09/16 THE LEGACY OF THE CIVIL WAR
1.The civil war free the slaves.
2The civil war start 1861 to 1865.
3.The civil war has new laws became Jim Crow Laws.
4.The American North and South fought a civil war.
5.Iim Crow laws affected voting, education, and the use of public facilities.
09/17
JIM CROW LAWS: to segregation and discrimination in the south.
LITERACY TESTS: people can read and write.
VOTING TAX: you have to pay the money for voting.
LYNCHING: not pass the law to punish people or group.
GRANDFATHER LAWS: obey the law some rule allow exceptions.
1.The civil war free the slaves.
2The civil war start 1861 to 1865.
3.The civil war has new laws became Jim Crow Laws.
4.The American North and South fought a civil war.
5.Iim Crow laws affected voting, education, and the use of public facilities.
09/17
JIM CROW LAWS: to segregation and discrimination in the south.
LITERACY TESTS: people can read and write.
VOTING TAX: you have to pay the money for voting.
LYNCHING: not pass the law to punish people or group.
GRANDFATHER LAWS: obey the law some rule allow exceptions.
Field trip
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States.
-Franklin D. Roosevelt lain out four fundamental freedoms that he believed were worth fighting for
1] Freedom of speech
2] Freedom of worship
3] Freedom from want
4] Freedom from fear
-In 1921, FDR contracted a disease called polio. He was not able to walk and needed leg braces just to stand.
-Mrs. Roosevelt was not just FDR's wife; she was his political partner as well.
-After the President died, Mrs Roosevelt remained very busy working to promote the right of other.
Women's Right
Civil Right
Universal Right
-The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the 1930s.
-The depression originated in the United States, after the fall in stock prices that began around September 4, 1929, and became worldwide news with the stock market crash of October 29 (known as Black Tuesday).
-World War II, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, though related conflicts began earlier.
-World War II altered the political alignment and social structure of the world.
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States.
-Franklin D. Roosevelt lain out four fundamental freedoms that he believed were worth fighting for
1] Freedom of speech
2] Freedom of worship
3] Freedom from want
4] Freedom from fear
-In 1921, FDR contracted a disease called polio. He was not able to walk and needed leg braces just to stand.
-Mrs. Roosevelt was not just FDR's wife; she was his political partner as well.
-After the President died, Mrs Roosevelt remained very busy working to promote the right of other.
Women's Right
Civil Right
Universal Right
-The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the 1930s.
-The depression originated in the United States, after the fall in stock prices that began around September 4, 1929, and became worldwide news with the stock market crash of October 29 (known as Black Tuesday).
-World War II, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, though related conflicts began earlier.
-World War II altered the political alignment and social structure of the world.
Academic Encounters
Unit 1: Laws of the Land
The Foundations of Government
-Many people from Great Britain and other countries in Europe began to settle in Britain's North American colonies in the seventeenth century.
-The settlers wants to make their own economic and political decisions based on their own needs.
-On July 4, 1776, a group of leaders from the colonies wrote and signed the Declaration of Independence, which stated the reasons that the "thirteen United States of America" wanted to break away from Great Britain.
-The legislative branch is called Congress.
-The Constitution names just two people in the executive branch-the president and the vice president.
Constitutional Issues Today
-The men who wrote the U.S. Constitution wanted to prevent conflicts among religious groups, which were common in many countries in Europe at that time.
-The First Amendment to the Constitution supports the idea that religious beliefs are a personal choice.
-There are about 300 million firearms in U.S. homes.
-Between 70 and 80 million Americans own a gun.
-Gun ownership is an emotional issue in the United States.
Unit 2: A Diverse Nation
The Origins of Diversity
-The first Europeans believed they had landed in India, so they called the native people Indians.
-Many Indian communities were destroyed by the actions of the settlers and later on by the policies of the new American government.
-The federal government's goal for Indian education from the 1880s through the 1920s was the assimilation of native children into white American culture.
-The work of slaves was essential to the agricultural economy of the southern United States, especially for growing cotton.
-The United States is a country of immigrants,
Diversity in Today's United States
-In the decade between 2000 and 2010, the U.S. population grew by more than 27 million.
-The white population[non-Latino] is the majority at about 63 percent; the African American population has remained stable at about 13 percent.
-One recent study found that more than half of the new technology companies in Silicon Valley were started by immigrants.
-Figures from the 2000 census showed that Latinos[Hispanics] had become the nation's largest minority.
-Some Americans oppose these ideas and support the deportation of all unauthorized immigrants.
Unit 3: The Struggle for Equality
The Struggle Being
-During the Civil War, at a service to dedicate a cemetery for soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln made one of the most famous speeches in American history, the Gettybury Address.
-Thomas Jefferson became president, he wrote the Declaration of Independence.
-The Jim Crow Laws created a system of disenfranchisement, segregation, and discrimination, primarily in the South.
-The U.S. Supreme Court had decided in 1896 that "separate but equal" facilities for black and whites were legal.
-During the 1950s and 1960s, African Americans continued their struggle for equality.
The Foundations of Government
-Many people from Great Britain and other countries in Europe began to settle in Britain's North American colonies in the seventeenth century.
-The settlers wants to make their own economic and political decisions based on their own needs.
-On July 4, 1776, a group of leaders from the colonies wrote and signed the Declaration of Independence, which stated the reasons that the "thirteen United States of America" wanted to break away from Great Britain.
-The legislative branch is called Congress.
-The Constitution names just two people in the executive branch-the president and the vice president.
Constitutional Issues Today
-The men who wrote the U.S. Constitution wanted to prevent conflicts among religious groups, which were common in many countries in Europe at that time.
-The First Amendment to the Constitution supports the idea that religious beliefs are a personal choice.
-There are about 300 million firearms in U.S. homes.
-Between 70 and 80 million Americans own a gun.
-Gun ownership is an emotional issue in the United States.
Unit 2: A Diverse Nation
The Origins of Diversity
-The first Europeans believed they had landed in India, so they called the native people Indians.
-Many Indian communities were destroyed by the actions of the settlers and later on by the policies of the new American government.
-The federal government's goal for Indian education from the 1880s through the 1920s was the assimilation of native children into white American culture.
-The work of slaves was essential to the agricultural economy of the southern United States, especially for growing cotton.
-The United States is a country of immigrants,
Diversity in Today's United States
-In the decade between 2000 and 2010, the U.S. population grew by more than 27 million.
-The white population[non-Latino] is the majority at about 63 percent; the African American population has remained stable at about 13 percent.
-One recent study found that more than half of the new technology companies in Silicon Valley were started by immigrants.
-Figures from the 2000 census showed that Latinos[Hispanics] had become the nation's largest minority.
-Some Americans oppose these ideas and support the deportation of all unauthorized immigrants.
Unit 3: The Struggle for Equality
The Struggle Being
-During the Civil War, at a service to dedicate a cemetery for soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln made one of the most famous speeches in American history, the Gettybury Address.
-Thomas Jefferson became president, he wrote the Declaration of Independence.
-The Jim Crow Laws created a system of disenfranchisement, segregation, and discrimination, primarily in the South.
-The U.S. Supreme Court had decided in 1896 that "separate but equal" facilities for black and whites were legal.
-During the 1950s and 1960s, African Americans continued their struggle for equality.