PRESENTATION OUTLINE
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Abolitionist-An Abolitionist is a person that is against slavery.Abolitionist lived in the North and fought with the Union army.
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Black codes-Black codes were laws passed in 1865-1886 in the former Confederate states to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans.These laws were passed during Reconstruction.
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Colony-A colony is a new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land.The first Colony in America was Virginia.
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Dictator-A Dictator is someone who rules with absolute power,often harshly.
King George the 3rd was a Dictator.
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Emancipation Proclamation-The Emancipation proclamation is an order issued by President Lincon on January/1/1863 declaring slaves to be free.The Confederate States didn't follow the order because Lincon didn't run the Confederate states.
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Federalism-Federalism is a Constitutional system that shares power between the national and state governments.The Federal government has the power to make treaty's with other countries,the states don't.
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Great Awakening-The Great Awakening is a revival of religious feeling and belief in the American Colonies that began in the 1730s.This started from New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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Homesteader-Homesteader is a farmer who is given a plot of public land,or homestead in return for cultivating it.Homestead and Homesteader started in 1862.
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Isolationism-Isolationism is a policy of avoiding political or military agreements with other countries.Isolationism is something Washington believed in.
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Jim Crow Laws-Jim Crow Laws are laws that enforce segregation of Blacks and Whites.This caused a lot of tension between Blacks and Whites.
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KKK-The KKK was a secret society in the South after the Civil War to reassert white supremacy by means of terrorism.This group of people did not like the idea of Blacks being free.
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Legislative-The Legislative Branch is the lawmaking part of the government.Legislature will make laws then send them to the Executive branch to be approved.
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Manifest Destiny-The Manifest Destiny was the belief that it was Americas right and duty to spread across the North American continent.The president during that time was James k.Polk.
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Neutrality-Neutrality was a policy of not choosing sides in a dispute or war between other countries.George Washington started this Proclamation.
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Oregon Trail-The Oregon Trail is a overland route that stretched about 2,000 miles from Missouri to the Columbian River in Oregon.This trail started in 1843.
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Popular Sovereignty-Popular Sovereignty is the idea that the governments authority comes from the people.This is stating that the power belongs to the people.
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Quakers-The Quakers were a very religious group of people.They settled in the area of the North West.
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Racism-Racism is the belief that one race is superior to another.Racism is still a problem today.
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Slavery-Slavery is the treatment of people as property.People who are denied freedom are said to be enslaved.
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Temperance Movement-The Temperance Movement was a social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages.Women were most involved in this movement.
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Union-The United States as one Nation United under a single government and armies of the North.The Union consist of only Abolitionist.
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Valley Forge-Valley Forge is a site of a military camp of American Continental army.This was during the American Revolutionary War.
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Whiskey Rebellion-The Whiskey Rebellion was a revolt by farmers in 1794 against an excise tax on Whiskey.This was caused by a special tax on Whiskey designed by Alexander Hamilton.
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XYZ Affair-The XYZ Affair was a diplomatic incident between French and United States Diplomats.This occurred in the 1790s.
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York Town-York Town is where the siege known as the battle of York Town started.This battle was against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis.
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Zenger Trail-The Zenger Trail of John Peter Zenger was a York printer.He was also a German Immigrant.
Should History become an elective?In my opinion the answer is no.History should stay a class because of its importance to Americas future.History teaches us about the mistakes that previous leaders and colonist have made. History teaches us these mistakes so that we would know in the future not to do them.So if History became an elective that means that less and less people will know what to do and what not to do in the future.
