Abraham Lincoln

 Because of Abraham Lincoln America became free of slavery.Abraham Lincln was the 16th President of the United States. when he was the precident, the Civil War start to preserv the Union and to stop the slavey.   

Marthin Luther King Jr.

"Martin Luther King was a activivis and promientleader in the African-American civil rights.  I think that he did the 

rights thing because every human have the rihgt to be free.and to be on peace.

Cesar Chaves

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<César Chávez is one of the greatest labor leaders and human rights activists in the United States>>>>>>>>>>>.

cesar chavez is on of the people thah was  fighting for the rights of other people.Cesar Chavez was a farmer that recanase how bad the owners 

treed them, that why Chaves stared the . they wher locared on the wester of the U.S.. Cesar

1. samthing that i thoudht was interesting about warld war one, interesting was because one person got killed and thats why the war got stated.

2. Samething that I learne today is how many people go killed by the poiset gas.

Word Bank:

The first working _________________________ was invented, designed, made, and flown by the _________________________ brothers, Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright. Their "_______________________" was a fabric-covered biplane with a _________________________ frame.

On December 17, ____________, their plane flew for 12 ______________________ and for a distance of 120 feet (37 m). The flight took place at Kitty Hawk, _________________________, USA.

Orville and Wilbur Wright were raised in Dayton, Ohio. Before _________________________ their airplane, they operated a _________________________ repair and sales shop. They made their own bicycles.

The brothers chose Kitty Hawk to fly their planes because it was an isolated town on North Carolina's Outer Banks that had steady _________________________ and sand dunes on which they could glide and land gently. The brothers' first two gliders failed. Later that year, the brothers built a _________________________ in which they tested over 200 wing and airframe designs.

Returning to Kitty Hawk, they began test flights in 1903. The planes accelerated on a monorail _____________________ and flew into the air.

During the next few years, the brothers developed more sophisticated planes. They later formed the _________________________, which built and sold their airplanes.

The Wright brothers' famous airplane is on permanent _________________________ at the National Air and Space _________________________ in Washington, D.C., USA.

Building the railroad was very difficult work.  At first railroad companies, like the Central Pacific, only hired white men to do this job, but these men proved to be unreliable.  A lot of white workers only worked long enough to save money to go to California or Nevada and then they would quit.  They were also more likely to strike and ask for higher pay.  The Central Pacific decided to hire Chinese workers because the Chinese worked very hard and did not cause problems.  Working conditions were very hard and pay was so low that some Chinese workers finally got tired and decided to strike.  In June of 1867 the Chinese working on the Sierra Nevadas walked off the job and refused to go back unless they got paid more, had safer working conditions, and shorter working shifts.  Charles Crocker told them he would not give in to their demands.  The Chinese workers decided to continue the strike until their demands were met.  In the end, however, the Chinese went back to work because they needed the money and had no other options.

If you were a Chinese worker on the railroad, would you have continued the strike, gone back to work, or done something else?  Why?

 If I was a Chinese worker, working on the railroad, I would continued the strike and get all the people to strike so the owners of the company would have to race the payme

As soon as news of the discovery of gold in California reached China in 1849, there was an increase in the numbers of Chinese immigrants to the west coast of the United States. They came because wars, floods and famine had made earning a livelihood difficult in China.

Why did Chinese immigrants come to California? The Chinese immigrants came to California because of the wars, floods and famine had made earning a livehood.

How do you think the Chinese heard about the discovery of gold? I thik that the Chinese heard about the gold rush because of the people that they were working for.

Chinese workers on the railroad were fed a Chinese diet including dried oysters, dried fish, sweet rice, crackers, dried bamboo, salted cabbage, Chinese sugar, dried fruits and vegetables, dried seaweed, Chinese bacon, dried mushrooms, peanut oil, tea, rice, pork, and chicken.  This was a much healthier diet than the beef, beans, bread, butter and potatoes of white workers at the time.  The Chinese also drank barrels of hot tea.   White workers, instead, would drink cold water.  Too often this water was contaminated and caused illness among the workers.

Literal Question:

What did the workers drink when they were thrrsty? Why do you think the water got comtaminated?

Figurative Question:      

 Why do think that the Chinese workers eat a lot more better then the white people?

Chinese workers on the railroad worked six days a week from sunrise to sundown.  They were paid $1 each day.  Three thousand Chinese were hired to work on the railroad.

In 1867 two thousand Chinese workers went on strike.  They demanded a raise to $40 each month.  The strike ended in one week, and the Chinese workers were forced to go back to work without a raise in their pay.

