AP US History Period 4 23 April 2013 The Effects of the Vietnam War By 1965‚ few Americans protested involvement in the Vietnam War. However‚ soon after‚ a series of “teach-ins” on university campuses‚ created a massive debate over the war and United States involvement. By 1967‚ there was massive opposition to the war‚ from students‚ the general public‚ congressmen‚ including William Fulbright‚ and even former members of the armed forces. This opposition was not the only tension in the nation
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Although the settlers of the New England and Chesapeake region were both settled by people of English origin‚ by the 1700s‚ they had transformed into very different societies. This was because of a number of reasons. Between the settlers‚ the New Englanders moved for religious purposes‚ while Chesapeakes moved for want for material wealth.The people of New England also consisted of more families than the predominantly young male population of the Chesapeake. Their governing styles were also different
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Young@Heart “Young@Heart” is a documentary that takes you to Northampton‚ MA‚ and presents a glimpse into the lives of the members of the Young at Heart Chorus. The setting is primarily in Northampton‚ MA‚ with several scenes of the beautiful New England countryside. The film‚ which was directed by Stephen Walker for the Fox Searchlight production company‚ opens with a scene from one of the group’s concert performances. The film’s opening images are of an old‚ gray-haired woman that is performing
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as "Puritans‚" but these radical reformers‚ the English followers of John Calvin‚ came to embrace that name as an emblem of honor. At the beginning of the seventeenth century‚ England faced a gathering storm in religious life - the Puritan movement. Before the storm abated‚ the Puritans had founded the first permanent European settlements in a region that came to be known as New England. The Puritans believed that God had commanded the reform of both church and society. They condemned drunkenness
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would use them as blankets if they needed to (for example‚ if they were fighting in a war). Their legs were bare and they wore leather sandals if they weren’t barefoot. Many men went barefoot their whole lives.
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1. Explain current beliefs about how the first peoples settled North America‚ and discuss the ways in which they became differentiated from one another over time. 2. Describe the founding of European nations’ first colonies in the New World. The information in our text shows many different opinions on how North America was settled. An example would be the discovery of the Kennewick man. The discovery of the skeletal remains opened the door to more opinions of North American Settlement. It is
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and Indian War‚ both the English and French commanders‚ General James Wolfe‚ and the Marquis de Montcolm‚ respectively‚ were killed. Correct Answers: Correctb. the British victory in the Battle of Quebec. . Question 8 . 0 out of 1 points Prompted by Indian uprisings like Pontiac’s Rebellion in 1763‚ the British Proclamation of 1763 (sometimes called the Proclamation Line of 1763): Correct Answer: Correctb. angered colonists who expected the English victory over
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DBQ Essay 2/17/12 PD5 During the interwar period (1919-1939)‚ many new authoritarian governments began to spring up and gain lots of popularity. For example‚ Hitler’s Nazi Germany‚ Mussolini’s fascist Italy and Stalin’s communist Russia. People became dissatisfied with their democratic governments because
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Before the English settled in Charles Town the Indians lived there before anyone else‚ the Indians could of killed the settlers.There were also cartographers that would copy old maps of Charles Town which were not trustworthy because they changed over timed. The people that did settled in Charles Town probably got a disease called chicken pox. The chicken pox was a highly contagious viral infection causing an itchy‚ blister-like rash on the skin. This contagious disease killed half the people that lived
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In British North America‚ three colonial regions appeared in the different geographical areas; New England‚ the Middle colonies‚ and the Southern colonies. Although these colonies were founded by the English‚ different agricultural and industrial oppurtunities and immigrancy led to a distinctive economy‚ religion‚ and social order between the sectional differences of the American colonies before 1750. Each region had its own type of houses‚ crops‚ churches‚ and values but the things keeping them
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