South Carolina’s legislature met in Charleston and voted unanimously to secede 6 other states joined South Carolina: Alabama‚ Mississippi‚ Florida‚ Georgia‚ Louisiana‚ and Texas. 7 seceders met at Montgomery‚ Alabama in February 1861 and created a government known as the Confederate States of America. Slavery in the territories was to be prohibited north of 360 30’ Know-Nothing Party formed by Protestants who were alarmed by the increase of immigrants from Ireland and Germany The Emancipation Proclamation
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AP UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS SYLLABUS: C (American Government: Continuity and Change.) INTRODUCTION: Advanced Placement (AP) curriculum is designed to give students an analytical perspective on government and politics in the United States. Students will study both general concepts used to interpret U.S. politics and examine specific examples. The AP Government course requires students to learn facts and concepts and understand typical political processes. The course will require
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similar beliefs and birthplace as Andrew Jackson 10. Admission of Texas (1845) – it was approved by the majority of both houses of congress to invite texas as the 28th state 11. Oregon Country - Northwestern territory in dispute between Britain and the US‚ subject of "Manifest Destiny" rhetoric in 1844 12. Hudson‘s Bay Company – created by britain for profitable for trading in oregon with indians of the pacific northwest 13. Oregon Trail (1840s) - Two-thousand-mile-long path along which thousands of
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1. People in motion a. From Berginia to America i. By 12‚000 B.C. humans were in Siberia an western Alaska and Berginia‚ crossing land bridge. ii. By 8‚000 B.C. humans had reached Tierra del Fuego b. The Great Extinction and the Rise of Agriculture i. As glaciers receded and climate warmed‚ those who migrated south and east found good environment ii. Some natives settled down and adopted food cultivation 1) Permanent farm villages began to develop c. The Norsemen
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AP US History Ch.1 Identifications 1. Tenochtithin- the Aztec capital built on the site of present-day Mexico City and had a population of over 100‚000 in 1500 and an impressive complex of majestic public buildings including temples equal in size to the great pyramids of Egypt. 2. Iroquios Confederation- is a collection of five original nations bound together by mutual peace and friendship. The founding nations were the Mohawk‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ Cayuga and Seneca Nations‚ with the Tuscarora
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--UNIT ONE & TWO: EXPLORATION AND CONQUEST--- MAJOR EXPLORERS Balboa 1511: goes to Panama and is the first explorer to see the Pacific and the Americas Ponce de Leon (Spain) 1513: getting older seeks Fountain of Youth -- goes to Florida to prevent aging Magellan wants to circumnavigate the world gets killed in the Philippines but one of his boats successfully makes it given full credit -- Spain gains worldly agriculture Cortes major Spanish figure followers were
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Sensation & Perception FRQ Signal Detection Theory- Predicts how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus amid background “noise” and that detection depends on a person’s experiences‚ expectations‚ motivations‚ and fatigue level. A more experienced soldier understands the situation better and knows better what to watch and listen for than a less-experienced soldier. Soldiers in battle may detect a faint stimulus more accurately than a civilian because they have more motivation to hear
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Mandalay Resort Group - 2004 Summary of the Case At the year end of 2003‚ the Las Vegas a place of glitz and glamour survived the terrorist attack of September 11‚ 2001. Mandalay describe themselves as business of entertainment and it has been one of the innovators in the theme resort concept that is popular in casino gaming. They are also famous for extravagant vacations and convention centers in Las Vegas‚ Reno‚ and Laughlin Nevada. They rejuvenate the Circus Circus with new marketing strategy
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Compare and contrast the experience of slaves on tobacco plantations in the early seventeenth-century Chesapeake region with that of slaves on nineteenth-century cotton plantations in the Deep South. What forces transformed the institution of slavery the early seventeenth century to the nineteenth century? When approaching slavery from a historical standpoint‚ it is a tendency to generalize the experience of slaves. However‚ slavery differs per region and time period. The differing climates of
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Green = Nothing new‚ skip In 2004‚ my father got a new job at a family-owned hotel here in Indiana. We then moved here‚ and he held that job for about 8 years. Inevitably I worked there myself at one point‚ early in my freshman year here at Carmel HS. The hotel was in a rougher part of Westfield‚ and it was economically lagging itself. It was robbed a few times as well. During my tenure there‚ my dad was stringent about one rule -- the TV must be always on a news channel. If you’re like me
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