To what extent was “the Gilded Age” an age of inaction‚ apathy‚ and extremism in American politics? Thesis: The Gilded Age has become classified as an era that demeans American politics. The time period consisted of severe lack of interest and concern with the people‚ idleness within the government and its decisions‚ as well as numerous instances of groups’ tending to maintain the disposition to shift toward the extremes. Background: The time throughout the 1870s and some of the twentieth
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Shaping of North America - Pangea Split North America formed - “America’s Mountains” = Rockies‚ Sierra Nevada‚ Cascades‚ Coast Ranges Peopling the Americas - 35‚000 years ago = Ice Age Glaciers that connected Eurasia with N. America (present day Bering Sea) Nomadic Asian hunters (immigrant ancestors of the Natives) Trekked across the Bering isthmus for 250 centuries Reached far tip of S. America (15‚000 miles from Siberia) By the time Europeans arrived in 1492‚ 54 million people inhabited
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Chapter 9: Economic Transformation‚ 1820-1860 Section 1: The American Industrial Revolution How did American textile manufactures compete with British manufactures? How successful were they? American textile manufactures were at an advantage compared to British manufactures‚ and they were very successful. America persuaded Britain to prohibit the export of textile machinery and the emigration of mechanics. Yet‚ still many British mechanics migrated over to the United States because they were lured
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The Gilded Age * During the Gilded Age‚ American businesses were transformed: * Massive corporations replaced small‚ family businesses * New technology‚ transportation‚ marketing‚ labor relations‚ & efficient mass-production * By 1900‚ the U.S. was the most industrialized country in the world * 19th-century inventors led to an “Age of Invention”: * Cyrus Field’s telegraph cable * Business typewriters‚ cash registers‚ adding machines * High-speed textile
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Chapter 5 Social • Major population boom! o by 1775 there were 2.5 million people in 13 colonies o youthful and growing quickly • they were slowly moving westward past the Alleghenies • most populous colonies o Virginia o Massachusetts o Pennsylvania o North Carolina o Maryland • Cities o Philadelphia o New York o Boston o Charleston • Many races settled in America o Germans – fled religious persecution‚ for economy‚ and fleeing war mainly in Pennsylvania – Lutheran‚ very loyal
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Republicanism – Political theory of representative government‚ based on the principle of popular sovereignty‚ with a strong emphasis on liberty and civic virtue. Influential in eighteenth-century American political thought‚ it stood as an alternative to monarchical rule. Radical Whigs- Eighteenth-century British political commentators who agitated against political corruption and emphasized the threat to liberty posed by arbitrary power. Their writings shaped American political thought and made
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CHAPTER 33 Globalization at the Turn of the Millennium CHAPTER OUTLINE I. Global Political Economies A. The Spread of Democracy 1. The great appeal of democracy is that is allows for the peaceful resolution of differences between a country’s social‚ cultural‚ and regional groups. 2. Democratic institutions gained ground in eastern Europe and in Russia during the last decade. 3. Since 1991‚ democracy has become the norm in Latin America. 4. In Asia
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Chapter 7 terms & Key Points Admiralty Courts Stamp Act and Sugar Act offenses were tried in this court. Juries were not allowed and the burden of proof was on the defendant. All were assumed to be guilty until proven innocent. Trial by jury and innocent until proven guilty were basic rights that the British people everywhere had held dear. Boston Port Act One such law was the Boston Port Act. It closed the Boston harbor until damages were paid and order could be ensured. British East India Company
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Global 9th DOC-1 Source-Bible Type of writing- religious scripture Author-Mathew disciple of Jesus Main Idea- a person who dies rich will not get into heaven. Proof-It is easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle then it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of god. DOC-2 Source-Quran (Muslim holy book) Type of writing-religious scripter Author-Mohamed Main Idea-Religious scripture that the merchants don’t always balance out being fare. Proof-On the Day of Judgment‚
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DBQ: How Did Colonialism Affect Kenya? Colonialism occurs when one nation takes control of another. And that is exactly what happened when the British arrived in Africa. The people of Africa had no idea that the British was taking and had taken their land. But‚ with that being said the British are who had help develop Kenya by bringing them some of their viewpoints from Great Britain. These viewpoints did a number of things to the people Africa. They changed the way they were politically‚ economically
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