SCC US - Aantekeningen periode
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SCC US - Week 2
United States
50 states 48 lower states, Alaska and Hawaii 4 time zones and great natural diversity.
Cultural region large portion has the same values, economies, religions, etc.
National anthem ‘Star Spangled Banner’.
Emblem Eagle.
Fraud is called a three dollar bill.
First settlers pilgrims and puritans.
Puerto Rico unincorporated territory of the US. People are American citizens.
War of Indepence (1776) 13 colonies became the USA.
Manifest Destiny (exam)
Manifest Destiny, the supposed inevitability of the continued territorial expansion of the
boundaries of the United States westward to the Pacific and beyond (internet).
SCC US - Week 3
Native Americans
Different languages and lifestyles. One with nature.
Political organisation based on family and clan units.
Religion based on a deep faith in supernatural / spiritual forces.
Economy designed to give male members a max. of leisure and a min. of manual work.
Great mystery some tribes believed that the combined total of these spiritual powers is
the unseen force that fills the world, a kind of supernatural force that shapes and directs life.
Warfare raids of slaves, scalps, women and horses.
1607 First Europeans arrived
1787 Law even stated ‘no land should ever be taken from Native Americans’.
President Monroe survival by removal to area where they ‘would not be disturbed’.
Pantheism divine is in all things/humans are no more important than any other part of the
world.
Indian Removal Act (1830) All Native Americans living east of the Mississippi River
would be moved west to a place called Indian Territory - an area that was thought to be
unsuitable for white farmers (reader).
Indians could occupy land but not hold title to those lands (1823).
5 civilized tribes Cherokee
Choctaw
Muscogee (Creek)
Chickasaw
Seminole
,Homestead Act (1862) offered free farms ('homesteads') in the West to families of
settlers. Each homestead consisted of 160 acres of land (reader).
Indian Appropriations Act I (1851) reservations to ‘protect’ Indians.
Indian Appropriations Act II (1871) ended the US recognition of Indian tribes or
independent nations and prohibiting additional treaties.
Tribes had three choices:
Move to other reservations.
‘Disappear’.
Become like white man.
Fort Laramie treaty (1868) black hills belong to Sioux. All land returned to Native
Americans.
Battle of little Bighorn (1876) Custer’s last stand, a victory of the Native Americans.
Wounded Knee (exam)
Wounded Knee Creek, the soldiers ordered the Lakota Sioux to give up their guns. One
young warrior refused. A shot rang out, followed by many more. The soldiers began shooting
down the Lakota Sioux men, women and children. Within minutes, most of the Lakota Sioux
were dead or badly wounded (reader).
Religious dancing earth would perish and come alive again in a pure state, including the
death for an external existence free from suffering.
Allotment Act (1891) every family got a small plot of land. Rest sold to whites.
BIA bureau of Indian affairs founded to represent Native Americans, but they were not
in the party.
SCC US - Week 4
Columbus (1492) took home some gold.
Claim land establish settlements people were willing to take risk.
- Promise of wealth.
- Safety from religious or political persecution.
- The ‘Fountain of Youth’.
Colony not founded by governments, but companies.
Virginia Company London-based firm with rich investors. They paid costs but had rights
to profits. Two earlier English colonies had failed but Jamestown, Virginia succeeded.
Pilgrims had approval of Virginia Company to settle in Northern part of Virginia.
Jamestown (1607) discover tobacco set up its own government.
Approval of king for colony king/queen was ‘gods representative’.
Pilgrims (1620) had approval of Virginia company to settle in Northern part of Virginia.
Church of England:
Puritan protestants who believed Church of England should become more pure (plain and
simple).
Pilgrims separatist protestants who believed their new religion was true (separated from
Church of England).
, Puritans were not tolerant to other religions.
Religious beliefs were foundation for colonies.
Puritans arrived in winter Native Americans helped them (Thanksgiving).
Boston settlement (1630) more puritans came.
Influence of pioneers:
- Homesteads.
- Hard life in the middle of nowhere.
- Independence but also work together with other settlers.
- Belief in equality.
SCC US - Week 5
1680-1776 First wave of immigration
Mainly economic gain.
Largest group: Irish and Scotts (indentured servants).
1662 start of trans-Atlantic slave trade
1776-1820 little immigration because of war.
1820-1890 Second wave, the ‘old’ immigrants
Religion, politics, overpopulation and unemployment were push factors.
Work, supply of land and gold were pull factors.
Nativism ethno-centric opposition to immigration.
Industrial revolution machine-based economy. Steam-powered engines, increase of
population, increase of production and canals and trains (transport).
New pull factors, second half of 19th century: more land, victory over Natives and Homestead
Act (1862).
1890-1930 Third wave, the ‘new’ immigrants
Temporary immigration transport improved.
Southern/eastern Europeans.
Nativism new immigrants not seen as ‘real Americans’.
Development of assembly lines (lopende band).
Federal regulation Ellis Island (1892-1954) ‘reception point’ immigrants were
checked.
Statue of Liberty (1886) present of France. Commemorate declaration of indepence.
Immigration laws:
- National Quota Acts (1875) list of banned people.
- Emergency Quota Act (1921)
- National Origins Act (1924) Asian-exclusion act.
- National Origins Formula (1927) total immigration limit of 150,000 a year.
Chinese Exclusion Act (1898) workers for railroads and mines. Racial discrimination
until WWII. Stuck together Chinatown.
