STATES HISTORY SUMMER 2013 READING ASSIGNMENT CHAPTER 1: "Columbus‚ the Indians‚ and Human Progress" (pp. 1-11) 1. According to Zinn‚ what is his main purpose for writing A People’s History of the United States? To tell history from the viewpoint of the victims and not overlooking what the country has done to become what they are today. It includes the cruelty and hardships the people had to go through. 2. What is Zinn’s thesis for pages 1-11? He will be as blunt as he can to show what history has
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was unclear and just explored because they could. 2) In this era of long-distance exploration. Did Europeans have any special advantages over other cultural regions? A) Yes- They brought new diseases making people weak‚ Slaves for the plantations‚ fighting on god’s side would help them conquer‚ and they had to survive so they worked their hardest. 3) What were the different outcomes of European interactions with Africa‚ India‚ and the Americans? A) Africa - Europe got gold‚ Europe spread
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AP® UNITED STATES HISTORY 2012 SCORING GUIDELINES Question 4 Analyze the origins and outcomes of the intense cultural conflicts of the 1920s. In your response‚ focus on TWO of the following. Immigration Prohibition Religion The 8–9 Essay • Contains a clear‚ well-developed thesis that addresses the origins and outcomes of the intense cultural conflicts of the 1920s regarding two issues. • Develops the thesis with substantial and specific relevant historical information related to two issues. • Provides
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Commonly Appearing Terms 1607-1763 Indentured Servants People who came to America and was placed under contract to work for another over a period of time‚ especially during the 17th and 19th centuries (ex. redemptioners‚ victims of religious or political persecution‚ people kidnapped‚ convicts and paupers) Proprietary‚ Royal‚ Charter Colonies Proprietary colony: any of certain colonies‚ as Maryland and Pennsylvania‚ that were granted to an individual group by the British crown and that were
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Christianize the Amerindians. 6. Creoles-in colonial Spanish America‚ term used to describe someone of European descent born in the New World. Elsewhere in the Americas‚ the term is used to describe all nonnative peoples. 7. Mestizos- peoples of mixed Amerindian and European descent. This term was given my Spanish authorities. 8. Mulattos- peoples of mixed African and European descent. The Spanish and Portuguese used this term. 9. Indentured Servants- a migrant to British colonies
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AP World History Review: Comparative Questions Curtain Call Directions: Use your textbook and or your Princeton Review Book to list as many facts about the following historical comparisons. Use the attached Societal Comparison sheet as a guideline for what to compare and contrast. Remember that you do not have to fill in every topic on the sheet‚ try and get used to looking for these topics when you are comparing societies-in this way you will increase your speed in breaking down the comparative
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Chapter 1 2) My interpretation of the word discovery is when someone detects or finds something new or previously unknown. In 1492 an explorer named Christopher Columbus was requested by the King of Spain to find a more direct route to Asia. When he made landfall 6 weeks after leaving Spain he thought he landed in Asia. But really he had found something else‚ an unknown mass of land blocking the route to Asia‚ the Americas. Columbus failed his main task he did not discover a quicker route to
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AP EURO ART MOVEMENTS Overview: Page # • Italian Renaissance (1400s-mid1500s)………….1-2 • Northern Renaissance (1500s-late1600s)…………3 • Mannerism (Mid-Late 1500s)………………………..3-4 • Baroque (1600-1750)…………………………………...4-5 • Rococo (1700s)…………………………………………….5-6 • Neoclassicism (1750-1850)………………………..........6 • Romanticism (1800-1850)…………………………........7 • Realism (1850-1900)…………………………………....7-8 • Impressionism
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AP World History Comparative Essay Aieshah Abdeljawad 5th 2/14/11 During the period of 1750-1914‚ Western intervention was a common thing as European states began to believe that imperial expansion and colonial domination were crucial for the survival of their states and societies as well as their personal fortunes. India and Africa were colonized so quickly for their resources and out of competition that other European states would colonize them first. Both India and Africa had violent
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respect for the christian church. Now that there is two great reasons that medieval europe should be called the Dark Ages. The third reason why medieval europe should be called the Dark Ages was disease. “Some historians estimate that 24 million Europeans died of the plague - about a third of the population” (pg.57) This was obviously a major ding to the population and the economy because people wanted more money to do stuff. “Rats and fleas were common. it’s no wonder people were often ill.”(pg.48)
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