1. Federal land grants- Recognizing that western railroads would lead the way to settlement‚ the federal government provided railroad companies with huge subsidies in the form of loans and land grants. The government expected that the railroad would make every effort to sell the land to new settlers to finance construction. 2. Transcontinental railroad-During the Civil War‚ Congress authorized land grants and loans for the building of the first transcontinental railroad totie California to the
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Colin Trimble Global 2 Honors Summer Assignment The Sunflower Over the summer we read the book “The Sunflower”‚ a story written by Simon Wiesenthal. The story consists of a man named Simon having to make a choice of to forgive someone that has brought him great pain. Simon is faced with Nazi asking for forgiveness for all the people he has killed over the years. Simon makes a choice but later regrets it. The book “The Sunflower” starts with Simon Wiesenthal being put into a concentration
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1.In the campaign‚ Roosevelt seized the opportunity to prove that he was not an invalid by vigorously campaigning. His campaign also featured an attack on Hoover’s spending (though‚ ironically‚ he would spend much more during his term). 2.In 1932‚ Franklin Roosevelt campaigned on the promise that as president he would attack the Great Depression by experimenting with bold new programs for economic and social reform. 3.The Democrats found expression through the airy tune “Happy Days Are Here
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Chapters 23- 26 Study Guide Chapter 23- Progressivism * Progressive Legislation- the progressives were committed to changing and reforming every aspect of the state‚ society and economy. Significant changes enacted at the national levels included the imposition of an income tax with the Sixteenth Amendment‚ direct election of Senators with the Seventeenth Amendment‚ Prohibition with the Eighteenth Amendment‚ and women’s suffrage through the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Chapter 7‚ Outline Essay #1 Discuss the rise of political parties in the United States. Did the Constitution provide for political parties? If not‚ when and why did the two parties develop? Who led and supported each party? Thesis: The rise of the political parties in the United states rose when the Federalist Period of 1789-1800 occurred during George Washington and John Adams’ presidency from the controversial federal policies of Alexander Hamilton. The Constitution did not provide for the political
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E-books: Can E-books Change the Landscape of College Learning? Going to college can be a very challenging time for anybody. There are the freshmen that have just graduated high school who are trying to get school finished and out of the way. Then‚ there are the people that have waited until they had a family before going to college. It can be a real struggle for both to purchase the textbooks needed for their college classes. E-books could be the change needed to help college students from spending
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Palmyra Area High School Course Catalog 2014- 2015 1125 Park Drive Palmyra‚ PA 17078 717-838-1331 717-838-7915 (fax) www.pasd.us INTRODUCTION Greetings and welcome to Palmyra Area High School! This Student Course Planning Guide has been published to assist students and parents in selecting an educational program that best fits each student’s unique educational skills‚ talents and interests. Please take some time to review the contents so you can plan for a successful
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Chapter 1 Curriculum Framework On a North American continent controlled by American Indians‚ contact among the peoples of Europe‚ the Americas‚ and West Africa created a new world. Key Concept 1.1 Before the arrival of Europeans‚ native populations in North America developed a wide variety of social‚ political‚ and economic structures based in part on interactions with the environment and each other. I. As settlers migrated and settled across the vast expanse of North America over time‚ they
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George Washington was born on February 22‚ 1732. His parents were Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife‚ Mary Ball Washington (1708-89). Mary gave birth at his family’s plantation on Pope’s Creek in Westmoreland County‚ in the British colony of Virginia. After Washington’s father had passed away when he was about 11‚ it’s likely that he helped his mother manage the plantation. By the late 1760s‚ Washington had experienced firsthand the effects of rising taxes imposed on American colonists
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Study Guide 1. Truman foreign policy between 1945-1952- I-Aid to Greece and Turkey to defend against communist pressure S- Support free people resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. 2. U.S. economic expansion post-WWII- I-Savings from WWII‚ expansion defense spending‚ improved technology‚ baby boom‚ expansion of consumer society. 3. 1950’s Red Scare- I-Fear of communist spies undermining the gov’t and misdirecting foreign policy 4. American
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