Chapter 13 Essay Questions 1. The presidential campaign for Andrew Jackson had started early—on February 9‚ 1825‚ the day of John Quincy Adams’s controversial election by the House—and it continued noisily for nearly four years. Even before the election of 1828‚ the temporarily united Republicans of the Era of Good Feelings had split into two camps. One was the National Republicans‚ with Adams as their standard-bearer. The other was the Democratic-Republicans‚ with the fiery Jackson heading their
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The Progressive Era was a thirty year period in which the United States was completely reformed. Actions were taken to improve working conditions for laborers‚ create a sexually unbiased work system and regulate the economy. President Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson both helped create a more direct democracy in which the people would have a voice. During those thirty years‚ amendments 16 to 19 were ratified to regulate and reform the country. Muckrakers were writers who worked for the printing
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Populists: Grew from the Farmer’s Alliance Free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at 16:1 ratio Increased circulating medium (no less that $50 per capita) Graduated income tax It was big in the 1890s (major electoral victories) Several members of the House of Representatives and the election of 1 U.S. senator Against monopolies More Democratic government (more control to people) Wanted more direct government action to help the working class Government ownership of railroads‚ telegraph
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Mikaela Duguil Period: 6 Chapter 1 Cornell notes 1. What was not an important goal of the early English explorers and colonists? It was not an important goal to build a new nation. 2. Discuss the factors that transformed the colonist and caused them to envision and creating an independent nation: common bonds‚ language‚ farmers‚ untouched by tyranny of royal authority‚ official religion and social hierarchy‚ individual freedom‚ and willingness to subjugate to others. 3. What factors divided the colonists
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AP US Study guide for Unit 3 1. Settlers in the eighteenth century American backcountry sometimes resorted to violent protest to express their grievances. Analyze the causes and significance of TWO of the following: March of the Paxton Boys‚ Regulator Movement‚ Shay’s Rebellion‚ Whiskey Rebellion 2. Evaluate the relative importance of domestic and foreign affairs in shaping American politics in the 1790s. 3. Analyze the contributions of the following in helping establish a stable government
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Key Terms: • Congregationalism- A system of church governance in which every local church congregation is independent • Patriarchy- A social system in which the male is the primary authority figure central to social organization and the central roles of political leadership‚ moral authority‚ and control of property‚ and where fathers hold authority over women and children. It implies the institutions of male rule and privilege‚ and entails female subordination • “Covenant”- A formal alliance
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1. General characteristics and conditions of the Native Americans: Where they came from and their cultures. a. Where: 35‚000 (33‚000?) B.C.: First ‘immigrant’ ancestors of the Native Americans traveled down the Bering land bridge from Eurasia to North America during the Ice Age i. Trekked across Bering isthmus and peopled the Americas for 250 centuries‚ eventually reaching the southern tip of South America ii. Isolated by the melting of glaciers at the end of the Ice Age
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Chapter 12 Study Guide 1. Farm Communities- Farming Families that worked together to accomplish goals otherwise not possible alone. (B) They had opportunities to talk about experiences together‚ and share news‚ knowledge‚ etc. 2. The Shakers- Largest of the communal utopian experiments‚ emphasized agriculture and handcrafts‚ l most self-sufficient. (B) Failed because they couldn’t have sex‚ so no future generations to carry on. 3. The Mormons- Most successful communitarian experiment‚ believed
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Europe‚ once so independent of the world‚ gradually became entrenched in the world around them. The European countries began to fight for a foothold in the colonies. Slowly‚ England rose to compete in this struggle for colonies‚ settling North America. Although New England and the Chesapeake regions were both settled by Englishmen‚ these two colonies evolved into completely different colonies as a result of their many differences of opinion starting with their reasons for settling the land‚ spreading
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All questions courtesy of Houghton Mifflin’s The American Pageant Guidebook; A Manual For Students‚ Eleventh Edition‚ 1998 Chapter 12: The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism‚ 1812-1824 True-False Where the statement is true‚ mark T. Where it is false‚ mark F‚ and correct it in the space immediately below. 1. Napoleon’s decision to repeal his blockage decrees in response to Macon’s Bill No. 2 demonstrated how he had been successfully manipulated by President Madison
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