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Mar 27, 1401
Unit 1: Native Americans
Native Americans/Indians hunt for there food or they will grow it, because in this period of time there are no stores or anything like today. Depending on the group/tribe they come from is what they hunt or grow. All of the tribes lived in open areas where there was only nature. -
Mar 27, 1401
Unit 1: Gender roles
Many women are shared in labor but neverfor hunting which this is called gender roles. Based on your gender is how they separated what ever person did. For kids it was expected for them to learn how to cook and things like that. For a women ment it they own the home while men's work involved more travel. -
Mar 27, 1401
Unit 1: Capitalism
-Capitalism is an economic system characterized by private property, generally free trade, and open accessible markets. This system was made so that other parts of the world could trade with other people. -
Apr 29, 1500
Unit 2: Fur Trade
The french maintained a prominent interest in the fur trade. Fur was mainly pursued in Quebec which was what the French called the North American settlement. The fur trade was a really big importance because it would eventually lead to war between England and France and also it was the creation of cooperation between the frnch and the Native Americans. -
Unit 2: Jamestown
Tobacco was America's largest export over a century. Jamestown flourished because of tobacco and this made Jamestown America's first boom town. -
Unit 2: Native Americans make contact with Pilgrims
Native americans wanted the pilgrams protective gears (weapons) in exchange for them to stay on their land. This was when the pilgrims made first contact with the Native Americans. But local Native Americans helped pilgrims grow crops which taught them how to plant and grow their own food. -
Unit 3: Taxes on Tea
The British raised taxes on the colonists of tea which started the Revolution. This caused the British government to apply acts which were the stamp act, the Townshend Tariffs, and the Tea Act. The colonists demand the same rights as other British subjects. -
Unit 3: Boston Tea Party
Members of sons of Liberty boarded ships in Boston Harbor and dumped nearly a million dollars in prodct. This was caused because in response to the continued taxes on British tea. This is known as the Boston Tea Party. The effect it had on the American colonies was that this inspired other countries to other protests across the colonies. -
Unit 3: Shay's Rebellion
Shay's rebellion was when farmers in the western and many veterans were angered at state for calling all debts owned and seizing land. Daniel shay led charge to violent protests. -
Unit 4: Industrial Revolution
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin thst separated the seeds from raw cotton fibers.This was an ongoing effort over many decades to increase production by using machines powered by sources other than humans or animals. -
Unit 4: Steamboat
Robert Fulton designed a steam engine for a steamboat that could move against the current of a river or against the wind. The Steamboat created more opportunites for trade and transportation on rivers. -
Unit 5: Texas is part of Mexico
Many american farmers and ranchers moved to Texas because of cheapland and relative freedom from government oversight. -
Unit 4: The Telegraph
The telegraph was invented by Samuel Morse. With the telegraph it took only seconds to communicate with another city. This was one of the inventions that brought the people of the nation closer to each other. -
Unit 4: Transportation Advances
Turnpikes, or toll roads, linked many towns to the Eastern U.S. This was quickly the most successful way to travel. Aslo with this came the railroad that was a cheap method of connecting the country. This made a quick way of transporting goods and people across vast distance. -
Unit 7: The Grange
The Grange was in response to farmers isolation, which helped farmers form cooperatives which bought goods in large quantites at lower prices. -
Unit 6: Transcontinental Railroads
Railroads made a big impact on the organizations of big businesses because they allowed them to expand across the country. Also by having more railroads ment more oil. -
Unit 6: The Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone which without his invention we would not have cell phones for could talk to people by a phone. Let us communicate with others without having to travel. -
Unit 6: Phonograph
This was also an invention of Thomas Edison. With this invention it led people listen to music for the first time. -
Unit 6: light bulb
Thomas Edison invented the light bulb which gave America and the whole world as we no it today as light. Before his invention we would had to light a candle every single time we needed light. Now a days we just flip on a switch and light comes on. -
Unit 6: Motion picture camera
The motion picture camera was also another one of Thomas Edisons inventions that allowed people to watch something. It didn't even matter if you did not speak the language. There was a way to enjoy the film with others. With this led to the invention of now movies . -
Unit 7:The Panic of 1893
The panic caused several major corps to go bankrup, triggered a stock market crash, over-extend investments, and over 16,000 businesses disappeared, all of this was after cleveland took office. By 1895, unemployment reached 3 million. -
Unit 6: Pull manstrike
The Pull manstrike was when workers grew violent with many protesters destroying rail lines and equipment. The cause of this was because of wage cuts and layoffs. -
Unit 6: The Organized Labor Movement
Some methods that factories and other companies used to maximze profits and reduce costs were by hiring children and immigrants that would work for low wages. They forced workers to work 12 hour days and 6 day work weeks, and little attention was given to safety. Many workers died from factory accidents. -
Unit 7: Anthracite Coal Strike
The Anthracite coal strike was when miners wanted shorter days and higher wages and owners would not negotiate. For the first time U.S government took the side of labor in a dispute. -
Unit 7: Model T Car
Henry Ford made the model t car which was the most successful/ affordable car at that time. -
Unit 7: The Panama Canal
The Panama Canal cut travel time in half. Instead of going around the tip of South America, boats could simply cut through the canal. -
Unit 7: Women's Jobs
Women's suffrage led to more factory jobs for women in textile industry, where other women found jobs as telephone or telegraph operators, secretaries, or typists. Some women entered into the world of academia (but not all could afford college). -
Unit 8: Penicillin
Penicillin is an anti-biotic that helped prevent deaths caused by bacteria. -
Unit 7; Great Depression
The Great Depression brought bank failures,businesses closed,unemployment reached 25%, and families lost their homes and farms. President Hoover was to blame for the Great Depression because of his hands off government policies, for causing the economy to go off course. -
Unit 7: The Tennesse Valley Authority
The Tennesse Valley Authority brought jobs that entailed constructing power plants that brought electricity to the region. Also other jobs involved in the creation and construction of series dams that prevented flooding. -
Unit 7: Women step up
During WWII women were working in factories for the very first time in history, while the men were at war in Germany. This marked an important event because women before were not allowed to work other in small things that most men would not do. -
Unit 8: Television
Television made a big impact on popular culture when rock-n-roll grew into popularity thanks to the images seen on t.v. Also it made it easier to receive new and international events that were going on -
Unit 8: Sputnik 1
The Soviet Union (USSR) launched the Sputnik 1 into space. This suprised many Americans because of its advances in technology that even the U.S didn't have. -
Unit 8: NASA
Congress created NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Act) for space exploration. -
Unit 8: SALT 1
SALT 1 was when each nation agreed to reduce the number of nuclear missiles in its arsenal in exchange for the U.S supplying the soviets with much-nedded grain over the next 3 years. -
Unit 9: Bill Gates
Bill Gates developed the technology to create the personal computers. He co-found microsoft ,which became the world's largest PC software company. -
Unit 9: Portable Telephone
The first portable telephones were introduced to the people at prices only the wealthy could afford. -
Unit 9: Iran Contra Scandal
The Iran Contra Scandal was when 7 Americans were held hostage in Iran. In an effort to release them Regean's administration offered to sell Iran weapons in exchange. The money from the weapons would be used to fund the rebellion of anti- communist fighters in the Latin American country of Nicaragua. -
Unit 9: Internet
Tim Berners-Lee introduced the world into the (WWW) World Wide Web. Which this develpoed from small networks to large networks where anybody could creat a web page. -
Unit 9: NAFTA
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) removed all tarriffs on trade between the United States, Candda, and Mexico.
