Here is once again access to all of the notes from in-class for all topics from Early Indigenous Peoples to the Civil War... (for those of you on the skinny, this will go further than what you need), for those of you on the block this will cover our in-class notes from Chapters 1-11.
Early Indigenous People's
French & Indian War
American Revolution
War 1812
Westward Expansion
Manifest Destiny
Causes of the Civil War
Civil War Timeline
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This portion below is a list of all of the essential questions that you need to know for the first 11 chapters of information from the textbook, in-class notes, and activities to be successful on the essay exam.
Indigenous People’s & Exploration
Theories of Arrival: Coastal Migration vs. Land Bridge.
In what ways were Native Americans the true founding fathers?
(Address Mayan, Inca, & Aztec Contributions).
What motives did explorers have that brought them to the New World?
Who were Marco Polo, Ferdinand Magellan, & Christopher Columbus.
Where did they go? Why? How did each change world?
What were the consequences of contact between European and Natives?
Colonization & the Slave Trade
What is the difference between the Columbian Exchange and the Triangle Trade? What was exchanged? How did the Atlantic slave trade develop?
Why was slavery adopted throughout the Americas instead of other forms of labor? What is the difference between and indentured servant and a slave?
What motives did colonists have for coming to the Americas?
How did geography affect the economic development of the three colonial regions? (i.e. Regions of Colonies & Purposes of Regions.) What were the 13 Original Colonies, General Purposes for Settlement, Countries of Origin.
Why did conflict arise in North America between England and the American Indian Nations? (Explain the French & Indian War and how this contributed to growing tensions between the colonists, Britain, and the eventual end result of the American Revolution.)
American Revolution
Identify and explain the specific reasons the Revolutionary War was fought.
Specific Acts/Laws: Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act, Intolerable Act.
Explain How Tensions Grew: Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Continental Congress Meetings. Thomas Paine's Common Sense & the Declaration of Independence.
Why did the British look down on the colonists?
What were the motives of becoming a Patriot vs. a Loyalist?
What were the strengths and weaknesses of each side in the war?
Explain at least three major turning points in the war.
Lexington & Concord.
Fighting Styles.
Strengths & Weaknesses.
Main Battles: Bunker Hill, Trenton, Saratoga, & Yorktown.
What is the end result of the American Revolution? (Treaty of Paris)
What impact did the Revolutionary War have on women, men, enslaved, and free African Americans and American Indians?
Lessons Learned – Impact Today?
Starting a New Nation
Identify and explain the Declaration of Independence.
Identify and explain the Articles of Confederation.
Explain the Drama @ the Convention… What Compromises were made…
(The Great Compromise vs. the 3/5 Compromise)
Identify and explain the Constitution & the Bill of Rights.
What are they and why are they significant?
Explain the checks and balances of our government system.
Explain early challenges our nation faced to establish itself.
(Napoleonic Threat & the eventual War of 1812)
Westward Expansion
Identify and explain the sequence and acquisition of territory.
French & Indian War. Explain difference in relationship between Natives and British and Natives and French. How fighting styles were different. Why significant/important? What acquired? From Who?
Louisiana Purchase. What acquired? From Who? Why significant/important?
War of 1812. Who against? What over/about? Burning of Important Landmarks. National Anthem. Major Battles. End result?
Mexican-American War. What is it? Major conflicts/battles. Annexation of TX, Alamo, End result?
Describe Manifest Destiny. What is it? Justifications/reasons.
American, Mexican, & Native-American Perspective. What are the three perspectives on Manifest Destiny: Mexican, American, & Indian?
Westward Expansion: What is it? Where do we expand to? How travel? Who goes & why? Resources found? Oregon Trail. Life in the West.
What is the end result of Westward Expansion (Both Positive & Negative)?
Civil War
Identify and explain the causes and conflicts behind the Civil War.
Describe the Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott Decision, and the Key Differences Dividing the North & South, Fugitive Slave Law, Pottowatomi Creek Killings.(Must Go Beyond Just Slavery).
List Key Battles from the American Civil War & Their Result.
What is the outcome of the Civil War?
Lessons Learned – Impact Today?
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REMEMBER... AS ALWAYS YOU CAN MAKE A 3x5 NOTECARD... Study, Study, Study. Block Class, your unit two exam on chapters 1-11 (Indigenous Peoples-Civil War) is on Thursday, Skinny Class your unit one exam on Indigenous People-American Revolution is on Friday).
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