American Pageant Chapter 1 Summary The first chapter of the American pageant focuses on the discovery of the Americas and how they came to be. The North American continent broke off from a Supercontinent called Pangaea some 200 million years ago. It was anchored in its current position by the Canadian Shield‚ an ancient rock plate below the continent. Many natural wonders of the Americas were created in this period of time‚ like the Appalachian Mountains‚ and the Grand Canyon. After an ice age
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Gibbons v. Ogden (1824‚ Marshall). Clarified the commerce clause and affirmed Congressional power over interstate commerce. Johnson v. McIntosh (1823‚ Marshall). Established that Indian tribes had rights to tribal lands that preceded all other American law; only the federal government could take land from the tribes. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831‚ Marshall). "The conditions of the Indians in relation to the United States is perhaps unlike that of any two people in existence‚" Chief Justice
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W APWH CH. 5 EQ NOTES |Question 1: What were the features of Roman society and politics during the Republic? | |Topic Sentence | |Agriculture was the central economic activity in Republic Rome which meant land was the basis of wealth. | |Social status‚ political privileges
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then the VP shall act as President if he cannot -Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist within the US -Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation -All persons born or naturalized in the US are citizens of the US and of the state where they reside -No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of US citizens -No state shall deprive any person of life‚ liberty‚ or property without due process of law -No
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Score:_____/25 Name:____________________ Date:_____________________ U.S. Constitution Exam Study Guide There are _____ members in the U.S. House of Representatives and _____ members in the U.S. Senate. A U.S. Representative serves a _____ year term. That person must have been a U.S. citizen for _____ years and be at least _____ years old. A U.S. Senator serves a _____ year term. That person must have been a U.S. citizen for _____ years and be at least _____ years
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2000 1. 2. Sweet are the uses of adversity. 3. “Hero-worship is the strongest where there is least regard for human freedom”. 4. Advancement in science and technology is the gateway to the economic prosperity of a country. 5. The barbarity of ethnic cleansing. 6. “Education makes a people easy to lead‚ but difficult to drive‚ easy to govern‚ but impossible to enslave”. 7. “We never know the worth of water till the well is dry:. 8. Progressive alleviation of poverty in Pakistan
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In the 1830’s the Plains Indians were sent to the Great American Deserts in the west because the white men did not think they deserved the land. Afterwards‚ they were able to live peacefully‚ and to follow their traditions and customs‚ but when the white men found out the land they were on were still good for agricultural‚ or even for railroad land they took it back. Thus‚ the white man movement westward quickly begun. This prospect to expand westward caused the government to become thoroughly
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President Herbert Hoover‚ a Republican‚ had control of the United States from 1929 to 1933‚ the beginning of the economic downfall. Hoover created a laissez-faire government; the government was not involved in everyday business‚ instead it was a very hands off approach and daily life just took its path. When Franklin D. Roosevelt became president in 1933 the economy was now deep in a huge downward spiral‚ and he raised a new Democratic approach to run the government and United States. The United
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Comparisons 8000 BCE- 2000 BCE: River Valley Civilizations: Mesopotamia‚ China‚ Egypt‚ and India were all river valley civilizations‚ meaning they arose in the valleys of major rivers. Mesopotamia arose on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; china on the Yellow river; Egypt on the Nile river; and India on the Indus river. Irrigation systems were built to control water for farming. All four civilizations were governed by kings who derived their authority form the gods(either they claimed
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England‚ introducing European rather than Scandinavian society onto the isolated island" in "the last successful invasion of England." Paul K. Davis‚ 100 Decisive Battles from Ancient Times to the Present: The World’s Major Battles and How They Shaped History (Oxford: Oxford University Press‚ 1999)‚ 113. MIDDLE ENGLISH (1150 – 1500) 1204 – The hundred years war – A war between England and France. It had a significant impact on the development of English because France became the enemy. The English people
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