<span>US gained territory in the Pacific Ocean.
The Spanish-American War is the beginning of the imperial era in US history gaining their first territories from the war.
The US gained Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines from the Spanish-American War and soon after completed the annexation of Hawaii. With colonies in the Pacific and trade connections growing in Asia, the US needed a quick way to move resources and ships from the East coast to these new areas. The canal through Panama made the naval commute shorter and faster as well as safer.</span><span />
The south disagreed with helping the former slaves, so the Freedmen's Bureau promised to help poor whites as well as former slaves, so that the african americans wouldn't have a greater education than any white person.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas,” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote.
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Overproduction of crops occurred in part due to the westward expansion of homestead farms and in part because industrialization led to new farm tools that dramatically increased crop yields. As farmers fell deeper into debt, whether it be to the local stores where they bought supplies or to the railroads that shipped their produce, their response was to increase crop production each year in the hope of earning more money with which to pay back their debt. The more they produced, the lower prices dropped. To a hard-working farmer, the notion that their own overproduction was the greatest contributing factor to their debt was a completely foreign concept.
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6. Connect 3 people to the 3 events in the diagram and make an argument (3+ sentences) explaining how they are connected in creating change in the U.S.
a. Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson was the person who wrote the Declaration of Independence. He was a very respected person who became the third president of the United States. Plus, was the broker for the Louisiana Purchase which doubled the size of the US.
b. The Constitution
George Washington
Was the first United States president who was one of the writers of the US constitution. Washington is often referred to as one of the founding fathers of the United States we know today. Washington wanted to end slavery and he supported a plan to abolish it and in the constitution it made a compromise counting a slave as three-fifths of a citizen.
c. The Bill of Rights
James Madison
James Madison was the writer of the amendments and was inspired by Thomas Jefferson. Although he was the writer of the Bill of Rights he believed that alone wasn't enough to protect the rights of American citizens which he was correct because after the Bill of Rights minority groups still faced discrimination and weren't seen as people. Madison was also the fourth president of the United States.
7. How did the change the lives of Americans who were formerly enslaved?
13th: The 13th amendment was the amendment that abolished slavery in all states of the United Stated which means all people who were formerly enslaved were set free.
14th: The 14th amendment was the amendment that granted all people born in the United States no matter their background American citizenships which means people who were former slaves were granted American citizenship.
15th: The 15th amendment was the amendment that granted American citizens the right the vote no matter their race or background which means former slaves were now allowed to vote in presidential elections.
8. How did the 13th amendment seek to keep freed slaves from maintaining that freedom?
The 13th amendment was the amendment that granted enslaved people their freedom but it still didn't solve slavery as a whole, former slaves face harsh discrimination and they didn't have any rights due to the fact that the 14th, and the 15th amendment were yet to be ratified. So, most former slaves couldn't find any work, some even ended up working for their former slave holders back in the bad work environments and low pay that they had when they were slaves.
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