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SCC US - Week 2
United States
50 states 48 lower states, Alaska and Hawaii 4 time zones and great natural diversity.
Cultural region large portion has the same values, economies, religions, etc.
National anthem ‘Star Spangled Banner’.
Emblem Eagle.
Fraud is called a three dollar bill.
First settlers pilgrims and puritans.
Puerto Rico unincorporated territory of the US. People are American citizens.
War of Indepence (1776) 13 colonies became the USA.
Manifest Destiny (exam)
Manifest Destiny, the supposed inevitability of the continued territorial expansion of the
boundaries of the United States westward to the Pacific and beyond (internet).
SCC US - Week 3
Native Americans
Different languages and lifestyles. One with nature.
Political organisation based on family and clan units.
Religion based on a deep faith in supernatural / spiritual forces.
Economy designed to give male members a max. of leisure and a min. of manual work.
Great mystery some tribes believed that the combined total of these spiritual powers is
the unseen force that fills the world, a kind of supernatural force that shapes and directs life.
Warfare raids of slaves, scalps, women and horses.
1607 First Europeans arrived
1787 Law even stated ‘no land should ever be taken from Native Americans’.
President Monroe survival by removal to area where they ‘would not be disturbed’.
Pantheism divine is in all things/humans are no more important than any other part of the
world.
Indian Removal Act (1830) All Native Americans living east of the Mississippi River
would be moved west to a place called Indian Territory - an area that was thought to be
unsuitable for white farmers (reader).
Indians could occupy land but not hold title to those lands (1823).
5 civilized tribes Cherokee
Choctaw
Muscogee (Creek)
Chickasaw
Seminole
,Homestead Act (1862) offered free farms ('homesteads') in the West to families of
settlers. Each homestead consisted of 160 acres of land (reader).
Indian Appropriations Act I (1851) reservations to ‘protect’ Indians.
Indian Appropriations Act II (1871) ended the US recognition of Indian tribes or
independent nations and prohibiting additional treaties.
Tribes had three choices:
Move to other reservations.
‘Disappear’.
Become like white man.
Fort Laramie treaty (1868) black hills belong to Sioux. All land returned to Native
Americans.
Battle of little Bighorn (1876) Custer’s last stand, a victory of the Native Americans.
Wounded Knee (exam)
Wounded Knee Creek, the soldiers ordered the Lakota Sioux to give up their guns. One
young warrior refused. A shot rang out, followed by many more. The soldiers began shooting
down the Lakota Sioux men, women and children. Within minutes, most of the Lakota Sioux
were dead or badly wounded (reader).
Religious dancing earth would perish and come alive again in a pure state, including the
death for an external existence free from suffering.
Allotment Act (1891) every family got a small plot of land. Rest sold to whites.
BIA bureau of Indian affairs founded to represent Native Americans, but they were not
in the party.
SCC US - Week 4
Columbus (1492) took home some gold.
Claim land establish settlements people were willing to take risk.
- Promise of wealth.
- Safety from religious or political persecution.
- The ‘Fountain of Youth’.
Colony not founded by governments, but companies.
Virginia Company London-based firm with rich investors. They paid costs but had rights
to profits. Two earlier English colonies had failed but Jamestown, Virginia succeeded.
Pilgrims had approval of Virginia Company to settle in Northern part of Virginia.
Jamestown (1607) discover tobacco set up its own government.
Approval of king for colony king/queen was ‘gods representative’.
Pilgrims (1620) had approval of Virginia company to settle in Northern part of Virginia.
Church of England:
Puritan protestants who believed Church of England should become more pure (plain and
simple).
Pilgrims separatist protestants who believed their new religion was true (separated from
Church of England).
, Puritans were not tolerant to other religions.
Religious beliefs were foundation for colonies.
Puritans arrived in winter Native Americans helped them (Thanksgiving).
Boston settlement (1630) more puritans came.
Influence of pioneers:
- Homesteads.
- Hard life in the middle of nowhere.
- Independence but also work together with other settlers.
- Belief in equality.
SCC US - Week 5
1680-1776 First wave of immigration
Mainly economic gain.
Largest group: Irish and Scotts (indentured servants).
1662 start of trans-Atlantic slave trade
1776-1820 little immigration because of war.
1820-1890 Second wave, the ‘old’ immigrants
Religion, politics, overpopulation and unemployment were push factors.
Work, supply of land and gold were pull factors.
Nativism ethno-centric opposition to immigration.
Industrial revolution machine-based economy. Steam-powered engines, increase of
population, increase of production and canals and trains (transport).
New pull factors, second half of 19th century: more land, victory over Natives and Homestead
Act (1862).
1890-1930 Third wave, the ‘new’ immigrants
Temporary immigration transport improved.
Southern/eastern Europeans.
Nativism new immigrants not seen as ‘real Americans’.
Development of assembly lines (lopende band).
Federal regulation Ellis Island (1892-1954) ‘reception point’ immigrants were
checked.
Statue of Liberty (1886) present of France. Commemorate declaration of indepence.
Immigration laws:
- National Quota Acts (1875) list of banned people.
- Emergency Quota Act (1921)
- National Origins Act (1924) Asian-exclusion act.
- National Origins Formula (1927) total immigration limit of 150,000 a year.
Chinese Exclusion Act (1898) workers for railroads and mines. Racial discrimination
until WWII. Stuck together Chinatown.
