Sophie DeGreen APUSH Chapter 1 Section Review 1. What were the main characteristics of the Indian civilizations of Mesoamerica? There were many characteristics of the Indian civilizations of Mesoamerica. One was that a lot of them were farmers. The Mayans and Aztecs of Mesoamerica had elaborate and complex systems of irrigation for their farming that they mastered. For Mesoamerican civilizations‚ an elite class ruled the society. The Mayans had an elite class that lived off of taxed peasants and
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James McManus Mr. Colameco AP United States History 7 January 2013 Example Document Based Question Nearly all of the reasons for agrarian discontent in the late 19th century stem from three areas: land‚ transportation‚ and money. The farmers were fighting the perceived threats posed by monopolies and trusts‚ railroads‚ and the demonetization of silver. The American farmer during this period already had his fair share of problems which‚ compared to the success of the industrialized businessmen
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The Age of Jackson must have been an exciting time. There were electoral scandals‚ Indian removals‚ bank vetoes‚ and nullification. Jackson was the first president from the west‚ the first to be nominated at a formal political convention‚ and the first to hold office without a college education. Jackson owned slaves‚ many acres‚ and a mansion; he was a frontier aristocrat. He was a fierce military man who had headed the campaign to acquire Florida‚ and he was seen as a national hero. The Age of Common
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How the Exam Works. The APUSH exam consists of two parts. Part 1 is the 80 question multiple choice section in which you have 55 minutes to complete. Part 2 consists of writing a total of three essays. The first essay is called the document-based question (DBQ) because you are given 9-13 documents which should be used to answer the essay prompt. The next two essays are the free-response questions (FRQ). You will be given four essay promts to read. Two prompts are from pre-civil war era and the
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1. Common Sense- Thomas Paine’s legendary pamphlet urging the colonies to declare independence and establish a republican government. 2. Deism- Belief system that emphasized reasoned moral behavior and scientific pursuit of knowledge; they believed in a Supreme Being but rejected the divinity of Christ. 3. Stamp Act-Widely unpopular tax on an array of paper goods‚ repealed in 1766 after mass protests erupted across the colonies 4. Virtual Representation-The British said the colonies need
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secretary of the treasury‚ from 1789 to 1795. B. Born on March 16‚ 1751‚ in Port Conway‚ Virginia‚ James Madison wrote the first drafts of the U.S. Constitution‚ co-wrote the Federalist Papers and sponsored the Bill of Rights. He established the Democrat-Republican Party with President Thomas Jefferson‚ and became president himself in 1808. C. The Elastic Clause says that Congress shall make ALL reasonable and proper laws‚ regardless of what the rest of the Constitution says. The Elastic Clause
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Ironclads- Wooden ships with metal armor that were employed by both sides during the Civil War. Brought in a new age of military fighting‚ by getting rid of the old ways of fighting. Bounty Jumpers- Would enlist as someone else‚ desert‚ and then reenlist again for another person to gain a profit. Greenbacks- Name given to paper money during the Civil War‚ they weren’t redeemable for actual gold but were still handed out. Farmers wanted to inflate it to cover the cost of the depression but the
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APUSH * ------------------------------------------------- Chapter 26 The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution ------------------------------------------------- 1. In post-Civil War America‚ Indians surrendered their lands only when they received solemn promises from the government that they would be left alone and provided with supplies on the remaining land. ------------------------------------------------- 2. In the warfare that raged between the Indians and the American military
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What is the Difference between Democrats and Republicans? Republicans are considered to be to the right side of the poltitical spectrum and Democrats are considered to be to the left. The right side is generally pro-religion‚ anti-bureaucracy‚ pro-military‚ pro-business and pro-personal responsibility. All the way to the far left of the spectrum are the extreme liberals also called extreme Democrats. Republicans see government as wasteful and an obstacle to getting things done. Republicans are
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APUSH Chapter 1-5 Notes Chapter 1 Chapter One starts out with the shaping of North America. The section explains that because of the Great Ice Age and the Canadian Shield that now we have present-day America. Early evidence shows that people had already began traveling to the Americas in crude boats or going along the Bering Isthmus. Before the Europeans arrived‚ it is estimated that 54 million people already inhabited these areas of interest. Although the Europeans did not see how many people
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