APUSH FINAL 1st Semester by Ryan Birnesser https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i en-us 2020-12-21 01:23:00 UTC 2025-07-22 01:58:33 UTC hello@padlet.com Political 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034980035 2020-12-21 01:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034980035 Economic 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034980246 2020-12-21 01:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034980246 Changes in Social structure 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034990962 2020-12-21 01:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034990962 Expansion and Conflict 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034990963 2020-12-21 01:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034990963 2.1.I 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034994088 Spanish, French, Dutch, and British colonizers had different economic and imperial goals involving land and labor that shaped the social and political development of their colonies as well as their relationships with native populations.  

]]> 2020-12-21 01:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034994088 2.1. III 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034995404 Competition over resources between European rivals and American Indians encouraged industry and trade and led to conflict in the Americas.


]]> 2020-12-21 01:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034995404 2.2. II 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034996314 Like other European empires in the Americas that participated in the Atlantic slave trade, the English colonies developed a system of slavery that reflected the specific economic, demographic, and geographic characteristics of those colonies.


]]> 2020-12-21 01:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034996314 3.1 II 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034997087 The desire of many colonists to assert ideals of self-government in the face of renewed British imperial efforts led to a colonial independence movement and war with Britain.


]]> 2020-12-21 01:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034997087 3.2 II 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034997864 After declaring independence, American political leaders created new constitutions and declarations of rights that articulated the role of the state and federal governments while protecting individual liberties and limiting both centralized power and excessive popular influence


]]> 2020-12-21 01:38:01 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034997864 3.3 I. 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034998690  In the decades after American independence, interactions among different groups resulted in competition for resources, shifting alliances, and cultural blending.


]]> 2020-12-21 01:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034998690 4.1 III 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034999609 Increasing numbers of Americans, many inspired by new religious and intellectual movements, worked primarily outside of government institutions to advance their ideals.


]]> 2020-12-21 01:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1034999609 4.3 II 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1035000661 The United States’ acquisition of lands in the West gave rise to contests over the extension of slavery into new territories.


]]> 2020-12-21 01:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1035000661 5.2 II 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1035001330 Debates over slavery came to dominate political discussion in the 1850s, culminating in the bitter election of 1860 and the secession of Southern states.
 


]]> 2020-12-21 01:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1035001330 5.3 II 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1035002296 Reconstruction and the Civil War ended slavery, altered relationships between the states and the federal government, and led to debates over new definitions of citizenship, particularly regarding the rights of African Americans, women, and other minorities.