 Literal Question:

 how much many did the Chinese got pay for a day? How many days did the woke on one month? From what time to what time did they work?

Figurative Question:

why the people wanted the work done but they didn’t wanted to  

You will be creating a final project for this unit on The Settlers of America. Using Flowgram (if our computers let us go to it) find a picture that shows each chapter we studied:

For each picture, please write in your own words one piece of information you learned about that chapter that you think is interesting or important, and why you think it is interesting or important.

Independence For Texas

* The civil war was betwen Texans and Mexicans, but then Texas became a republic or its own country.

*The Battle of the Alamo  is the most famous battle of the Texas Revolution. They used to fight.

this is a picture of the civil war. 

 This other picture ia a example of the ALAMO                                                  

The United States Grows Larger

When the  United States Grows Larger it was because they hade a war betwen Mexico and America wich is called the Mexican cessinn, when thi hupend Mexico lost 7 states wich they were New Mexico,Nevada,Texas, California, Colorado, Utah and Arizona. 

 I thin that this is important because i learned how the UAS got lorger

On this picture shows were are the places that Mexico losted.(AC, AZ, NV, NM,UT, CO, and TX)

On To Oregon and California

On 1849 is when the gold rush begain  meny people from all over the wrold move/imigrate  to California and Oregon, on this time was realy hard for people because it was alot of peole that they can't get alot of gold.

 On this pictures is showing us how they  woked , but not only the old peole worked, also the kids were working.

The Southern States Leave

the Souther   States Leave to the United States and form the confederatte states of America.

this is a picture of Harriet Tubman.                        This other picture is how the slaves wanted to run awey from ther owners.

On this picture is about the underground Railroad for the slaves to scape from ther ouners.

The Civil War

the Civil War was about endin the slavery, this civl war was bettwen the North and the Souht because the Northe wanted to end slavery and the Southe wanted to have slavery.

this picture is about the civl war. they had ther wepens for them to fihgt. 

What did you learn that you liked?

2.      Which two subjects that we learned about this semester did you like the best? Write at least one sentence about each subject.

Example: I liked learning about the Early Settlers this semester because I could relate their reasons to coming to the America with mine.

 2. I liked learning about the slavery because alot of people did know the today we steal have slavery, and also because now we have laws the protect us. The other subject that i like is about the essay the we hade to comper and contrasttow persons one from the pas and one from the present.

What did you learn about that you did not like?

3.      Which two subjects that we learned about this semester did you not like? Write at least one sentence about each subject.

Example: I did not like learning about slavery and the Slave Trade because it made me angry that people were treated like they were not human.

3.* I didn't like to learned about the witches because on the bideos the we saw how the witches we saw how they kill people, I olso didn't  liked how they treted  the slaves.

What activities did you like?

4.      What three activities that we did in class did you like best? Write a sentence about each activity and why you liked them.

Example: I liked creating my own flag and posting it on my website because it was interesting looking at all the different flags my classmates created on their

4.  *I liked creating my own   Buffalo Hide Painting in my website because it was interesting looking at all the different Buffalo Hide Painting from my clasmates.

     *  I liked creating my own flag  because I got to do it how i whant it.

     *I also liked the activity of "How I felt when I came to the US" because i got to expres my filings when i got to U.S.

What activities did you not like?

5.      Which three activities that we did in class this semester did you not like? Write a sentence about each activity and why you did not like it.

Example: I did not like doing the Early Settlers project on Flowgram because I thought the Flowgram was too hard to understand. 

5.*I did not like doing the activity that we did on flowgrame because we hade to read the sentences.

*A nother thing that I didn't like is when we hove to ga arownd the class room and sea the woor from other people, i didn't like it because we had to stand up and we hade to wallk arownd the class.

*Also i didn,t liked the  Final Exam Project because i was woring on my posterous i tray to saved bat i gess that it didn't saved, and that makes my angrry.

What do you want to get better at in this class?

6.      What are two things you would like to do better in this class next semester? Write a sentence about each thing and why you want to do it better.

Example: I want to get better at reading in English because it will help me understand the history we read about in this class.

6* I want to get better at reading in English because it will help me understand what i read and it will maked essyer for me.

* I also want to get beter at writing on the computer so i can finsh all my work.

What are the most interesting things you have learned?

1)Then on December 5, 1848, President Polk announced that gold was discovered. This announcement caused one of the largest migrations to the west coast. Over 100,000 people made their way to California. These gold seekers were known as the "forty-niners."

2)Today it might be hard to understand why men left their homes and loved ones and traveled thousands of miles to look for gold. But in 1849, a prosperous farmer might make about two or three hundred dollars a year. A factory worker made about a dollar for working a twelve hour day. A skilled craftsmen made a dollar and a half a day.

