Transcript ANSWER THE QUESTION - Gymnázium P.J.Šafárika

Gymnázium Pavla Jozefa Šafárika
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HISTORY OF USA 4.
From the War the Civil War to the End of the 19th Century
Vzdelávacia oblasť:
Jazyk a komunikácia
Predmet
Anglický jazyk
Ročník, triedy:
VIII.OA
Tematický celok:
Reálie anglicky hovoriacich krajín
Vypracoval:
Ing. Diana Matisová
Dátum:
07/2015
Obsah
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From the War the Civil War to the End of the 19th
Century 1865-1900
Quick Quiz
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FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE END OF THE
19TH CENTURY 1865-1900
GENERAL CHARACTERISTIC
- period of unprecedented economic growth
-The United States became the most powerful country in the
world
-Direct result of the Civil War
1) abolished slavery
2) broke the political power of the Southern planters
3) opened the way for a free capitalist development of all the
United states in the Union
The 12 years that followed the Civil War (1865-1877) are
called a period of Reconstruction.
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FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE END OF THE
19TH CENTURY 1865-1900
RECONSTRUCTION
-The South was occupied by Northern troops and democracy
made some real progress
-The blacks were given the right to vote –
number of them were elected to the U.S. Congress and
various state legislatures in the South
2 REASONS FOR RECONSTRUCTION POLICY
1)The idealistic wing of Republican Party – to protect Blacks
2)The materialistic wing – hoped to hold the South for voters,
offices and power
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FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE END OF THE
19TH CENTURY 1865-1900
RECONSTRUCTION
-The North won the war and slavery was finished, but little
was done to help the Blacks.
-They got less education, earned less money, and continued
to suffer prejudice from the southern whites
KU KLUX KLAN
-After their defeat the southern states tried to limit the rights
of the Blacks by various local laws and the secret organization
the KU KLUX KLAN harassed or even lynched Blacks.
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FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE END OF THE
19TH CENTURY 1865-1900
KU KLUX KLAN
-Was founded in 1866 by defeated Southern planters
-It was an instrument of terror against the newly-freed slaves
-By 1877 the Northern Army was withdrawn to give antiblack elements and free hand in terrorising black people
-The democratic laws passed during the
Reconstruction were repealed, black
members were forced out of Congress
and state legislatures
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FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE END OF THE
19TH CENTURY 1865-1900
-The black population was forced into the system of
sharecropping.
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SHARECROPPING
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SHARECROPPING
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FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE END OF
THE 19TH CENTURY 1865-1900
SOME INTERESTING FACTS
Alaska
- In 1867 The United States bought Alaska from Russia for a
sum of 7.200.000 dollars two cents per acre, for Alaska.
("Seward's Folly.„)
• Joe Juneau's 1880 discovery of gold ushered in the gold
rush era.
• Alaska officially became the 49th state on January 3, 1959.
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GOLD RUSH IN ALASKA
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GOLD RUSH IN ALASKA
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FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE END OF THE
19TH CENTURY 1865-1900
Transcontinental railway
-In 1869 the first transcontinental railway was completed
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Transcontinental railway
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FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE END OF THE
19TH CENTURY 1865-1900
Immigrants
-Between 1870-1910 – 20 million immigrants from Europe
entered the U.S. (highly skilled workers)
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FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE END OF THE
19TH CENTURY 1865-1900
Other territorial expansions
-1889 – U.S. occupied Samoa
-1894 – Hawaii
-1898 – Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines (after the war
with Spain the U.S. seized some Spanish colonies)
-Cuba* - was proclaimed formally independent, but also
remained under U.S. influence (until the victory of Fidel Castro
in 1958)
By 1890 the United States had surpassed Britain and became
the leading world power.
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QUICK QUIZ
ANSWER THE QUESTION
What were the direct results of the end of Civil War?
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QUICK QUIZ
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What do you remember abou Reconstruction and Ku Klux Klan?
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QUICK QUIZ
ANSWER THE QUESTION
What is sharecropping?
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QUICK QUIZ
ANSWER THE QUESTION
How and when did the U.S. become the world power?
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POUŽITÉ ZDROJE
• http://www.glogster.com/ceciliasanchezz95/r
econstruction/g-6lsgm3pbh2luj8lk1anvqa0
• http://www.history.com/topics/blackhistory/voting-rights-act
• VESELÝ, K.: The English speaking countries –
Reálie anglicky mluvícíh zemí. Praha: Státní
pedagogické nakladatelství 1985. 165-170 s.
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