People Elias Howe and Isaac Singer • Singer’s life was not going well in the beginning • He was penniless • Unsuccessful actor‚ ticket seller‚ carpenter‚ and inventor • By 1860‚ singer grew fabulously wealthy • In 1850‚ he had come upon and quickly improved a sewing machine similar to one patented in 1856 by Elias Howe. • Elias Howe sued Isaac Singer for patent infringement and won in 1854 • Since Singer lost‚ he had to pay Howe patent royalties John Deere • Was
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An AP U.S. History Document-Based Question (DBQ) Packet What is a DBQ? {Material borrowed from Collegboard.com} The AP U.S. History test consists of a multiple-choice section and an essay section. There are three essays to answer on the test‚ one of which is the DBQ. The DBQ an essay question that requires you to answer the question using the sources provided. You are given a mandatory 15-minute reading period at the beginning of the free-response section‚ and most of that time is
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working/thinking together as country then country might collapse -Washington recognized that if America didn’t get its act together then Great Britain‚ seeking revenge and seeing our moment of weakness might take advantage of the situation and reconquer us. -Washington warned that if
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U.S. Immigration Policy Reform The United States is well- known for its greatly diverse population‚ and the nation is receiving continuous influx of immigrants year by year. As a result‚ American economy and even its culture have been deeply influenced by increasing alien population over time. The United States has become an empire with the dominant economy in the past few decades. Although it is undeniable that the U.S’s competitive society and low-cost undocumented labors are the most important
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The portrait depicts a white man and a black man drinking water from desperate water fountains. The black water fountain is labeled as "For Colored Only‚" communicating that Jim Crowe serves as a significant aspect of post reconstruction Southern culture. Failure to challenge white authority would only allow the whites to continue their discrimination for blacks. This is shown in the court case Plessy v. Ferguson. This case upheld the rights of states to pass laws allowing or even requiring
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Miriam Hibbard APUSH Mr. Baker 9/19/13 Exploration and settlement in the new world helped England succeed in the age of colonization. The New England colonies‚ consisting of Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Connecticut‚ and Rhode Island were some of the most successful early colonies. Though they faced difficulties early on‚ they were able to overcome them even more quickly than that of the Virginia colonies. The colonies in the Caribbean were settled for different reasons than the New England
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GET INVOLVED AT SHS! Academic Quiz Bowl Team Quiz Bowl is an extracurricular activity open to grades 9-12. Practices are held weekly during the months of January through March‚ in preparation for a regional competition held each April. Advisor: Mrs. Deb Dominick (113) and Mr. John Wright (102). Big Buddy Program The Big Buddy program is a mentoring program. Big Buddies from SHS are paired with Little Buddies from Southern Elementary School. Big Buddies play games‚ read books‚ help
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colonies evolved into two completely different societies. There are many factors that contributed to the different lifestyles. These factors include government of society‚ socioeconomic status‚ and climate. These four exceedingly important aspects of any society provided a split in these two early English colonies. Those who arrived in the New England as opposed to those who arrived in Chesapeake were much wealthier and more respected members of society and therefore had a higher socioeconomic status
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Britain in the 1860s Things were quite different in Britain during the 1800s than it is today. There was no Child Protective Services. Women could not vote‚ nor did they get proper education. In order to support the family’s income children had to work from an early age. They worked as chimneysweepers‚ sellers in the streets‚ prostitutes‚ pot makers‚ coalminers etc. and had really long hours; often from early morning until late at night (which was similar to a fully-grown man’s working hours). Today
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The Missouri Compromise of 1820 In November of 1818‚ Missouri petitioned Congress for statehood and ignited a controversy over slavery and a balance of power in the Senate that would span two sessions of Congress and threaten the dissolution of the Union and a civil war. Prior to the Missouri question‚ the Union had eleven Free states and eleven slave states‚ each with two Senators. The Missouri Territory‚ carved out of land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803‚ covered an expanse of land
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