Thursday, February 25, 2010

Civil War Part 6 Review

Civil War Part 6 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition. Where it says from a certain number that tells you what number it is from in your notebook.

What did Union do when came across African Americans early in the war? Early in the war African Americans were either freed or put to work


What is Emancipation Proclamation? The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by lincoln


Why does Lincoln issue proclamation? Lincoln forms a plan to free all slaves


What effect does proclamation have? Had mixed reactions in north and made Africans Americans eager to join to fight


How African Americans participated in the war: Soon The Union began to include African Americans in army starting with 54th mass who led assault on fort Wagner outside of Charleston


Describe Life in North during War: Loss of cotton hurt northern textile industry


Describe Life in South During War:Economic resources became unreachable and Union blockade forced south to rely on own farms and factories which had trouble supplying military and population


Describe Life of Soldiers during the War: Gave many first state taste of travel. New war tech meant more death and worse wounds

Describe Life of Women during the War: With men at war women took care of family business, farms, and plantations. Many helped out in camp with stuff like cooking and laundry. And other helped through healing wounds as nurses

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Civil War Part 5 Review

Civil War Part 5 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

What two strategies does Grant use to win the war? Defeat Lee wherever he may be and also strike civilian population

Describe how Grant takes it to Lee: Grant took control of western army and battles lee at wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor. These battles caused major losses on both sides

Describe Sherman’s March to the Sea: Confeds could not stop Sherman who looted, pillaged, and set fire to everything in his path including burning Atlanta before marching to savannah

Describe the Battle of Petersburg: Grant employs siege strategy at Petersburg and after several weeks of fighting Lee ordered retreat of petersburg

Describe Lee’s surrender: On April 9, 1865 Lee Officially surrenders, but takes till June to get other scattered forces to surrender.

Describe the death of Lincoln: Lincoln happened to be at the fords theatre and John Wilkes Booth came from behind and shoots him in the head.

Bell Ringer

The way had left their home a disaster that they couldnt do anything about it like fix it, at this time they couldnt repair their homes

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Movie Clip question

The south didnt have much of a strategy, they just rushed in and tried the frontal assault which didnt work

Bell Ringer

a battle at that time was chaotic and frustrating, anyday could of been your day to die. especially out there on a battle field in front of thousands of soldiers marching towards you

Civil War Part 4

1.he thought he could have a good chance of making a good impact on the union so he marched to penn.
2.Lee's men run into fed cavarly to northwest of gettysburg, feds call for support which is now run by george meade.
3.Lee orders general longstreet to attack from the south end of battle line, which longstreet fails to succeed
4.Lee again tried one more time attacking in the morning with a major cannon attack meant to break union troops, he then orders a full frontal assault on cementary ridge.
5.lincoln came and gave a speech for like 3 min. honoring the dead

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Bell Ringer

What disadvantages do you see texans having in the battle?
- the attack was unexpected and they werent prepared either and also it was at night!!!

Mexican American War Review

Mexican American War Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Why was there tension between Mexicans and the American settlers to Texas?they continued to use slavery, people became concerned in texas and wanted greater autonomy and adapt their own constitution

Describe the Battle of the Alamo and why it was fought?the battle was fought thinking that texas might surrender. They ended up killing everyone in the alamo

Describe Sam Houston’s defeat of Santa Ana:after the defeat they made him sign a treaty that gave him more land

Describe the US’s annexation of Texas: Houston asked US to annex texas and Jackson agreed but congress did not

Describe how Polk provokes the Mexican’s into war: he endorsed texas claim of all territory surrendered by santa ana inflaming border war

Describe the Military aspects of the Mexican American War: zach taylor and Winfield scott achieved great success with other famous officers. They won every battle seizing new mexico, cali, monterrey, Mexican port, Veracruz and mexico city

Describe what the US gets from the Treaty ending the Mexican American War: US ended up having texas border at rio grande, cali, and new mexico.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

borat 2

Birth of a Nation Webquest Words

1. Articles of Confederation - the first constitution of the United States of America and legally established the union of the states
2. Shay’s Rebellion - was an armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts from 1786 to 1787
3. Great Compromise - was an agreement between large and small states reached during the Philadelphia Convention of 1787
4. federalism - is a political concept in which a group of members are bound together with a governing representative head
5. Three-Fifth’s Compromise -
6. Whiskey Rebellion - was a popular uprising that had its beginnings in 1791 and culminated in an insurrection in 1794 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7. Little Turtle
8. Alien and Sedition Acts
9. Northwest Ordnance of 1787
10. Louisiana Purchase
11. Monroe Doctrine
12. impressments
13. Star Spangled Banner
14. Eerie Canal
15. Samuel Slater
16. Eli Whitney
17. Horace Mann
18. Temperance Movement
19. Seneca Falls Convention
20. Indian Removal Act
21. Alamo
22. Frederick Douglas
23. William Lloyd Garrison
24. Missouri Compromise
25. Nullification Crisis
26. Wilmot Proviso
27. Compromise of 1850
28. Underground Railroad
29. Harriet Beecher Stowe
30. Kansas-Nebraska Act
31. John Brown
32. Nat Turner
33. Dred Scott
34. Jefferson Davis
35. Robert E Lee
36. Anaconda Plan
37. border state
38. Stonewall Jackson
39. George McClellan
40. Ulysses S Grant
41. Antietam
42. Gettysburg
43. Vicksburg
44. Emancipation Proclamation
45. conscription
46. total war
47. William Sherman
48. John Wilkes Booth

