******************** AP World History ********************* September 15‚ 2012 Chapter 14 Outline Introduction: Every year or al least once in their life‚ the Muslims must travel to Mecca. This is a holy pilgrim that has been a tradition for the Muslims since Muhammad made the trip. At the beginning the pilgrims to Mecca were made by small amounts of people. However‚ by the ninth century‚ thousands of people traveled to Mecca in the 9th lunar month. All these people survived on food and water
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Cahokia: located on the site of an ancient Native American city situated directly across the Mississippi River from modern St. Louis‚ Missouri / largest and most influential urban settlement in the Mississippian culture / the mound builders / advanced and indigenous cultures Constantinople: trade routes in 1453 / eastern Roman Empire capital / right in the middle of a trade route from Europe to the middle east and Asia Leif Erikson: Viking from Scandanavia / Norway / the first European to set
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AP U.S. History Goal 1: DQs 1. What were the plans Alexander Hamilton had for organizing the new nation’s finances? What were the Jeffersonian Republicans’ major objections to those plans? - George Washington chose the talented Alexander Hamilton‚ who had served with him throughout the Revolutionary War‚ to take on the challenge of directing federal economic policy as the Secretary of Treasury. The first issue that Hamilton tackled as Washington’s Secretary of Treasury concerned the problem of
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involved leg on banking Glass Seagull Act‚ divided banking to control prices etc‚ gov reg in agricult industry -->to get tax breaks‚ but question of unconstitutional Wagner act (pro labor) Agricult Adjust Act (AAA) Roosevelt recession‚ WWII pulls us out of depression Fair Deal New Deal but plus Civil Rights same concepts on labor fair housing (Most knocked down by Repub congress--led by Taft) -->didn’t get off the ground Eisenhower great economic resurgent in the 50s‚ because AMerica is
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1800’s Transportation In order to create regional‚ national and international markets‚ strong commerce‚ trade and transportation are necessary. During the 1800’s‚ social change became more prominent in different areas of the country such as the South and Midwest. As economic prosperity grew‚ the need for new and more efficient means of transportation grew as well. Through the development of new transportation technologies such as canals and railroads‚ America saw a large increase in the monetary
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3-1 • Mercantilism o Economic system used in 1500s to 1700s o Nation’s power was directly related to its wealth • Incentives o Motivational factor • Balance of Trade o Relationship between a country’s imports and exports o Country with favorable balance of trade makes money by exporting more products than imports • Navigation Acts o 1651 ~ 1663 by Parliament o All goods coming from Europe or Africa to colonies had to travel on British ships manned with British crew o Colonies remained
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troubling our inhabiting and planting‚ are not to be feared; but that they shall have cause both to fear and love us that shall inhabit with them. They are a people clothed with loose mantles made of Deer skins‚ & aprons of the same round about their middles; all else naked; of such a difference of statures only as we in England; having no edge tools or weapons of iron or steel to offend us withal ‚ neither know they how to make any: those weapons that they have‚ are only bows made of Witch hazel ‚
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Thomas Jefferson- became the victim of one of America’s first "whispering campaigns." The Federalists accused him of having an affair with one of his slaves. Beat John Adams to win the election of 1800 by a majority of 73 to 65 electoral votes. Jefferson preferred to make the military smaller. Jefferson was forced to bend his thoughts of not using military force when the leader of Tripoli informally declared war on the United States. Jefferson sent the new navy to Tripoli and after 4 years of fighting
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Examples of perfectly planned and executed battles are few and far between in U.S. history. However‚ the Cabanatuan Prison Raid in the Philippines still serves today as close to an ideal illustration of planning‚ coordination‚ and effective command. LTC Henry Mucci of the U.S. Army’s 6th Ranger Battalion decisively adhered to the principles of mission command. He built a cohesive team through mutual trust‚ created a shared understanding‚ and took prudent risk to succeed. The raid was conducted
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Chapter 11 • Enlightenment – age of reason‚ logic‚ and science • Emotion and feeling towards ppl less fortunate • Americans wanted an American culture – American sculptures‚ American art‚ American writers‚ American literature‚ etc. • Americans think that they are inferior over Europe • In America you can succeed • During this time we started moving away from the E. Period and started believing in the idea of going with your gut feeling and start making an American culture • Some things
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