AP UNITED STATES HISTORY SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT 2011 Hello and welcome to the exciting world that is Advanced Placement United States History. You are now a member of an elite group: students who dare to take on an exceptionally challenging course. The risks are great‚ but then so are the potential gains. We will take on this challenge together and when you are done‚ you will be justifiably proud of yourself. This course is a one-year class designed to allow the student a head start on college
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Perhaps no other figure in American history has been more portrayed in myth and legend then Davy Crockett. He was among the most famous of the colorful characters of the American West. Generations of children grew up on his stories. He had a larger-than life image‚ with his coonskin cap and the rifle he called “Old Betsy.” He took many different roles during his life and was described as legendary reality he was a hero because he was a good leader and a story teller‚ he was a smart man‚ he volunteered
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American History EOC Study Guide 1) Reconstruction: A plan to reconstruct the society after the Civil War. This divided the south (except Tennessee) into 5 military districts under the control of the U.S. Army. It was the attempt to reconstruct the south‚ readmit the southern states back into the Union‚ and change the life of African Americans. (pg. 414) 2) Freedman’s Bureau: Congress created this in March of 1865 in order to provide help for thousands of poor black and white southerners
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American History Chapter 13 Becoming a World Power Overview The Cold War (1945-1991) conquered international relations within a structure of political‚ economic‚ and military tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War facilitated global leadership by the United States‚ and provided Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and his successors with an enemy to validate their suppressive regime. The Cold War helped legitimize an unrepresentative government and uphold the Communist
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The Boston Massacre was a very significant event in American history. Although a single group cannot be blamed for the event in its entirety‚ the British soldiers should receive most of the blame. It should be noted‚ however‚ that the colonists did play a role in causing the incident. The actions that the British took the night of the Massacre were unnecessary. According to William Tant’s unbiased account in Primary Source #2 of what happened that night while the Bostonians were simply throwing
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It is February 1787‚ a very chilly afternoon in Mount Vernon‚ Virginia. George Washington was outside his cabin chopping cherry trees with his hatchet‚ as a hobby. He took the wood and cherries home to his wife and two adopted kids. Sadly‚ he couldn’t fully enjoy the cherries as any person would because he had dentures. His dentures weren’t made of wood‚ as the popular rumor believed. They were instead more uncomfortable than wood. They were made of cow’s teeth‚ human teeth‚ and elephant ivory set
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African American Female Rappers American culture‚ being traditionally perceived as quite liberal and democratic‚ is in fact paralyzed by the overwhelming power of stereotypes which shape the current image of culture at large and its industries‚ including music‚ in particular. Even the most innovative and advanced movement’s turn to be submitted to the canons of the ideology that dominates in American culture. Unfortunately‚ such a situation does not contribute to the development of really free
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Quite often‚ people make judgmental comments about others because of their appearance. We are all considered as human beings except the difference in our culture‚ our beliefs‚ and our color shape. The 1990s movie American History X‚ demonstrated the consequences about being prejudgment against other race. Danni and Derek‚ the main characters as brothers‚ fought for their belief and ideology against the other ethnicities and immigrants that are supposedly taking too much place in their territory
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drank all night long to the newly claimed Louisiana Territory that America had successful achieved. Many of the Americans at the time were fully supportive of President Jefferson‚ Vice President Aaron Burr was not as accepted. Although Vice President Aaron Burr was not favorited by the people‚ he was a memorable political leader who had the one of the greatest impacts on American History in the early 1800s. Burr was precisely focused on his job as Vice President that he seemed to block away the supporters
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cup of forbearance had been exhausted even before the recent information from the frontier of the [Rio Grande] Del Norte. But now‚ after reintegrated menaces. Mexico has passed the boundary of the US‚ has invaded our territory‚ and shed American blood upon American soil. She has proclaimed the hostilities have commenced‚ and that the two nations are now at war. Document B Miguel Barragan‚ Dispatch on Texas Colonists (October 31‚ 1835) For a long time the ungrateful Texas colonists have
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