Melissa Cooper, a History Teacher at Senioritis.io

Melissa Cooper
June 21, 2023
History of the Americas

Understanding the Encomienda System: Labor Exploitation in Spanish Colonized Americas

What was the ‘encomienda system’? In the economies of the Spanish colonies, Indian labor was used to support plantation-based agriculture and extract precious metals and other resources....

Melissa Cooper
June 21, 2023
History of the Americas

The Impact of Wheat on Native American Agriculture and Diets: A Staple Crop

European goods that transformed Native life (Name three) Horses – improved hunting and warfare for Natives (especially in the Great Plains and Basin), weapons and alcohol helped...

Melissa Cooper
June 21, 2023
History of the Americas

American Innovations That Transformed Europe: A Look at Automobiles, Electric Light Bulbs, Personal Computers, and Mass-Produced Goods.

American goods that transformed European life (list two or more) Maize, potatoes, and other crops – helped increase European population and the shift from feudalism to capitalism...

Melissa Cooper
June 21, 2023
History of the Americas

How Europeans Used Racial Superiority, Manifest Destiny, and Economic Justification to Subjugate Africans and Natives

How did Europeans justify the subjugation of Africans and Natives? White racial superiority, Bible, view of groups as “savages” Europeans justified the subjugation of Africans and Natives...

Melissa Cooper
June 21, 2023
History of the Americas

The Three G’s that Fueled European Conquest: Gold, Glory, and God

European exploration and conquest were fueled by…(Three G’s) a desire for new sources of wealth, increased power and status, and converts to Christianity. (god, glory, gold) The...

Melissa Cooper
June 21, 2023
History of the Americas

Impact of New Crops from the Americas on European Agriculture, Society and Economy

Impact in Europe of new crops from the Americas? European population growth (particularly from corn and potatoes) The introduction of new crops from the Americas had a...

Melissa Cooper
June 21, 2023
History of the Americas

The Profound Economic Impact of Resource and Wealth Discovery in the Americas on Europe

What was the economic impact in Europe of new resources and sources of wealth from the Americas? Began the economic shift from feudalism to capitalism The economic...

Melissa Cooper
June 21, 2023
History of the Americas

The Dust Bowl: A Warning of Environmental Degradation and the Need for Sustainable Land Management.

Dust Bowl A drought in the 1930s that turned the Great Planes very dry. The Dust Bowl was a severe environmental disaster that occurred in the Great...