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Native Americans
Native Americans have been around for hundreds of years when Christopher Columbus discovered America they were already hearing. There are over 500 different types of native Americans discovered when Christopher Columbus came there were over 2 million Natives here. Only 200 years later about 90% of Natives had died due to disease and men killing them. -
Puritanism
Puritanism was a group of people trying to change practices in churches in England during the 17th century. They did this because they wanted to basically cut ties with previous roman catholic practices. -
To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet
This poem relates to romanticism because this was a way for the women in the poem to show her love for her husband. -
Huswifery by Edward Taylor
Huswifery is about a man who wants to fulfill Gods askings of him. This poem relates to puritanism because of people trying to grow their faith -
Cotton Mather's account of the Witch Trials
Cotton Mather was a preacher during this time and he wrote this book about the trials. He went into detail about how the devil caused these events to happen and why. This relates to the Salem Witch trials because it talks about what is happening to these people. -
Salem Witch Trails
The Salem Witch trails was a time where people were accused of witchcraft. This all went down in Massachusetts around 1693, this was a big deal and people lost there lives because of the accusations. -
Romanticism
Romanticism arose because it was a way to express love for someone. During the 1700s people could not express there love for someone in public so this was a new way to show there love "publicly". -
The Constitution
The constitution is the United States law, it was signed sept. 17 1787. The constitution contains 27 different laws that make sure we Americans don’t lose our rights. 38 people from the 13 different colonies signed the law. -
Folklore
Folklore is a type of literature that the native Americans came up with, this was a way for them to share their stories for later generations. These stories always had a lesson in them because they wanted to teach later natives. -
Wishpoon and Coyote by Chinook tribe
This story is about a giant beaver that would not let fisherman or anyone drink or fish from his water until one day a coyote was fed up and fought him. The coyote threw a spear at the beaver and they rolled down the lake causing water to rush out and make rivers and along with the river tribes were created, then the coyote killed the beaver. The lesson was that each part of the beaver symbolized a certain strength for the tribes. -
The Era of Common Man
In 1829 Andrew Jackson was elected as president of the United States. Jackson was known for this because he was basically a spokesperson for the average(common) man. Jackson grew up extremely poor so he had been in the same position as other people in the U.S. and because of this Jackson was was able to understand what the people wanted and help them. -
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The Scarlet Letter" was a book that really related to the Salem Witch trial because of the time period that the book was in. Throughout the book, we hear a lot of accusations of witchcraft and people being put up on trial. -
Dred Scott
Dred Scott was a black man owned by a white man but not considered a slave. Scott lived in a slave-free state, therefore, he was not considered a slave until he moved to Missouri a slave state. After moving to Missouri Scott believed because he came from a slave-free state he should be considered a U.S. citizen. The court decided no black man could be considered a U.S. citizen. People who supported Dred helped Lincoln become elected. -
Civil War
The Civil war started because of tensions between the north and south and their views on slavery. Another reason was because of Abraham Lincoln being elected for the presidency. States started to try to "leave" the U.S. and that's what started the civil war. The war lasted for four years, 620,000 soldiers died, and the northern states came out victorious. -
WW1
WW1 began because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. This sparked allied powers and central powers to go to war, the war lasted and 4 years and about 16 million soldiers were killed. -
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby relates to WW1 because throughout the book people spread and say that Gatsby was a war hero. It also relates to the stock market crash because the book took place in the years leading up to crash. -
Stock Market Crash
In 1929 the stock market plummeted, in about four days stock prices dropped about 12%, this caused millions of people to lose money. Years before the crash the stock market was increasing and leading up to the crash it was at an all-time high. -
WW2
WW2 was started because of the German leader Adolf Hitler who basically took over Germany and tried to expand his power by invading Poland. Because of this allied powers declared war on Germany. The war lasted 6 years and about 50 million people died. -
The Great Depression
The great depression was the 10 year period after the stock market crash. many People were trying to rebuild their lives because they didn't have much money after the crash so this caused them to lose their homes and many jobs and businesses were failing so a lot of people lost jobs. -
The Holocaust
In Germany around 1933, a man named Adolf Hitler came to power. Hilter had an idea of a race where people had blond hair and blue eyes, people who had these characteristics were superior to everyone. Hitler wanted people who were not like this killed, including 6 million Jews, he did this by creating an "army" called Nazis. -
The Cold War
The Cold war was an economical war between ur the U.S.S.R, Cuba, and the U.S. This all started because of the spread of communism and Stalin's leadership. This war ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union. -
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird is a book that could relate to the Dred Scott case. It relates to the case because of the outcome of the trials. Both men were black so they automatically had fewer rights and the community had a bias opinion on them.
