Chapter 31: The Americas in the age of independence

1. Chapter 31: The Americas in the age of independence AP World History: Mrs. Zerbst

2. Everything you ever needed to know about Canada, the U.S., and all South American countries from 1800 to 1900 in 1 easy Powerpoint… Capital investment by the British Development of transportation and communication Edge States – (Hawaii) Native American push back Demands for women’s suffrage Westward Migration – patterns of movement

3. British Capital Investment Capital investments in the Americas pre-1914 by European countries. • Using your knowledge of world history to this point, explain some of the reasons that Europeans (particularly the British): • Had money to invest? • Chose to invest in N. and S. America? • What did they invest in? • What countries would you expect to see on this chart that aren’t present, and why aren’t they there?

4. Transportation Networks Expand Canals Steamships

5. Developing Transportation • Canada: • Built the Canadian Pacific Railroad in 1885 • Railway construction was violently opposed by indigenous groups • Financed by British Capital • USA: see next slide

7. Development of Communication • 1835 – Morse code • Directly followed railroad routes • 1860- Pony express began • 1863 – free city delivery for USPS • 1876 – Telephone invented

8. Checking for Understanding: On a separate piece of paper please write the answers to each question. Why was most of the transportation investment done in the Northeastern part of the United States and not somewhere else? What was different about American railways and Canadian railways? What was similar? (don’t say tracks!) Explain the evolution of communication devices in the Americas and give the names of the “big winners” in the race for patents.

9. Edge States: Hawaii “In 1893, Queen Liliuokalani sought to empower herself and Hawaiians through a new constitution which she herself had drawn up and now desired to promulgate as the new law of the land. It was Queen Liliuokalani's right as a sovereign to issue a new constitution through an edict from the throne. A group led by Sanford B. Dole sought to overthrow the institution of the monarchy. The American minister in Hawaii, John L. Stevens, called for troops to take control of Iolani Palace and various other governmental buildings. In 1894, the Queen, was deposed, the monarchy abrogated, and a provisional government was established which later became the Republic of Hawaii… On July 4, 1894, the Republic of Hawaii with Sanford B. Dole as president was proclaimed. It was recognized immediately by the United States government.” (University of Illinois, Chicago)

10. Native American Push-Back The Ghost Dance Wounded Knee 1890 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L1Fslf3g2M

11. Checking for Understanding #2 What justification did the United States use to depose the rightful Queen of Hawaii? What was the underlying motivation for the land grab of Hawaii? Why were Americans, and specifically the United States Government, so afraid of the Ghost Dance?

12. The Women of Seneca Falls “Resolved, that woman is man’s equal, was intended to be so by the Creator, and the highest good of the race demands that she should be recognized as such. “ Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions 1848

13. Emerging feminism – demands for Suffrage

14. Patterns of Migration: Often predominantly male Tended to come in waves In urban areas, Concentration in districts (Little Italy, Chinatown) External AND internal migration Came for work, land, opportunity, freedom Some migrants were temporary Patterns of Migration – Westward (or Eastward) ho!!!

15. IRISH CENSUS COMMISSION 1851 The commissioners calculated that, as a percentage of the 1841 population, mortality from 1845 to 1850 was as follows: 
1845 : 6.4% 
1846 : 9.1% 
1847 : 18.5% 
1848 : 15.4% 
1849 : 17.9% 
1850 : 12.2% The Census Commissioners wrote in their concluding report:
"In conclusion, we feel it will be gratifying to your excellency to find that although the population has been diminished in so remarkable a manner by famine, disease and emigration between 1841 and 1851, and has been since decreasing, the results of the Irish census of 1851 are, on the whole, satisfactory, demonstrating as they do the general advancement of the country." What can we learn about the push-pull factors of the Irish Potato Famine from this census document? How did this British official view the tragedy? If, as the Irish allege, this attitude was characteristic of the British response to the Irish famine, how affect future relations between the two governments?

16. Eastward immigration from Asia

17. Worldwide Immigration patterns

18. Italian Migration to Argentina – and back • Mass migration 1880-1920 • Swallows (golondrinas) • The Tango • http://8tracks.com/explore/argentine_tango • Ended w/the onset of WWI

19. Checking for Understanding # 3 Analyze this cartoon What does this cartoon tell us about “typical” American attitudes toward immigration and women voting?

20. See… everything about 100 years of history! (NOT) Capital investment by the British Development of transportation and communication Edge States – (Hawaii) Native American push back Demands for women’s suffrage Westward Migration – patterns of movement