Beginning of the 19th centuryCivil War

Wars with Indians

AMERICAN HISTORY II

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Beginning of the 19th century many European immigrants:

east + north = industry (abolished slavery by 1800)

south = slavery on plantations1803 Lousiana bought from France1819 Florida bought from Spain for 4mil.$1812-1814 American - British War loss

Canada remained British1845 Texas 1846 - 48 American - Mexican War

California and other states joined the UNION

Preparation for the Civil WarAbraham Lincoln

elected as the president in 1860US split in 2 parts:

The Unionnorthern states

The Confederate States of Americasouthern states

Abraham LincolnAutor: Alexander Gardner, Název: Abraham Lincoln head on shoulders photo portrait.png

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Civil War1861 – 1865

The Union:Lincoln, Washingtonsupport slavery abolitionRepublicansnorth: higher population, industry, weapons, roads,

General Grant

The Confederate States of America:Jefferson DavisRichmondDemocrats, southattacked Fort Sumter - 1861south: less population, but knew the terrain,

General Lee

Civil WarAutor: Júlio Reis, Název: US map 1864 Civil War divisions.svg

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Consequences of the Civil War decisive battle at Gettysburg1863 Emancipation Proclamation

1865- 1877 the reconstruction, 1866 Ku Klux Klan

great economic development after 1890

1898 - American-Spanish War Portorico, Guam, Samoa etc.

IndiansFacts:

300 tribes, diverse communityregarded as savages/barbarians X not

Christiansdiseases: mumps, chicken pox, alcoholismbadly treated Indians – plantations – escapes1830 – Removal Act1st Indian reservation 1853 / Calif.

Culture: story telling, rituals, music, cyclic perception of

time, nature, sense of community, democratic ideas

Frontier = homeland

Wars with Indians1609 - 1924

3 – 5 million…1800 – 600,000…1890 – 250,000…20th cent. – 4 mill. / mixed races

now 310 reserv., 550 tribes – sovereignty ( Cheyenne, Apache, Navajo, Shoshone, Cherokee, Pueblo, Lakota,…)

more than 40 wars, 30,000 Indians died Texas – Indian Wars:

Texas X Comanchesbrutal: ‘dead Indian = good Indian’Texas Rangers

Sioux Wars: Little Big Horn (Montana) – 1876:

Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse X General Custer + 7th U.S. Cavalry

Wounded Knee Creek (S. Dakota) - 1890

Sitting BullAutor: David F. Barry, Název: Sitting Bull.jpg

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Autor DUM: Mgr. Darina Sikorová

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