American literature is the written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and its preceding colonies. For more specific discussions of poetry and theater‚ see Poetry of the United States and Theater in the United States. During its early history‚ America was a series of British colonies on the eastern coast of the present-day United States. Therefore‚ its literary tradition begins as linked to the broader tradition of English literature. However‚ unique American characteristics
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p us history master terms Unit I Terms Bacon’s Rebellion-1676 - Nathaniel Bacon and other western Virginia settlers were angry at Virginia Governor Berkley for trying to appease the Doeg Indians after the Doegs attacked the western settlements. The frontiersmen formed an army‚ with Bacon as its leader‚ which defeated the Indians and then marched on Jamestown and burned the city. The rebellion ended suddenly when Bacon died of an illness. John Winthrop-He
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Top 10 List loaded with content and previous DBQ topics Highly recommended that you know everything on these lists for the AP History test! Top 10 List: Colonization through the Civil War Top 10: Colonial Differences – NE (Mass.)‚ Middle (Penn.)‚ South/Chesapeake (Virginia) 1. NE – Religion played a much greater role than in the South – Puritans (Mass. Bay colony)‚ Pilgrims/Separatists (Plymouth) – most southerners were Anglican but there were few churches as people were more spread out
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Key Terms 17th and Early 18th Century | | | |Roanoke |1585 – Lost Colony – Croatan – Sir Walter Raleigh | | | | |Virginia Company
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This article focuses on consumer movements that seek ideological and cultural change. Building from a basis in New Social Movement (NSM) theory‚ we study these movements among anti-advertising‚ anti-Nike‚ and anti-GE food activists. We find activists’ collective identity linked to an evangelical identity related to U.S. activism’s religious roots. Our findings elucidate the value of spiritual and religious identities to gaining commitment‚ warn of the perils of preaching to the unconverted‚ and highlight
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CHAP TE R 21 Progressivism from the Grass Roots to the White House 1890–1916 CHAPTER LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading and studying this chapter‚ students should be able to: • Explain grassroots progressivism including its proponents‚ and why they targeted the city for reform. Understand why activists formed alliances with the working class and under what circumstances those alliances proved successful. • Recognize the intellectual underpinnings of progressivism. Explain how reformers put the theories
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AP U.S. Government: Chapter 9 and 10 Chapter 9: Interest Groups * K Street – where much political life occurs; a row of office buildings where nearly 7‚000 organizations are represented in Washington * The U.S. has many more organizations represented in its capital than other countries. These are interest groups (lobbies) who participate in politics. * Explaining Proliferation * Three reasons why interest groups are so common in this country * Cleavage in society * Divisions
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Eugenics Research The word "eugenics" was coined in 1883 by British mathematician Francis Galton‚ who defined it as "the science of improving the stock." The eugenics movement‚ he said‚ would be dedicated to allowing "the more suitable races or strains of blood a better chance of prevailing speedily over the less suitable." The movement had its heyday from the 1890s to the 1940s‚ when eugenicists argued that southern Europeans‚ Jews‚ people of color‚ homosexuals‚ and people with disabilities were
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AP United States History Course Long Plan Course Description This course examines the major political‚ diplomatic‚ social‚ cultural‚ and economic developments in the United States from Pre-Columbian times to the present. It is a survey class that prepares the student to take the Advanced Placement examination in United States History in May of the junior year. The district has created a two year program because the high school is on a modified AB 4 x 4 block schedule. Additionally‚ district
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Ethical fading Á Moral disengagement Á Bounded awareness/ethicality Á Rigid framing Introduction Business history is rich with examples of extreme forms of unethical behavior by and within companies. When these cases are made public by traditional muckrakers like Upton Sinclair in the nineteenth century or today’s NGOs‚ by internal whistle-blowers or official investigations‚ the public is often shocked. It seems to be difficult to understand how behaviors that seem to violate any moral common sense are
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