DBQ: Impact of Westward Expansion on Native Americans and the Role of Government Directions The following question requires you to construct a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of Documents A–H and your knowledge of the period referred to in the question. High scores will be earned only for essays that both cite key pieces of evidence from the documents and draw on outside knowledge of the period. 1. Analyze the extent to which western expansion affected the lives of Native Americans
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Washington (1789-97) 2. John Adams (1797-1801) 3. Thomas Jefferson (1801-9) 4. James Madison (1809-17) 5. James Monroe (1817-25) 6. John Quincy Adams (1825-29) 7. Andrew Jackson (1829-37) 8. Martin Van Buren (1837-41) 9. William Henry Harrison (1841) 10. John Tyler (1841-45) 11. James Knox Polk (1845-49) 12. Zachary Taylor (1849-50) 13. Millard Fillmore (1850-53) 14. Franklin Pierce (1853-57) 15. James Buchanan (1857-61) 16. Abraham Lincoln (1861-65) 17. Andrew Johnson (1865-69) 18. Ulysses Grant (1869-77)
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You have graduated from your BSc degree at LSE and have taken up a position as a management consultant. One of your first assignments is to plan and implement a downsizing programme for a small retail chain that employs 90 workers; 10% of these employees are to be made redundant. How can you use the research on organisational justice to 1) decide whom to lay off‚ and 2) minimize negative outcomes of the downsizing process? With the increasing competition in today’s globalized market‚ lowering
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FRQ #2: Analyze the origins and development of slavery in Britain’s North American colonies in the period 1607 to 1776. The founding of the majority of American colonies was either for an economic profit or for religious freedom. To make the colonies founded for an economic profit‚ a large work force was needed. For many religious colonies that turned into huge economic powers‚ they used the Protestant work ethic. Other colonies decided to use indentured servants originally‚ but this ended up turning
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1.) Why were most Americans content with their role within the British Empire in the 1750s? What evidence of discontent did exist? Most Americans were content with their role in the British Empire because Britain had provided them opportunities for trade and commerce‚ military protection‚ and political stability. Because of neglect by the British the trade restrictions decreased. In the colonies‚ people were allowed to trade unlimitedly with little tax to whomever they chose. Military protection
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Historical Terms Chapters 3-5 Calvinism: Who or what: A Protestant religious movement (inspired by Martin Luther’s Protestant Reformation)‚ Calvinists followed John Calvin and his text Institutes of the Christian Religion that taught of an all powerful God and of sinful‚ weak and wicked humans. Where: Calvin started his teachings in Geneva‚ Switzerland yet his ideals spread across Western Europe and ultimately into America. When: 1530’s and beyond Historical Importance: Much of Calvin’s
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Essay: Virtuous Republic As Americans‚ we’d like to think we have come far in terms of overcoming hardships of all sorts: economic‚ racial‚ gender- related‚ sexuality- based‚ etc. It is true‚ that we have overcome various waves of adversity‚ but‚ such efforts seem minute compared to the big picture our founding fathers outlined. Yes‚ the women’s movement in the 1940’s was good. Yes‚ working towards racial equality in the ’60’s was good. But was there ever a national groundbreaking event
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Section I: Nationalism With the writing of the Monroe Doctrine in 1823‚ the end of European conflicts influencing America came to a finish. During the following era‚ the 19th century brought a new meaning to culture and nationalism. Americans began to stray away from their previously adapted European beliefs and started to develop their own. Architecture‚ art‚ and literature began to form into something much different than previous years. Technology advancements were thriving. The culture of the
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Chapter 8: Creating a Republican Culture‚ 1790- 1820 Section 1: The Capitalist Commonwealth How did promoters of mercantilism (the commonwealth system) use state and national governments to promote economic growth? Promoters of mercantilism petitioned state legislatures for assistance. Legislatures granted special charters‚ rights‚ and laws to private companies to promote economic growth and the market economy. As a large and undeveloped nation‚ the United States lacked an efficient transportation
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Chapter 30: The Vietnam War Years Tina Ingram Section 1: Moving Toward Conflict * -To stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia‚ the US used its military to support South Vietnam. America Supports France in Vietnam * -Americans became involved in Vietnam in 1950‚ during the French Indochina War‚ the name given to France’s attempt to reestablish its rule in Vietnam after WWII. * -To help France
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