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    APUSH Midterm: 1861-1900 Short Answer 1. Presidential Reconstruction • “Reconstruction” = restoring the Union‚ bringing the states back together‚ NOT fixing the South • The idea that‚ because the South never really “left‚” it’s the President’s job‚ as opposed to the idea that Congress needs to readmit states that left • Also a reference to Johnson’s plan: after he became President‚ he came up with his own plan and went ahead with it without Congress • Johnson gave pardons to everyone‚ abandoned

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    determined anti-apartheid activists. The next day‚ July 11‚ 1963‚ fourteen police officers and a police dog piled into a laundry van and entered Lilliesleaf‚ an estate owned by Arthur Goldreich. The men leaped out as the van stopped in front of the homestead and then quickly surrounded the building. Inside the home the police found Denis Goldberg. In an thatched-roof outbuilding‚ police discovered two whites and one Bantu. More significantly‚ as their search of the room continued‚ they found a six-page

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    Response Paper of the Johnstown Flood “Johnstown flood” is a short story written by David McCullough. This story talks about the miraculous survival of a little girl named Gertrude. Gertrude’s sheer luck got her up the hill safely. Of course‚ with the help of several people she met along the way. I think that this is an extraordinary act of how worked together and some people put his/her life at risk to save a small child that they didn’t even knew. I fell that this is a great example of how

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    When an area is settled for the first time‚ there are certain things that shape the development of the land and the people who settle it. From the 1840’s to the 1890’s‚ the natural environment‚ among other things‚ shaped the development of the West beyond the Mississippi River and the lives of those who lived and settled there. Some examples of places that were shaped and/or affected by the natural environment are Texas‚ the Great Plains‚ the Rocky Mountains‚ and the California/West Coast area.

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    of the numerous railroads and corporations gave way to labor unrest. Eventually‚ the new “rugged” American refused to comply with the unfair conditions of the factories- so much so that many labor strikes ended in violence. When the homestead workers refused to leave‚ gun battle erupted. The Pullman strike‚ as well as Dewey Cox’s army had a similar ending. Eventually the ups and downs of the economic problems led to the depression of 1893 beginning with the stock market collapse. Jackson

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    Midterm exam prep sheet‚ History 406W. 2-11‚ Spring 2013 Kurk Dorsey‚ Justine Oliva‚ Shawn Pirelli‚ Mike Verney The exam is scheduled for Wednesday‚ 6 March‚ 9:10-10:00 in Horton 210.  You need bring only pens or pencils; we will supply the paper.  Essay (50 points): You will be assigned one of these three questions. It should take about 25 minutes of your time to answer it‚ and your answer should have a clear argument that addresses the question and evidence drawn from the reading and lectures. Keep

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    The Transcontinental Railroad and Westward Expansion Thesis: The transcontinental railroad greatly increased Westward expansion in the United States of America during the latter half of the nineteenth century. The history of the United States has been influenced by England in many ways. In the second half of the 1800 ’s‚ the railroad‚ which was invented in England‚ had a major effect on Western expansion in the United States. "Railroads were born in England‚ a country with dense populations

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    Eugene V. Debs – labor union affiliation‚ significant strikes 2. William Tweed – tactics used to influence votes 3. Public education – reasons for promotion; Pledge of Allegiance (purpose) 4. Immigrants after 1880 – origins 5. Election of 1896 – winner 6. Great Migration – who‚ why‚ where 7. Baseball cards – used to market what 8. “New Woman” – who 9. Settlement housing – what were they‚ founder 10. Election of 1892 – Populists’ nomination

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    Chavez was born March 31‚ 1927‚ on the small farm near Yuma‚ Arizona. Upon his youth growing into his manhood‚ Chavez was forced to migrate southwest to work in the fields and vineyards‚ where he was open tot he sufferings and inequalities of a homestead laborer. Chavez was able to become of himself a labor leader: a nonviolent activist: a community servant; and a spiritual figure before he passed away on April 23‚ 1993 (Cesar E. Chavez Foundation 1). To this day‚ Chavez is still remembered for the

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    Andrew Carnegie 4. Mass production 5. Thomas Edison 6. Monopolies 7. Horizontal/vertical integration 8. Entrepreneur 9. Corporation 10. American Federation of Labor 11. Haymarket Riot 12. Pullman Strike 13. International Commerce Commission (ICC) 14. Steerage 15. Sweatshop 16. Sherman Anti-Trust Act 17. Karl marx 18. Skyscrapers 19. Push/pull factors of immigration 20. Ellis Island 21. Angel Island

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