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Unit 1- The Transformation of the South and WestAssignmentsName: __________________________A Timeline of Your LifeEveryone has a story. Your life story is the culmination of different impactful and pivotal events that have changed your life and made you the way you are today. For this activity, I would like you to pick 6 events that have happened in your life that have either impacted you or changed you. Remember, timelines are a series of events that are placed in chronological order, so start early in your life and work your way to today. You timeline must include the following for full credit:Your name at the top with your birthday6 events Dates of the eventPicture for each event with colorBrief description of what happened and how it impacted youPrimary Source Documents: HAPPYName: __________________________________ Date: ____________ Grade:____________We know what we know about history mainly through the study of primary source documents. Whether it is through newspapers, pictures, or quotes, we have learned much about our nation’s history through different forms for primary sources. In order for us to become better historians, we must understand how to analyze these documents so we too can learn much from them. Read the following primary sources below and use the HIPPO rubric to analyze each source.Source A:"That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.”-Abraham LincolnHistorical ContextIntended AudiencePurposePoint of ViewWhy ImportantSource B: Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends. And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."-Dr. Martin Luther king Jr.Historical ContextIntended AudiencePurposePoint of ViewWhy ImportantSource C:“Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December 7th, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese empire.”Historical ContextIntended AudiencePurposePoint of ViewWhy ImportantSource D:“Maine sailors murdered by Spain”Historical ContextIntended AudiencePurposePoint of ViewWhy ImportantReconstruction and The “New South” WorksheetName: ________________________________ Date: ________________ Period: ___________“With malice toward none, and charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds… to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”-Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, March 1865According to this quote, do you think Lincoln wants to forgive the South or punish it?What was Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction called? Explain it.“As eleven states are not at this time represented in either branch of Congress, it would seem to be the President’s duty on all proper occasions to present their just claims to Congress… If they are all excluded from Congress, if in permanent statute they are declared not to be in full constitutional relations to the country, they may think they have cause to become a unit in feeling and sentiment against the government.”-Andrew Johnson, 1866“The late war between the two acknowledges belligerents…broke all the ties that bound them together. The future condition of the conquered power depends on the will of the conqueror… Hence a law must be passed before any new state can be admitted… Until then no member can be lawfully admitted into wither House… The each House must judge whether the members… possess the requisite qualifications.”Thaddeus Stevens, 1865Why did Johnson favor immediate readmission of Southern states?Why did Stevens want tight restrictions before admitting Southern states?What group wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction? Why did they want to punish the South?What was the 13th Amendment?What was the 14th Amendment?What was the 15th Amendment?What organization provided food, education, and shelter for newly freed slaves?In what ways did the South try to limit African-American freedom after the pasing of these Amendments?Describe sharecropping.What are scalawags? What are Carpetbaggers?What happened to Lincoln on April 15, 1865? Who became President?What event ended Reconstruction?“There was a South of slavery and secession- that South is dead. There is a South of union and freedom- that South, thank God, is living, breathing, and growing every hour. The old South rested everything on slavery and agriculture, unconscious that these could neither give nor maintain healthy growth. The New South presents a perfect democracy… a social system compact and closely knitted, less splendid on the surface, but stronger at the core… and a diversified industry that meets the complex needs of this complex age.”-Henry Grady, 1886After reading this quote, where do you think Grady is from?What term refers to the newly “industrial” South?What does he say the South relied too heavily on that did not give or maintain healthy gain?How does he describe the “New South”?Westward Expansion Journal EntryDuring the mid-1800’s, a large population of Americans migrated to the west for various reasons. Some wanted to escape the racism of the South, some wanted to find gold, some wanted a fresh start, others wanted to simply to take advantage of the acres and acres of land that was open to them. The fulfillment of Manifest Destiny provided many stories that embody the American dream and the American experience. For this assignment, write a 1 page journal entry document your story as you move west. Your journal entry must include the following:Date of your entryName of your characterWhere are you fromWhere did you settleWhy you leftWhat you hope to do in the west (think about the notes and what we have talked about write about the last two parts)Was it a good decision to move west?Native American Conflict in the West WorksheetName: ______________________________________ Period: ________ Date: ____________Why was there conflict between the American government and Native American tribes in the west?Where did the US government attempt to place many Native American tribes as white settlers were moving west?“In order to become sole masters of our land they relegated us to small reservations as big as my hand and make us long promises, as long as my arm; but the next year the promises were shorter and got shorter every year until now they are the length of my finger, and they keep only half of that.”-Chief Piapot, 1895Historical contextIntended AudiencePoint of View PurposeOpinion (How does the source make you feel?)According to the quote, where were many Native Americans put by the American government during this period?Does Chief Piatpot trust the American Government? Why or why not?What is a reservation?“If you strike off into the broad, free West, and make yourself a farm from Uncle Sam’s generous domain, you will crowd nobody, starve nobody, and neither you nor your children need evermore beg…”According to this quote, what act passed in 1862 do you think this is referring to?Who do you think it is addressed to?What happened at the Sand Creek Massacre?What happened at the Battle of Little Big Horn? Who led the Sioux in that battle?What happened at Wounded Knee?What did Chief Joseph do?What is assimilation? What was passed to speed this up?What book was written by Helen Hunt Jackson criticizing the US government’s treatment of Native Americans?“There is not among these three hundred bands of Indians one which has not suffered cruelty at the hands either of the Government or of white settles. The poorer, the more insignificant, the more helpless the band, the more certain the cruelty and outrage to which they have been subjected… it make little difference where one opens the record of the history of the Indians; every page and every year has its dark stain…”-Helen Hunt Jackson, 1881Historical ContextIntended AudiencePoint of ViewPurposeOpinionAccording to this quote, what two groups have harmed Native Americans the most?According to this quote, what group is subject to even more cruelty?“America: The Story of Us – Heartland”Video GuideWhat was the biggest obstacle in the way of building the transcontinental railroad?Who were the two companies that built the railroad?How does the federal government pay for the railroad?Why were Chinese workers chosen to build the railroad?What happened on May 10, 1869?Where does the railroad trigger a mass migration to?How much of America’s land is given away under the Homestead Act?List several obstacles or challenges for settlers. (Get at least 5)What happened to half the population of western Nebraska by 1892?What happens to the Great Plains?What is “green gold”?How many buffalo were roaming the Great Plains in the 1800’s?What new hunter arrives on the Great Plains?Why is there conflict between white people and Indians over the buffalo?How did the horse change the Indian way of life?For what purpose did the cowboy develop?Where did the Texas Longhorn come from?What invention will threaten the cowboy’s way of life?What happened to the open range?How long did the “hay day” of the cowboy on the open range last?Where do most Indians wind up living as settlers moved west?What happened to Lt. Col. George Custer and his men?What happened on December 29, 1890?How did the railroad change time?How did Richard Sears change the way Americans shopped? ................
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