Social Studies 5 Assignments
- Instructor
- Mr. Steve Roszak
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- 19-20 School Year
- Department
- 5th Grade
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United States - Civics and Government, Geography and the Land, Economics, and Culture
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Social Studies - Chatper 9 - Lesson 4.
FIDS DAY 3, 4, and 5 - March 17, 18 and 19th.
Directions: Read the following passages and answer the Comprehension Questions with someone important at home! This assignment is located on jmsd.org and inside of your 5th grade FIDS packet. We will be notifying parents in the near future on how to submit your assignments for grading/approval. Thank you for your time and efforts! Please email me with any questions. [email protected]
Effects of the War./
“Slavery is wrong!” a man shouts to the crowd. “Just read the Declaration of Independence. It says everybody should have liberty.”
Other members of the group nod their heads. “It’s not right that we should win our freedom but deny freedom to enslaved people,” your mother says.
“We should stop slavery,” another person says. “But that’s going to be hard.”
New Ideas
By 1776, the states had begun to write their own constitutions. Several of them used Virginia´s constitution as a model. It began with a list of basic freedoms, including the right to trial by jury, the freedom to hold elections, and freedom of the press. These and many others were freedoms that people fought for in the American Revolution.
The Declaration of Independence had changed the way some Americans thought about people´s rights. It said that each person has the right to life and liberty. However, state constitutions did not give this freedom to all people. Women were not given the same rights as men, such as voting rights, and most African Americans remained enslaved
Early Attempts to End Slavery
Some people believed that slavery should be ended. In 1775, Quakers in Philadelphia had started the country´s first abolitionist (a•buh•LIH•shuhn•ist), or antislavery, group. Antislavery feelings grew after the Declaration was approved.
In Massachusetts, an enslaved woman named Elizabeth Freeman sued to be free. When asked why she was suing, she said, "I heard that paper [the Declaration] read yesterday that all [people] are born equal." The jury agreed, and she won. In 1783, Massachusetts abolished, or ended, slavery. Over time, other northern states also abolished slavery.
CAUSE AND EFFECT How did the Declaration of Independence change the way some people viewed slavery?
Western Settlements
When the Revolutionary War ended, the United States did not have enough money to pay all the soldiers who had served. However, the United States had won more land from the British. Instead of paying the soldiers with money, Congress decided to pay some of them with land. Soldiers received different amounts of land based on their rank and how long they had served. Some soldiers were given hundreds of acres of land in areas west of the Appalachians.
Moving West
Many former soldiers moved to these western areas. However, not all of the people who moved west were soldiers. Many families moved west of the Appalachians to start farms. Eager to raise more money, Congress sold large amounts of land to these settlers and to land companies.
The United States now stretched west to the Mississippi River, but British troops were still in some northwestern forts. Spain also claimed lands along the country´s western and southern borders. Many Native American groups lived in the lands along the Ohio River.
South of the Ohio River
Some of the fastest growing areas in the country were those lands south of the Ohio River. During the American Revolution, more than 100,000 people moved to the area that later became the state of Kentucky. Others moved to the area that became the state of Tennessee.
CAUSE AND EFFECT What caused Congress to pay many soldiers with land?
The Northwest Territory
Over time, thousands of Americans followed the Ohio River west and settled the lands north of it. That area became known as the Northwest Territory. A territory is land that belongs to a nation but is not a state and is not represented in the national government.
Governing the Land
At first, there was no plan for how land in the territory should be divided. It was hard to tell where each person´s property ended. In 1785, Congress passed a new land ordinance, or set of laws. The ordinance explained how land in the territory would be measured, divided, and sold. Land was first divided into squares called townships. Each township was then divided into 36 smaller squares, or sections.
In 1787, Congress passed another ordinance called the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. It set up a plan for governing the Northwest Territory and for forming new states from its lands. When any region of the Northwest Territory had more than 60,000 people, it could become a state. The ordinance promised settlers freedom of religion. It also said that slavery would not be allowed in states formed from the Northwest Territory.
CAUSE AND EFFECT How did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 affect slavery?
Battles for Land
In the months after the Revolutionary War, the British left many of their forts in the West. Without British help, it became harder for Native Americans to stop settlers from moving onto their lands.
New Fighting Breaks Out
Native Americans in the Northwest Territory united to fight against the new settlers. Their leaders included Michikinikwa (mih•chih•kin•EE•kwah), also known as Little Turtle, a member of the Miami tribe in what are now Ohio and Indiana.
In the early 1790s, Native American forces soundly defeated United States soldiers in battles in what are now the states of Indiana and Ohio. In 1794, a larger United States force won a major victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, near what is now Toledo, Ohio.
More Lands Are Taken
In 1795, Michikinikwa and the leaders of the other tribes agreed to accept the Treaty of Greenville. In this treaty, they gave up most of their land in the Northwest Territory. Many Native Americans were angry that the United States demanded their lands. After the treaty was signed, they stopped trusting in the United States government.
Some Native Americans sold their land to land companies. The Holland Land Company, for example, wanted to buy much of the land in western New York from the Seneca Indians. The Seneca leader Segoyewatha, also known as Red Jacket, warned his tribe not to sell its land. However, other leaders ignored his advice and signed the Big Tree Treaty, which let the company buy most of the Seneca´s land.
In the years to come, settlers from the United States moved farther and farther west. They cleared the land for farms and towns. The lives of Native Americans would never be the same.
CAUSE AND EFFECT What was the effect of the Treaty of Greenville?
- 1. WHAT TO KNOW How did the American Revolution affect life in the new United States?
- 2. VOCABULARY Describe the difference between a state and a territory.
- 3. HISTORY How did Congress pay some soldiers for their service in the Revolutionary War?
- 4. CRITICAL THINKING How do you think Native Americans felt about the Treaty of Greenville?
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| Weeks 3, 4, 5 | Building the First Colonies | locate the lands in N.A. claimed by Spain |
| 5.3.5A | describe relations b/t Spanish and Natives | |
| 5.3.5F | learn how VA colony was settled | |
| 5.4.5B | describe relations b/t English and NativesPrimary Sources | |
| 6.1.5A | cooperation and conflict resolution strategies | |
| 6.2.5 | learn how people lived in Plymouth colony | |
| 6.4.5 | describe the cooperation and conflict b/t parties | |
| 7.1.5 | explain English settlement government | |
| describe European struggle for control of N.A. | ||
| Explain French/Dutch/N.A. relations |
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| Pacing and Standards | Unit Topic | Outcomes |
| Week 1 | What is Social Studies? | Define geography, government/civics, culture, and ecomonics |
| 7.1.5A and B | ||
| 7.5.5 |
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| Week 2 | Parts of Maps | navigate using map tools |
| use map tools | ||