Sophie DeGreen APUSH Chapter 1 Section Review 1. What were the main characteristics of the Indian civilizations of Mesoamerica? There were many characteristics of the Indian civilizations of Mesoamerica. One was that a lot of them were farmers. The Mayans and Aztecs of Mesoamerica had elaborate and complex systems of irrigation for their farming that they mastered. For Mesoamerican civilizations‚ an elite class ruled the society. The Mayans had an elite class that lived off of taxed peasants and
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Meagan McGee Psychology 1300 Awakenings The movie Awakenings starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro portrays the true story of a doctor named Dr. Malcolm Sayer‚ and the events of the summer of 1969 at a psychiatric hospital in New York. Dr. Malcolm Sayer‚ who is a research physician‚ is confronted with a number of patients who had each been afflicted with a devastating disease called Encephalitis Lethargica. The illness killed most of the people who contracted it‚ but some were left living
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addition each outline will usually have an accompanying essay that will help improve your ability to synthesize information into logical and intelligent responses. These essays make up the other 50 percent of the exam. 4. While the outlines take a great deal of time they have proved very useful in preparing students for the AP exam in May. Overall your job is to demonstrate understanding of the material‚ which differs from having the right facts. Telling the “story” only completes part of your
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In the awakening‚ Chopin explores the idea of motherhood throughout the novella. She uses the characters Edna Pontellier and Adele Ratignolle to guide this exploration. Edna‚ the main character‚ is not exactly the ideal mother. She doesn’t devote herself to her sumptuous like husband or children‚ and even has a nanny that watches over them. While Adele is seen as the "embodiment of every womanly grace and charm"‚ who commits the majority of her time to caring for her children or husband. However
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The Awakening final After reading The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ Susan Rosowski had input on Edna’s suicide in the end of the novel. She had previously said‚ "Edna’s suicide represents her final attempt to escape-to escape her children‚ her lovers‚ and most important‚ time and change. For only by complete isolation of self can Edna be truthful to her inner life." This‚ in simpler terms‚ is stating that after Edna had experienced her "awakening" she still felt lost and could not get away from those
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The Awakening Essay Kate Chopin wrote this book “The Awakening” using a lot of symbolism such as The Sea‚ The Houses‚ and The Birds that she refers to many times in the book‚ to translate the meaning of the book. The meaning of the book is that a women can change from someone very obedient‚ traditional to someone self-realized‚ sexually liberated and independent women. The sea was an excellent representation of the meaning because what the sea meant and the main reason the representation is in
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The civil war created a big rift between the North and the South that was not easily mended. After the decisive union victory the government had to create an ingenious plan for reconstruction. After Lincoln’s assassination‚ Johnson tried to carry out many of the former plans. Sectional tensions surrounded the civil war‚ and the role of the federal government was greatly impacted in terms of race relations and western expansion during the period between 1861 and 1877. The post-civil war role of the
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Civil War‚ a reconstruction era began‚ devoted to gain equal rights for African Americans. Multiple amendments were ratified to give African American unheard of rights in the United States‚ such as citizenship and voting power. However‚ while the great advancement of African American rights occurred‚ women were left behind‚ powerless and with no real purpose. Author Kate Chopin moved from the Saint Louis‚ where she lived a simple life with her many children‚ to the south‚ transferring into the
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Awakening to sleep What causes Americans to sleep less? Staying up reading emails‚ technology‚ or our work environment. According to the Centers for Disease control and Prevention‚ a quarter of U.S adults say they don’t get enough sleep at least half the time. (Carpenter‚ 1) There are many reasons as to why Americans don’t get their full 8-9 hours of sleep. Getting too little sleep can affect your physical health‚ hormone regulation‚ glucose metabolism‚ insulin resistance‚ inflammation processes
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How the Exam Works. The APUSH exam consists of two parts. Part 1 is the 80 question multiple choice section in which you have 55 minutes to complete. Part 2 consists of writing a total of three essays. The first essay is called the document-based question (DBQ) because you are given 9-13 documents which should be used to answer the essay prompt. The next two essays are the free-response questions (FRQ). You will be given four essay promts to read. Two prompts are from pre-civil war era and the
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