CHAPTER 1 Theme: The first discoverers of America‚ the ancestors of the American Indians‚ were small bands of hunters who crossed a temporary land bridge from Siberia and spread across both North and South America. They evolved a great variety of cultures‚ which ranged from the sophisticated urban civilizations in Mexico and Central and South America to the largely semi nomadic societies of North America. Applying evidence- * Paleo Indians-utilized land bridge as a important hunting tool(nomadic)
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Chp 15 Identifications War recruits and conscriptions ● Background Info: The Civil War armies would become the largest org. created in the US. By the end of the war‚ over 2m would serve in the North‚ and 800k in the South. ● At first‚ the raising of armies depended on local efforts. Uniforms were left mainly to local opinion‚ and officers ranked as high as colonels were democratically elected! In the South‚ cavalrymen provided their own horses. ● This democratic and informal way of recruits
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Chapter 14: From Compromise to Secession I. Background A. At this time‚ the Mexican American War had just ended and the US had an equal number of free and slave states. The war ended in 1848. If you remember right‚ the Mexican American War left America with‚ through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Mexican Cession)‚ the former Mexican provinces of California and Mexico. Mexico would also‚ in subsequence of the treaty‚ recognize the Rio Grande as the Southern Border of Mexico. In return‚
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Chapter 8: Creating a Republican Culture I. The Capitalist Commonwealth A. Banks‚ Manufacturing‚ and Markets 1. A British visitor reported that America was a “Nation of Merchants‚” in 1798 and they made many from the French Revolution. 2. Fur trader Jon Jacob Astor and merchant Robert Oliver were the nation’s first millionaires. 3. Oliver started from an Irish-owned linen firm in Baltimore but then gained his money from trading West Indian coffee and sugar. 4. Astor came
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John Adams- 2nd President. Served one term‚ From Mass. Federalist. His political views were very influenced by James Harrington’s Oceana that was published in 1656 and outlined a model republic with an elected executive chosen by property owners. Adams became the leading American advocate of the principal “balanced government‚” arguing that the upper houses of the American legislature were the natural home for people of wealth and status. Adams was fiercely independent. Hated political parties
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APUSH Study Guide Pre-Colonial America Pre-Columbian 3 most advanced civilizations: Incas‚ Mayas‚ Aztecs European Exploration Treaty of Tordesillas (1494): “Line of Demarcation” (division of the Americas into two equal parts for Spain and Portugal to share – Spain‚ west; Portugal‚ east) moved further west since it was unfavorable to Spain and Portugal had a stronger navy Brazil becomes Portuguese colony and Spain maintained claims to rest of Americas Reasons for Colonization: money‚ power
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TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 INTRODUCTION 3 CHAPTER 1 The notion and essence of underground economy 4 1.1 Definition of underground economy 4 1.2 Structure of underground economy 5 CHAPTER 2 Reasons for underground economy development and its history in Russia 7 2.1 Reasons for underground economy appearance 7 2.2 Reasons for small enterprises to go underground 8 2.3 From Soviet underground economy to Russian 9 CHAPTER 3 Underground economy in modern Russia 12 3.1 Size
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--UNIT ONE & TWO: EXPLORATION AND CONQUEST--- MAJOR EXPLORERS Balboa 1511: goes to Panama and is the first explorer to see the Pacific and the Americas Ponce de Leon (Spain) 1513: getting older seeks Fountain of Youth -- goes to Florida to prevent aging Magellan wants to circumnavigate the world gets killed in the Philippines but one of his boats successfully makes it given full credit -- Spain gains worldly agriculture Cortes major Spanish figure followers were
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Hugh Auld in Baltimore. Slavery | Contemporary | Africa Bangladesh China Europe Haiti India Mali Mauritania Niger North Korea Pakistan Sudan United States | Types | Bride-buying Child labour Debt bondage Human trafficking Impressment Peonage Penal labour Sexual slavery Wage slavery | Historic | History Antiquity Aztec Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Medieval Europe Thrall Kholop Serfdom Slave ship Slave
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APUSH Mock 6 Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. Which of the following statements is true about immigration to the United States during the last two decades of the 19th century? a. Southern and Eastern Europeans came in larger numbers than earlier in the century. b. Irish immigrants came in larger numbers than earlier in the century. c. The US government entered into a “gentleman’s agreement” to ban immigrants from certain
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