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    AP US History Period 4 23 April 2013 The Effects of the Vietnam War By 1965‚ few Americans protested involvement in the Vietnam War. However‚ soon after‚ a series of “teach-ins” on university campuses‚ created a massive debate over the war and United States involvement. By 1967‚ there was massive opposition to the war‚ from students‚ the general public‚ congressmen‚ including William Fulbright‚ and even former members of the armed forces. This opposition was not the only tension in the nation

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    similar beliefs and birthplace as Andrew Jackson 10. Admission of Texas (1845) – it was approved by the majority of both houses of congress to invite texas as the 28th state 11. Oregon Country - Northwestern territory in dispute between Britain and the US‚ subject of "Manifest Destiny" rhetoric in 1844 12. Hudson‘s Bay Company – created by britain for profitable for trading in oregon with indians of the pacific northwest 13. Oregon Trail (1840s) - Two-thousand-mile-long path along which thousands of

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    Chapter 7 term Sheet The Road to Revolution 1. Republicanism - a just society as one is in which all citizens willingly subordinate their private‚ selfish interests to the common good. 2. Radical Whigs - group of British political commentators; widely read by the colonists‚ feared the threat to liberty posed by the arbitrary power of the monarch and Parliament; warned to colonists to be watchful of any violations to their rights or corruption in leadership; hated use of patronage and bribes

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    especially against the counterculture of the 1960’s. * Kent State: an Ohio University where National Guardsmen opened fire on students protesting the Vietnam War on May 4‚ 1970‚ wounding 9 & killing 4. * 26th Amendment: lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. * Pentagon Papers: Government documents that showed the public had been lied to about the status of the war in Vietnam. * Credibility Gap: opened between the government & the people due to the lack of faith in the government

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    AP History Final Study Guide Chapter 35-42 35 FDR 1933-1941 • London Conference o In not attending this meeting in 1933‚ FDR signaled his desire for the US to act unilaterally by taking the US off the gold standard o aimed at stabilizing currency and restarting world trade • Tydings-McDuffie Act 1934 o provides independence for Philippines (after 12 year period…aka tutelage). • Good Neighbor Policy o Renouncing armed intervention in Latin America o In an effort to pursue further “isolationism”

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    Inventions that sparked economic advancement 1865-1917 1865 Rotary printing press (web) • In 1865‚ William Bullock invented a printing press that could feed paper on a continuous roll and print both sides of the paper at once. Used first by the Philadelphia Ledger‚ the machine would become an American standard. 1866 Urinal (restroom version) • A urinal is a specialized toilet for urinating only‚ generally by men and boys. It has the form of being wall mounted‚ with drainage and automatic

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    AP US History Ch.1 Identifications 1. Tenochtithin- the Aztec capital built on the site of present-day Mexico City and had a population of over 100‚000 in 1500 and an impressive complex of majestic public buildings including temples equal in size to the great pyramids of Egypt. 2. Iroquios Confederation- is a collection of five original nations bound together by mutual peace and friendship. The founding nations were the Mohawk‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ Cayuga and Seneca Nations‚ with the Tuscarora

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    Progressive-era writers and photographers seeking to expose the underside of urban-industrial society were known as Topic: Urban Age‚ Consumer Society‚ Muckrakers a. Muckrakers. b. Bushwhackers. c. Ditch-diggers. d. Stand-patters. Feedback/Reference: REF: 728 2. Progressive-era feminists were Topic: New Feminism‚ Rise of Personal Freedom a. fewer in number than during the Gilded Age. b. engaged in a wide range of social causes. c. more interested in Freudian psychology than in the right to vote.

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    CH. 6 REVIEW SHEET NAME _______________________________________ AP. US HISTORY I TERMS/PEOPLE TO KNOW * Samuel Champlain-father of new France * Couriers de bois- runners of the woods‚ hunting for beavers * William Pitt-British general who replaces the older generals. “Great commoner” * Treaty of Utrecht-Treaty between France and Britain‚ which set a period of peace * Salutary Neglect-They let people live‚ Britain didn’t intercede in the lives of the colonists *

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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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