Ch. 7 (pp. 249-263) The War of 1812 William Henry Harrison General of US army Thought to attack Lake Erie Captain Oliver Perry and the Battle of Lake Erie Constructed fleet of vessels for war Destroyed british squadron at Put-In-Bay and won Brits pulled back from Detroit Harrison defeated Brit and Indian force in Battle of Thames Treaty of Ghent Britain’s goal- peace in Europe‚ not any war demanded territorial concessions from US- but gave way because they never controlled Great
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Vocabulary tasks: Sport Task 1: Choose the answer (A‚ B‚ C or D) that best fits each gap in the text. Someone once said that there are three kinds of people who are (1)_____ in sport: people who (2)_____ part‚ people who watch‚ and people who watch (3)_____ television. It’s very easy to make fun of stay-at-home sports (4)_____‚ but on the other hand‚ television does enable us to enjoy all kinds of (5)_____ events. We can watch a racing car (6)_____ another‚ see a cyclist (7)_____ the finishing
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MUN Vocabulary 1-Abstain. During a vote on a substantive matter‚ delegates may abstain rather than vote yes or no. This generally signals that a state does not support the resolution being voted on‚ but does not oppose it enough to vote no. 2-Adjourn. All UN or Model UN sessions end with a vote to adjourn. This means that the debate is suspended until the next meeting. This can be a short time (e.g.‚ overnight) or a long time (until next year’s conference). 3-Agenda. The order in which the issues
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IELTS Vocabulary: How something works A. Look at these sentences and decide which object is being described in each one. Use the words in bold to help you. You will find the objects hidden in the word grid at the bottom of the page. 1. The most important part of this object is a strip of two different metals‚ one on top of the other. As they heat up‚ both metals expand‚ but one does it faster than the other. The strip bends and connects with a switch‚ which turns off the power supply. When the strip cools
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APUSH - Cornwell FEB 16-24‚ 2011 1. INDUSTRIAL AMERICA in the LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY • Corporate consolidation of industry • Effects of technological development on the worker and workplace • Labor and unions • National politics and influence of corporate power • Migration and immigration: changing face of the nation • Proponents and opponents of the new order (e.g. “Social Darwinism and Social Gospel”) AMSCO pp. 333-347 (CH 17) EV pp. 543-573 (CH 18) ESSENTIAL
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APUSH Women AP essay q-3 1840-1890’s women’s activists in the intellectual‚ social‚ economic‚ and political spheres effectively challenged traditional attitudes about women’s place in society” Asses the validity of this statement. During the Colonial era and the first decades of the United States‚ there have always been women who strove to secure equal rights for themselves and others. Some assumed the business interests of a husband after his death. A few women challenged male domination
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Pd. 4 APUSH DBQ Essay Prompt: In the quote above‚ Abraham Lincoln expressed his goals for the reconstruction of the country as the Civil War came to a close. Analyze how successful reconstruction programs and political actions were in achieving Lincoln’s goals. Abraham Lincoln‚ a man renowned for his involvement in the civil war and the reconstruction that followed the war’s lambasted segregation of brotherly blood‚ held an ideology regarding reconstruction that he wished to be upheld nationally
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Lauren Martinez APUSH Ms. Pellecchia February 2013 America’s industrial growth during the period from 1870 to 1900 was greatly impacted by growth of large corporations that affected the economics and politics of our nation. As corporations began to grow‚ so did their power and influence. Their numbers grew to be so significant that they were known to be one of the major forces within the United States‚ with both a great amount of power and the ability to control much within
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1. Describe the conditions of the western "borderlands" of the 1830s as well as the factors attracting American settlers. The U.S expansionists were directing their ambitions to the North‚ West‚ and Southwest‚ but the conflicts between the U.S. and British North America came about over the border between them. In 1839‚ Canadian lumberjacks and the Maine militia began fighting over the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick. The fighting ended in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty‚ which gave over half
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APUSH Outline Ch. 4 I. American Life in the Seventeenth Century (1607 - 1692) • During the seventeenth century the colonies were thriving and held together by Atlantic economy. Though still attached to England‚ the way of life in America was completely different from lifestyle in England. Even in America the differences throughout the colonies were obvious. Everyone had to adapt to new way of life. The Indians‚ the Europeans‚ and African slaves had to learn to adjust. o This was a period of adaptation
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