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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Background Info: The Cold War between the US and the USSR was a long‚ complicated era of fear‚ tension‚ and animosity. Right after World War II‚ the U.S and the USSR started having ideological and political disputes over territories and ammunition. This became a full blown Cold War when Berlin was blockaded by the Soviets but was aided by America with an airlift. As Winston Churchill‚ prime minister of Britain‚ had said‚ an iron curtain had descended between the East and the West‚ communist and noncommunist
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the context of this nation’s Second Great Awakening: a religious revival that carried the country into reform movements. The Second Great Awakening had its start in Connecticut in the 1790s and grew to its height in the 1830s to 1840s.[1] During this time in the United States history‚ churches experienced a more complete freedom from governmental control which opened the doors of opportunity to a great spiritual awakening in the American people.[2] This awakening focused on areas of both religious
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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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seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were in fact more similar than different.” Asses the validity of this generalization. 6. 1979 “During the seventeenth century and increasingly in the eighteenth century‚ British colonists in America charged Great Britain with violating the ideals of rule of law‚ self-government‚ and‚ ultimately‚ equality of rights. Yet the colonists themselves violated these ideals in their treatment of blacks‚ American Indians (Native Americans)‚ and even poorer classes of
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Robot Project Guidelines Table of Contents 1. Project Objectives 1 2. Project Description 2 3. Project Grading 2 4. Project Tasks and Timeline 3 4.1 Programming Tasks 3 4.1.1 VEX Controller Initialization 3 4.1.2 Write Your First Program 4 4.1.3 Write Three Practice Programs 4 4.1.4 Load and Test GOTO_BEACON 5 4.2 Mechanical Design and Construction Tasks 5 4.2.1 Sensors and Motors 5 4.3 Electronics Tasks 5 4.4 Tasks for Weeks #3 and #4 6 5. Infrared Receiver Board
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As the first AP course I ever took and having a rigorous curriculum‚ Advanced Placement United States History was the most challenging class I have taken in high school. APUSH pushed me to strengthen essential skills for an educated person to have such as critical reading‚ writing‚ and analytical thinking. Although my final grade for this class was a B‚ I do not regret taking this informative‚ challenging class‚ for I know that it will and has academically helped me. Furthermore‚ Honors Civics and
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Push and Pull Question 2: What were the “push and pull” factors for immigrants coming to each region of the English Colonies? There were many different push and pull factors for immigrants coming from England. One group that came from England was the extreme Puritans‚ or the Separatists. One push factor for the Separatists of England was separation from the Church of England. The Separatists left the Church of England due to the fact that the new King of England was in charge of the church with
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Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act The Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act of 1909 (ch. 6‚ 36 Stat. 11)‚ named for Representative Sereno E. Payne (R-NY) and Senator Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI)‚ began in the United States House of Representatives as a bill lowering certain tariffs on goods entering the United States.[1] It was the first change in tariff laws since the Dingley Act of 1897.[2] President William Howard Taft called Congress into a special session in 1909 shortly after his inauguration to discuss the issue.
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1. Federal land grants- Recognizing that western railroads would lead the way to settlement‚ the federal government provided railroad companies with huge subsidies in the form of loans and land grants. The government expected that the railroad would make every effort to sell the land to new settlers to finance construction. 2. Transcontinental railroad-During the Civil War‚ Congress authorized land grants and loans for the building of the first transcontinental railroad totie California to the
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