fleeing Americans‚ there could have been a worse time to migrate‚ due to harsh working and living conditions‚ and new immigration restriction laws‚ the many negatives outweigh the positives for the new immigrants. The New Immigrants during the 1880-1920 period typically settled in the cities along the eastern seaboard and entered low-paying‚ wage-labor jobs‚ which meant they filled the growing factories and also worked at other poorly-paid jobs such as construction work or sewing. Because the living
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Document Based Question 1: The Transformation of Colonial Virginia Taking the step to become a settler in the seventeenth century was a big deal‚ understandably. Many people left the comfort and safety of their native homes‚ often becoming the first generations to leave. They faced new and scary experiences‚ along with a range of challenges. The colonists who settled in Virginia in the seventeenth century were no exemption. The Virginians had many challenges thrown at them and had to learn what
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In the early 1600s‚ Europeans began to seek a faster route to Asia‚ looking for goods and spices. Ultimately‚ this led to establishing the first two colonies‚ Jamestown in 1607 and Massachusetts in 1621. That is where the similarities end with these colonies. The regions of the two colonies evolved into two completely different societies. There are several reasons why differences in development occurred between the Chesapeake and New England regions. Differences can be seen socially‚ economically
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Background Info: The Cold War between the US and the USSR was a long‚ complicated era of fear‚ tension‚ and animosity. Right after World War II‚ the U.S and the USSR started having ideological and political disputes over territories and ammunition. This became a full blown Cold War when Berlin was blockaded by the Soviets but was aided by America with an airlift. As Winston Churchill‚ prime minister of Britain‚ had said‚ an iron curtain had descended between the East and the West‚ communist and noncommunist
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1. Mayflower Compact - 1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America - Set up Plymouth colony. 2. The Pilgrims - Separatists who believed that the Church of England could not be reformed–Plymouth colony 3. The Puritans - Non-separatists – Wanted to purify the Church of England - Massachusetts Bay Colony 4. William Bradford - A Pilgrim‚ the second governor of the Plymouth colony‚ 1621-1657.
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Dequan Hurey July 16‚ 2012 Chapter 1 Vocabulary 1. Marco Polo – traveled to China and stirred up a storm of European interest 2. Francisco Pizzaro – conquers Incan Empire of Peru and begins shipping tons of gold/silver back to Spain. This huge influx of precious metals made European prices skyrocket (inflation). 3. Ponce de Leon – touches and names Florida looking for legendary Fountain of Youth 4. Montezuma – Aztec king‚ thought Cortez might be the god Quetzalcoatl who was due
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Robot Project Guidelines Table of Contents 1. Project Objectives 1 2. Project Description 2 3. Project Grading 2 4. Project Tasks and Timeline 3 4.1 Programming Tasks 3 4.1.1 VEX Controller Initialization 3 4.1.2 Write Your First Program 4 4.1.3 Write Three Practice Programs 4 4.1.4 Load and Test GOTO_BEACON 5 4.2 Mechanical Design and Construction Tasks 5 4.2.1 Sensors and Motors 5 4.3 Electronics Tasks 5 4.4 Tasks for Weeks #3 and #4 6 5. Infrared Receiver Board
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1. The Changing American Population 1. The American Population‚ 1820-1840 • The population increased rapidly • Much of it was moving from the countryside into the industrializing cities of the NE and NW • Much of it was migrating westward • Pop growth was due to improvements in public health and high birth rates • Immigration‚ choked off by wars in Europe and economic crises in America‚ contributed little to the American population in the first 3 decades of the 19th cent but revived beginning
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As the first AP course I ever took and having a rigorous curriculum‚ Advanced Placement United States History was the most challenging class I have taken in high school. APUSH pushed me to strengthen essential skills for an educated person to have such as critical reading‚ writing‚ and analytical thinking. Although my final grade for this class was a B‚ I do not regret taking this informative‚ challenging class‚ for I know that it will and has academically helped me. Furthermore‚ Honors Civics and
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