U'S' History Review Unit 1492 to 1900

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• U.S. History Review Unit ? 1492 to 1900
• Focus Questions
• What are the origins of the U.S.?
• What were the key early developments?
• How did the U.S. change as it expanded?

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Pre-Revolution Developments

• 1492 ? Columbus reaches the Americas
• 1607 ? Jamestown 1st English settlement
• 1619 ? House of Burgesses
• 1620 ? Mayflower Plymouth
• 17541763 ? French and Indian War
• 1763 ? Proclamation of 1763
• 1765 ? The Stamp Act
• 1770 ? Boston Massacre
• 1773 ? Boston Tea Party
• 1774-1775 ? 1st 2nd Continental Congress

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The American Revolution

• 1775-1783 ? Revolutionary War
• 1775 ? Lexington and Concord
• 1776 ? Declaration of Independence
• 1777 ? Battle of Saratoga (Turning Point)
• ? Articles of Confederation (ratified 1781)
• 1781 ? Surrender at Yorktown
• 1783 ? Treaty of Paris

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Early United States

• 1787 ? Constitutional Convention
• 1788 ? Constitution ratified
• 1789 ? 1st U.S. President
• George Washington
• 1791 ? Bill of Rights added

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Early U.S. Expansion

• 1803 ? Louisiana Purchase
• 1804-1806 ? Lewis and Clark Expedition
• 1812-1814 ? War of 1812
• 1820 ? Missouri Compromise
• 1823 ? Monroe Doctrine
• 1830 ? Indian Removal Act
• Trail of Tears
• 1848 ? Seneca Falls, NY
• Womens Rights

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Continued Expansion

• 1800s ? Industrial Revolution
• Textile factories, power, growth of other
  industry/transportation
• 1800s ? Westward Expansion Manifest Destiny
• Gold Rush, land rush, Native American removal
• 1800s ? Immigration continues (N W Europe)
• 1846-1848 ? Mexican American War
• 1800s ? Southern Agriculture
• Cash cropsex cotton
• Slave labor ? 20 million slaves entered the
  Americas
• Abolition movement growsSectionalism

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Sectionalism Civil War

• 1600s 1865 ? Slavery in the U.S.
• 1850 ? Compromise of 1850
• 1854 ? Kansas-Nebraska Act
• 1857 ? Dred Scott Decision
• 1859 ? Harpers Ferry John Brown
• 1860 ? Abraham Lincoln elected President
• 1860-1861 ? South secedes Confederate States of
  America
• 1861-1865 ? The Civil War
• 1861 ? Fort Sumter
• 1863 ? Emancipation Proclamation Battle of
  Gettysburg
• 1865 ? Confederacy surrenders at Appomattox
• ? Lincoln Assassinated

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Post-Civil War America

• Reconstruction (1865-1877)
• Civil War Amendments
• 1865 ? 13th Amendment ended slavery
• 1868 ? 14th Amendment citizenship
• 1870 ? 15th Amendment voting rights

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Continued Growth Expansion

• 1869 ? Transcontinental RR complete
• Late 1800s ? more RR expansion
• 1860s 1890 ? Movement West conflict with
  Native Americans
• Late 1800s ? 2nd Industrial Revolution
• Steel Oil Industries emerge
• Late 1800s ? Rise of Big Businesscapitalism
• Rockefeller, Carnegie, Vanderbilt, Pullman
• Labor Unions emerge
• Late 1800s ? Transportation, Communication,
  Invention ?
• Street cars, cable cars, subway, cars
• Telegraph, typewriter, telephone, phonograph,
  electricity/light bulb
• 1880s 1920s ? Immigration (S E Europe)

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