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Beginning of the 19th century many European immigrants:
east + north = industry (abolished slavery by 1800)
south = slavery on plantations1803 Lousiana bought from France1819 Florida bought from Spain for 4mil.$1812-1814 American - British War loss
Canada remained British1845 Texas 1846 - 48 American - Mexican War
California and other states joined the UNION
Preparation for the Civil WarAbraham Lincoln
elected as the president in 1860US split in 2 parts:
The Unionnorthern states
The Confederate States of Americasouthern states
Abraham LincolnAutor: Alexander Gardner, Název: Abraham Lincoln head on shoulders photo portrait.png
Zdroj: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abraham_Lincoln_head_on_shoulders_photo_portrait.png
Civil War1861 – 1865
The Union:Lincoln, Washingtonsupport slavery abolitionRepublicansnorth: higher population, industry, weapons, roads,
General Grant
The Confederate States of America:Jefferson DavisRichmondDemocrats, southattacked Fort Sumter - 1861south: less population, but knew the terrain,
General Lee
Civil WarAutor: Júlio Reis, Název: US map 1864 Civil War divisions.svg
Zdroj:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:US_map_1864_Civil_War_divisions.svg&page=1
Consequences of the Civil War decisive battle at Gettysburg1863 Emancipation Proclamation
1865- 1877 the reconstruction, 1866 Ku Klux Klan
great economic development after 1890
1898 - American-Spanish War Portorico, Guam, Samoa etc.
IndiansFacts:
300 tribes, diverse communityregarded as savages/barbarians X not
Christiansdiseases: mumps, chicken pox, alcoholismbadly treated Indians – plantations – escapes1830 – Removal Act1st Indian reservation 1853 / Calif.
Culture: story telling, rituals, music, cyclic perception of
time, nature, sense of community, democratic ideas
Frontier = homeland
Wars with Indians1609 - 1924
3 – 5 million…1800 – 600,000…1890 – 250,000…20th cent. – 4 mill. / mixed races
now 310 reserv., 550 tribes – sovereignty ( Cheyenne, Apache, Navajo, Shoshone, Cherokee, Pueblo, Lakota,…)
more than 40 wars, 30,000 Indians died Texas – Indian Wars:
Texas X Comanchesbrutal: ‘dead Indian = good Indian’Texas Rangers
Sioux Wars: Little Big Horn (Montana) – 1876:
Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse X General Custer + 7th U.S. Cavalry
Wounded Knee Creek (S. Dakota) - 1890
Sitting BullAutor: David F. Barry, Název: Sitting Bull.jpg
Zdroj:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sitting_Bull.jpg