Top 10 Topic’s

1 California Gold Rush of 1849 - This is one of the most exciting because this gave people schools, homes, and lead to California entering the union as a free state. This was painful too because people were victims of diseases and starvation.
2 George Washington 1789 - without Washington we wouldn’t have a country, and he set the standard for future presidents.
Washington was also painful to learn about because he believed in and owned slaves.
3 Fugitive Slave Act of 1793- This is an exciting act to learn about because I learned about people like Luther lee and others who risked their lives to help slaves escape. It was painful to learn because this act wanted to bring escaped slaves back.
4 Congress prohibits importing Salves of 1808- This is an exciting one to know because the U.S. stopped importing slaves. This was painful to learn because they only did this because of the money it cost.
5 Monroe Doctrine of 1823 - this is exciting learning that this protected us from the
Europeans who may have wanted to colonize in the Western Hemisphere. This was painful because he believed it created the U.S. as a world power and the U.S. would get involved in other countries affairs.
6 Eli Whitney Cotton gins of 1793- Without the cotton gin I wouldn’t have clothes on me or jackets. This was painful to learn because he lost all he had and almost went bankrupt, and the cotton gin it increased slavery in the antebellum south.

7 Trails of Tears of 1838 - I liked learning about this because I learned how Indians came to be where they’re at. This was painful to learn because the Indians lost a lot of their people and was robbed of there homeland.
8 Louisiana Purchase of 1803 - I liked learning about this because it showed me how the country gained land. This was painful to learn because I couldn’t ever get the states we gained right.
9 Florida Territory of 1822- this is an exciting land gain to me because it’s my home state. This was painful because they removed the Seminoles from their homeland.
10 Andrew Jackson of 1837- I liked President Jackson because he wanted a democracy where every one participated in government. This was painful because he wanted slavery and the removal of Indians.