3)Eventually, much of the gold that could be mined by hand had been found. Heavy machinery was needed to dig out the rest. Many miners went home penniless--or nearly so. John Sutter left California in 1851, heavily in debt. Miners had invaded his house and trampled his fields.. James W. Marshall, the man who first found the gold, had little success as a miner.

4)Still, many miners stayed. They started businesses in cities and towns or became farmers.. By 1856, San Francisco had more than 50,000 citizens and was the largest and most important city in the West. On its streets walked people from every corner of the world.

5)THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH

6)On May 12, 1848, when word of the discovery reached San Francisco, the town's male population was about 600. On May 15, only about 200 men remained.

7)On January 24, 1848, James Marshall spotted glittering flakes of gold in the American River. At the time he was working on helping to build a saw mill for John Sutter. He quickly took the gold to show Mr. Sutter and to get it tested. Sutter asked Marshall to keep the discovery of gold a secret until the construction of his mill was completed. However, that was one secret that was impossible to keep because gold is a valuable metal.

8)By June 1, San Francisco was a ghost town--stores closed, ships abandoned, and houses deserted. Most of the men had run off to the gold fields. The town's newspapers even shut down. No one was left to write or read them.

5)THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH 

7)On January 24, 1848, James Marshall spotted glittering flakes of gold in the American River. At the time he was working on helping to build a saw mill for John Sutter. He quickly took the gold to show Mr. Sutter and to get it tested. Sutter asked Marshall to keep the discovery of gold a secret until the construction of his mill was completed. However, that was one secret that was impossible to keep because gold is a valuable metal. 

6)On May 12, 1848, when word of the discovery reached San Francisco, the town's male population was about 600. On May 15, only about 200 men remained.

8)By June 1, San Francisco was a ghost town--stores closed, ships abandoned, and houses deserted. Most of the men had run off to the gold fields. The town's newspapers even shut down. No one was left to write or read them.

3)Eventually, much of the gold that could be mined by hand had been found. Heavy machinery was needed to dig out the rest. Many miners went home penniless--or nearly so. John Sutter left California in 1851, heavily in debt. Miners had invaded his house and trampled his fields.. James W. Marshall, the man who first found the gold, had little success as a miner.

4)Still, many miners stayed. They started businesses in cities and towns or became farmers.. By 1856, San Francisco had more than 50,000 citizens and was the largest and most important city in the West. On its streets walked people from every corner of the world.

2)Today it might be hard to understand why men left their homes and loved ones and traveled thousands of miles to look for gold. But in 1849, a prosperous farmer might make about two or three hundred dollars a year. A factory worker made about a dollar for working a twelve hour day. A skilled craftsmen made a dollar and a half a day.

¹     In the 1800s, the country started to grow quickly. Some people started to believe that the country should go from one ocean to another. They used this idea as a reason to go to war or take land from other countries. This idea was called Manifest Destiny.

 ²     The term was used for the first time in 1845. The person who used it did not think the country should go to war to get land. He didn't think the government should have any part of it. He thought that people should just move west. When enough  people lived in an area, they would apply to become a state. This is how the country should grow.

 ³     It wasn't that easy. Other countries owned the land in the West. Thomas Jefferson helped with this problem in 1803. He bought land from France. This land went from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. He doubled the size of the country  .

 ⁴     People quickly began to move onto this land. But some people wanted to go farther west. They went into Texas. This land was owned by Mexico. In 1836, they declared their freedom.Texas  applied to become a state. The two countries  went to war over the land. Mexico lost.

 ⁵     After the war, there were some that wanted all of land to become part of the country. Not everyone agreed. The treaty helped end this talk. Mexico lost land - a lot of land. The land would become many states in the West.

The Mexican-American War

The Mexican-American War began in 1846.  There were many events that led up to this war.  For example, Mexico and the United States argued over where the official  border between the countries should be.  The United States was also unhappy because Mexico refused to sell California and New Mexico to the United States. People in the United States at that time wanted to make the country bigger so they wanted to buy California and New Mexico from Mexico.  Mexico’s refusal to sell the territories was one of the reasons the United States went to war.  Mexico had many problems throughout the war.  The biggest problem was that the Mexican government was weak and divided.  The United States also had a better army and weapons .  After two years of fighting the American army invaded Mexico and won the war.  Mexico had to give the United States California, New Mexico, and other territories to end the war.

reasons                                             Mexico

United States                                    problem

weapons                                           territories

invaded                                             border