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United States History Unit One Immigration, Encounters, Independence S Standards Identify the reasons for European exploration and colonization in North America. Analyze the economic, social, and political growth of the 13 colonies. Analyze the causes of the American Revolution. Trace the development of the American republic. Describe the form of government established by the Constitution Understand how the Constitution is a “living document”. Analyze the concept of Manifest Destiny and its effect on the United States and its people. Analyze the economic, social, and political effects of immigration on the United States S 1. Why did Europeans immigrate to North America? (pgs. 21-26) S Joint stock companies S Puritans S Quakers S Indentured servants S Summary S Notes Colony of Jamestown 2. How did colonies thrive/survive economically? What types of governments formed in the colonies? (pgs. 28-30) S S Mercantilism S Purpose of the Navigation Acts S Self Determination S Summary Notes Tobacco Field 3. Describe the causes and the consequences of the French and Indian War. (pgs. 37-39, 46-51) S Proclamation of 1763 S The Sugar Act S The Stamp Act S Boston Massacre S Boston Tea Party S The Intolerable Acts S Continental Army S Olive Branch Petition S Notes S Summary Boston Massacre 4. What political ideals motivated the colonists to rise up against King George III? (pgs. 52-53) S John Locke’s beliefs about government S Thomas Paine S Unalienable rights S Concept of political equality S July 2, 1776 S Summary Notes 5. How did the inferior Continental Army defeat the British and win independence? (pg. 59 – 63) S S Battle of Trenton S Battle of Saratoga S Valley Forge S Marquis de Lafayette S Battle at Yorktown S Treaty of Paris S egalitarianism S Summary S Notes 6. What principles did the delegates at the Constitutional Convention strive to infuse into the new government? (pgs. 68-71) S Division of power S Federalism S Checks and balances S Civil liberties S Relevance S Summary S Notes 7. What was the concept of Manifest Destiny? What other reasons did Americans look to migrate West? (pgs. 130 – 138) Louisiana Purchase Oregon Trail James K. Polk Texas Independence Santa Fe Trail Actions that instigated war with Mexico Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo The Gadsden Purchase Summary S Notes 49ers John O”Sullivan wrote of the unique mission of Americans, but also a belief in America as the vessel of the progress of civilization. “Away, away with all these cobweb tissues of rights of discovery, exploration, settlement, contiguity….Our claim is by the right of our manifest destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federative self government entrusted to us.” America in the 19th Century 8. What was the United States’ government’s policy in regard to Native Americans? (pgs. 204-208) S Sand Creek Massacre S The Battle of the Hundred Slain S The Battle of Little Big Horn S The Battle of Wounded Knee S Summary S Notes Between 1869-76 there were more than 200 conflicts between indians and the United states army. The Plains Indians who had horses were bold and could win isolated victories, as when Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse massacred General Custers troops totally in the battle of Little Big Horn 1876.But every victory lead to a more intense warfare from the whites. The Apache chief Geronimos capitulation in 1886, the murder of Sitting Bull in 1890 and the Massacre at Wounded Knee in the same year marks the indians final defeat. They who survived were put on Reservations, areas that the whites found worthless. 9. Where did immigrants to the United States in the 19th century generally come from and what were their reasons for coming to America? (pgs. 254-259) S Ellis Island S Angel Island S Melting Pot S Nativism S Summary S Notes Between 1880 and 1920, America experienced a sea of social change. More than 20 million immigrants flocked to these shores, infusing America with new vitality and raising new questions about the constitutional rights of labor and minority groups. 10. What effect did World War I have on immigrants and minorities in America? (pgs. 391-393) S liberty measles – S Espionage and Sedition Acts S Eugene V. Debs S No Conscription League S The Great Migration S Causes of the Great Migration Summary S Notes The Great Migration was the movement of 1.3 million African Americans out of theSouthern United States to the North, Midwest and West from 1910 to 1930. Precise estimates of the number of migrants depend on the time frame. African Americans migrated to escape racism and seek employment opportunities in industrial cities. Some historians differentiate between the First Great Migration(1910–40), numbering about 1.6 m 11. What were the characteristics of the Great Depression? (pgs. 472-474) S Shantytowns S Soupkitchens S Breadlines S Lynchings S Deportation S Foreclosure S Dust Bowl S Okies S Notes S Summary For eight years dust blew on the southern plains. It came in a yellowish-brown haze from the South and in rolling walls of black from the North. The simplest acts of life — breathing, eating a meal, taking a walk — were no longer simple. Children wore dust masks to and from school, women hung wet sheets over windows in a futile attempt to stop the dirt. farmers watched helplessly as their crops blew away. Driving Question – What factors have made immigration a significant issue throughout the history of our country? Why is immigration still a hot button issue today?
