Productivity: Slumped after the economic boom 25 years after WWI Inflation: Fed by rising oil prices and Great Society/Vietnam funding w/o tax increases Vietnamization: Withdrawing 540k troops from South Vietnam‚ while training Vietnamese to fight Nixon Doctrine: A doctrine that stated that the United States would stay true to all of their existing defense commitments but Asian and other countries would not be able to rely on large bodies of American troops for support in the future.
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During the 1920’s‚ the face of America began to change more into an urban society. Many differences between the rural and urban sides of America emerged. Historians consider the tensions of the 1920s as a backlash against the rising urban America‚ which turns out true. Rural people believed that the city lacked morals. The urban city dwellers lashed back saying that rural residents did not understand the technology of modern times. In the 1920s‚ for the first time in American history‚ more people
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Dogs-roving English ships that plundered Spanish treasure ships (1560s) St. Augustine–fort Spain created in Florida 1565 to protect the route of its treasure fleet against English ships‚ French settlers‚ hostile Indians (1st permanent Euro. settlement in US) Comprehensive Orders for New Discoveries-new policy Spanish leaders introduced after military setbacks to pacify Indians by Christianizing missionaries not conquistadores (1573) Ecomenderos-privelaged spanish landowners in NM‚ who were allowed by
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* high degree of social mobility. No classes‚ no one really had the “upper hand”. Colonial Americans were able to go from “rags to riches” with somewhat of an ease. Makers of America: The Scots-Irish Know: The Session 4. How had the history of the Scots-Irish affected their characteristics? * they distanced themselves from the Anglican church. This affected their religious choices later on – they accepted Presbyterianism‚ not Anglicanism. Clerics‚ Physicians‚ and Jurists
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in the 1920’s Jazz Poetry can be defined as poetry that demonstrates jazz-like rhythm or the feeling of improvisation. During the 1920’s many poets began to experiment with the conventional forms of writing with rhythm which led to the invention of Jazz Poetry. Poetry and Jazz seemed to both evolve into each other which led to the merge that became known as "Jazz Poetry". Jazz poetry has been an unorthodox style of writing since it was invented in the 1920’s. The reason
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DBQ‚ AP US HISTORY “Throughout the colonial period‚ economic concerns had more to do with the settlement of British North America than did religious concerns.” The 13 colonies were created for two main reasons‚ religioin and economic gain. Religion was a very important issue to the British colonies. Nevertheless‚ it was not the main reason the British were so eager to colonize America. Their main concern was glorifying the British Empire through economic gain. The British were very concerned
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During the late 19th century and early 20th century‚ immigration to the United States was wrought with challenges. The newly arriving aliens were met with racist native-borns who feared that they would threaten their way of life. This tension between these new groups facilitated the U.S. government’s anti-immigration laws‚ which also caused political outbursts from those who supported immigrants. Despite gaining the Chinese exclusion act during the 19th century‚ nativists were not satisfied. The
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true (self-evident propositions)‚ as well as real world statements such as‚ “A finite whole is greater than any of its parts‚” as van Doren explains (pg. xxi). The other part of certain knowledge is faith. The pieces of information that God has given us through His Word. Accepting this knowledge from God as certain truths is difficult for many‚ and is even said to be impossible without His grace. People desire for knowledge. And the one cure for our desire of knowledge is faith (pg. xxiii). Faith
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In the years leading up to the American revolution it was evident that a new identity was developing for colonist. Stemming from the Seven Year’s colonists were slowly discovering a new way of viewing the mother country and themselves. By the eve of the American revolution most colonist had adopted the identity of British citizens fighting to protect their liberties. A strong bond of unity can be seen from colonists’ shared opinions and agreed course of action‚ while a large loyalist population supports
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By the eve of the Revolution‚ the colonists had developed a strong sense of unity as Americans. Many events leading up to the American Revolution had been responsible for a small part of uniting the coloists together as Americans. One of the first visible steps was the French and Indian War (0). Especially after the embarassing failure of Braddock’s battle‚ Britain’s strong and invincible image was shattered in the eyes of the colonists. The war also bolstered colonial self-esteem‚ and united the
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