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Period 1, 1492-1607

American/national identity

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No cohesion among Native American groups, all different tribes

Different European groups, French, British, Dutch, Spanish

Europeans did not intend to stay in New World

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Period 1, 1492-1607

Politics and Power

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Spanish dominated

French/Dutch were more trade based

Treaties conflict w/NAs

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Period 1, 1492-1607

Work, Tech, Exchange

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New crops and goods into Europe, new tech into America

Mostly slave labor, NA and African

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Period 1, 1492-1607

Culture and Society

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Blending of Indigenous & European cultures

Exploration driven in part by religion

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Period 1, 1492-1607

Migration and Settlement

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Humans came to America across Bering Land Bridge, NAs

Europeans came to extract resources, Christopher Columbus etc

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Period 1, 1492-1607

Geography/environment

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Gold in Latin America drove exploration

Disease from Europeans killed 95% of Native people

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Period 1, 1492-1607

America in the World

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Competition between European powers as well as NA groups led to alliances and conflict

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Period 2, 1607-1754

American/national Identity

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English settlers considered “British” not American, largely identity based on colony and class

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Period 2, 1607-1754

Politics and Power

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Development of local power generally democratic in North, town meetings

In South, aristocracy by landowners

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Period 2, 1607-1754

Work, Tech, Exchange

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Emergence of trade in NE, fishing and farming, timber, furs

In South: slavery, indenture, cash crops

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Period 2, 1607-1754

Culture and Society

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NE life based around Puritan religion

Racial caste system solidified in South

First Great Awakening

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Period 2, 1607-1754

Migration and Settlement

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Religious dissidents from Europe came to North

In South, adventurers looking for wealth

700k+ enslaved people

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Period 2, 1607-1754

Geography/environment

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Climate/soil differences led to family farming in North, plantations in South

Illness in marshy South killed indentured servants/slaves

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Period 2, 1607-1754

America in the World

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Continued competition with NAs over land, scrabble between European powers to get territory and goods

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Period 3, 1754-1800

American/national Identity

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Development of independent national identity leading to Revolution

“American citizen” still white, wealthy male despite freedom ideas

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Period 3, 1754-1800

Politics and Power

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Conflict over direct representation vs virtual representation, taxes –> war

Articles of Confederation (weak)

Constitution (strong gvt)

First Party System: Hamilton v Jefferson

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Period 3, 1754-1800

Work, Tech, Exchange

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End of “salutary neglect” as English crown takes more control over American goods, shipping –> war

Slavery continues to grow in South, helped by invention of cotton gin

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Period 3, 1754-1800

Culture and Society

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Influence of Enlightenment thought on Revolution

Women played role in Rev. but not considered citizens

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Period 3, 1754-1800

Migration and Settlement

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Continued push against western frontier for land

Continued importation of Africans

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Period 3, 1754-1800

Geography/environment

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End of freely available land in East –> push west, conflict w/coastal elites and backwoods farmers

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Period 3, 1754-1800

America in the World

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Emergence of USA as independent power

Alliance with France helps win Rev. but worries many

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Period 4, 1800-1848

American/national Identity

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Growing American identity, fractured by sectional identity

Exclusion of NAs despite cooperation

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Period 4, 1800-1848

Politics and Power

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Expansion of suffrage to all white men in Jacksonian democracy

Conflict w/Nort and South over slavery in new territories

Democrats vs Whigs, Second party system

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Period 4, 1800-1848

Work, Tech, Exchange

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Expansion of infrastructure, markets, railroads/canals, telegraph, cities

Conflict over National Band

Emergence of factories (Lowell Mills)

