe Johnson
Joe Hooker
Tecumseh Sherman
Robert E Lee
Thomas Stonewall Jackson
A.P. Hill
James Longstreet
Booker T Washington
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglas

1) Why does the author suggest that John Brown had a sense of humor?
2) What was John Brown's plan?
3) Why did John Brown become a symbol?
4) When and why did South Carolina succeed from the Union?
5) List some of the advantages of the North at the beginning of the war. List some of the advantages of the South at the beginning of the war.
6) List some of the (5) famous battles of the Civil War with a brief description of each.
7) How do you view Lincoln's suspension of "the writ of habeas corpus"?
8) What if Lee's plan had not been found at the battle of Antiem?
9) What was the reconstruction?
10) Why did the Klu Klux Klan form?
11) Discuss Andrew Johnson's impeachment.


How did the Civil War shape our lives today?

Name three ways the Civil War changed the South.

What constitutional right did Lincoln suspend?

List the four border states.

Why did West Virginia form?

What disadvantages did the South fact?

Why did the Confederate States believe they had a right to leave the Union?

What were the three main strategies of the Union?

What was the average age of soldiers who fought in the Civil War?

What was the outcome of Bull Run?

Discuss the Battle of Shiloh.

What were Lincoln’s reasons for the Emancipation Proclamation?

What did the 13th Amendment do?

How was the Civil War a rich man’s war but a poor man’s fight?

Discuss the draft laws in the north.

Discuss the importance of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.

How did Sherman use “Total War” against the South?

Who were the Presidents of the Confederacy and the United States during the Civil War?

What, exactly, did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

February 6th

Today we will continue working on Civil War projects. Remember - you must cite your sources in proper MLA format.

Civil War Projects

You will be assigned one of the following battles: Shiloh, Chancellorsville, Cold Harbor, Gettysburg, or Chickamauga. You will need to the following:

1) Research descriptions and overview of the battle, its importance to the war, key figures from both sides, dates, reasons why the battle was fought and the outcome. You should also include the strategy of both sides.
2) You will also need to list 4 important world events during the time of the battle.
3) You will need information on casualties, food rations for each side, and the cost of the Civil War compared to other wars the United States fought (up through the Gulf War).
4) You'll need to list your sources in proper MLA format.
5) You'll need photos of your key figures and battlefield.
6) You'll need to compile and present all this information on a SEPARATE BLOG or a website that you create. Meaning you'll need to either create a new blog and call it, for example, COLD HARBOR, or create a website and do the same.

This will be due next week (probably Wednesday or Thursday - depending).

POINTS: 120.

Friday January 27th

Today: Read the 2nd part of "Don't Know Much About HIstory", answer questions from yesterday (from the board or listed before in a previous post), and prepare for quiz.

Quiz?
CIVIL WAR:

How did the Civil War shape our lives today?

Name three ways the Civil War changed the South.

What constitutional right did Lincoln suspend?

List the four border states.

Why did West Virginia form?

What disadvantages did the South fact?

Why did the Confederate States believe they had a right to leave the Union?

What were the three main strategies of the Union?

What was the average age of soldiers who fought in the Civil War?

What was the outcome of Bull Run?

Discuss the Battle of Shiloh.

What were Lincoln’s reasons for the Emancipation Proclamation?

What did the 13th Amendment do?

How was the Civil War a rich man’s war but a poor man’s fight?

Discuss the draft laws in the north.

Discuss the importance of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.

How did Sherman use “Total War” against the South?

Who were the Presidents of the Confederacy and the United States during the Civil War?

What, exactly, did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Civil War

Objectives: Know and be able to write a brief description for the following people, battles, and questions.

