African American History‚ 1877-1919 National | Year | African American | James Garfield inaugurated as President‚ assassinated later in the year; Chester Arthur becomes President | 1881 | Tennessee introduces racial segregation on the railways‚ opening a pattern of legalised discrimination in public facilities that will spread through the Southern states. | | | July The black activist Booker T. Washington (18561915) opens the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to provide agricultural and industrial
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AP US Notes Chapter 1. Civilizations of America-prmarily small nomadic bands. Primitive agriculture. Hunting fishing. Incas-powerful empire of 6 million. Complex political system very sophisticated culture. Located in south and central America. Never had any system of writing or paper. Aztec-very advanced‚ located in lower and middle Mexico. Civilizations of the North. Never one large civilization but lots of little ones. Many different tribes. Includes Eskimos‚ tribes of pacific
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Sectionalism: 1820-1850 Into what three regions was the US divided into during this time period? • North: Consisted of two main pieces o The Northeast: New England and Mid-Atlantic states o The Old Northwest: Ohio to Minnesota • South: States that permitted slavery • West: West of the Mississippi‚ eventually stretching to California What do you need to know about the industrial northeast? • Good transportation • Plentiful manufacturing labor from
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DBQ- New England VS the Chesapeake Colonies Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled by people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. There were social‚ political‚ and economic differences between the two regions. The main reason as to why this development occurred was that the Chesapeake concentrated on obtaining wealth whereas New England had strong religious beliefs. With different goals in mind‚ the two regions separated due
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Two distinct societies evolved based on important factors. They differed in their ways of economy and the way they conducted themselves. Although the Chesapeake and New England regions were settled by English ancestry‚ they were mainly developed because of their religious‚ economic‚ and social differences. The religion of these areas shaped the way that they acted and the things that they did. When the separatist settled in New England they were looking for religious freedom. In England the puritans
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Research Question: To what extent was Martin Luther King Jr. responsible for the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955-56? By Marioly Jimenez‚ Word count: 1666 Plan of Investigation‚ Word count: 156 The plan of this investigation is to determine the extent to which Martin Luther King’s actions and decisions caused the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The primary method of this investigations will be to compare witnesses’ testimonies to each other from before the success
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AP World History Chapters 29 – 33 study guide The canton system- system that allowed china to control European merchants but also the terms of trade in china; control trade with the west within china Laissez faire economics- a doctrine advocating a hands off government meaning the government had minimum influence and could not regulate or interfere with the states affairs and economy only when necessary Working and living conditions during the industrial age-the hours under strict and harsh regulation
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Times in America were extremely difficult between the years of 1929 and 1941. To fix these difficult times‚ many plans were put into action to attempt to help fix America’s problems. People did as much as they could to try and provide for their family and help the country as a whole. Roosevelt’s Administration responded and attempted to resolve problems such as unemployment‚ labor disputes‚ and citizens not doing what they can to prevent disaster as a whole. Unemployment was an extreme problem
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In 1941‚ Roosevelt and Churchill met to discuss the postwar world. The result was the Atlantic Charter. One of the provisions in this document that was introduced by Roosevelt was the autonomy of imperial colonies. Therefore after World War II‚ there was pressure on Britain to abide by the terms of the Atlantic Charter. When Winston Churchill introduced the Charter to Parliament‚ he purposely mistranslated the colonies to be recently captured countries by Germany in order to get it passed. After
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*Dawes Act- was passed in 1887 and divided land for Indians to be conformed into the American society‚ named after its sponser Henry Dawes. *Booker T. Washington- Was an adviser to presidents. Created Tuskegee Institute for Vocational Training. *Jim Crow Law- Black segregation laws‚ allowed seperate but egual. *Plessy v. Furgeson- Landmark Supreme Court decision which ruled that as long as it is equal‚ it can be seperate. (Plessy bought train ticket and sat in white section
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