immigrants. It appeared that their goal may have been to turn the immigrants into middle class citizens like themselves. It seems that the Progressive Party of 1912 was made up of a lot of “do good” people‚ and in a sense it was. There were people like Theodore Roosevelt‚ Jane Addams‚ Lillian Wald and Carrie Nation‚ just to name a few. The platform of the Progressive Party was long and covered a lot of social and industrial justice issues including women’s suffrage‚ child labor laws and the shorter
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Background Info: The Cold War between the US and the USSR was a long‚ complicated era of fear‚ tension‚ and animosity. Right after World War II‚ the U.S and the USSR started having ideological and political disputes over territories and ammunition. This became a full blown Cold War when Berlin was blockaded by the Soviets but was aided by America with an airlift. As Winston Churchill‚ prime minister of Britain‚ had said‚ an iron curtain had descended between the East and the West‚ communist and noncommunist
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1. Mayflower Compact - 1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America - Set up Plymouth colony. 2. The Pilgrims - Separatists who believed that the Church of England could not be reformed–Plymouth colony 3. The Puritans - Non-separatists – Wanted to purify the Church of England - Massachusetts Bay Colony 4. William Bradford - A Pilgrim‚ the second governor of the Plymouth colony‚ 1621-1657.
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Dequan Hurey July 16‚ 2012 Chapter 1 Vocabulary 1. Marco Polo – traveled to China and stirred up a storm of European interest 2. Francisco Pizzaro – conquers Incan Empire of Peru and begins shipping tons of gold/silver back to Spain. This huge influx of precious metals made European prices skyrocket (inflation). 3. Ponce de Leon – touches and names Florida looking for legendary Fountain of Youth 4. Montezuma – Aztec king‚ thought Cortez might be the god Quetzalcoatl who was due
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Robot Project Guidelines Table of Contents 1. Project Objectives 1 2. Project Description 2 3. Project Grading 2 4. Project Tasks and Timeline 3 4.1 Programming Tasks 3 4.1.1 VEX Controller Initialization 3 4.1.2 Write Your First Program 4 4.1.3 Write Three Practice Programs 4 4.1.4 Load and Test GOTO_BEACON 5 4.2 Mechanical Design and Construction Tasks 5 4.2.1 Sensors and Motors 5 4.3 Electronics Tasks 5 4.4 Tasks for Weeks #3 and #4 6 5. Infrared Receiver Board
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1. The Changing American Population 1. The American Population‚ 1820-1840 • The population increased rapidly • Much of it was moving from the countryside into the industrializing cities of the NE and NW • Much of it was migrating westward • Pop growth was due to improvements in public health and high birth rates • Immigration‚ choked off by wars in Europe and economic crises in America‚ contributed little to the American population in the first 3 decades of the 19th cent but revived beginning
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Jacobs Division 2003 Richard Soderberg‚ financial analyst for the Jacobs Division of MacFadden Chemical Company‚ was reviewing several complex issues relating to possible investment in a new product for the following year‚ 2004. The product was a specialty coating material‚ which qualified for investment according to company guidelines. Mr. Reynolds‚ however‚ the Jacobs Division manager‚ was fearful that it might be too risky. While regarding the project as an attractive opportunity‚ Mr. Soderberg
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As the first AP course I ever took and having a rigorous curriculum‚ Advanced Placement United States History was the most challenging class I have taken in high school. APUSH pushed me to strengthen essential skills for an educated person to have such as critical reading‚ writing‚ and analytical thinking. Although my final grade for this class was a B‚ I do not regret taking this informative‚ challenging class‚ for I know that it will and has academically helped me. Furthermore‚ Honors Civics and
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Push and Pull Question 2: What were the “push and pull” factors for immigrants coming to each region of the English Colonies? There were many different push and pull factors for immigrants coming from England. One group that came from England was the extreme Puritans‚ or the Separatists. One push factor for the Separatists of England was separation from the Church of England. The Separatists left the Church of England due to the fact that the new King of England was in charge of the church with
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The Shaping of North America 225 million years ago-Pangaea “supercontinent” 10 million years ago- Rocky Mountains exist Appalachians exist Continents are separated 2 million years ago- an Ice Age envelopes the planet and the water level lowers 35 000 years ago- the Bering Land Bridge appears animals cross‚ followed by nomadic Asian hunters 10 000 years ago- the Ice Age ends nomadic people create civilization By1492 AD‚ the population grows to 72 million *only 7-10 million
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