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    AP Modern European History Textbook Reading Schedule Mrs. Goldberg Textbook: The Western Heritage Please be sure to keep up with all your reading. Each week you will have about 20 pages of your textbook to read and to read thoughtfully before you come to class. Some of your short answer test questions will come from the essential Questions and vocabulary posed here. NOTE: You might have to read other selections in addition to this reading. I highly recommend you take notes on the vocabulary words

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    The significant motive for early European explorations across the Atlantic was the dream of enormous riches. Initially‚ Portuguese and Spanish explorers and merchants were interested in exploiting lands in Africa search of silver and gold. In order to this they had to develop new vessel technology to take them there. This started a chain of happy accidents that would later help Atlantic Europe discover and conquer the new world. As more exploration was done‚ the Spanish were able to locate material

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    The Underground Railroad was crucial to the Reconstruction era and in supporting the Union side of the Civil War. The Railroad was a system of routes and safe houses that helped slaves escape from slavery to a better life. Runaway slaves were led by “conductors” such as the famous Harriet Tubman to free territories‚ the most popular destination of these being Canada‚ or the “promised land”. Many slaves also escaped to Northern states‚ Mexico‚ or even the Caribbean. The system provided an opportunity

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    I decided that I would much rather live in the society we live in today rather than in an Amish society for many reasons. One of the areas that I will be discussing is the education system of the Amish Children. The second area that I will be discussing is the impacts and how important religion is to the Amish. Finally‚ I also felt that another interesting area of consideration would be the relationship between Amish children‚ parents‚ and the community as a whole. As you can see‚ I have many areas

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    Childhood: An Early Modern View Question: Analyze continuities and changes in methods of child-rearing among the English upper classes from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries. How did adult views of children shape adult practices toward their children? Throughout the sixteenth‚ seventeenth‚ and eighteenth century‚ methods for childrearing were based on the adult perceptions of children. While some methods remained‚ others were being removed. These methods of childrearing fluctuated

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    During the progressive era the United States was caught in a forward thinking fever. During this historic time the United States had to progress in social and business settings to keep up with its booming population. During this time people were taking advantage of everyone they could‚ even committing atrocities towards other human beings. The persecutors of such crimes included everyone from politicians‚ to businessmen‚ to everyday people. The progressive leaders of the United States were able to

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    Assess the ways in which European colonization transformed the Americas in the sixteenth century. As we all know‚ America and Canada now are well-developed country with advanced technology and great wealth. It is true that this situation is associated with the colonization of the European. However‚ the ways in which they used were inhumanity and violent.There are several reasons to support this idea. First‚ the European forced Indians to cooperate with them by war‚ which is also equals to killing

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    husbands. Unmarried women were able to file claims on their own. While men worked in the fields‚ women had to tend the house and keep the family fed. In the late 1800s‚ women participated in the labor movement by starting boycotts. Women were active in both the civil rights movement and the labor movement. Two women

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    Chad McKeegan Mr. Horner AP European History 10 April 2013 Marxism Essay Life for Europeans during the 1800s only contained two possibilities of economic wellbeing because‚ as Marx would note‚ the wealth was not evenly distributed between the social classes. The majority of the wealth was obtained by the upper class or people with power‚ such as business tycoons as a result of the capitalistic economy that existed. Based on the paintings presented‚ Marxism theorists would exemplify that the

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    The Progressive Era The Progressive Era had a profound effect on the development of America. During the Gilded Age the government adopted a “hands off” approach which resulted in widespread corruption throughout America. Progressive reforms began to make headway when these issues became uncontrollable. The federal government began to search for a way to mend the complex issues of the day through reforms and amendments‚ while the state level sought its own solutions. This movement enacted many reforms

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