People:
Winfield Scott
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Jeb Stuart
Tecumseh Sherman
Joe Hooker
Joe Johnson
Albert Sidney Johnson
George McCellan
John Wilkes Booth

Battles:
Bull Run
Shiloh
Antietam
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Chickamauga
Cold Harbor
Sherman's March to the Sea
Appomattox Courthouse

Questions:
What was the cost of the Civil War (both the financial cost and the cost in human life)
What was the Reconstruction? How did the Reconstruction change the South?
Why did the North win the war?
Why did the South succeed from the Union? What was the date of the first state succeeded?
Why was President Johnson impeached?

School Work for next two weeks

1) Read "Don't Know Much About History" and answer study questions.
2) Read Chapter 15 in your textbook - answer questions 11-21 on page 456
3) Read Chapter 16 in your textbook - answer questions 5-18
4) Review with Mr. F for quiz

Group Projects

Manifest Destiny Projects: 50 points.

TOPICS to Choose from:

1) Texan War for Independence
Create a poster with the following:
A) A Map with two major battles
B) List of three important people involved
C) A paragraph about why the War was important and how it influenced future events
D) Costs of lives and money
E) Photos/Paintings of the War

2) Mexican-American War
Create a poster with the following:
A) A Map with two major battles
B) List of three important people involved
C) A paragraph about why the War was important and how it influenced future events
D) Costs of lives and money
E) Photos/paintings of the War

3) California Gold Rush/James Polk

A) Reasons why the Gold Rush was important
B) Map of the Gold Rush
C) A paragraph about why the Gold Rush was important and how it influenced future events
D) List of James Polk's promises
E) Photos of important people connected with the Gold Rush

Manifest Destiny 1/5

Objectives: Understanding the reasons behind the Texan War for Independence and The Mexican- American War.

Note: James K Polk is considered by many historians one of the great Presidents. He is the only President to accomplish everything he promised to do before elected. What do you think of his promises?

Today we are going to read chapter 12 in your textbooks and begin answering the study questions.

Chapter 12

Sections 1-4

1) What was Manifest Destiny?
2) The Oregon Territory consisted of what area? Who claimed it?
3) Who were the Mountain Men?
4) Why was the Oregon Trail important?
5) Discuss the meaning behind the slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"?
6) James Polk made what promises to the American public during the election of 1844 (list four - you might need to look up on the internet).
7) Discuss how Texas became independent.
8) Discuss the battles of The Alamo and San Jacinto.
9) How long did it take the U.S. to annex Texas? Why?
10) How did the Mexican-American War start? Why did it start? Was it a "Just War"?
11) What was the American response to the war?
12) List the major battles of the war.
13) What was the cost of the war?
14) Why was the California Gold Rush important?
15) Answer the following questions on page 380 - #6 - #10, #13-#15.

Manifest Destiny - 1/4

Manifest Destiny changed America and influences the Texan War of Independence and The Mexican-American War as well as the Spanish-American War. You need a good understanding of it.

Assignment: Go to this History Site - HERE to get a brief overview of what Manifest Destiny was. Then I want you to look at the painting on this blog and write a short (5-10 sentence) blog entry on the following:



This picture (at the top of this blog) is entitled ‘Manifest Destiny’. Explain how the artist uses the objects and people in the picture to encourage people to fulfil their Manifest Destiny.


HOMEWORK: (These are due on Friday) read chapter 12 in your textbook and answer the following:


Chapter 12

Sections 1-4

1) What was Manifest Destiny?
2) The Oregon Territory consisted of what area? Who claimed it?
3) Who were the Mountain Men?
4) Why was the Oregon Trail important?
5) Discuss the meaning behind the slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"?
6) James Polk made what promises to the American public during the election of 1844 (list four - you might need to look up on the internet).
7) Discuss how Texas became independent.
8) Discuss the battles of The Alamo and San Jacinto.
9) How long did it take the U.S. to annex Texas? Why?
10) How did the Mexican-American War start? Why did it start? Was it a "Just War"?
11) What was the American response to the war?
12) List the major battles of the war.
13) What was the cost of the war?
14) Why was the California Gold Rush important?
15) Answer the following questions on page 380 - #6 - #10, #13-#15.