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Beginning of the 19 th century Civil War Wars with Indians AMERICAN HISTORY II VY_32_INOVACE_15-18
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Beginning of the 19 th century many European immigrants: east + north = industry (abolished slavery by 1800) south = slavery on plantations 1803 Lousiana bought from France 1819 Florida bought from Spain for 4mil.$ 1812-1814 American - British War loss Canada remained British 1845 Texas 1846 - 48 American - Mexican War California and other states joined the UNION
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Preparation for the Civil War Abraham Lincoln elected as the president in 1860 US split in 2 parts: The Union northern states The Confederate States of America southern states
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Abraham Lincoln Autor: 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
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Civil War 1861 – 1865 The Union: Lincoln, Washington support slavery abolition Republicans north: higher population, industry, weapons, roads, General Grant The Confederate States of America: Jefferson Davis Richmond Democrats, south attacked Fort Sumter - 1861 south: less population, but knew the terrain, General Lee
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Civil War Autor: 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
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Consequences of the Civil War decisive battle at Gettysburg 1863 Emancipation Proclamation 1865- 1877 the reconstruction, 1866 Ku Klux Klan great economic development after 1890 1898 - American-Spanish War Portorico, Guam, Samoa etc.
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Indians Facts: 300 tribes, diverse community regarded as savages/barbarians X not Christians diseases: mumps, chicken pox, alcoholism badly treated Indians – plantations – escapes 1830 – Removal Act 1st Indian reservation 1853 / Calif. Culture: story telling, rituals, music, cyclic perception of time, nature, sense of community, democratic ideas Frontier = homeland
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Wars with Indians 1609 - 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 Comanches brutal: ‘dead Indian = good Indian’ Texas Rangers Sioux Wars: Little Big Horn (Montana) – 1876: Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse X General Custer + 7 th U.S. Cavalry Wounded Knee Creek (S. Dakota) - 1890
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Sitting Bull Autor: David F. Barry, Název: Sitting Bull.jpg Zdroj: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sitting_Bull.jpg
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Autor DUM: Mgr. Darina Sikorová Thank you for your attention.
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