Slavery continues to grow in South

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Period 4, 1800-1848 Culture and Society
Second Great Awakening Reform movements emerge (abolition, temperance, woman suffrage, prison) Cult of domesticity for women
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Period 4, 1800-1848 Migration and Settlement
Americans push west NAs forced west - Trail of Tears End of Int'l slave trade, internal trade continues
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Period 4, 1800-1848 Geography/environment
Expansion of cotton in the S, expands slavery Continued westward push, Manifest Destiny Texas annexation
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Period 4, 1800-1848 America in the World
War of 1812 ends British presence in N. America, ends hopes for NAs to prevail Mexican War --> gained territory
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Period 5, 1844-1877 American/national Identity
Increasing fracture along sectional lines --> Civil War North victory led to THE United States, singular, not THESE United States plural During Reconstruction, Black men in S were citizens
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Period 5, 1844-1877 Politics and Power
Ineffective presidents, compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Act, pop. sovereignty in new states Emergence of Republican party, wins election of 1860 w/Lincoln 14th Amend: equal protection 15th Amend: Black men vote but not women
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Period 5, 1844-1877 Work, Tech, Exchange
End of slavery in 1865, move towards system of sharecropping in S N continuing to industrialize, wins Civil War cuz factory power Railroads cross the country
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Period 5, 1844-1877 Culture and Society
Emergence of ideological defenses of slavery and militant abolitionism Millennial religious mov'ts Nativists - hate immigrants
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Period 5, 1844-1877 Migration and Settlement
New immigrants coming from Ireland, Germany Move westward continues, esp. after gold discovered NA wars and reservations
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Period 5, 1844-1877 Geography/environment
Discovery of gold in CA leads to gold rush Large population in North, "breadbasket" states (NY, NJ, DE, PA - export grains) help win Civil War North/South split, difference in economies
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Period 5, 1844-1877 America in the World
US is largely isolationist in this period Fears that G. Britain will intercede on behalf of South are not realized
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Period 6, 1865-1898 American/national Identity
Increasing American national identity as USA becomes industrial power Spanish-Am war reunites N & S
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Period 6, 1865-1898 Politics and Power
Brief period of citizenship for Black men in S ends with Reconstruction and state-wide Black codes Jim Crow segregation becomes law Republicans in power
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Period 6, 1865-1898 Work, Tech, Exchange
USA becomes world's leading industrial power thanks to steel, railroads Harsh labor in factories for immigrants Rich corporations and Gilded Age
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Period 6, 1865-1898 Culture and Society
Social Darwinism - belief that some ppl inherently better than others due to evolution
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Period 6, 1865-1898 Migration and Settlement
Many new immigrants from S & E Europe Manifest Destiny complete, "frontier closed", psychological loss of utopia
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Period 6, 1865-1898 Geography/environment
Cities are polluted, bad working conditions --> illness West "conquered" with barbed wire, buffalo dead
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Period 6, 1865-1898 America in the World
NA Wars, NAs nearly gone Last era of American isolationism
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Period 7, 1890-1945 American/national Identity
New European immigrants at first considered not American, by end of WWII are considered "white" New World Power status New era of federal govt intervention in economy, life
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Period 7, 1890-1945 Politics and Power
Wilson becomes first Democrat to win power in 1912, then FDR from '32-'45 Women suffrage 1920 Segregation, disenfranchisement continues for AAs, who return from WWI and WWII ready for civil rights
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Period 7, 1890-1945 Work, Tech, Exchange
Major era of production and innovation, inci, phone, electricity, radio, car, flight Laissez-faire economics lead to Stock Market Crash and Great Depression New Deal, WWII end Depression Industrialization --> postwar boom
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Period 7, 1890-1945 Culture and Society
Backlash to minorities, immigrants KKK Culture in Lost Generation, Roaring Twenties, jazz, Harlem Renaissance, flappers
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Period 7, 1890-1945 Migration and Settlement
1mil+ immigrants coming to US each year until 1924, first quotas Great Migration of Black Southerners to cities in N
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Period 7, 1890-1945 Geography/environment
New tech makes world a smaller place Conservation movt begins Ocean shields from war Develp. of atom bomb
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Period 7, 1890-1945 America in the World
Spanish-Am War WWI Isolationism in 20s, 30s WWII - aftermath leads US to commit to intervention
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Period 8, 1945-1980 American/national Identity
Period of expanding federal power and expanding power of citizens through civil rights Era of pro-USA culture vs USSR Disillusioned anti-war students with Vietnam
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Period 8, 1945-1980 Politics and Power
Democrats in power until late 1960s, when Nixon takes charge Civil Rights movement in 50s, 60s Womens rights movement in 60s, 70s
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Period 8, 1945-1980 Work, Tech, Exchange
Major economic boom as USA is only country unscathed by WWII Baby boom Invention of computer 1970s economic recession
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Period 8, 1945-1980 Culture and Society
Religious era of 1950s Social movements (Civil Rights, Women's rights) Golden age of consumerism culture, booming 60s Emergence of protest against US gvt by students
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Period 8, 1945-1980 Migration and Settlement
Move from cities to suburbs, era of cars Very little immigration until 1965, when policy changed to attract skilled labor Boat people from Vietnam
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Period 8, 1945-1980 Geography/environment
Serious industrial pollution from 1945-1970 Begin to address serious pollution in 1980s - EPA Dependence on oil fuels international conflict
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Period 8, 1945-1980 America in the World
Cold War directs most US foreign policy, commitment to containment leads to Korean War, Vietnam Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis Slowly replaced by conflict in the Middle East in 70s
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Period 9, 1980-present American/national Identity
Period of increasing conservatism in gvt, with a movement to reduce size of federal gvt Continuation of US as world's leading superpower
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Period 9, 1980-present Politics and Power
Period of return to prominence of Republican Party and conservatism Shift in political power to S and W following population shift
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Period 9, 1980-present Work, Tech, Exchange
Era of globalism has connected markets and ppl all over the world Prominence of the internet and mobile phones has changed information consumption and distribution Decline of unions, stagnation of wages
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Period 9, 1980-present Culture and Society
Period of "Vietnam Syndrome" - wariness of US to be involved overseas after Vietnam trauma "Culture Wars" over changing gender, race, family structure, education, etc Increasing diversity
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Period 9, 1980-present Migration and Settlement
Increased immigration of people from Latin America and Asia Movement to S and W for jobs
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Period 9, 1980-present Geography/environment
Wars in Middle East led to efforts to reduce dependence on oil Growing movement of eco-consciousness in energy, food
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Period 9, 1980-present America in the World
USSR collapses, ending Cold War USA involved in conflict in Middle East over culture, oil (Sept 11, etc) Era of globalization

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