Chapter 32 Essay: 1. Compare the presidential leadership of Harding Coolidge and Hoover. What did they have in common‚ and how did they differ? How did their personal qualitities affect their political success in the 1920s? 2. Describe the relationship among American tariff policy‚ war debts and reparations‚ and the Great Depression. Explain why the federal government adopted the tariff and debt-repayment policies it did. Assess the wisdom of these policies. 3. Outline the causes of the great
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Acts of Resistance by Americans against the British from 1773 to1775: Were they effective? From 1773 to 1775 the Americans felt the pressure put to them by the imperial policies. The combination of the harsh taxes and the lack of an American voice in Parliament gave rise to forms of resistance which led thirteen colonies in North America to joined together to break free from the British Empire‚ combining to become the United States of America. Prior to the conclusion of the Seven Years War there
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odUS History Review Test 18 The Rise of Industrial America‚ 1865 - 1900 1. The World’s Columbian Exposition in 1892 was [A] a meeting held in the District of Columbia to expose industrial working conditions. [B] the Chicago World’s Fair. [C] a summit conference of North and South American governments held in Colombia to promote industrial development in the Americas. [D] the first international labor relations conference held at Columbia University in New York City. [E] the meeting held in Chicago
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Question: Some historians argue that slavery was the primary cause of the American Civil War. Utilizing the documents and your knowledge of the period 1846-1860‚ explain to what extent you believe this statement to be valid. Slavery started in America when the colonist traded rum and molasses with Africa in exchange for slaves‚ this was part of the triangular trading system. From there on many slaves were brought from Africa‚ their journey is known as the “Middle Passage” which was a horrific journey
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2. Clearly there were many motives that drove Chicago to build the world fair. Civic honor is probably the most prominent of these motives as well as wanting to be as good as other monumental cities such as New York- they wanted to prove themselves. Chicago wanted to be respected as much as possible. Chicago proving that it was more than a meat packing backwater showed how they could push through difficult times to gain honor which is problematic in this situation. 3. The White City was indeed like
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The Politics of Reconstruction a. The Civil War was bloodiest war in American history (600‚000 soldiers died). It began as way to preserve Union but evolved into a struggle for African American freedom‚ resulting in the death of slavery in the United States and the unification of the states under a stronger central government. b.The Defeated South i.South destroyed after defeat: towns ruined‚ slavery (means of labor in cotton fields) lost‚ destroyed cotton fields‚ depressed economy ii.Defeat
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CHAPTER 6 Revolution without Dogma by Daniel Boorstin How is the American Revolution unique from other 18th‚ 19th‚ and 20th century “revolutions”? Strictly political revolution- based in doctrine Rational movement England has become corrupted‚ but like the basis‚ so going to become independent and perfect ideas in Americas Were the American and French Revolution linked? How or why not? French revolution is more than political‚ waves of new government Many leaders being overthrown and killed
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II. Economic Control Roosevelt controlled the trusts. Doc A Trust-busting policed corporations Clayton Antitrust Act (Doc E) III. Better conditions Neill-Reynolds Report (Doc B) ignorant workers‚ horrible conditions Leads to Meat Inspection Act of 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act Jane Addams’ Hull House (Doc C) not enough education Lobbied with Frances Kelly--had considerable success Adamson Act of 1916 with Wilson IV. Limitations to Success Eligibility to voting went down (Doc J) Women
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AP U. S. History Questions Chapter 6 1. Deficiencies in Confederation To weak Could not levy taxes‚ had economic problems causing social unrest Not strong enough to hold states together Regulations state to state hard to deal No uniform tax‚ different taxes in each state Rebellions with direct challenge towards congress for more national government or even a dictatorship‚ unable to deal with national problems 2. American Manufactures- replace state tariffs with uniformly high national
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AP U.S History Tenochtitlan ID: The ancient Aztec capital in about the 1325 and was demolished by the Spaniards in 1521. SIG: Tenochtitlan was one of the largest cities in the world in 1521. It was a very wealthy city with powerful economics‚ politics‚ and religions. Matrilineal ID: The inheritance one receives through the female line of ancestors. SIG: The pattern of culture in Lenape or modern day Delaware were fishing and other types of farming which were matrilineal. Many Native American
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