AP UNITED STATES HISTORY SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT 2011 Hello and welcome to the exciting world that is Advanced Placement United States History. You are now a member of an elite group: students who dare to take on an exceptionally challenging course. The risks are great‚ but then so are the potential gains. We will take on this challenge together and when you are done‚ you will be justifiably proud of yourself. This course is a one-year class designed to allow the student a head start on college
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AP US History 1) In Documents A‚ B‚ and C some problems in their colonial government was that all colonies wanted to unite and become one government but one colony always tried to control all of it. Also‚ they tried to fix the way they would trade with the Indians by setting standards all would have to follow. When they were untied for a moment in time though‚ they had set laws that if one colony needed assistance‚ the other colonies must bring a certain number of soldiers to assist
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p us history master terms Unit I Terms Bacon’s Rebellion-1676 - Nathaniel Bacon and other western Virginia settlers were angry at Virginia Governor Berkley for trying to appease the Doeg Indians after the Doegs attacked the western settlements. The frontiersmen formed an army‚ with Bacon as its leader‚ which defeated the Indians and then marched on Jamestown and burned the city. The rebellion ended suddenly when Bacon died of an illness. John Winthrop-He
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Isabel Olivas Eliason AP U.S. History 6 September 2014 The New World was a marvel and a chance to make it big in the 1600s. England took its gamble at building colonies in the unsettled region of what is now the east coast. It then was separated into two regions‚ New England and the Chesapeake. Even though they were both founded by the English‚ their differences in religion‚ unity‚ and motives evolved their societies into polar opposites. In New England‚ unity was a way of life. They believed in
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------------------------------------------------- B. Summary of Evidence Following Abraham Lincoln’s election to the presidency in 1860‚ Southern states began seceding from the Union. Though personally opposed to slavery and convinced the United States was going to have to be all free or all slave states—"a house divided against itself cannot stand"—he repeatedly said he would not
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by Mexico of an enormous amount of land to the US‚ and a rush of settlers to new American territory in California 3. The Wilmot Proviso‚ if adopted‚ would have prohibited slavery in any territory acquired in the Mexican War 4. The debate over slavery in the Mexican Cession threatened to split national politics along North-South lines 5. In 1848‚ the Free Soil party platform advocated all of the following: support of the Wilmot Proviso; free government homesteads for settlers; opposition
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1. (a) I‚ III‚ and IV are correct. II is not correct. To explain III‚ de Broglie’s equation states l = h/(mv)‚ so nl = nh/(mv) = 2pi(r). Where: l = wavelength‚ v = velocity of electron‚ n = some positive integer‚ r = distance of electron from center‚ m = mass of electron. Solve‚ get mvr = L = nh/2pi. (b) The current wave mechanical model for the atom states that there are an integer number of wavelengths in every standing integer number (n). 2. (a) The first shell electrons in Lithium are
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to suffocate american commerce on mississippi) communication and transportation summer of 1788 were primitive‚ US was very rural‚ LESS than one america in 30 lived in places with 8‚000 people or more vast
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Free Response When the dog first barks it creates sound waves that travel through the air‚ spreading out and dissipating as they go‚ until they reach the ear of the musician. When the sound waves reach the musician they are “gathered up” into the ear by the oracle and travel into the middle ear. Once in the middle ear the sound waves vibrate the ear drum which transfers the vibrations to the hammer. The hammer then moves the vibrations on to the anvil which transfers them to the stirrup.
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People Elias Howe and Isaac Singer • Singer’s life was not going well in the beginning • He was penniless • Unsuccessful actor‚ ticket seller‚ carpenter‚ and inventor • By 1860‚ singer grew fabulously wealthy • In 1850‚ he had come upon and quickly improved a sewing machine similar to one patented in 1856 by Elias Howe. • Elias Howe sued Isaac Singer for patent infringement and won in 1854 • Since Singer lost‚ he had to pay Howe patent royalties John Deere • Was
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