The Planting of English America 1500-1733 The Spanish were at Santa Fe in 1610. The French were at Quebec in 1608. The English were at Jamestown‚ Virginia in 1607. England’s Imperial Stirrings King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1530s‚ launching the English Protestant Reformation‚ and intensifying the rivalry with Catholic Spain. Elizabeth Energizes England In 1580‚ Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe‚ plundering and returning with his ship loaded with
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Chapter 19 Key Terms: New vs Old Immigrants: The old immigrants be from da NW Europe. English speaking Protestant countries such as: Ireland‚ Germany‚ DA BRITISH‚ and ze Welsh. Da old protestants were willing to assimilate in the culture and peoples. The new immigrants are SE Europe. Non- english‚ more religions such as Catholics and Jews. They were from countries such as: Italy‚ Poland‚ da Slovs‚ Greek‚ Croatians‚DA COMMUNISTS jk the Russians. The new immigrants didn’t plan on staying permanently
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Deyon Keaton Sotnick Chapter 13: Immigration‚ Expansion‚ and Sectional Conflict‚ 1840-1848 I. Introduction: After the murder of Joseph Smith‚ Brigham Young led the main body of Mormons from Illinois to a new homeland in the Great Salt Lake valley. In part‚ Young’s aim was to flee persecution by Gentiles (non-Mormons). Reasons for Mormons to head west: (1) Deseret lay outside the United States; and Smith’s murder had led many Mormons to conclude that they could no longer live along
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to suffocate american commerce on mississippi) communication and transportation summer of 1788 were primitive‚ US was very rural‚ LESS than one america in 30 lived in places with 8‚000 people or more vast
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I. Changing American Society and Economy 1. Immigrant Masses and a New Urban Middle-Class i. By 1920‚ when nation’s urban population passed the 50% mark for the first time‚ 68 American cities had boosted to more than 100‚ 000 inhabitants ii. Many of the new urban cities came from rural and small-town America‚ but the greatest source of urban growth continued to be immigration iii. From 1900 to 1920‚ the native-born middle class began to expand. The White-collar work force jumped from
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William McKinley I. William McKinley was born on January 29‚ 1843 in Niles‚ Ohio. He died on September 14‚ 1901 in Buffalo New York. McKinley was the third president to be assassinated. II. McKinley ran for the Presidency from Ohio. III. McKinley had a relatively easy and normal childhood. He was the seventh child of eight. His parents were loving people who instilled in McKinley the importance of hard-work‚ religion‚ and education. McKinley worked very hard in school as a youth and then attended
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Chapter 18 1. In order to maintain the two great political parties as vital bonds of national unity‚ early nineteenth century politicians avoided public discussion of slavery 2. The US’s victory in the Mexican War resulted in renewed controversy over the issue of extending slavery into the territories‚ a possible split in the Whig and Democrat parties over slavery‚ the cession by Mexico of an enormous amount of land to the US‚ and a rush of settlers to new American territory in California
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DMusialik@schools.nyc.gov 2014-2015 School Year Congratulations! You have been accepted into the Advanced Placement United States History Course for the 2014-2015 school year. With over 100 well qualified applicants‚ you made the cut of only 36 students. You should be very proud of yourself. Prepare to immerse yourself in the great story that is U.S. History. As Mark Twain once wrote‚ “Truth is stranger than fiction‚ but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t
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AP US History Monique Lynn President Davis versus President Lincoln Limitations on Wartime Liberties Volunteers and Draftees: North and South The Economic Stresses of War Friday‚ September 27‚ 2013 The one defect of the South was that its own states could secede. Some state troops refused to serve outside their borders.President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy often had disputes with his own congress. Davis’s task as President proved to be beyond his powers. Lincoln and
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Chapter 28: The Liberal Era‚ 1960-1968 A New Beginning: Nixon-Kennedy televised debates made voters choose Kennedy: chose Lyndon Johnson as VP‚ got Catholic votes JFK won and promised a “new frontier” to get America moving again--won in ’61 Kennedy’s Domestic Record: JFK’s major policies included: Boost defense budget—nuclear weapons‚ military‚ and “Green Berets” to do guerrilla warfare “Race to the Moon” Cut in corporate taxes Anti-pesticide warnings and Clean Air Act—regulating automotive/industrial
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