US History concept chart major concepts & themes across US History: Difference between revisions

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=== "The American Experience" ===
=== "The American Experience" ===
* religious, economic & political freedom
* “land of opportunity”
* "The American Promise”  
* "The American Promise”  
* slavery, segregation, discrimination
* economic, including:
* land ownership
** freedom
* self-governance & political participation  
** economic imperialism
* >> get into modern experience
** economic inequality
** economic opportunity
* immigration
** assimilation and "melting pot"
** origin cultural heritage & identity
* land ownership, pioneer culture
** “land of opportunity”
** "move west"
* political activism and issue advocacy
* race & racial relations
* religious freedom
* slavery & legacies:
** segregation
** discrimination
* self-governance & political participation


=== state colonialism ===
=== state colonialism ===