HISTORY OF USA 4. From the War the Civil War to the End of the 19th Century Gymnázium Pavla Jozefa Šafárika Kód ITMS projektu: Názov projektu: Kvalitou vzdelávania otvárame brány VŠ Vzdelávacia oblasť: Jazyk a komunikácia Predmet Anglický jazyk Ročník, triedy: VIII.OA Tematický celok: Reálie anglicky hovoriacich krajín Vypracoval: Ing. Diana Matisová Dátum: 07/2015

Obsah 1.From the War the Civil War to the End of the 19th Century Quick Quiz 2

33333 FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY period of unprecedented economic growth -The United States became the most powerful country in the world -Direct result of the Civil War 1) abolished slavery 2) broke the political power of the Southern planters 3) opened the way for a free capitalist development of all the United states in the Union The 12 years that followed the Civil War ( ) are called a period of Reconstruction. GENERAL CHARACTERISTIC

FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY The South was occupied by Northern troops and democracy made some real progress -The blacks were given the right to vote – number of them were elected to the U.S. Congress and various state legislatures in the South RECONSTRUCTION 2 REASONS FOR RECONSTRUCTION POLICY 1)The idealistic wing of Republican Party – to protect Blacks 2)The materialistic wing – hoped to hold the South for voters, offices and power

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7 FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY The North won the war and slavery was finished, but little was done to help the Blacks. -They got less education, earned less money, and continued to suffer prejudice from the southern whites KU KLUX KLAN -After their defeat the southern states tried to limit the rights of the Blacks by various local laws and the secret organization the KU KLUX KLAN harassed or even lynched Blacks. RECONSTRUCTION

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10 FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY Was founded in 1866 by defeated Southern planters -It was an instrument of terror against the newly-freed slaves -By 1877 the Northern Army was withdrawn to give anti- black elements and free hand in terrorising black people -The democratic laws passed during the Reconstruction were repealed, black members were forced out of Congress and state legislatures KU KLUX KLAN

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13 -The black population was forced into the system of sharecropping. FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY

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17 FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY In 1867 The United States bought Alaska from Russia for a sum of dollars two cents per acre, for Alaska. ("Seward's Folly.„) Alaska SOME INTERESTING FACTS Joe Juneau's 1880 discovery of gold ushered in the gold rush era. Alaska officially became the 49th state on January 3, 1959.

18 GOLD RUSH IN ALASKA

19 GOLD RUSH IN ALASKA

20 Transcontinental railway -In 1869 the first transcontinental railway was completed FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY

21 Transcontinental railway

22 FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY Immigrants -Between – 20 million immigrants from Europe entered the U.S. (highly skilled workers)

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24 FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY Other territorial expansions – U.S. occupied Samoa – Hawaii – Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines (after the war with Spain the U.S. seized some Spanish colonies) -Cuba* - was proclaimed formally independent, but also remained under U.S. influence (until the victory of Fidel Castro in 1958) By 1890 the United States had surpassed Britain and became the leading world power.

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27 QUICK QUIZ ANSWER THE QUESTION What were the direct results of the end of Civil War?

28 QUICK QUIZ What do you remember abou Reconstruction and Ku Klux Klan? ANSWER THE QUESTION

29 QUICK QUIZ What is sharecropping? ANSWER THE QUESTION

30 QUICK QUIZ How and when did the U.S. become the world power? ANSWER THE QUESTION

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