25,000 Years of U.S History

1) 25,000 B.C.

• Migration from Asia to North America across the Bering Land Bridge

2) 1000 A.D.

• Leif Erickson sailed across the coast of North America

3) 1492

• Christopher Columbus discovered America

• Columbus first set out for his voyage on August 3, 1492 and spotted land October 12, 1492.

• He called the island San Salvador (today known as The Bahamas)

4) 1609

• Jamestown Settled

• First permanent English settlement in the United States

5) 1600s to late 1700s

• North America is colonized by the European powers – Great Britain– France– Spain

6) 1776-1784

• American Revolution

• 13 colonies joined together to break free from the British Empire

• 1776 Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence

• War ended in October 1781 with British abandonment of any claims to the United States

7) 1803

• Lewis and Clark survey the Louisiana Purchase

• Acquisition of 828,800 square miles of French Territory in the United States

• Purchased during Thomas Jefferson’s presidency

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8) 1812

• War with Britain• U.S. declared war on Britain for:

– Trade restrictions– British support of American Indian tribes

against American expansion

• White House burned– British Army occupied Washington DC and set

fire to many public buildings like the White House and Capitol buildings

9) 1861-1865

• U.S. Civil War

• 11 Southern States formed the Confederacy

• First shots fired April 1861 at Fort Sumter in South Carolina

10) 1869

• Railroads connected from coast to coast

• Last spike laid in Utah, joining the Union Pacific rail with the Central Pacific Railroad

11) 1890

• Last Indian Battle; Frontier Officially closed

12) 1898

• Spanish American War

• U.S. was upset at Spanish atrocities and the sinking of the USS Maine

• War lasted from April 1898 – August 1898

Progressivism-Movement that believe

honest and efficient government could bring

about social justiceGoals:

1.Make the government responsible

2.To end corruption

Muckrakers- reporters (like Jacob Riis and

Upton Sinclair) who uncovered and exploited society’s issues.

Exs.

-How the poor live

-The meatpacking industry

Organizations designed to help

minorities--NAACP

-Mutualistas

Acts concerning food (that Teddy Roosevelt passed)

- Meat Inspection Act- Pure Food and Drug Act

What was lacking at the Triangle Shirt Waste Factory?

What is suffrage?

What was the Temperance movement?

What is the 19th amendment?

What is imperialism?Pros-

Cons-

Spanish American War

- Who?- Where?- Yellow Journalism?- USS Maine?- Manilla Bay?- Rough Riders?- Results?

Why did Filipino’s rebel against US rule?

What warfare was used?

Great White Fleet?

“Big Stick” Diplomacy-What is the African

saying?

Basics of Panama Canal?

-Which oceans it connects?

-Malaria control?

-How many miles did it save?