APUSH DBQ Lexus Weigand 3/3/14 From 1875 to 1900‚ there was a new kind of city in America‚ one that was based on industry‚ and industry needs workers. The factories needed hundreds of workers to run machinery and other processes in manufacturing‚ but these workers were not treated properly and they wanted to do something to improve the way that they were treated. The organized labor‚ although it showed some minor successes‚ was overall very unsuccessful in improving the position of workers
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odUS History Review Test 18 The Rise of Industrial America‚ 1865 - 1900 1. The World’s Columbian Exposition in 1892 was [A] a meeting held in the District of Columbia to expose industrial working conditions. [B] the Chicago World’s Fair. [C] a summit conference of North and South American governments held in Colombia to promote industrial development in the Americas. [D] the first international labor relations conference held at Columbia University in New York City. [E] the meeting held in Chicago
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1. 601. Federalists opposed the acquisition of Canada because A) there were too many French there. B) Canadian business would prove too competitive. C) it was too agrarian and would give more votes to the Democratic-Republicans. D) they believed that the Canadians could never become Americanized. E) too many Indians lived there. C 2. 602. During the War of 1812‚ the New England states A) supported the United States’ war effort. B) lent more money and sent more food to the British army than
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2. Clearly there were many motives that drove Chicago to build the world fair. Civic honor is probably the most prominent of these motives as well as wanting to be as good as other monumental cities such as New York- they wanted to prove themselves. Chicago wanted to be respected as much as possible. Chicago proving that it was more than a meat packing backwater showed how they could push through difficult times to gain honor which is problematic in this situation. 3. The White City was indeed like
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The Politics of Reconstruction a. The Civil War was bloodiest war in American history (600‚000 soldiers died). It began as way to preserve Union but evolved into a struggle for African American freedom‚ resulting in the death of slavery in the United States and the unification of the states under a stronger central government. b.The Defeated South i.South destroyed after defeat: towns ruined‚ slavery (means of labor in cotton fields) lost‚ destroyed cotton fields‚ depressed economy ii.Defeat
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The victory of the United States against Great Britain in the Revolutionary war was‚ and continues to be one of the biggest upsets militarily. The Superior British army seemed to have every advantage‚ however the United States experienced key political‚ diplomatic‚ and military advantages that led to the success of the Revolution. Politically the colonies had gone through many key changes in ideology that gave the idea of revolution the traction that it would need to gain public support. The people
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CHAPTER 6 Revolution without Dogma by Daniel Boorstin How is the American Revolution unique from other 18th‚ 19th‚ and 20th century “revolutions”? Strictly political revolution- based in doctrine Rational movement England has become corrupted‚ but like the basis‚ so going to become independent and perfect ideas in Americas Were the American and French Revolution linked? How or why not? French revolution is more than political‚ waves of new government Many leaders being overthrown and killed
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AP U. S. History Questions Chapter 6 1. Deficiencies in Confederation To weak Could not levy taxes‚ had economic problems causing social unrest Not strong enough to hold states together Regulations state to state hard to deal No uniform tax‚ different taxes in each state Rebellions with direct challenge towards congress for more national government or even a dictatorship‚ unable to deal with national problems 2. American Manufactures- replace state tariffs with uniformly high national
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AP U.S History Tenochtitlan ID: The ancient Aztec capital in about the 1325 and was demolished by the Spaniards in 1521. SIG: Tenochtitlan was one of the largest cities in the world in 1521. It was a very wealthy city with powerful economics‚ politics‚ and religions. Matrilineal ID: The inheritance one receives through the female line of ancestors. SIG: The pattern of culture in Lenape or modern day Delaware were fishing and other types of farming which were matrilineal. Many Native American
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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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