In the 1850’s the United States only allowed whites to become citizens. Chinese immigrants were not allowed to vote.  They also could not own land.  Chinese could also not testify against whites in court.

What were Chinese not allowed to own?

Chinese were not allowed to own land.

Imagine you were a Chinese immigrant who had been shot by a white person.  How would you have felt if you could not testify against that person in court?

I will feel

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?

They came because wars, floods and famine had made earning a livelihood difficult in China.

How do you think the Chinese heard about the discovery of gold?

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 was the Chinese diet?

Figurative Question:

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

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The mexican flag represent my home country.The u.s. affected me because I live here. I spani is the country I  dream to go because I have seeing that is a nice play and it was cute places.

What do you think might have happened to Lewis and Clark’s expedition without the help of Sacajawea and York? I think than lewis and might deid of honger because they didnt now who to hanted  and want to ea.t

Data set: Thomas Jefferson

Place the following facts into the categories of: Slavery and Sally Hemings, Jefferson Life, Jeffersons as President , Jefferson Jobs

1.     Jefferson became the ambassador of France and lived there with his daughter Maria and Sally Hemings.

2.     After his presidency, Jefferson founded and built the University of Virginia.

3.     The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States.

4.     In 1998, a DNA test proved that Jefferson was the father of Sally Hemings children.

5.     Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that “all men were created equal.”

6.     Jefferson owned a slave by the name of Sally Hemings and had an affair with her that lasted nearly 26 years.

7.     At age twenty-six, Jefferson began to built his home Monticello which means little mountain in Italian

8.     Jefferson had slaves at his home in Virginia.

9.     Jefferson was considered a renaissance man; he was an architect, farmer, writer, and inventor.

10. Jefferson was elected president in 1800.

11. George Washington selected Jefferson to be his Secretary of State.

12. Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark on an expedition to explore and map the American West.

Slavery and Sally Hemings,

4.     In 1998, a DNA test proved that Jefferson was the father of Sally Hemings children.

6.     Jefferson owned a slave by the name of Sally Hemings and had an affair with her that lasted nearly 26 years. 

8.     Jefferson had slaves at his home in Virginia

 Jefferson Life

2.     After his presidency, Jefferson founded and built the University of Virginia.

5.     Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that “all men were created equal.”

7.     At age twenty-six, Jefferson began to built his home Monticello which means little mountain in Italian

Jeffersons as President ,

3.     The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States

10. Jefferson was elected president in 1800.

12. Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark on an expedition to explore and map the American West

Jefferson Jobs

1.     Jefferson became the ambassador of France and lived there with his daughter Maria and Sally Hemings.

9.     Jefferson was considered a renaissance man; he was an architect, farmer, writer, and inventor

11. George Washington selected Jefferson to be his Secretary of State

Should history’s opinion of Jefferson change because of the slaves he kept and his relationship with Hemings? Why or why not?I thing that history chode not change becouse all the people make mistakes.

Benjamin Franklin

1.     Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts.

2.     After working in his brother’s printing shop as a boy, Franklin became a printer.

3.     Franklin published his own newspaper called the Poor Richards Almanac.

4.     Franklin started the first hospital in Philadelphia.

5.     Franklin started a school in Philadelphia.

6.     Franklin started the first public library in Philadelphia.

7.     Franklin became famous for discovering electricity by using a kite and a key.

8.     In 1765 Franklin spoke to British parliament about the Stamp Act in the colonies.

9.     Franklin worked with Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence.

10.  Franklin asked France to send help to America to help the American’s to win the Revolutionary War.

11.  Franklin helped write new laws for America called the Constitution.

12.  Benjamin Franklin had many jobs in his life; he was an author, politician, printer, scientist, philosopher, publisher, and inventor.

13.  Benjamin Franklin invented Bifocals.

14.  Near the end of his life, Franklin became an abolitionist, someone who was against slavery

Invention

3.     Franklin published his own newspaper called the Poor Richards Almanac.

4.     Franklin started the first hospital in Philadelphia.

5.     Franklin started a school in Philadelphia.

6.     Franklin started the first public library in Philadelphia.

13.  Benjamin Franklin invented Bifocals.

LIFE

1.     Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts.

2.     After working in his brother’s printing shop as a boy, Franklin became a printer.

9.     Franklin worked with Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence.

12.  Benjamin Franklin had many jobs in his life; he was an author, politician, printer, scientist, philosopher, publisher, and inventor.

7.     Franklin became famous for discovering electricity by using a kite and a key.

11.  Franklin helped write new laws for America called the Constitution.

14.  Near the end of his life, Franklin became an abolitionist, someone who was against slavery

Think of time you stopped doing something even though you wanted to keep on doing it. What was it, and what made you stop?  wene was fading what my cousand. I stop becouse my anut say stop.

Now try to put yourself in the mind of an American colonist who had slaves hundreds of years ago.  Then try to put yourself in the mind of someone who has slaves today. I will  them go beause I will put my self in there place.I thing that all the people have to be free.

If you were one of them, what do you think would have to happen in order to make you stop having slaves and why?

Think of time you stopped doing something even though you wanted to keep on doing it. What was it, and what made you stop?  wene was fading what my cousand. I stop becouse my anut say stop.

Now try to put yourself in the mind of an American colonist who had slaves hundreds of years ago.  Then try to put yourself in the mind of someone who has slaves today. I will  them go beause I will put my self in there place.I thing that all the people have to be free.

If you were one of them, what do you think would have to happen in order to make you stop having slaves and why?