AP List of Useful Words Objectives: This list is designed to give you a good set of tools for both writing and test-taking. The manipulation activity that we will perform with this list will aid you in both your writing‚ as well as aiding your depth of understanding of the AP test itself. List courtesy of : http://www.mshogue.com/AP/vocab%20list%2006_07.pdf First semester—You are responsible for defining 20 words a week. In addition‚ you are also responsible for appropriate use of the word
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Mohammed Haneef (Terrorism and Immigration) Legal Report As the world’s population grew‚ so did political and economic instability‚ as well as major international conflicts. Tensions between countries and cultures tightened‚ and eventually and inevitably‚ one of them attacked. This terrorist act brought with it the panic and chaos fuelled haze that was post-911 Australia‚ and similar to many situations in the past‚ the fear and vulnerability associated with the community allowed the government
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The Sam Sharpe Rebellion: Causes of the Rebellion There are several reasons for the 1831 revolt in Jamaica. One of the main reasons given for the revolt was that the enslaved was led to believe that emancipation was being withheld. In Jamaica reports spread among the slaves that their "free paper" had come from England but their masters were holding them in bondage. It was obvious that the slaves knew roughly what was going on‚ but they did not know the precise details. Another cause was the
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In the articles: “Resistance to Civil Government” by Henry David Thoreau‚ “On Nonviolent Resistance” by Gandhi‚ and “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” by Martin Luther King‚ each makes a strong case for civil disobedience. The term “civil disobedience” refers to any nonviolent resistance to a governing authority on moral grounds. Thoreau‚ Gandhi‚ and King each argues in his own way that when the rights of a minority or an individual are ignored by any government‚ it is incumbent upon all who recognize
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1. Who “discovered” America? Christopher Columbus. Native Americans were already there. 1492. Dutch were the technical discoverers. NA (Russians) came on Bering Strait.ICE AGE. 2. How did the Spanish treat the Native Americans? Results of the European contact with the Natives? Relationship with the Iroquois Confederacy? ∙ Treated badly. As less than people. Massacred and enslaved. ∙ Result of European contact with the Natives? Death to many natives. Pizarro crushed incas. (befriended them and took all their gold
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A.P. English 12 21 March 2011 Contemporary Society vs. 1984 In his dystopian novel 1984‚ Orwell expresses his vision of the nearing future through a fictional plot. Within the plot‚ Winston Smith‚ the novel’s protagonist‚ lives a life controlled entirely by a manipulative and exploitative government. He‚ embodies the stereotypical personality of each citizen of Oceania—a person who abides by the laws of the ruling Big Brother government. Through the developing setting and characterization
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progress? Progress in westward expansion (for white Americans) not good for native Americans. The early United States history is a story of progress and conflict in terms of political‚ territorial‚ and social advancement. Political: Alien and Sedition Acts- During the Adams administration‚ congress passed the Alien and Sedation acts to suppress public criticism of the government and limit the freedom of foreigners in the US. Outcry against these acts helped the republican cause. then the rise
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CHAPTER 3 Settling the Northern Colonies‚ 1619–1700 Focus Questions 1. What religious turmoil in the Old World resulted in the little colony of Plymouth in the New World? 2. Why was the initial and subsequent colonization of the Massachusetts Bay Colony more successful than Plymouth? 3. How did the colony of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colony contribute to the origins of American independence and government? What were the contributions to American independence and government from
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Deportation “We want respect and dignity‚ and we have an opportunity to do better in this country‚ and that’s why we’re fighting.” Immigrants move to the United States from all over the world for more opportunities‚ better education‚ and a better life for their families. Throughout the years‚ immigrants have been coming into the United States either by their own free will or by being forced to flee their native country. There is history of deportation‚ people being threatened at work for being
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Codigo Penal of 1848‚ retain the death penalty. * The Codigo Penal was revised in 1932. Treason‚ parricide‚ piracy‚ kidnapping‚ murder‚ rape‚ and robbery with homicide were considered capital offenses and warranted the death penalty. * The Sedition Law (1901); Brigandage Act (1902); Reconcentration Act (1903); and Flag Law (1907) were enacted to sanction the use of force‚ including death‚ against all nationalist Filipinos. * Macario Sakay was one of those sentenced to die for leading a
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