- nomads from Asia
- more than 13,000 years ago
- spread along pacific coast
- developed separate cultures
- occupied land, undisturbed til more settlers came
First Permanent European Settlement
- Spanish came 1st
- 1565- founded St. Augustine, Florida (the oldes permanent European settlement in the U.S.)
- they were searching for gold
French and English Settlers
- France was interested in fisheries & fur trade
- setled along the northern Atlantic Coast & St. Lawrence River in the early 1600's
- the English settled about the same time in the south
- 1st permanent settlement in 1607-Jamestown, Virgina
Great Britain in Control
- short-lived, people resented the policies forced on them
- protests led to the American Revolution: 1775-1783
America's Government
- purchased land known as the Louisiana Purchase in 1803
- doubled the nation's size
Immigrants from Western Europe
- arrived in early 1800's
- settled in cities Northeast
- moved to rich farmlands in the Midwest
Sectionalism
- people placing loyalty to their region/section above nation
- tensions between North & South led to the Civil War: 1861-1865
Westward Movement
- wagons on Oregon Trails & others moved west
- crossed prairie, plains, desert & mountains
White Settlers
- U.S. gov. removed Native Americans by treaty & force
- completed 1st transcontinental railroad in 1869
- people to west & products/livestock went east
- in 1890 17 million settled between the Pacific & the Mississippi River
Rural to Urban America
- immigrants & Americans came to cities to work in textile, steel, oil, food processing & other industries
- rural/agriculture to urban/industrialized
Self-sufficient America
- farms grew food necessary for survival & factories produced the manufactured goods it needed
- self-sufficient because of ample natural & human resources
Avoiding Foreign Affairs
- protected from involvement by 2 oceans
- after WWII in 1945 it changed
- only major nation to escape physical damage & had healthy economy
America's Social Unrest
- people migrated to suburbs
- some left for warmer climates
- civil rights movement for African Americans (1960's-1970's)
- feminists & protests against involvement with communism in Vietnam (1955-1975)
Economy Boom
- boomed despite depression or recession
- changes in technology altered the way goods were produced
- computers revolutionalized the workplace
- providing service & information technology surpassed industrial production in importance
- became the world's greatest economic power
U.S. Becomes Leader of Non-communist Nations
- goal: to stop the spread of communism
- a competition for world influence during the Cold War (1945-1991)
- communism in Europe collapsed in 1991 & the U.S. became the world's sole super-power
UNITED STATES EMERGED AS THE WOLRD'S SOLE SUPERPOWER
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