AP U.S. History and AP English Language and Composition AP AMERICAN STUDIES Course description: This course examines the development of the American character and culture through the study of history‚ literature‚ art‚ music‚ and film. This integrated approach to the literary‚ political‚ social‚ and economic patterns of our past and present develops in the students the capacity to work critically‚ independently‚ and collaboratively. This course satisfies the requirements of AP U.S.
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Chapter 7 term Sheet The Road to Revolution 1. Republicanism - a just society as one is in which all citizens willingly subordinate their private‚ selfish interests to the common good. 2. Radical Whigs - group of British political commentators; widely read by the colonists‚ feared the threat to liberty posed by the arbitrary power of the monarch and Parliament; warned to colonists to be watchful of any violations to their rights or corruption in leadership; hated use of patronage and bribes
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Chapter 9 The Pursuit of Equality • • Declaration of independence claims "all men are created equal" • Most states reduced property holding requirements to vote • Less hierarchy-poorer people now reacquired to be treated with the same respect as their wealthy counterparts • indentured servitude was abolished by 1800 • Trade organizations for artists and laborers=social democracy • primogeniture (inheritance laws) were removed • Anglican church dissolved-became the Protestant Episcopal
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The so-called "Indian Wars" took place roughly from 1864-1890 (from the Sand Creek Massacre to the Battle of Wounded Knee). It was really less of a war than a long series of skirmishes‚ battles‚ and massacres. At first‚ the Indians actually had the advantage because their arrows could be fired more rapidly than a muzzle-loading rifle. The invention of the Colt .45 revolver (the six-shooter by Samuel Colt) and Winchester repeating rifle changed this. Notably‚ one-fifth of the U.S. Army out West
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Chapter 4 Big Picture Questions 1. What common features can you identify in the empires described in this chapter? • All empires controlled large areas and populations. • All empires were brought together by conquest and funded in part by extracting wealth from conquered peoples. • All empires stimulated the exchange of ideas‚ cultures‚ and values among the peoples they conquered. • All empires sought to foster an imperial identity that transcended more local identities and loyalties. • All
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CHAPTER 10 AMERICA’S ECONOMIC REVOLUTION Multiple Choice Questions 1. The economic revolution that transformed America between 1820 and 1860 brought all of the following changes except A) the development of a national market economy B) the appearance of a major manufacturing sector C) the creation of a more united country D) the alliance of the Northeast and Northwest E) the participation of farmers in the increasingly international economy Answer: C Page: 259 Difficulty:
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Chapter 8---Creating a Republican Culture (1790-1820) I. The Capitalist Commonwealth A. Banks‚ Manufacturing‚ and Markets a) Banking and Credit: 1. For merchants‚ farmers‚ and political leaders‚ republicanism meant capitalism. 2. 2nd National Bank was chartered in 1816 for 20 yrs. To finance mercantile enterprises. 3. The Panic of 1819: state banks over-issued notes‚ sparked by a sharp drop in world agricultural prices Business cycle—the periodic expansion and contraction of profits
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Chapter 13 KEY TAKEAWAYS * Money serves three basic functions: 1. Medium of exchange: because you can use it to buy the goods and services you want‚ everyone’s willing to trade things for money. 2. Measure of value: it simplifies the exchange process because it’s a means of indicating how much something costs. 3. Store of value: people are willing to hold onto it because they’re confident that it will keep its value over time. * The government uses two measures to track
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Jenny Sawh Chapter 13 13-8‚ 13-11‚ 13-19 December 10‚ 2012 DR CR Salaries and Wages Expense $480‚ 000 Withholding Taxes Payable $80‚000 FICA Taxes Payable $28‚040 Union Dues Payable $9‚000 Cash [($480‚000 – $140‚000) X 7.65% = $26‚010] $362‚960 Payroll Tax Expense $29‚440 FICA Taxes Payable $140‚000 X 1.45% = $2‚030; $26‚010 + $2‚030 = $28‚040 $28‚040 FUTA Taxes Payable [($480‚000 – $410‚000) X .8%) $560 SUTA Taxes Payable [$70‚000 X (3.5% – 2.3%)]
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Chapter 39 Terms to Know * Stagflation: during the 60’s & 70’s‚ the U.S. was suffering from 5.3% inflation & 6% unemployment; refers to the unusual economic situation in which an economy is suffering both from inflation & from stagnation of its industrial growth. * Vietnamization: President Richard Nixon’s strategy for ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War‚ involving a gradual withdrawl of American troops & replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces. * Silent Majority: phrase
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