AP US Notes Chapter 1. Civilizations of America-prmarily small nomadic bands. Primitive agriculture. Hunting fishing. Incas-powerful empire of 6 million. Complex political system very sophisticated culture. Located in south and central America. Never had any system of writing or paper. Aztec-very advanced‚ located in lower and middle Mexico. Civilizations of the North. Never one large civilization but lots of little ones. Many different tribes. Includes Eskimos‚ tribes of pacific
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1. eIntroduction 1. Within twelve troubled years‚ the American people had risen up and thrown overboard both the British yoke and the Articles of Confederation (not best training for government) 2. Finances of the infant government were likewise precarious; the revenue had declined to a trickle‚ whereas the public debt‚ with interest heavily in arrears‚ was mountainous 3. Worthless paper money‚ state and national‚ was plentiful as metallic money was scarce 4. Nonetheless‚ the Americans were brashly
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proposed revenue from Ohio land sale go to fund National Road. Crucial Lancaster Pike built in PA- allowed for the beginning of transport of commodities like textiles Steam-powered shipping (advancements of Robert Fulton) expanded on rivers and Great Lakes. Steamboats on Miss. stimulated already agricultural economy of South & West b/c cost to transport products to market lowered Despite progress of turnpikes + steamships‚ serious gaps in transportation 1815 John Calhoun introduced bill to
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Feminism in Kate Chopin ’s The Awakening Cecilia Phenix‚ Yahoo! Contributor Network May 13‚ 2007 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here." More: Chopin Flag Close Post a comment Kate Chopin bravely exposed an attitude of feminism to an unprepared society in her novel The Awakening. Her brilliant work of fiction was not recognized at the time because feminism had not yet become popular. Eble claimed that Chopin ’s book was considered to be "Too strong a drink for moral babes and
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The Awakenings was based on a group of patients with a disease called Encephalitis. The first sign of Encephalitis is normal flu like symptoms then starts getting more severe and will cause muscle pains‚ upper body weakness‚ tremors‚ neck rigidity and behavioral changes. Once it becomes severe there is a high chance the person will enter a coma-like state also known as Akinetic Mutism. In the movie‚ the Awakenings‚ this state would give the patients the name ‘Statue’. They will physically be there
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Analyze the responses to TWO of the following to Secretary of State John Hay’s view that the Spanish American War was “a splendid little war”; William Jennings Bryan‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ Alfred Thayer Mahan‚ Emilio Aguinaldo When Secretary of State John Hay stated that the Spanish American War was a “splendid little war”‚ he received mixed responses from people such as William Jennings Bryan‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ Alfred Thayer Mahan‚ and Emilio Aguinaldo. Some people of the Philippines‚ especially
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I do feel that the second great awakening did fulfill the three features mentioned. Noll indicates that in a post revolution world “Interest in religion more generally also seemed on the decline” (Noll‚ 2003‚ p. 166). Faith had been waning in the post-revolutionary ear of America. Noll credits this to the concerns of birthing this young nation‚ attacks on old-world Christianity‚ as well as mentioning uncertainty surrounding the disestablishment of the church. He indicated that “Well under 10 percent
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At first‚ Rosenblatt’s magnificent writing and powerful use of a non fictional tragedy brainwashed me into believing his arguments without question. However‚ after a great deal of contemplation‚ I found myself to be quite skeptical of the points Rosenblatt makes in his essay. Although he states his beliefs in an extremely well written‚ logical‚ and philosophical manner‚ I do not believe he has the required quantity of data to make the conclusions he does. It is impossible to conclude that every human
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Kaitlin Bergold APUSH- A Day DBQ- Immigration The mid-19th century wave of immigration brought significant changes to the American economy‚ society‚ and political life. Between 1841 and 1860‚ more than 4 million immigrants traveled to America‚ significantly increasing the population of America. Ireland‚ Germany‚ and England were the three countries that migrated the greatest amount of people to the United States‚ making up about three-fourths of immigrants. As they arrived‚ they were too poor to
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Progressive reformers were successful in producing reform and receiving national attention during the early stage of the progressive movement‚ but as America entered into the Great War‚ the government ceased to aid the movement‚ hence ending the era of reform from 1900 1920. Up until 1917‚ the progressive movement was successful in bring federal attention to issues such as monopolies and trusts‚ the working conditions in factories and the women’s rights movement. Strong reformers and the support from active presidents like
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