1. In the United States‚ the significant change represented by the Supreme Court’s decisions concerning Dred Scott (1857) and Brown v. Board of Education (1954) best illustrates the * ability of government to revise tax laws. * desire of minority groups to be recognized. * disappearance of prejudice and discrimination. * continuing struggle of African Americans to achieve equality. 2. The United States Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) was important because
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Chapter 4- storyline The Chesapeake said life was nasty‚ brutish‚ and short because there were diseases‚ the climate was unhealthy and life expectancy was less than 20 years of age. Although life was unhealthy for humans‚ it was healthy enough to grow tobacco. They didn’t have anybody to plant the tobacco because life expectancy was short and people were dying because of the harsh diseases‚ so they got indentured servants‚ who were people who voluntarily mortgaged the sweat of their bodies for several
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This is a CHANGE question!!!!!! How far is it accurate to describe black Americans as second class citizens the years 1945-55? Plan: The BAD part: After WW2‚ even though black soldiers were recognized by European countries as “Black Heroes”‚ segregation in the Armed Forces still existed. Jim Crow Laws were very strict‚ it promoted segregation in Southern states between 1876 and 1965‚ and this was a very long period of time with very‚ very little de facto change. Black people were segregated
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Study Guide Chapter 20-Progressivism Progressive Beliefs Gilded Age | Progressivism | Gospel of Wealth * Rich=good=heaven * Poor=bad=sinner=hell * Wealth= an outward sign of wealth * You are a failure if you don’t have wealthHuman Existence=Atomist * You are nothing but a don’t * Random‚ chaotic mess * Solitary existence | Social Gospel * Interconnectedness * Christian notion of love * Brotherly love‚ uplifting‚ “together” * Connected as peopleHuman Existence= Connection
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CHOICE. MULTIPLE Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) By the 1830s‚ which of the following groups was NOT denied suffrage? 1) __D____ A) women B) blacks C) indentured servants D) white males E) Native Americans 2) In the 1820s‚ a two-party system was fostered by 2) _E_____ A) an increasing concern about foreign policy issues. B) the burgeoning population of the trans-Appalachian West. C) changes in the Constitution regarding the party
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Washington 42. Chinese Exclusion Act 43. Susan B. Anthony 44. Problems for farmers after Civil War 45. Populist party 46. Supporters of Populism 47. William Jennings Bryan EXTENDED RESPONSE 1. The time period‚ 1877-1897‚ is known as the “Gilded Age”. Why is it called this? What social‚ economic‚ and political issues were prevalent during this time period. What did the Government‚ farmers‚ and minority groups (women‚ African-Americans) do to alleviate the challenges
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APUSH DBQ 6 All throughout the 1800’s‚ slavery was a very controversial topic. During the 1860 election‚ Abraham Lincoln was asked about his views on slavery. He simply stated that he would do anything with slavery to preserve the union. A few months later‚ Lincoln issued the Emancipation and this went slightly against what he had said earlier. Once this was issued‚ the preservation of the Union and the abolition of slavery became the main goal in the war. I believe that Lincoln’s main goal
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In the 1830’s the Plains Indians were sent to the Great American Deserts in the west because the white men did not think they deserved the land. Afterwards‚ they were able to live peacefully‚ and to follow their traditions and customs‚ but when the white men found out the land they were on were still good for agricultural‚ or even for railroad land they took it back. Thus‚ the white man movement westward quickly begun. This prospect to expand westward caused the government to become thoroughly
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President Herbert Hoover‚ a Republican‚ had control of the United States from 1929 to 1933‚ the beginning of the economic downfall. Hoover created a laissez-faire government; the government was not involved in everyday business‚ instead it was a very hands off approach and daily life just took its path. When Franklin D. Roosevelt became president in 1933 the economy was now deep in a huge downward spiral‚ and he raised a new Democratic approach to run the government and United States. The United
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APUSH CHAPTER 21 * The Emergence of Urban America * Between 1860 to 1910 the population increased from 6 million to 44 million * America’s Move to Town * Explosive Urban Growth * Fredrick Jackson Turner-the Frontier is a “safety valve” * But more people went to the cities than to open land * There was not enough land though in cities to hold everyone‚ most people were homeless or lived in small apartments or rented houses * In
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