1815-1914

1. Unites States
Jake Miller

2. 1836
– Battle of the Alamo, Santa Anna’s
army wiped out the Alamo but
with great loss.

3. 1848
– Gold found in California spurring
millions of settlers to travel there
for a future.

4. 1861
– Civil War started due to slavery and
economic differences.

5. 1863
– Emancipation Proclamation freed
more than 3 million slaves.

6. 1865
– Civil War ended. Abraham Lincoln
assassinated.

7. 1898
– Spanish American War. Americans
interfered in Cuban War.

8. Greatest Enemies
– Britain, Mexico, and Germany
– Britain because we had fought two
wars in the past 4 decades and
were great enemies until after the
Civil War.
– Mexico because of the Mexican
American War.

9. Greatest Ally
– France they helped in the
revolution and we never fought
between this time.

10. Influential Leaders
– Our greatest influential leader was
Abraham Lincoln because he called
for a change and fought the
bloodiest war ever fought on
American soil and ended slavery.
– Teddy Roosevelt was a good
president and furthered our
nation.

11. Government
– The United States has a mix of a
Democracy and a Republic.

12. Power
– We gained power through the
Industrial Revolution, and lost
some and gained some power by
the Civil War. We gained by uniting
our country to be one, and lost
power because of the lives that
were lost .