The late 19th Century was a revolutionizing period in American History evident by the Industrial Revolution and the Civil War. However‚ it was the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad which profoundly changed the United States. The discovery of gold‚ the acquisition of Mexican territories and the continued settlement of the West increased the need for a primary railway system connecting the East and the West Coasts. The Transcontinental Continental Railroad aided the settling of the west
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Monroe/Jackson and Westward Expansion Study Guide Vocab/People- Jackson/Monroe Era of Good Feelings- The federalist party fell apart and Monroe won the election by a landslide. He then ran unopposed for a 2nd term. There was relatively no political drama during this time. Missouri Compromise- The south wanted Missouri as a slave state to have more southern representation in the Senate. The north however‚ did not. Henry Clay created the Missouri compromise: Missouri would enter the Union as
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Canter Brown Jr. wrote Tales of Angola to show the strong history of Free Blacks‚ Seminoles‚ Red Stick Creek in Southwest Florida and what happened to them. Their a focus on southwest maroon communities and their survival. The expression of their struggle and the havoc felt by these people are brought to light in this section .It tells a story of the forgotten ‚that were destroyed by the United States government‚and how some of them escaped. A significant black community existed in Florida‚ the
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AP US History Presidental Review Washington (1789-1797) Judiciary Act of 1749 Supreme court used right to declare a law unconstitutional Whiskey Rebellion taxed whiskey- excise tax on whiskey of the westerners- tax used to centralize and fund National debt Roles of Jefferson‚ Madison and Hamilton Jefferson- Secretary of State Hamilton- Secretary of Treasury Madison- Presidental advisor and friend French Revolution Period of radical social and political upheaval
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irst First 15 Presidents of the United States By Halie Endicott George Washington July 1‚ 1789 - March 4‚ 1797 6 years 4 months While Washington was president in….. * 1789 the Judiciary Act specified number of Federal Courts and judges. * 1790 the Supreme Court met for the first time‚ Rhode Island ratifies the constitution and becomes the 13th state. * 1791 the Bank Act established a national banking system‚ and the Bill of Rights ratified and took effect‚ Vermont becomes 14th
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1 America’s early history 1.1 Explorers and conquerors In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus‚ seeking a shorter sea route to India‚ discovered the New World. Within a short time‚ soldiers‚ explorers and settlers came from Europe to take over control of the land from the Indians - The Spanish: conquered Mexico‚ Peru and other South American areas The Portuguese: were establishing themselves in Brazil. - They had come in search of gold and other riches‚ but at the beginning of the 17th century they
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Chapter 3 -5 test notes I. Industry and transportation - the development of technology began to transform life in the United States in the early 1800’s. The industrialization of the United States changed the nation for decades. Improving roads There was an effort to improve overland transportation. Some states operated turnpikes(roads in which users had to pay a toll to travel on) The money from the tolls was supposed to go toward improving the roads and to ease travel. The country’s
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me wrong I loved seeing my extended family but hey who doesn’t love food. We have a family tradition of visiting my aunt’s house in good ole’ Rainbow City‚ Alabama. Which for those of you who don’t know where Rainbow City is‚ it’s just outside of Gadsden‚ Alabama. Sometimes we’d stay there overnight and sometimes we’d travel back home that night‚ but it was a great time regardless of whether we stayed or left. Being 6 years old at the time I didn’t quite know why my mom and sister always left very
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Running head: Arizona Arizona Statehood and Constitution Monica Williams Grand Canyon University: POS 301 November 20‚ 2011 Arizona Statehood and Constitution Part I: Arizona Statehood It is quite a remarkable journey that Arizona embarked upon to make it the forty-eight state of the United States of America. On February 14‚ 2012 it became an integral part of this new found world of democracy and freedom. Along with its vast cultures and heated temperatures‚ the architectural design of
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Why was the world silent during the Holocaust? By: Mary Katherine Mayes and Sarah Grace Whitt Gadsden Middle School Hitler had an invincible ally without whom he could have never flourished. His ally was the world that chose to endure silence as Germany kept challenging the boundaries of the universal acceptance for its evil actions. The Holocaust didn’t begin with crematoria. Hitler moved gradually‚ carefully intensifying his anti-Jewish guidelines. In 1935‚ he approved
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