U.S. History Terms‚ Concepts and Links 112/1113/20122013 This document is always in development. Corrections and suggestions are welcome. Note: Use the application’s “find” function to locate a specific term. Many terms are in the dated folders in History Conference/History docs/USH Docs folder on First Class. Note on links: You can find hundreds of U.S. history sites all over the web. Preeminent is American Memory at the Library of Congress‚ especially The Learning Page with its links to Library
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nationalism (Doc D). In the Election of 1820‚ James Monroe won by a landslide and the Federalist party had been destroyed by the Hartford Convention; thus‚ there was only one political party‚ leading to a great amount of political nationalism. The Density of Population in 1820 showed that the Northeast had a higher population than the South‚ meaning that the North controlled the House of Representatives. So‚ while there was only the Republican party in politics in 1820‚ there was a large amount of sectional
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1. 601. Federalists opposed the acquisition of Canada because A) there were too many French there. B) Canadian business would prove too competitive. C) it was too agrarian and would give more votes to the Democratic-Republicans. D) they believed that the Canadians could never become Americanized. E) too many Indians lived there. C 2. 602. During the War of 1812‚ the New England states A) supported the United States’ war effort. B) lent more money and sent more food to the British army than
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257 THEME TEN Colonialism and the Countryside Exploring Off Archives Explor ing Of f icial Ar c hiv es In this chapter you will see what colonial rule meant to those who lived in the countryside. You will meet the zamindars of Bengal‚ travel to the Rajmahal hills where the Paharias and the Santhals lived‚ and then move west to the Deccan. You will look at the way the English East India Company (E.I.C.) established its raj in the countryside‚ implemented its revenue policies‚ what these
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Chapter 1: A Global Family Portrait Sachs outlines elements of life in four countries – Malawi‚ Bangladesh‚ India and China which broadly correspond to four ‘stages’ of development – • Malawi – caught in ‘the perfect storm’ is portrayed as a Malaria and AIDS infested rural backwater‚ largely cut off from international trade – represents the four billion people trapped in extreme poverty – living on less than $1 a day • Bangladesh – ‘on the ladder of development is ‘ integrated into
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The Monroe doctrine was essentially intended to prevent the Western Hemisphere off-limits to European colonization. European powers would attempt to restore Spain’s former colonies‚ attempts would be viewed as a hostile act against the U.S Second Continental Congress intercolonial assembly that met in Philadelphia on May 10‚ 1775; all thirteen colonies were represented; still wanted to just get British acts repealed and wrote new appeals to British people and king‚ but raised money to create an
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This philosophy encouraged people that they could perfect the world by perfecting society. Together‚ the Second Great Awakening and Transcendentalism initiated reform in the 19th century. For example‚ the war on liquor‚ known by many as the temperance movement‚ ensued in the 1820s. In the movements beginning‚ reformers only spoke of moderation. At the time‚ annual alcohol consumption was relatively high; in 1825
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In 1829‚ Sir Robert Peel created the Metropolitan Police when he served as Home Secretary of England. He created the first modern police force‚ the Metropolitan Police in London. According to Peel‚ the real key for policing is "the police are the people and the people are the police (Wikipedia 2010).” It was his belief that prevention of crime could be accomplished without intruding into the lives of citizens. He set about nine principles that still seem to be true and useful in the present day
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Introduction Homelessness is a part of life many are aware of and may even have witnessed or observed an individual experiencing homelessness. Homelessness crosses many social classifications including race‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ sexuality‚ age‚ location‚ health‚ social status‚ and family status (Mizrahi & Davis‚ 2008). There are homeless individuals in every city across the United States. This paper will focus on the homeless population within the city of Kalamazoo‚ Michigan. Task 1: Identify Focal
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injunction not to violate female delicacy. In the 1820s and the 1920s‚ the relationship between women and work was characterized by competing
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