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California State Test

California State Test. Grade 8. America Before the Constitution. Religious movement (1700s) Formal break from Great Britain Won freedom from Britain; started democracy Parliament (2 house government). U.S. Constitution. Limited English kings’ powers; has to follow laws

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California State Test

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  1. California State Test Grade 8

  2. America Before the Constitution • Religious movement (1700s) • Formal break from Great Britain • Won freedom from Britain; started democracy • Parliament (2 house government)

  3. U.S. Constitution • Limited English kings’ powers; has to follow laws • Limited English monarchs’ powers; can’t change laws • Self-government • National government with limited powers; failed • Essays supporting a new constitution • Government cannot force religion on someone • “Father of the Constitution”; rewrote constitution

  4. U.S. Constitution - Articles • Forms Congress - Senate and House of Representatives (Legislative) • Forms Presidency and Cabinet (Executive) • Forms Supreme Court and court system (Judicial) • States’ laws respected; new states added • Changing (amending) law of the land • Supremacy clause; national government overrides state government • Constitution approved • Rights of American citizens (1-10) • Belief that states have more rights than national government

  5. Participation in American Politics • 15, 19, 26 Amendments; no law stating who can vote • Strict construction; anti-national bank; anti-tariff; pro-agrarian (farming); expand voting rights • Loose construction; pro-national bank; pro-tariff; anti-agrarian; restrict voting rights • Threatened to end American government

  6. Expectations • Supported region rather than nation • No foreign alliances or political parties • American System (Clay) - self-sufficient • Expanded voting rights; forced Cherokee out of Georgia • Focus on American landscape; transcendentalism

  7. Foreign Policy • U.S. defeated Britain; rise in patriotism • Europe won’t interfere with the Americas • Brought from France; doubled the size of U.S. • Led by Tecumseh to stop westward expansion

  8. U.S. Northeast • Trade, manufacturing, transportation • Pro-tariff; mainly anti-slavery (Republican) • Wealthy, middle class, immigrants, poor • Opportunities for African Americans; education reforms; women’s rights

  9. U.S. - South • Agrarian (cotton, tobacco farming) • Pro-slavery, anti-tariff (Democrat) • Plantation system; wealthy planter, sharecroppers, slaves • Horrible conditions; slave revolts (D. Vesey, N. Turner)

  10. U.S. - West • America’s destiny to move westward • Farming; mining (gold, silver) • Frontier difficult; women and men worked on farms • From Mexico; started war when admitted as slave state • U.S. victory; gained land to Pacific Ocean

  11. Abolition Movement • Quakers (Penn.) anti-slavery • Slaves 3/5 of a person • Conductor of Underground Railroad • Abolitionist leader • Missouri - slave; Maine - free; U.S. balanced • CA - free; TX given money; Mexican Cession in half • LA Purchase in 2; voters decide on slavery • African Americans not citizens, no rights

  12. The Civil War • Small states; connected by railroads; factories • Larger states; less railroads; farms • President (16th) during Civil War; freed slaves • War fought for liberty, equality, democracy • Freed slaves in Confederacy, not other states • Promoted peace for North and South • Commanded Western Union army, then entire Union Army • Virginian commander of Confederate Army • President of Confederacy

  13. Civil War Battles • Fort Sumter (started war); Battle of Antietam (bloodiest); Battle of Gettysburg (turning point); Appomattox (not battle, ended war)

  14. Reconstruction • Reuniting and rebuilding nation • Relief agency for poor Southerners • Segregation laws (forced racial separation) • 13th (slavery illegal); 14th (citizens legally protected); 15th (African American men can vote) • Ku Klux Klan - violence and terror

  15. Industrial Revolution • Americans moved west for land and gold • Farmers’ political groups • T. Edison, A. Bell, H. Ford, Wright brothers, S. Slater • A. Carnegie (steel); J.D. Rockefeller (oil); Stanford (railroad) • Urban growth, problems, reforms • Southern and Eastern Europe; worked low paying jobs • Protested to improve working conditions and wages

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