AP History Final Study Guide Chapter 35-42 35 FDR 1933-1941 • London Conference o In not attending this meeting in 1933‚ FDR signaled his desire for the US to act unilaterally by taking the US off the gold standard o aimed at stabilizing currency and restarting world trade • Tydings-McDuffie Act 1934 o provides independence for Philippines (after 12 year period…aka tutelage). • Good Neighbor Policy o Renouncing armed intervention in Latin America o In an effort to pursue further “isolationism”
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As the Industrial Revolution came about in the early 1800’s and it had a big impact on not only how people lived‚ but how long people lived. From the British Medical Journal‚ The Lancet‚ the life expectancy of a professional was only to the age of 38‚ it was 20 years old for a person of the middle class or an average person‚ and for a laborer in the factories the life expectancy was about 17 years old. (Doc. 8) The reason for terrible numbers is all of the pollution in the air and water throughout
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Amounting to a Revolution The United States experienced a time period full of changes between the years of 1860 to 1877. During this time period‚ many constitutional and social developments brought about great change in the country‚ in both constitutional and social areas. Some constitutional developments that caused conflict include the Emancipation Proclamation‚ three civil rights bills‚ and the reconstruction. Meanwhile‚ some social developments during this period include the Freedmen’s Bureau
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and create an equal and just society. The idea of equality appealed to lower class Americans such as mestizos‚ mulattoes and natives‚ but especially inspired black slaves. Lower class Americans believed a revolution would move them up in society to the level of creoles while slaves saw revolutions as a way to gain freedom. Haiti’s declaration of independence in 1904‚ showed slaves’ motivations by stating that they would rather die than be forced back into in slavery and that they must create a government
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Chapter 3 Study Guide I.Key Terms Sudanic societies: agriculture took root in Sudan first. The region used to be grassy with lakes‚ rivers‚ and streams. They domesticated cattle and became nomadic herders. After 7500 B.C.E they established permanent settlements. Around 5000 B.C.E Sudanic people had formed small monarchies and developed religious beliefs. “Gifts of the Nile”: Herodotus said Egypt was “the gift of the Nile” because of Egypt’s advantages over the floods from the Nile. With the floods
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Constitutional Guarantees. He accused the dictator of having violated the Cuban Civil Code of ‘illegally holding the officers of president‚ Prime Minister‚ Senator‚ Major General and civil and military chief’ and demanding that he be punished for crimes against the Constitution. The judges refused his case. The then 25 year-old lawyer‚ Fidel Castro began to make his plans for revolution. 9. Start of the Revolution. The Cuban Revolution began when well armed rebels attacked the Moncada Barracks in Santiago
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Ch. 20: The Muslim Empires Introduction -Nomadic invasions wasted much of the Muslim world w/ the sacking of Baghdad in 1258 • 3 new Muslim dynasties emerged after the nomadic invasions -New flowering of Islamic civilization; Competition(political divisions+military incursions -Largest-Ottoman from N Africa to S Russia; Safavid dynasty to the E; Mughals in Delhi region of Ganges plain -3 empires combined=largest Islamic political+military power ever -All 3 depended on firearms-“gunpowder
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the territory between the Mediterranean Sea and India for over one thousand years‚ from about 550 B.C.E. through 650 C.E. The first empire‚ founded by Cyrus the Achaemenid‚ expanded under him and his successors until it became the largest empire the world had ever seen. The four Persian dynasties of this era (Achaemenid‚ Seleucid‚ Parthian‚ and Sassanid) were noted for several important developments: Tightly governed administration with networks of educated bureaucrats‚ tax collectors‚ and spies to
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AP US History Monique Lynn President Davis versus President Lincoln Limitations on Wartime Liberties Volunteers and Draftees: North and South The Economic Stresses of War Friday‚ September 27‚ 2013 The one defect of the South was that its own states could secede. Some state troops refused to serve outside their borders.President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy often had disputes with his own congress. Davis’s task as President proved to be beyond his powers. Lincoln and
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