Chapter Six: The Duel for North America Coureus des bois French- Canadian fur trappers‚ "runners of the woods" Edict of Nantes - Issued in 1598 by the crown of France‚ it granted limited religious freedom to the French Protestants‚ and stopped religious wars between the Protestants and the Catholics. Quebec - Established by France in 1608 (Catholic) with large help of Samuel de Champlain‚ "Father of New France" Tried to convert Indians to Christianity and to save them from the fur trappers
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Kate Shrayber Chapter One: New World Beginnings 1. Prior to European contact‚ the Americas had a diverse array of cultures. In 1200 B.C‚ corn reproduction reached the Pueblo People in the Rio Grande valley. The need to produce corn led the Pueblo People to develop complex irrigation systems. Later on‚ the Pueblo people lived in many villages with multipart buildings. The Mound Builders lived in the Ohio River Valley. The Southwest desert was home to the Anasazi people
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AP United States History – Chapter 24 Essay 1. In what ways did the railroad construction between 1865 and1890 transform American society and the American economy? 2. In what ways did American industrialists consolidate their businesses and eliminate competition? How was this business consolidation perceived by the public? 3. In what ways did the American government promote the growth of the American economy in post bellum America? To what extent did they regulate business activity? Between
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Name: Koodrut Panesar Date: 01/13/15 Period: 5 Chapter 27: Empire and Expansion Imperialism Yellow Journalism Missionaries Social Darwinism The Influence of Sea Power Upon History Pan-Americna Conference Hawaii Queen Liliuokalani Valerino Weyle De Lome letter U.S.S Maine Teller Amendment George Dewey Santiago‚ Cuba Tampa‚ FL William Shafter Rough Riders Armistice Philippines was a problem Anti-Imperialist League
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1. Henry smiled self-consciously. like a politician before a camera. 3. At this point the Chesapeake is over a hundred feet deep. Deeper than it is anywhere else in its course. 5. Everything stopped in mid-air. All eyes turned to my father. 7. A construction crew has started work on the foundation of the new building. Which will be paid for by state tax revenues. 9. My father always planting a spring vegetable garden. 11. Mainly because it rained everyday. We had a miserable camping trip. 13. Sarah
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Labor Board a board that negotiated labor disputes and gave workers what they wanted to prevent strikes that would disrupt the war Industrial Workers of the World Founded in 1905‚ this radical union‚ also known as the Wobblies aimed to unite the American working class into one union to promote labor’s interests. It worked to organize unskilled and foreign-born laborers‚ advocated social revolution‚ and led several major strikes.
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AMERICAN PAGEANT QUESTIONS- CHAPTER 27: THE PATH OF EMPIRE HREF="http://www.historystuff.net/apcr.html" 1. What were the economic reasons for expansion by the late 1800s? – There were new markets emerging. 2. What was Josiah Strong’s rationale for expansion? – To spread American Religion throughout the North American continent and weak countries. 3. How did Alfred T. Mahan impact American expansion in the late 1800s? – He strengthened naval power. 4. What was James Blaine’s
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The American Pageant Chapter 2 Notes/Summary: The Planting of English America England’s Imperial Stirrings: -17th century showed that European crops/livestock had altered the landscape of the Americas -New diseases and conquests led by Europeans had eliminated many native tribes‚ and killed many natives. Several hundred thousand Africans were brought from Africa as slaves by Europeans‚ and forced to work in Caribbean and South American plantations (primarily sugar plantations). -Going from New
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The American Pageant‚ 13th Edition Textbook Notes Chapter 01 - New World Beginnings I. The Shaping of North America 1. Recorded history began 6‚000 years ago. It was 500 years ago that Europeans set foot on the Americas to begin colonization 2. The theory of Pangaea exists suggesting that the continents were once nestled together into one mega-continent. They then spread out as drifting islands. 3. Geologic forces of continental plates created the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains. 4. The
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Chapter 19 vocabulary 1. Harriet Beecher Stowe - was an American abolitionist and author. Her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a depiction of life for African-Americans under slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play 2. Uncle Tom’s Cabin - anti-slavery book which alarmed previously unconcerned Northerners and the rest of the world about slavery. 3. Hinton helper - book entitled ’Impending Crisis of the South’ that stirred trouble. Attempted to prove that indirectly the non-slaveholding
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