Bell Ringer

What was unsual about Andrew Jackson's Inauguration? Why might Jackson have been called the peoples president?
- ladies were fainting and men with bloody noses.
- he was also the peoples president he was the common man thats why society appreciated him, not rich or anything. regular guy

Age of Jackson Review

Age of Jackson Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe Jackson’s push and winning of the presidency: after losing election of 1824, Andrew jackson becomes a strong critic of john quincy adams where he pushed and aggressive program of fed spending for improvements and science. And by mid 1820’s jackson had became a symbol of democracy

Describe the Indian Removal Act: when Andrew jackson came to the office, people in the south wanted him to remove Indians

Describe the Bank Crisis: the congress passed charter for second bank of US in 1816. jackson and his supporters opposed because they saw it as being corrupt with special interest that favored the rich

Describe the reaction to Jackson’s policies: banks supporters denounced jackson and formed new political party known as whigs. The whigs challenged jackson’s democrats on all levels. And in 1832 jackson was reelected in a landslide and when elected weakened federal bank causing the economy to drop

Monday, February 8, 2010

Reform Movement Review

Reform Movement Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe the expansionist movement: in 1820’s Mexico became independent from Spain and many Americans look at is as an opportunity to take land.

Describe Manifest Destiny and what people used it to justify: that lord wanted US to own all of North America

Describe the Temperance Movement: as US expanded so did problems such as crime, sickness, poverty, and neglected families

Describe the Abolition Movement:with growth of cotton industry in early 1800’s slavery also grew. By early 1800’s many opposed to slavery began to speak out against it on moral grounds

Describe the Education Reform Movement: because of so many private schools many did not go to schools. Reformers wanted to start a public school system from tax money.

Describe the Reform Movement for Women’s rights including the Seneca Falls Conference: in early 1800’s women were supposed to influence and make a difference. In 1848 elizabeth cady Stanton and others organize the first women’s rights convention called Seneca fall convention

Friday, February 5, 2010

Industrial Rev Review

Industrial Rev Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe advances in road construction: Some states started turnpikes which were toll roads in order to gain money from the society and to improve the roads.

Describe advances in water transportation: The steam boat made transportation faster and making the Mississippi river more useful

Why is the Eerie Canal important? It connected farms with cities by water and through there they shipped goods making NYC the industrial center.

Describe advances in railroads: the train made transportation more efficient by shipping more supplies in large amounts.

Describe advances in industry including Samuel Slater: Samuel Slater was English men who escaped out of GB and built the textile mill from his own head. After touring England factories Francis Cabot Lowell opens fully operation mill where all aspects of clothes are made. With this opening of factories, factories improved and also did the production.

Describe the inventions of Sam Morse and Eli Whitney: Eli Whitney saw picking cotton with our own hands was too difficult and thought making the cotton gin would speed up the work and the cotton trade. Sam Morse invented electric telegraph allowing communication over distance.

Why did the Cotton Gin expand slavery? Since cotton gin made cotton more expandable, slaves were need to work more on the cotton gin

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Exit out the door

John terry an english soccer player was caught with teammates wife and he mentioned that they had a relationship while hes team mate widge bridge was going out with her.
john terry is more likely to be losing hes captain band from the national team squad.
people might look back in history and see this common mistake anybody could make but besides that everybody would know the great player he is.

War of 1812

War of 1812 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

How does the US become involved in the war between GB and the French?the us felt like they were being threatened by having us workers on the ships and could affect the economy of the country

Impressments- when british army took us workers to work on their ships

What initial action does Jefferson take in war between GB and France to protect the US? Decided to cut of the trade between the us and the british

Describe the Congressional Action that pushes the US to war:

What does Madison ask Congress to do? in 1809 congress passes bills meant to resume trade with GB and France, but also pledge that if either recognized us neutrality, us would resume trading sanctions with other. Then france agreed first, and Madison imposed sanctions against british.

Describe the initial actions of the US in the War of 1812: Jefferson became Madison advisor and told him to attack Canada first

Describe US action along fronts other than the Canadian: us held a fair battle against the britsh through their navu down at Florida which Andrew Jackson led.

What happens in the War when GB’s war with Napoleon ends? More british troops were sent to US

Describe the end of the war including the writing of the star spangled banner: scott key saw the American flag waving from Baltimore and got inspired and he decided to write the anthem.


What battle makes Jackson a hero? The great win he got down at new Orleans

Bell Ringer

The british decided to take Washington D.C. because they knew the white house was a great symbol for the government and burning down could end up killing the society's hope on fighting back against the british.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Territorial Expansion Review

Territorial Expansion Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe the Northwest Ordinance: it provides gov. for western territories based on Jefferson’s deals. Also when territory had 5000 people would have elected assembly. When they reached 60000 could request statehood equal to other 13.

Describe Jefferson’s plan to expand the US: Jefferson wanted to expand the us all the way to the pacific ocean even though colonist and Indians have already been there.

Describe the Louisiana Purchase:napoleon decided to block new Orleans and Jefferson found a great idea to buy lousiana from napoleon.

Describe the Lewis and Clark Expedition:
Thomas Jefferson sent lewis and clark to west in order to explore the west of the territory. They were led by sakawea

Describe the Monroe Doctrine:
It said Europe should not become involved in latin American affairs and also it wasn’t that important when it was passed but then it between the 1800’s and 1900’s it became really important