the united states (history)

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1、TheUnitedStates(History)Ifyouwanttounderstandtoday,youhavetosearchyesterday.PearlBuckMountRushmoreNationalMemorialGeorgeWashington(1732-1799)Fatherofthecountry"firstinwar,firstinpeace,andfirstintheheartsofhiscountrymen."creatingtheContinentalArmygainingindependencefortheAmericancoloniesunifyi

2、ngthe13originalstatesunderthenewU.S.federalgovernmentThomasJefferson(1743-1826)ThethirdpresidentoftheUnitedStates(1801-1809)AuthoroftheDeclarationofIndependenceTheareaoftheU.S.doubledin1803whenJeffersonwaspresident.HeboughtterritorywestoftheMississippi,whichwascalledtheLouisianaPurchase.Abrah

3、amLincoln(1809-1865)afar-sightedstatesman“HonestAm”(Rememberedforhishonesty,compassion,andstrengthofcharacter,LincolnremainsoneofthemostrespectedpresidentsinAmericanhistory)Abolitionist(HeabolishedslaveryintheU.S.)TheodoreRoosevelt(1858-1919)Socialproblemsunequalcompetitionbadworkingcondition

4、spollutedenvironmentTheodoreRooseveltequalopportunitiesincompetitionimprovingworkingconditionspreservingnaturalresourcesExpansionofTerritoryPilgrims(PilgrimFathers)AmericanWarofIndependence13coloniesTheDeclarationofIndependence“Allmenarecreatedequal”“Theyhavenaturalrightsoflife,libertyandpurs

5、uitofhappiness”In1782,acombinedforceofAmericanandFrenchsoldiersdefeatedtheBritish.HowdidtheU.S.expanditsterritory?Page51ImportantDatesExpansionofTerritory1803LouisianaPurchase1867AlaskawaspurchasedfromRussia1848theMexicanWar1898theSpanish–AmericanWarAmericanWestwardMovementCowboystofindjobs(

6、protectingcattlefromrustlers)AmericanWestwardMovementMinerstosearchforgoldandsilverCaliforniaGoldRushAmericanWestwardMovementFarmerstogetlandReadingActivityPage46HomesteadLawsOklahomaLandRushReadingActivityPage42TheFrontierSpiritGuidedQuestionsWhatgreatbenefitscametotheU.S.eventuallyfromthese

7、pioneersoftheFarWest?Whatisthe“NewFrontier”thatPresidentKennedyspokeof?GreatbenefitstotheU.S.foodindustryprosperityoffarmersandranchersdevelopmentofcitiestransportationNewFrontiertheexplorationofouterspaceTheGreatDepressionInOctober,1929,Amer