I. Popular sovereignty and political upheaval A. Enlightened and revolutionary ideas 1. Popular sovereignty: relocating sovereignty in the people a. Traditionally monarchs claimed a "divine right" to rule b. The Enlightenment challenged this right‚ made the monarch responsible to the people c. John Locke’s theory of contractual government: authority comes from the consent of the governed 2. Freedom and equality: important values of
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Answers to Essay Questions: Chapter 8 8. Injured parties can recover damages by suing‚ asserting negligence under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). 9. To sue for negligence‚ the plaintiff must establish that the defendant breached its duty of care‚ creating an unreasonable risk to harm and such negligence or carelessness was the proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injury. 10. Strict liability is a liability ascribed to a manufacturer or seller of a defective or dangerous product regardless
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Key Terms 17th and Early 18th Century | | | |Roanoke |1585 – Lost Colony – Croatan – Sir Walter Raleigh | | | | |Virginia Company
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Your Score: 100 % (22 out of 22) Wrong Answer is highlighted in Red. Correct Answer is highlighted in green. 1. Progressive-era writers and photographers seeking to expose the underside of urban-industrial society were known as Topic: Urban Age‚ Consumer Society‚ Muckrakers a. Muckrakers. b. Bushwhackers. c. Ditch-diggers. d. Stand-patters. Feedback/Reference: REF: 728 2. Progressive-era feminists were Topic: New Feminism‚ Rise of Personal Freedom a. fewer in number than during the
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John Reda Anne D’Orazio – 20th Century U.S. History Summer Session 1 Multiple Choice Howard Zinn’s The Twentieth Century Chapter 1: 1. D 2. THERE WAS NO QUESTION TWO 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. B 8. A 9. D 10. C Chapter 2: 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. A 10. D Chapter 3: 1. A 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. A 6. D 7. C 8. A 9. A 10. D Chapter 4: 1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. B Chapter 5: 1. D 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. B 8
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ADVANCED PLACEMENT U.S. HISTORY SYLLABUS [pic] MR. WEATHERFORD PATRIOT HIGH SCHOOL Mr. Weatherford Classroom Phone: (951)361-6500‚ ext. 2064 Email: dan_weatherford@jusd.k12.ca.us p.2 Letter of Introduction August 9‚ 2011. It is a pleasure to welcome you to my class in Advanced Placement U.S. History. This course is offered with the intent of equipping you‚ the student‚ for success not just in this subject area‚ but in life “outside of Patriot High.” Hopefully this
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Critic Roland Barthes has said‚ “Literature is the question minus the answer.” Choose a novel or play and‚ or considering Barthes’ observation‚ write an essay in which you analyze a central question the work raises and the extent to which it offers any answers. Explain how the author’s treatment of this question affects your understanding of the work as a whole. Literature‚ as any other kind of art‚ is abstract and gives the readers the possibility of applying different meanings and therefore
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Summary of Chapter 29: World War 2 Conservative authoritarianism: Both conservative and radical dictatorships wept through Europe in the 20s and 30s. Conservative dictatorships were quite old and the new dictatorships were totalitarian. Traditional form of antidemocratic government was conserve. authoritarianism (which prevented major changes that would undermine existing order‚ had limited power). Relied on bureaucracies‚ police‚ and armies. Liberals‚ democrats‚ and socialists were persecuted
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Myths in U.S. History Myths and history have always been associated with one another. History is the study of past events. Myths have a similar but different structure to it. A myth is an exaggerated or idealized concept of a person or event. History is often taught from a single perspective‚ so certain events (for example‚ world wars) could be idealized. Myths have no credibility‚ but history does-right? For example‚ when one thinks of Christopher Columbus‚ all you might see is the guy who “discovered”
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Chapter 2 AP World History Summery Each civilization faces challenges from politics to environment and everything in between. This chapter explains how each society became urbanized even though it was very tough. Nubia‚ China‚ Olmec‚ and Chavin are connected though each are separated by millions of miles and geological isolation. In China‚ dynasties rule all over the land; the Shang dynasty begins China’s history with the rise of power of it’s clans. It contains the earliest recorded writing
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