American History Test 3 Study Guide (abeka) Dates 1607- Jamestown 1588- Spanish Armada 1517- Protestant Reformation 1492- Columbus voyage 1775- Lexington and Concord 1765- Stamp Act Congress 1774- First Continental Congress 1783- Treaty of Paris 1497- John Cabot exploration 1620- Plymouth founded 1733- Savannah founded 1619- House of Burgesses Questions 1). Who founded Maryland? - Lord Baltimore 2). Which conquistador explored the Mississippi River? - Hernando De Soto 3). Who founded Connecticut
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Ch. 12 1) Among the primary reasons that young farm women moved from the farms to work in textile mill towns in the early 19th century was: To escape farm life and earn wages 2) The history of Lowell epitomizes this transition: Self-sufficient farm families to urban wageworkers 3)In the pre-industrial system‚ a boy who wanted to learn a trade Entered a formal apprenticeship system 4)The organization of a family business in the pre-industrial era was Patriarchal 5) If you lived in Boston
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Alabama‚ Mississippi‚ Florida‚ Georgia‚ Louisiana‚ and Texas. 7 seceders met at Montgomery‚ Alabama in February 1861 and created a government known as the Confederate States of America. Slavery in the territories was to be prohibited north of 360 30’ Know-Nothing Party formed by Protestants who were alarmed by the increase of immigrants from Ireland and Germany The Emancipation Proclamation called for freeing of all slaves in Confederate territory‚ except in locations where the Union had mostly
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Chapter Preview & Chapter 1-Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology Chapter Preview 1) List some difficulties a student may experience when studying the human body. Some difficulties a student may experience when studying the human body are learning the medical terminology‚ memorization of all the parts of the body‚ body systems and how they function. 2) List the ways people learn. The different ways people learn include visually‚ through reading/writing‚ by hearing/listening‚ or by
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AP US History Monique Lynn President Davis versus President Lincoln Limitations on Wartime Liberties Volunteers and Draftees: North and South The Economic Stresses of War Friday‚ September 27‚ 2013 The one defect of the South was that its own states could secede. Some state troops refused to serve outside their borders.President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy often had disputes with his own congress. Davis’s task as President proved to be beyond his powers. Lincoln and
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Chapter 18 - Renewing the Sectional Struggle‚ 1848-1854 I. The Popular Sovereignty Panacea The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War‚ but it started a whole new debate about the extension of slavery‚ with Northerners rallying around the Wilmot Proviso (which proposed that the Mexican Cession lands be free soil); however‚ the Southerners shot it down. Before‚ the two national parties‚ the Democrats and the Whigs‚ had had strong support from all over the nation;
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The Multiple Choice Section This section can be extremely challenging. Each question has 5 possible responses. The raw score for this section is figured by adding one point for each correct answer and subtracting 1/4 point for each one that is answered incorrectly. The incorrect answers are called distractors‚ and some of them will seem like they could be right. But there is always only one correct answer‚ and if you fill in more than one oval for a particular question on your response sheet‚
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Southern and Eastern Europeans came in larger numbers than earlier in the century. b. Irish immigrants came in larger numbers than earlier in the century. c. The US government entered into a “gentleman’s agreement” to ban immigrants from certain countries. d. Nativist agitation brought a decline in immigration. e. US immigration laws sharply reduced the number of eligible immigrants. 2. The “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions” issued by the Seneca Falls Convention demanded
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slaves and northern migrants to the South; plan proved to be too radical Hiram Revels: Mississippi representative for the U.S. Senate during Reconstruction Served as chaplain in the wartime Union army and became the first black senator in American history Enforcement Acts of 1870-1871: Outlawed terrorist societies and allowed the president to use the army against them Continued the expansion of national authority during Reconstruction. Defined crimes that aimed to deprive citizens of the
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Albetta‚ Assistant Principal Mr. Musialik‚ Social Studies Department Email: DMusialik@schools.nyc.gov 2014-2015 School Year Congratulations! You have been accepted into the Advanced Placement United States History Course for the 2014-2015 school year. With over 100 well qualified applicants‚ you made the cut of only 36 students. You should be very proud of yourself. Prepare to immerse yourself in the great story that is U.S. History. As Mark Twain once wrote‚ “Truth is stranger than
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