Chapter 1 Curriculum Framework On a North American continent controlled by American Indians‚ contact among the peoples of Europe‚ the Americas‚ and West Africa created a new world. Key Concept 1.1 Before the arrival of Europeans‚ native populations in North America developed a wide variety of social‚ political‚ and economic structures based in part on interactions with the environment and each other. I. As settlers migrated and settled across the vast expanse of North America over time‚ they
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George Washington was born on February 22‚ 1732. His parents were Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife‚ Mary Ball Washington (1708-89). Mary gave birth at his family’s plantation on Pope’s Creek in Westmoreland County‚ in the British colony of Virginia. After Washington’s father had passed away when he was about 11‚ it’s likely that he helped his mother manage the plantation. By the late 1760s‚ Washington had experienced firsthand the effects of rising taxes imposed on American colonists
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Study Guide 1. Truman foreign policy between 1945-1952- I-Aid to Greece and Turkey to defend against communist pressure S- Support free people resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. 2. U.S. economic expansion post-WWII- I-Savings from WWII‚ expansion defense spending‚ improved technology‚ baby boom‚ expansion of consumer society. 3. 1950’s Red Scare- I-Fear of communist spies undermining the gov’t and misdirecting foreign policy 4. American
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Elections= 1920: the Republican candidate‚ Warren Harding‚ obscure senator‚ defeated the Democratic candidate‚ Ohio Governor James Cox‚ the Socialist Party candidate‚ Eugene Debs. Republicans opposed U.S. admission to the League of Nations. Republicans received 61% of the pop vote. Calvin Coolidge completed President Harding’s term and was then elected for a second term. Boston police strike gained him popularity. 1924: Calvin Coolidge‚ Republican‚ and a Wall Street lawyer‚ John Davis‚ a Democrat
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The conflict that took place in the 1790s between the Federalists and the Antifederalists impacted American history. The Federalists‚ led by Alexander Hamilton‚ who had married into the wealthy Schuyler family‚ represented the urban mercantile interests of the seaports; the Antifederalists‚ led by Thomas Jefferson‚ spoke for the rural and southern interests. The debate between the two concerned the power of the central government versus that of the states‚ with the Federalists favoring the former
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James McManus Mr. Colameco AP United States History 7 January 2013 Example Document Based Question Nearly all of the reasons for agrarian discontent in the late 19th century stem from three areas: land‚ transportation‚ and money. The farmers were fighting the perceived threats posed by monopolies and trusts‚ railroads‚ and the demonetization of silver. The American farmer during this period already had his fair share of problems which‚ compared to the success of the industrialized businessmen
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“Was social mobility accessible to all American residents from 1877-1890? Why or why not?” Achieving higher social levels seemed to be on everyone’s mind as they traveled west. Wealth perceived attainable to everyone through advertisements all over the world. Therefore‚ western life attracted optimistic people who hoped to make their fortune. However‚ American residents during 1877-1890 did not have access to social mobility because the west contrary to most belief was not a great
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Kevin Powroznik APUSH RRQs Chapter 3 4. How did King Philip’s war‚ Bacon Rebellion‚ and the Salem witch trials illustrate a widespread crisis in British North American in the late seventeenth century? Towards the end of the seventeenth century‚ series of crises rocked the European colonies of North America. Both Social and political issues and crisis’s emerged such as King Philip’s war‚ Bacon Rebellion‚ and the Salem witch trails. King Philip’s war was one of the bloodiest and bitter wars
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Analysis of a Commercial Bleach Lab Guidelines Name‚ Exp. Name‚ Number‚ Date (we did lab)‚ Partner(s) Purpose Compound Names‚ Formulas‚ and Molar Masses (5 used – no formula or molar mass for starch) Reactions (use the four listed on the front page of the lab) Procedure/Observations Include initial observations and final observations/odors‚ masses of KI… Results (Data Table) Make a table that has your data of KI masses‚ and the three volumes (from the three trials) needed to titrate the
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Ch. 7 (pp. 249-263) The War of 1812 William Henry Harrison General of US army Thought to attack Lake Erie Captain Oliver Perry and the Battle of Lake Erie Constructed fleet of vessels for war Destroyed british squadron at Put-In-Bay and won Brits pulled back from Detroit Harrison defeated Brit and Indian force in Battle of Thames Treaty of Ghent Britain’s goal- peace in Europe‚ not any war demanded territorial concessions from US- but gave way because they never controlled Great
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