APUSH: CHAPTER 8 VOCABULARY 1. Alexis De Tocqueville: a young French aristocrat who visited the United States in the 1830s‚ and was amazed by the informal manners and democratic attitudes of Americans. The most able men in the United States are very rarely placed at the head of affairs‚” Alexis de Tocqueville concluded in Democracy in America (1835). The reason‚ Tocqueville suggested‚ lay in the character of democracy itself. Most citizens ignored important policy issues‚ jealously refused to
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Summary What Makes an Alcoholic Beverage? • Drinkable alcohol is obtained from the fermentation of sugar in some natural products such as grapes‚ apples‚ honey‚ or molasses. The result is some form of wine. • Beer is obtained from barley‚ after the starch has first been converted into sugar‚ fermented along with other grains and hops‚ and aged. • To obtain very strong alcoholic beverages‚ it is necessary to boil the fermented liquid and condense it later ~--bfcooling. This process‚ called distillation
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(1877-78)- Rizal finishing the first year of a course in Philosophy and Letters. - He transferred to the medical course. MOTHER’S OPPOSITION TO HIGHER EDUCATION - Rizal had to go the University of Santo Tomas for higher studies. - The Bachelor of Arts course. Don Francisco and Paciano – who wanted Jose pursue higher learning in the university RIZAL ENTERS THE UNIVERSITY April 1877- Rizal who was then nearly 16 years old‚ matriculated in the University of Santo Tomas‚
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first non-formal teacher * On her lap‚ Jose learned prayers and the alphabet at the age of three * Private Tutors of Rizal * Maestro Celestino was Jose’s first private tutor. * Maestro Lucas Padua was the second private tutor. * Maestro Leon Monroy became the hero’s tutor in Spanish and Latin. He was a classmate of Don Francisco. The Uncles of Rizal * Uncle Jose Alberto – gave wise direction in the studies of Jose. * Uncle Gregorio – instilled into the mind of Jose
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that disposable income is less than zero. 7. At the point where the consumption schedule intersects the 45-degree line: A) the MPC equals 1. B) the APC is zero. C) saving equals income. D) saving is zero. 8. The saving schedule is such that as aggregate income increases by a certain amount saving: A) increases by the same amount as
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Course to Spain His studies continued in UST until he was unhappy at the Dominican institution. After finishing the 4th year of his medical course in UST‚ Rizal‚ being disgusted with the method of instruction in the Dominican-owned University and the racial prejudice of Dominican professors against Filipino student‚ decided to study abroad. He predicted that his decision of studying abroad would not be favored by his parents; he did not asked their blessing. And aside from studying in Spain he
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RAFAEL CHRISTIAN P. NONATO CHAPTER 20 Ophthalmic Surgeon in Hong Kong (1891-92) INTRODUCTION Rizal left Europe for Hong Kong‚ where he lived from November 1891 to June 1892. His reasons for leaving Europe were: life was unbearable in Europe because of his political differences with M.H. del Pilar and other Filipinos in Spain. to be near his idolized Philippines and family. FAREWELL TO EUROPE Rizal left Ghent for Paris on October 3‚ 1891 He proceeded by train to Marseilles
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(1891) (CHAPTER 18) To seek solace for his disappointments in Madrid‚ Rizal took a vacation in theresort city of Biarritz on the fabulous French Riviera. He was a guest of the richBoustead family at its winter residence- Villa Eliada. He had befriended Mr.Boustead and his wife and the two charming daughters Adelina and Nellie. Hewas used to fence with the Boustead sisters at the studio of Juan Luna. It was inBiarritz where he had a serious romance with Nellie and finished the last chapter of his
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RIZAL IN PARIS After completing his studies in Madrid‚ Rizal went to Paris and Germany to specialize ophthalmology. He studied this field to be able to cure his mother’s eye ailment. He served as an assistant to famous ophthalmologists in Europe. He also continued his travels and observations on European life and customs‚ government and laws in Paris and Germany. * In Gay Paris * 24 years old‚ already a physician * On his way to Paris‚ he stopped at Barcelona to meet his friend‚ Maximo
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2012 2:44pm Before dawn on Sunday‚ a funeral procession made its way from the old Rizal home in Binondo‚ Manila‚ reenacting Rizal’s burial for the first time‚ 116 years after his martyrdom. Dressed in 1920s attire‚ members of the Order of the Knights of Rizal reenacted the transfer of the remains of Rizal from Binondo to the site of the Rizal Monument in commemoration of Rizal’s 116th death anniversary. Rizal was only given a state funeral 16 years after he was executed in Bagumbayan in 1896
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