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Unit 1: America’s expansion, 1789-1838 How and why USA expanded, 1789-1838

The specification says you should know the big story of America. How and what it developed into a superpower from start to end. Using your revision guide complete the overview time line- this will form the starting point of your revision.

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Unit 1: America’s expansion, 1789-1838 How and why USA expanded, 1789-1838

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  1. The specification says you should know the big story of America. How and what it developed into a superpower from start to end. • Using your revision guide complete the overview time line- this will form the starting point of your revision

  2. The specification says you should know the big story of America. How and what it developed into a superpower from start to end. This story breaks down into five smaller stories: America’s expansion 1789-1838 how and why America expanded The West 1839-1860 why white Americans migrated to the West Civil War and Reconstruction 1862-1877 reasons and impact Settlement and conflict on the Plains 1861-1877the impact of white Americans on the Plains American Cultures 1877-1900 how the three groups of people’s lives were changed

  3. The Making of America 1789-1900 checklist • Unit 3: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-77 • Divisions over slavery and causes of the Civil War • African-American experience of CW 1861-65 • Reconstruction and continuing limitations for African-Americans • Unit 1: America’s expansion, 1789-1838 • How and why USA expanded, 1789-1838 • Expansion of slavery in the south due to growth in cotton on plantations 1793-1838 • The removal of Native Americans from the East, 1830-38 • Unit 4: Settlement and conflict on the Plains 1861-77 • How and why white Americans exploited the Plains: railroads, ranches and cow towns • Homesteaders: living and farming on the Plains • The Indian Wars: Little Crow’s War (1862), Red Cloud’s War (1865-68), Great Sioux War (1876-77( Unit 2: The West, 1839-60 The culture of the Plains Indians – Lakota Sioux Journeys of early migrants to California and Oregon: the Mormon settlement of Utah Nature and impact of the California Gold Rush 1848-49 and consequences of the Pike’s Peak gold rush 1858-59 • Unit 5: How lives changed, 1877-1900 • Changes to Plains Indians: impact of reservations, destruction of the buffalo • Impact of economic, social and political change on lives of African-Americans • Growth of big business, cities and mass migration

  4. Complete your learning organisers for each of the five sections using the revision guide. You can continue filling these in for homework. Tick off your checklist when you have completed each task on each sheet.

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