Marcus Pando Period 4 Chapter 22 Key Terms Describe and state the historical significance of the following: 7. Freedmen’s Bureau Initiated by President Abraham Lincoln and was intended to last for one year after the end of the Civil War. At the end of the war‚ the Bureau’s main role was providing emergency food‚ housing‚ and medical aid to refugees‚ though it also helped reunite families. Later‚ it focused its work on helping the freedmen adjust to their conditions of freedom. Its
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The motivations of American Revolutionary movement‚ at its peak from 1765 to 1780‚ are a much disputed subject between historians like Bernard Bailyn and Esmond Wright. One of the questionable motivations is the demand for no taxation without representation from the colonies at the time. It becomes clear through the documents of the Virginia House of Burgesses and Stamp Act Congress as well as letters from Thomas Jefferson that no taxation without representation was the primary motivation and unifier
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Unit 7 Review Sheet Accomplishments/Failures of Progressive Era: Passed reforms regarding Farmers and the Union workers. BUT no legislation regarding African Americans and racism. TR almost did w/ Booker T but received bad reviews from public. AFL (goals/tactics): Led by Samuel Gompers; an alliance of skilled workers in craft unions; concentrated on brea-and-butter issues such as higher wages‚ shorter hours‚ and better working conditions. Aligned w/ Democratic Party under Wilson. Alfred Mahan
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· The War For Independence o Introduction § At the start of the war Britain had the best-equipped and most disciplined army‚ along with a navy that was unopposed in American waters § Due to the native officer corps and considerable experience in colonial wars‚ the Patriot forces proved formidable § Initially the British thought they could regain political control by having one military victory § This strategy did not work due to the geography on eastern North America § Patriots
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Part 3 1. The English settlement’s primary purpose in Jamestown was to have independence and to settle in a new land. During the first 20 years‚ there were many difficulties. There was a large decrease in colonists due to lack of food while searching for gold. Diseases also killed the colonists because they didn’t have the immune system to keep them healthy. 2. The southern colonies were really big on exporting agricultural products. All of the southern colonies also founded slavery in them.
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Text Questions Pgs. 234-243 1.What fears were present in the minds of most Americans as they entered an era of economic change/industrialization and westward expansion in the early 19c? Some feared that the nations rapid growth would produce social chaos and insisted that the countries first priority must be to establish order and a clear system of authority. Others thought the greatest danger was privilege and that the society’s goal should be to eliminate the favored status of powerful elites and
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Throughout the history of the United States‚ her ideas of expansion were altered. According to certain views‚ expansionism did not change in the late nineteenth-century to the early twentieth-century while others viewed expansionism to have stayed the same. Foreign countries continued to broaden their horizons and colonize other places‚ and as the United States grew in power‚ it began to act likewise. An old concept idealised by the American people was Manifest Destiny. Senator Albert J. Beveridge
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AP Questions‚ 1980-2007 1 List of AP and AP-related questions from the past twenty-seven years. [Compiled by Steve Armstrong] (Updated‚ May 14‚ 2007) Questions labeled “AP” are Copyright © 1980-2005 College Entrance Examination Board and Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved. 1607-1763 AP 2007 Alternate The Colonial Period The French and Indian War (1754-1763) altered the relationship between Britain and its North American colonies. Assess this change with regard to TWO of the following
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Virginia and Kentucky resolution Written anonymously by Jefferson and Madison in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts‚ they declared that states could nullify federal laws that the states considered unconstitutional. (1798) Virginia Plan Virginia delegate James Madison’s plan of government‚ in which states got a number of representatives in Congress based on their population The Whiskey Rebellion In 1791‚ the rebellion that many people took part in to refuse to give the government taxes for
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AP US History Chapter 2 Identifications 1.) English Protestant Reformation: took place in 1530’s when King Henry VII broke with the Roman Catholic Church. 2.) “Sea Dogs”: English buccaneers who sought to promote the twin goals of Protestantism and plunder by seizing Spanish treasure ships and raiding Spanish settlements. 3.) Francis Drake: famous “sea dog” who returned in 1580 with his ship full of Spanish booty and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth on the deck of his ship. 4.) Sir
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