American Culture 1

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CONTENT

1. TIPS TO MAKE THE TEST

2. Unit 1-7

3. TIME TO PRACTISE

TIPS TO MAKE THE TEST

• SLIDES AND READER 
• POINTS PER QUESTION
• MORE IS BETTER
• ARTICLE
• CRASHCOURSE

Name at least five of the 13 original colonies, which later became the first US states.

Name at least five of the 13 original colonies, which later became the first US states.

Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia

Original idea American Dream

Modern idea American Dream

“Opportunity is available to all Americans. If you work hard, you can support your family. That if you get sick there will be health care that you can afford and your children can get a good education”

“Sadly the American dream is dead. We are going to make our land great again.”

How did the Puritans and Native Americans end up in a war?

How did the Puritans and Native Americans end up in a war?

Puritans not only wanted to practice their religion, they wanted land and they wanted to convert the natives to their religion.

Explain where Thanksgiving comes from and when did it become a national day?

Explain where Thanksgiving comes from and when did it become a national day?

The Pilgrims shared their food with the natives to thank them for what they had done for them (first Thanksgiving 1621)

It wasn’t until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each (fourth Thursday of) November.

What does cultural relativism mean?

1. A doctrine which identifies God with the universe, or regards the universe as a manifestation of God.
2. The 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the United States throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
3. The principle that an individual person's beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual's own culture.
4. Identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.

Assimilation through reduction of tribal authority 

Assimilation through education

Assimilation through allotment

Reservations became subjsct to federal and state law

Native Americans were given US citizenships

Native Americans were forcibly removed and placed in boarding schools

Curriculum US history neglected NA history and culture

1887 Dawes Act divided reservations into allotments

“Surplus” reservation lands were sold to non-Native Americans

NAME 3 REASONS WHY THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WAS IMPORTANT?

NAME 3 REASONS WHY THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WAS IMPORTANT?

1. First successful colonial revolt

2. Model for guerrilla warfare

3. No bloody aftermath

4. Government by “social contract”: from 13 independent colonies to one nation (“the Great Experiment”)

5. Influenced other revolutions, such as the French Revolution of 1789

Explain the term "checks and balances"

Explain the term "checks and balances"

A system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power.

Which of these was the greatest invention during the industrial revolution?

1. Dynamite
2. Telegraph communication
3. Typewriter
4. Train

Who was Americans most famous inventor?

1. Thomas Edison
2. Al Capone
3. Isaac Newton
4. Samuel Bell

Which quote fits best to the term "Manifest Destiny"?

1. "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"
2. "God wanted us to have this land"

What was the Homestead Act?

What was the Homestead Act?

Een wet van de Verenigde Staten die door president Abraham Lincoln getekend werd op 20 mei 1862. De wet hield in dat een hoofd van een huishouden een stuk land kon krijgen in het westen van het land, nu in het midden, ter hoogte van North Dakota, South Dakota en Nebraska.

North

South

Ideal for large-scale farms (because of fertile soil and warm climate) (cotton, tabacco, sugar)

Tabacco & cotton

Slavery

Economy was stalling 

Democratic political parties 

More abundant natural resources (oil)

Industry flourished Large cities were established 

Large cities were established 

immigrant labour

Transportation was easier

Questions?