Do Now 12/4

Answer in complete sentences:1.Do you think it’s possible for wars

to happen, but to NOT have a winner? How?

2.If there is no winner, then how would a war end?

3. In general do you think wars are necessary? Why or why not?

War of 1812, Monroe Doctrine, Mexican War

1. Gather the facts and details you need to know for #1 – 182. Raise hand when finish to be checked for correctness3. Move onto visual activity.

Pg. 54 - 55

Do Now 12/3Directions: If you were in charge, which rule would you implement for James Martin, and EXPLAIN why?1. Having NO dress code, or enforcing the dress code.2. Having a recess or NO recess in the regular day.3. Having a 4-day school week with longer school

days but each Monday off, or a normal 5-day school week

America the Story of Us: Westward Review

Daniel BooneThomas Jefferson and the Louisiana PurchaseLewis and ClarkWestJedediah Smith20,000 Americans died going WestDonner Party“Gold Fever”Trail of Tears

1. What is the name of the Purple area on the map?2. Where do Lewis and Clark start their journey?3. What direction do they travel?

Do Now 12/2

Were Lewis and Clark respectful to the Native Americans theyencountered on their journey?

(leave some space to write)

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WERE Respectful Were NOT Respectful

Lewis + Clark BiosMeriwether Lewis

Aide to JeffersonShy, ReclusiveDrew detailed maps of land, animals + plants

William ClarkServed w/Lewis in Continental ArmyFriendly, OutgoingBrought slave (York)• Translated for

Clark• Natives treated

him like celebrity

Onward!

“Corps of Discovery” left St. Louis on May 14, 1804

Traveled on Missouri in special cargo boat

Many difficulties faced by Corps Boat got stuck many times in river silt- was pulled upstreamMosquitoes, fleas, gnats, leeches, snow, rapids

The JournalsRequired by Jefferson Included 60 maps

Rivers, mountainsVery detailed

SketchesAnimals/plant life

140,000 wordsProvided important credibility to journey

Expedition Route

Were Lewis and Clark respectful to the Native Americans theyencountered on their journey?

Document A:1. According to Thomas Jefferson, how should Lewis and Clark treat the Native Americans they meet?

Were Lewis and Clark respectful to the Native Americans theyencountered on their journey?

Document B:2. According to Clark, what happens at the Buffalo Dance?3. According to these diary entries, what’s one way that Lewis and Clark’s men interacted with the Native American tribes they met?

Were Lewis and Clark respectful to the Native Americans theyencountered on their journey?

Document C:4. According to this article, why has the history of Lewis and Clark been one-sided?5. What were some of the long-term outcomes of Lewis and Clark’s journey on Native Americans?

Were Lewis and Clark respectful to the Native Americans theyencountered on their journey?

Document D:6. Based on these two passages, how would you describe the relationship between Sacagawea’s family and Lewis and Clark?

Discussion Questions

1. Were Lewis and Clark respectful to the Native Americans they encountered on their journey?

2. Should Lewis and Clark be judged for what happened to Native Americans after their trip?

3. Can we judge people in the past by our standards?

Do Now 12/3Directions: If you were in charge, which rule would you implement for James Martin, and EXPLAIN why?1. Having NO dress code, or enforcing the dress code.2. Having a recess or NO recess in the regular day.3. Having a 4-day school week with longer school

days but each Monday off, or a normal 5-day school week

“It is impossible to civilize Indians because they were essentially inferior to the

Anglo-Saxon race”

Indian Removal Act 1830• 7th President Andrew

Jackson (of North Carolina!) pushes Congress to force Indians to move west of the Mississippi

• Congress established Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) as the new Indian homeland

• US govt. creates Bureau of Indian Affairs

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John C. Calhoun

“One of the greatest evils to which they (Indians) are subject is the incessant (constant) pressure of our population.”

1) According to John C. Calhoun, why is the US government forcing the Native Americans to move off of their homelands?

2) What is wrong with this statement?

Cherokee Indians• Lived peacefully in the

Appalachian Mountains of Georgia and Tennessee

• Adopted culture of whites - wrote and spoke English

• Had own written language and newspaper

• Based their government on the U.S. Constitution

• Were farmers, shopkeepers, artisans

Cherokee Sue For Land

• Cherokee sued the government of Georgia for taking their land

• Worcester vs. Georgia - Supreme Court rules Georgia’s actions are illegal and that the Cherokee can stay

President Andrew Jackson

“Chief Justice John Marshall has made his decision. Now let him enforce it.”

1) What is the job of the Supreme Court?

2) What is the job of the President?

3) What should happen if a government official refuses to do his job?

Trail of Tears• Georgia govt. smashes

in Cherokee printing press

• US troops move 18,000 Cherokee at gunpoint 800 miles from 1838-1839

• 25% of Cherokee died - most elderly and children

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Trail of Tears, Robert Lindneux 1942

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Map of the Trail of Tears

Imagine…On the way to school this morning, you stopped by the gas station. After you purchased a coke and a snack, you had exactly one dollar left in your pocket. You decided to spend it on a lottery ticket. Once you got to class, you sat at your desk and scratched off the boxes, one by one. When you got to the last one you realized: You’ve won $500,000! What would you do? How would you feel? What would be your thoughts, knowing you just won half a million dollars?!?

North Carolina Firsts• May 20, 1775 - Mecklenburg Declaration of

Independence signed• Dec. 11, 1789: University of North Carolina becomes

1st public college in U.S.• 1799: 1st gold nugget found in U.S. at Reed Gold

Mine in Cabarrus County, NC

In 1799, John Reed's son, Conrad, found a 17-pound gold nugget in a creek bed. This sketch appeared in an August 1857 issue of Harpers Weekly.

Image courtesy of the North Carolina Office of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC.

Newspaper article announcing the discovery of a 22-pound gold nugget at the Reed Mine.

Image courtesy of the North Carolina Office of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC.

Miners panning at a gold mine in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.

Image courtesy of the North Carolina Office of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC.

Effects of the Gold RushIntroduction of new businesses to the stateHelped people migrate to North Carolina and the development of infrastructure (transportation and business)