US History AP Outline Chapter 17 The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West‚ 1860-1900 I. Native Americans and the Trans-Mississippi West a. The Plains Indians i. Three major sub regions: -The northern Plains: Lakota‚ Flatheads‚ Blackfeet‚ Assiniboins‚ northern Cheyennes‚ Arapahos‚ and Crows -The Central region: Five Civilized Tribes‚ agricultural life‚ before horses -South: western Kansas‚ Colorado‚ eastern New Mexico‚ and Texas: the Comanches‚ Kiowas‚ southern Arapahos‚ and Kiowa
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A.P. U.S. HISTORY- CHAPTER 31 “The Post-Cold War World‚ 1992 - 2008” 1). THE CHANGING FACE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: Continuing influx of new immigrants Reshapes demographic patterns Census shows rapid growth at the fastest pace in decades Reflected steady growth in population of non-whites a). The New Pilgrims Second great wave of immigrants change “look” of America 17.5 Million immigrants (1981-2000) Largest immigration period in U.S. history By 2005‚ immigrants make up 12.4% of
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Control of the sea is key to world dominance Stimulated a naval race and the US demand for the Panama Canal Hawaii Background: US used it as a way station for shippers‚ sailors‚ and whalers 1820- New England Missionaries entered 1840- US has a heavy influence on Hawaii Pearl Harbor‚ 1887: US gains naval base rights Annexation Attempt: 1893- bad economy because of McKinley Tariff Led to effort to be annexed by US and a revolt against Local Rule Queen Liliuokalani Opposed annexation and
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Executive Memo Cox Communications‚ Inc.‚ 1999 Introduction: Mr. Clement‚ congratulations on this opportunity to strengthen Cox’s place in the cable market. The Gannett acquisition will certainly benefit Cox and its shareholders. We at Professional Consulting Group (PCG) realize that you face a difficult decision working this new purchase into your existing plans for the next six months. With the proper funding plan‚ whether it be issuing
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A. Conquest by the Cradle 1. The common term thirteen original colonies is misleading as Britain ruled thirty-two colonies in North America‚ including the Caribbean Islands by 1775 but only thirteen of them staked a rebellion 2. Among the distinguishing characteristics that the eventually rebellious settlements shared was lusty population growth; in 1700 they contained fewer than 300‚00 people; by 1775‚ there were about 2.5 million people a. Of the 2.5 million people‚ about half
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I. Thomas Jefferson a) Born: April 13 th ‚ 1743 Goochland‚ VA b) Died: July 4 th ‚ 1826‚ Monticello‚ II. VA Educational and Occupational Background a) College of William and Mary b) VA delegate to Continental Congress (1783-1784) c) VA House of Burgesses (1769-1774) d) Governor of VA (1779-1791) e) Minister of France f) Secretary of State for George Washington (1790-1793) g) Vice President for John Adams (1797-1801) III. Terms of Office a) First term: 1801-1805
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Victoria Boldt April 16‚ 2010 AP World DBQ From the onset of the Christian and Islamic religions‚ until about 1500‚ the two religions began with two different opinions of merchants‚ but grew together as time went on. As the two religions reached the 1500’s‚ their view of merchants became almost identical. In the beginning of each religion‚ Christianity and Islam had very different views on merchants and traders. In the New Testament of the Bible‚ hatred
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Productivity: Slumped after the economic boom 25 years after WWI Inflation: Fed by rising oil prices and Great Society/Vietnam funding w/o tax increases Vietnamization: Withdrawing 540k troops from South Vietnam‚ while training Vietnamese to fight Nixon Doctrine: A doctrine that stated that the United States would stay true to all of their existing defense commitments but Asian and other countries would not be able to rely on large bodies of American troops for support in the future.
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Musharraf Era: 1999-2008 By Shahid Memon 15623 – MBA (R) Seminar in Economic Policies Contents Musharraf Era: 1999-2008 1 Introduction 3 ECONOMIC INDICATORS 1999-2008 4 Economic Growth 4 Investment 4 Unemployment & Poverty 5 Inflation 5 Deficit and Debt 5 External Sector 5 Stock Market 5 SOCIAL SECTOR 6 Education 6 Higher Education 6 Health 6 DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES: KEY FEATURES 7 Macro stability: Delicately Balanced? 7 The New Development Strategy 8 (i) A more active role of the public sector
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Progressivism #80 While some states passed protective legislation business owners fought back claiming that such laws deprived them of their property. Courts often sided with businesses and ruled that social legislation violated a workers freedom of contract. Labor unions joined progressives to improve work conditions. Closed shop: a workplace where all employees must be a union member. Open Shop: nonunion workplace. Most workers and labor unions did not want to eliminate capitalism and the
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