APUSH UNIT 3 STUDY GUIDE Articles of Confederation: agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution. The new Constitution provided for a much stronger national government with a chief executive (the president)‚ courts‚ and taxing powers Shay’s Rebellion: armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays
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Chapter 4 Big Picture Questions 1. What common features can you identify in the empires described in this chapter? • All empires controlled large areas and populations. • All empires were brought together by conquest and funded in part by extracting wealth from conquered peoples. • All empires stimulated the exchange of ideas‚ cultures‚ and values among the peoples they conquered. • All empires sought to foster an imperial identity that transcended more local identities and loyalties. • All
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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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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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The Biggest Two Social Changes of the Progressive Era It is well-known that the Progressive Era has been a perennial topic in American history: it was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States‚ from the 1890s to the 1920s. During this time‚ people made lots of efforts to change the situation their country faced at that time. “Together‚ these reform efforts formed the Progressive Movement‚ which aimed to restore economic opportunities and correct injustices
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was the Ghent Treaty a Failure or a Success in the views of Americans? How Did it affect the country ? Ghent Treaty: Success or Failure? The War of 1812 was fought between the new and fragile United States against the British Empire‚ Canadian Provinces and a few Woodland Indian Tribes. The War of 1812 was an attempt by the Americans to establish their dominance in North America by conquest of the British owned Canadian Provinces. With an under supplied and undermanned army and navy the United
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Populist and Progressive Reform in American History Throughout American history‚ reform was common among people of a particular‚ race‚ gender‚ or class used to accomplish change. The emergence of the populist and progressive movements were a response to the changing climate in American society due to rapid industrialization‚ an ethnically diverse personality of a young nation‚ and birth of American imperialism. Disgruntled American farmers that wished to advance their economic position initiated
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If you tried to do POV‚ did you get it or not? Look closely at what you wrote for POV. General Comments: - The word is Confucian –not Confusion‚ Confucious‚ nor even Confucionis. You need to write the right word so at the AP reading they don’t laugh at you J! - These are pretty decent DBQ’s‚ especially for the first one of the year –Congratulations! - Yet‚ this was also a pretty SHORT DBQ (only 6 docs –that’s the least EVER given to work with).
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Americans have well understood the significance of the phrase‚ "All men are created equal." Throughout the history of the United States‚ the meaning of the phrase " All men are created equal" has changed and expanded. When this statement was written in the Constitution‚ it was to ensure that people in America would never be subject to a tyrannical and oppressive rule that benefited only the upper class and those in Britain. The people occupying America before the American Revolutionary War were taxed
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#8—Crash Course World History Alexander the Great 1. Alexander of Macedon‚ born in 356 BCE‚ died in 323 BCE at the ripe old age of _32_____. 2. Alexander was the son of King __phillip________ II‚ and when just 13 years old he tamed a horse no one else could ride named Bucephalus‚ which impressed his father so much he said: “Oh thy son‚ look thee at a kingdom equal to and worthy of thyself‚ for Macedonia is too little for thee.” 3. Let’s to look at Alexander of Macedon’s story by examining
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