]]> 2020-12-21 01:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1035002296 Bleeding Kansas 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036293382 Conflict arose in the Kansas and Nebraska territories after it was opened to Popular Sovereignty to decide on slavery. 
This arose after the Mexican American War because the North wanted to limit slavery even though territory opened up below the Missouri Compromise line. ]]> 2020-12-21 16:15:50 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036293382 Mexican-American War 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036293846 1846-1848, Conflict between Mexico and the US over what is now Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and parts of Utah, Nevada,and Colorado. 
The US declared war on the newly independent nation, seizing land in accordance with Manifest Destiny.]]> 2020-12-21 16:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036293846 James K. Polk 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036294483 11th President, Jacksonian Democrat, Expansionist
He was responsible for large territorial acquisition in the west, going to war with Mexico to annex what is now Southwest USA. He also expanded through treaties but is known for expansion wars more.]]> 2020-12-21 16:16:18 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036294483 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036300885 Primary Source]]> 2020-12-21 16:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036300885 French and Indian War 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036321006 1754-1763
This was a war between French colonists and Natives and British and American colonists. It was a part of a larger conflict, the Seven Years War, in which France and Britain fought over colonial resources. Even though Britain won the war, it gained debt and had to find a way to pay it back. ]]> 2020-12-21 16:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036321006 Battle of Quebec 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036324109 British forces defeated French forces in Quebec in 1760, effectively taking control of New France. This was a part of the French and Indian War and was a turning point for the British, allowing them to dominate the Canadian colonies.]]> 2020-12-21 16:29:22 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036324109 King Philip's War 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036325679 1675-1678
This was a war between New England colonists and the local Native Americans. Colonists defeated the Natives who were led by Metacom, and the result was colonist dominance of the New England area and colonial expansion ]]> 2020-12-21 16:30:11 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036325679 French and Indian War Battles 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036332087 2020-12-21 16:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036332087 Salutary Neglect 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036352473 This was the colonial practice of only enforcing laws that benefited them. In doing so, the colonies became independent in their mindset. For example, when the British government banned French West Indies sugar, colonist ignored the act altogether.]]> 2020-12-21 16:42:10 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036352473 Declaration of Independence 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036353113 July 4, 1776
This was a formal declaration of American independence from from British rule. It unified Americans under the idea of self-government and sparked the Revolutionary War. This followed the Olive Branch Petition]]> 2020-12-21 16:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036353113 Stamp Act of 1765 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036354122 In order to repay debt from the French and Indian war, Great Britain imposed the Stamp Act, which required a stamp on every commercial or legal document. The colonists protested this act, terrorizing the tax collectors. This was one of many acts that the colonists protested, rendering the British government ineffective]]> 2020-12-21 16:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036354122 Political Cartoon 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036373108 2020-12-21 16:52:47 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036373108 Articles of Confederation 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036407123 1777
This was the first attempt of the US government, which gave the states most of the power. It was ineffective because the central government had no power to do anything really. It was replaced by the Constitution ]]> 2020-12-21 17:10:13 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036407123 The Constitution 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036446987 1789-Present
This was the second attempt at American Government by the Second Continental Congress. It gives the federal government power over the states and allows for checks and balances. One significant part of it was the 3/5 compromise, which decided representation for states with slavery.]]> 2020-12-21 17:31:18 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036446987 Virginia and New Jersey Plans 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036452675 These were two different plans of representation in congress. The Virginia Plan, proposed by James Madison, called for a two-house system with representation based on population. The New Jersey plan called for one house with equal votes for each state.The two were combined into what is now Congress: two houses, one based on population and one with equal votes]]> 2020-12-21 17:34:08 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036452675 Constitution 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036459661 Primary Source]]> 2020-12-21 17:37:32 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036459661 Kansas and Nebraska Act 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036463511 1854, Bill that opened the Kansas and Nebraska territories to popular sovereignty. This led to massive flow of both abolitionists and pro-slavery advocates to skew the state when voting on slavery.]]> 2020-12-21 17:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036463511 Election of 1860 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036466376 Abraham Lincoln, an abolitionist, won the election of 1860, which voted on extremely divided lines. Lincoln receives very few Southern votes, and this sparked the secession of the South and the Civil War.]]> 2020-12-21 17:41:07 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036466376 Secession 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036473485 South Carolina became the first state to to secede in 1860. Many Southern states followed, and they formed the Confederate States of America. This led to the Civil War because Abraham Lincoln sought to keep the country united but the South seceded over the issue of slavery mostly.]]