Unit 6
The crossing of the Delaware occurred on
December 24, 1776
Louisiana Purchase - Who purchased the land from who and how much did they buy each acre for?
Thomas Jefferson purchased the land from Napoleon Bonaparte for 4 cents an acre. $15 million total.
Significance: Dred Scott V. Sanford
The US Supreme Court decided that no slave or descendent of a slave could be a US citizen.
Can’t file a lawsuit because he is a non-citizen and property.
Dred Scott - Slave
Codenames of the beaches from D-Day
Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword
Henry Clay and the Missouri Compromise of 1820
The Great Compromiser
Missouri enters as a slave state
Maine (still part of Massachusetts) will enter as a free state
36'30
Explain what happened at the Battle of Brandywine
The Americans guarded Chad’s Ford and lost due to the British outflanking them.
Where was gold discovered in California leading to the Gold Rush in 1849?
Sutter’s Fort along the Sacramento River
What parties did the Whigs split into?
Northern Whigs created the Republicans (Federalists)- Anti-slavery
Southern Whigs joined the Democrats (Anti-federalists) - Pro-slavery
What is Fascism?
No unifying theory
Extreme Nationalism
Aggressive foreign expansion
When and which state was the first state to secede?
South Carolina, December 20, 1860
What battle changed the course of the Revolutionary War? Why did this battle change the course of the war?
Battle of Saratoga was the first major win after the Battle of Trenton. France gave aid
What is the Bear Flag Revolt?
Start of California’s annex
Emancipation Proclamation & The Gettysburg Address
EP
Freed slaves in rebelling states
Accepted black men into the Union militaet
GA:
The struggle for human equality and a "new birth of freedom,"
The nation’s commitment to the ideals of the Declaration of Independence
What is National Socialism?
Form of fascism
Expansionism - Germany must expand to gain “Lebensraum”
Racism - Aryans are the master/superior race
Anti-semitism - Jews are the greatest enemies of Aryans
Significance of the Worcester v. Georgia and Marbury v. Madison?
Georgia - laid the foundation for tribal sovereignty
Madison - US Supreme Court can rule on the constitutionality of laws
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States.
Created the United States of America
What came out of the Oregon Treaty of 1846?
The 49th Parallel Line. The present-day boundary between Canada and the US
When did the Civil War officially end?
Who surrendered at the battle of Appomattox Court House. Who did he surrender to?
8.20.1865 - The Union won the Civil War
Robert E Lee to Ulysses S. Grant
What is Communism?
Unifying theory
Dictatorship of the proletariat.
Collective ownership of property
Paris Peace Treaty
February 10, 1947 - Paris Peace Conference
Formally ended World War II in Europe
What happened at the Battle of Monmouth? What did this lead to?
Lafayette led the charge and Lee was asked to lead a charge on the British’s flank and instead ordered a retreat. Washington found him and forced the men to not retreat. Won the battle.
Lee = Courtmartialed
Treaty of Guadaluope Hidalgo or Mexican Cession of 1848
Ended the Mexican-American War.
Mexico ceded California, Utah, Nevada, parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming and made the border the Rio Grande.
Ended the Bear Flag Revolt
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Nov 15, 1864 – Dec 21, 1864; “Crippled Confederates War Effort
Total War: Any sacrifice of lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory.
Goals
Deny Georgia’s resources to the Confederacy.
Prove the strength of North/Union
July 22, 1864: The Battle of Atlanta - Beginning of Sherman’s March to the Sea
Laid siege on Atlanta: Major railroad centre, supply depot, and manufacturing hub for both Georgia and the Confederacy
Union: Gen. William T. Sherman
Operations
Husky, Torch, Overlord, Neptune
Avalanche & Slapstick
Husky: The invasion of Sicily was successful
Torch: Allies landed in Morocco and Algeria
Overlord & Neptune: June 6, 1944: D-Day, (Assault phase of Operation Overlord)
Avalanche & Slapstick: The main Allied landing at Salerno and The British 1st Airborne Division at Taranto
Interwar Period
Collapse of three empires - Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, and Russian empires
Mass migration (12 million) of various ethnic groups
Famines
1918 Influenza epidemic - killed over 25 million people worldwide.