1. eIntroduction 1. Within twelve troubled years‚ the American people had risen up and thrown overboard both the British yoke and the Articles of Confederation (not best training for government) 2. Finances of the infant government were likewise precarious; the revenue had declined to a trickle‚ whereas the public debt‚ with interest heavily in arrears‚ was mountainous 3. Worthless paper money‚ state and national‚ was plentiful as metallic money was scarce 4. Nonetheless‚ the Americans were brashly
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to deliver the African American opinions at conferences. MIA had two other committees including the financial and transportation committees‚ these played a large role in coordinating the boycotts and were all largely led by King (Garrow). • On Dec. 7‚ 1956‚ King was asked to appeal for volunteer drivers at a mass meeting‚ he accepted the offer and the crowd’s response was better than expected since about 20 people donated
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Readings: America’s History ch 1 pgs 7-38‚ Other Sources: “Columbus Letter” (online)‚ “Why History” by David McCullough Outline: A. Native American Experience 1. First Americans 2. Mayas and Aztecs 3. Indians of the North Hopewell‚ Pueblos‚ Mississippians‚ Eastern Woodland‚ matrilineal B. European Society 1. European Peasant Society Peasants 2. Hierarchy and Authority Dower‚ primogeniture 3. Power of Religion Pagans‚ heresies C. Europeans Create a Global World 1. Renaissance
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Century of Dishonor. The book exposed the U.S. governments many broken promises to the Native Americans 6. John Wesley Powell- a U.S. soldier‚ geologist‚ and explorer of the American West. He is famous for the 1869 Powell Geographic Expedition 7. Oliver H. Kelly- Founded "The Grange‚" helped improve the lives of isolated farmers 8. William Hope Harvey- Wrote a popular pamphlet titled Coin’s Financial School 9. Mary Elizabeth Lease- became well known during the early 1890’s for her actions
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1945 Clearly from these dates‚ the atomic bombs played little to no role in Japan’s surrender. If the second bomb played a key role in Japan’s surrender‚ the date of Japan’s surrender would’ve been sooner than August 15‚ 1945 (which was a whole 7 days after the second bomb was dropped). Japan surrendered specifically on August 15‚ 1945 because of Russia’s declaration of war on Japan followed by Russia’s occupation of Manchuria and subsequent collapse of Japan’s Kwantung Army which numbered 1
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2005 AP U.S. History Study Kit -2- TABLE OF CONTENTS 2006 FRQ Study Guide ....................................................... 3 2006 DBQ Study Guide ........................................................ 4 Historical Periods To Memorize .............................................. 6 Key Dates to Memorize ......................................................... 8 Key Terms You Must Know ...................................................9 Colonial Period Study Guide ..............
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Doctrine-Statement delivered by President James Monroe warning European powers to refrain from seeking any new territories; U.S. lacked power to back up this announcement‚ but Britain enforced it by involving themselves with the Latin-American market. 7. 1st continental congress-delegates from all colonies except Georgia met to discuss problems with Britain and to promote independence. 8. 2nd Continental Congress-all 13 colonies met in Philadelphia where they drafted the Declaration of Independence
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UNITED STATES HISTORY OUTLINES These outlines will make up the bulk of your work outside of the classroom. They are organized to cover the major issues of an era or a president’s terms. They take a significant amount of time to finish‚ but are usually the only assignment for a particular week. PROCRASTINATION WILL LEAD TO ALL-NIGHTERS THAT MAKE IT SEEM LIKE THE COURSE REQUIRES AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WORK. Word to the wise‚ do a little each night. PURPOSE 1.The seemingly trivial identifications
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Chapter 7 APUSH the Jeffersonian Era I. The rise of cultural nationalism i. Religion began to adjust to the spread of Enlightenment rationalism. a. Patterns of education a. All male citizens should receive free education. b. Endorsed the principle of public education‚ but did not create a working system of free schools even up to 1815. c. 1815- 30 private secondary schools in MA‚ 37 in NY‚ etc. d. Female illiteracy rate was 50%. e. Judith Sargent –
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Name ____________________ APUSH (Unit 1‚ #4) Date _____________ Pd ____ 17th Century English Colonies: Opportunity and Oppression in Colonial Society I. Colonial Society in the 17th Century A. New England 1. NE was more stable than other colonies due to families‚ access to marriage‚ longer life expectancy 2. Education was valued in NE: led to high literacy rate & Harvard (1638) 3. “Golden Age” for NE women? Important contributions but
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