> 2020-12-21 17:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036473485 Confederate Flag 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036480625 2020-12-21 17:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036480625 New France 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036484167 New France was a fur trading colony, which had very good relations with the natives compared to the other colonies. Unlike the others, New France expanded through small trading posts and left the land to the Natives. It was focused on the lucrative fur trade and was not densely populated.]]> 2020-12-21 17:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036484167 Cash Crop Plantation 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036485805 These were established in the Caribbean on islands like Jamaica, where imported African Americans were forced to work long hours to produce sugar or tobacco or another crop like that. Haiti was the first island nation to successfully revolt against the white plantation owners]]> 2020-12-21 17:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036485805 Mita System 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036486317 Originally used by the Incan Empire, the Spanish used this system to force Natives to work in the dangerous silver mines in South America. The Spanish dominated South America and even created a hierarchy with Spanish born settlers at the top and African Americans at the very bottom.]]> 2020-12-21 17:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036486317 French Fur Trade 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036504040 2020-12-21 17:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036504040 Rice Cultivation 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036509474 Introduced into South Carolina, farmers forced slaves to work in horrendous plantations for long hours. The rice plantations were much more intense labor than the tobacco plantations in the North]]> 2020-12-21 18:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036509474 Lord Baltimore 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036512616 Lord Baltimore established the Maryland colony in 1632, and as a privately owned colony, he was able to do really whatever he wanted. He established a Catholic colony, but more importantly, he established a tobacco cash crop economy which was dependent on slaves. This was similar to the Virginia colony in the type of crop grown, and it was much less intense than the deep south.]]> 2020-12-21 18:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036512616 Middle Colonies/Southern Colonies 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036524288 The Middle and Southern colonies developed two very different characteristics. The Middle colonies were dependent on slavery for tobacco and less intensive cash crop plantations, whereas the south used slavery for intensive labor, like rice and sugarcane. Africans/African Americans outnumbered whites in the South by much more than in the Middle colonies. Regional differences also led to a more divided America.]]> 2020-12-21 18:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036524288 Rice Plantations 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036530418 2020-12-21 18:13:59 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036530418 15th Amendment 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036546247 ratified 1870
Gave all males right to vote, regardless of skin color. The result was a larger population that could vote, but southern states still restricted voting with literacy requirements]]> 2020-12-21 18:22:51 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036546247 Sharecropping 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036554158 A system in which a tenant pays the owner of land a portion of their crops in exchange for using the land. Plantation owners used this to maintain an almost slave-like relationship with African Americans. In addition, this occurred because land was not redistributed after the Civil War, so freed African Americans had no land to settle on.]]> 2020-12-21 18:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036554158 Wage Labor 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036554654 The South adopted a new system of labor by using the wage labor system. Laborers were payed a certain amount of money every day, but African Americans were forced into almost slavery with this system because shops charged high prices for goods and forced African Americans to work off debt in plantations.]]> 2020-12-21 18:26:54 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036554654 2nd Great Awakening 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036566446 This was a revival in religious beliefs led by evangelicals. It led to strengthening of faiths and new branches of Christianity. George Whitefield was a major figure in leading this.]]> 2020-12-21 18:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036566446 George Whitefield 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036569017 A Protestant preacher. He spread Methodism through his preaching. One major aspect of his teaching was that the church was not necessary for salvation. His message appealed to many and led to the rapid growth of Methodism]]> 2020-12-21 18:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036569017 Seneca Falls Convention 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036576533 1848, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
This was an organized convention for women's suffrage. Along with other attempts to gain women's suffrage like the Declaration of Sentiments, women campaigned unsuccessfully for suffrage in the wake of ideas of equality]]> 2020-12-21 18:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036576533 Enlightenment 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036592551 Enlightenment ideas from Europe spread and influence many aspect of society. John Locke influenced the Declaration of Independence, and many other ideas spread throughout the US ]]> 2020-12-21 18:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036592551 Irish Immigrants 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036595600 Irish immigrants from the potato famine were largely responsible for the Erie Canal because they did the manual labor. They stayed on the East coast mostly]]> 2020-12-21 18:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036595600 German Immigrants 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036597261 German immigrants moved to the Midwest mostly to work in large cities like Cincinatti and Cleveland. They brought their own culture with them and were not treated great]]> 2020-12-21 18:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036597261 2nd Great Awakening 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036601346 2020-12-21 18:49:58 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036601346 Railroads 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036604632 2020-12-21 18:51:38 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036604632 15th Amendment Celebration 21962821 https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036605994 2020-12-21 18:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/21962821/ymqri2cidpn07m5i/wish/1036605994