AP U.S. History Chapter 11 Study Guide 1. What was de Tocqueville’s observation about the way democracy played itself out in America? He claimed that the most able men were rarely placed in the positions they deserved—those at the head of affairs. He also said ordinary citizens ignored important issues of public policy‚ refused to elect their intellectual superiors to office‚ and willingly assented to the politicians and leaders that lied to gain people’s support. 2. What is the
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In chapter I‚ The Mindsets‚ of her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success‚ Carol S. Dweck celebrates the fact that the beliefs we have about our potentialities to strive in life are determined by the way we approach the circumstances that we encounter. Starting from this broad idea‚ she ended up categorizing those beliefs into two sets of mindsets‚ which are the fixed mindset and the growth mindset. On one hand‚ the fixed mindset relies on an ideology of a constant reconfirmation of our potentiality
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DMusialik@schools.nyc.gov 2014-2015 School Year Congratulations! You have been accepted into the Advanced Placement United States History Course for the 2014-2015 school year. With over 100 well qualified applicants‚ you made the cut of only 36 students. You should be very proud of yourself. Prepare to immerse yourself in the great story that is U.S. History. As Mark Twain once wrote‚ “Truth is stranger than fiction‚ but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t
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Chapter 39 Terms to Know * Stagflation: during the 60’s & 70’s‚ the U.S. was suffering from 5.3% inflation & 6% unemployment; refers to the unusual economic situation in which an economy is suffering both from inflation & from stagnation of its industrial growth. * Vietnamization: President Richard Nixon’s strategy for ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War‚ involving a gradual withdrawl of American troops & replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces. * Silent Majority: phrase
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World History Notes: Chapter One Intro In 1849‚ William Loftus founded the ruins of the city of Uruk‚ one of the first cities in the world. Loftus found this ancient city in a part of Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia was one of the first places where civilization began. The First Humans The first civilizations began in Western Asia and Egypt. The way we determine how civilization came about is through science. Archaeologists find many signs of civilization in ancient ruins. No records were contained
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claims that the poor are invisible to us and the media contributes to this. What do you think of that claim in light of the Mantsios article‚ Ehrenreich article‚ and the People Like Us video we watched in class? The poor is invisible to us just as the Mantsios article states. It is invisible in the sense that many people frame the poor as urban black or Hispanic people that have their own culture that need not to be interfered with. On the other hand what people fail to acknowledge as the Mantsios
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Africa chapter 20 • Factories: forts and trading posts with resident merchants. • El Mina (1482): Most important factory in the heart of gold-producing region of the forest zone. • Nzigna Mvemba (r. 1507-1543): Ruler of Kongo. With help of missionaries brought the whole kingdom to Christianity. • Luanda: Permanent settlement of the Portuguese established in the south of the Kongo in the 1570s. Basis for Portuguese colony of Angola. • Royal African Company: Charted in 1660s to establish a monopoly
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Over the summer‚ I have read your novel‚ A Brief History of Montmaray. While reading it‚ I learned some interesting things about Montmaray and the FitzOsbornes family. First‚ Montmaray is an island lacking population with a crumbling castle. Second‚ the FitzOsbornes are not like any other royal families‚ as people would think. A Brief History of Montmaray was an interesting novel that helped better my understanding of the world and its history. First‚ Montmaray is an island lacking population. No
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Chapter 17 Vocabulary 1. William Henry Harrison - "Old Tippecanoe"‚ 9th President‚ "log cabins and hard cider" 2. Daniel Webster - Secretary of State‚ Whig‚ Only member of Tyler Cabinet to not resign‚ negotiating treaty with Britain over Maine’s boundary 3. Henry Clay - The Whig candidate for president in the election of 1844 4. John Tyler (1841) - Leader elected vice president on the Whig ticket who spent most of his presidency in bitter fueds with his fellow Whigs 5. Canadian insurrection
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Calvin Williams Chapter 20 1. Advances in recombinant DNA technology allow scientists to work with smaller fragments of DNA‚ give them more tools to dissect and analyze DNA‚ and also allow for them to make many copies of a strand of DNA. 2. Restriction enzymes are made by bacteria to cut up invading DNA. They target specific base sequences in the DNA and then work to cut out those sequences from the DNA. 3. When a restriction enzyme cuts out a portion of DNA‚ it will sometimes leave a sticky
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