25,000 years of u.s history. 1) 25,000 b.c. migration from asia to north america across the bering...
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25,000 Years of U.S History
1) 25,000 B.C.
• Migration from Asia to North America across the Bering Land Bridge
2) 1000 A.D.
• Leif Erickson sailed across the coast of North America
3) 1492
• Christopher Columbus discovered America
• Columbus first set out for his voyage on August 3, 1492 and spotted land October 12, 1492.
• He called the island San Salvador (today known as The Bahamas)
4) 1609
• Jamestown Settled
• First permanent English settlement in the United States
5) 1600s to late 1700s
• North America is colonized by the European powers – Great Britain– France– Spain
6) 1776-1784
• American Revolution
• 13 colonies joined together to break free from the British Empire
• 1776 Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence
• War ended in October 1781 with British abandonment of any claims to the United States
7) 1803
• Lewis and Clark survey the Louisiana Purchase
• Acquisition of 828,800 square miles of French Territory in the United States
• Purchased during Thomas Jefferson’s presidency
8) 1812
• War with Britain• U.S. declared war on Britain for:
– Trade restrictions– British support of American Indian tribes
against American expansion
• White House burned– British Army occupied Washington DC and set
fire to many public buildings like the White House and Capitol buildings
9) 1861-1865
• U.S. Civil War
• 11 Southern States formed the Confederacy
• First shots fired April 1861 at Fort Sumter in South Carolina
10) 1869
• Railroads connected from coast to coast
• Last spike laid in Utah, joining the Union Pacific rail with the Central Pacific Railroad
11) 1890
• Last Indian Battle; Frontier Officially closed
12) 1898
• Spanish American War
• U.S. was upset at Spanish atrocities and the sinking of the USS Maine
• War lasted from April 1898 – August 1898
Progressivism-Movement that believe
honest and efficient government could bring
about social justiceGoals:
1.Make the government responsible
2.To end corruption
Muckrakers- reporters (like Jacob Riis and
Upton Sinclair) who uncovered and exploited society’s issues.
Exs.
-How the poor live
-The meatpacking industry
Organizations designed to help
minorities--NAACP
-Mutualistas
Acts concerning food (that Teddy Roosevelt passed)
- Meat Inspection Act- Pure Food and Drug Act
What was lacking at the Triangle Shirt Waste Factory?
What is suffrage?
What was the Temperance movement?
What is the 19th amendment?
What is imperialism?Pros-
Cons-
Spanish American War
- Who?- Where?- Yellow Journalism?- USS Maine?- Manilla Bay?- Rough Riders?- Results?
Why did Filipino’s rebel against US rule?
What warfare was used?
Great White Fleet?
“Big Stick” Diplomacy-What is the African
saying?
Basics of Panama Canal?
-Which oceans it connects?
-Malaria control?
-How many miles did it save?