Chapter 23 The "Bloody Shirt" Elects Grant The Republicans nominated General Grant for the presidency in 1868. The Republican Party supported the continuation of the Reconstruction of the South‚ while Grant stood on the platform of "just having peace." The Democrats nominated Horatio Seymour. Grant won the election of 1868. The Era of Good Stealings Jim Fisk and Jay Gould devised a plot to drastically raise the price of the gold market in 1869. On "Black Friday‚" September 24‚ 1869‚ the two bought
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Productivity: Slumped after the economic boom 25 years after WWI Inflation: Fed by rising oil prices and Great Society/Vietnam funding w/o tax increases Vietnamization: Withdrawing 540k troops from South Vietnam‚ while training Vietnamese to fight Nixon Doctrine: A doctrine that stated that the United States would stay true to all of their existing defense commitments but Asian and other countries would not be able to rely on large bodies of American troops for support in the future.
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The Renaissance in Western Europe marked the end of the middle Ages and the start of Europe’s rise as a global power. States in Western Europe became more centralized‚ and monarchs exercised more control over their subjects. Christopher Columbus’s voyage to America and triumphant return signaled the beginning of a new era of exploration. Likewise‚ Prince Henry the Navigator’s expeditions along the West African coast led to increased trade with Africa. Long isolated from the rest of the world‚ the
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Dogs-roving English ships that plundered Spanish treasure ships (1560s) St. Augustine–fort Spain created in Florida 1565 to protect the route of its treasure fleet against English ships‚ French settlers‚ hostile Indians (1st permanent Euro. settlement in US) Comprehensive Orders for New Discoveries-new policy Spanish leaders introduced after military setbacks to pacify Indians by Christianizing missionaries not conquistadores (1573) Ecomenderos-privelaged spanish landowners in NM‚ who were allowed by
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Progressivism #80 While some states passed protective legislation business owners fought back claiming that such laws deprived them of their property. Courts often sided with businesses and ruled that social legislation violated a workers freedom of contract. Labor unions joined progressives to improve work conditions. Closed shop: a workplace where all employees must be a union member. Open Shop: nonunion workplace. Most workers and labor unions did not want to eliminate capitalism and the
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Module 1 Comment on the claims that Nordic and West African people came to the Americas before ColuThe West Africans: The West Africans: As early as the 1920s‚ Leo Weiner‚ the originator of the thoughts that Africans made the journey before Columbus‚ gave evidence to support his ideas. In that specific year‚ he published‚ Africa and the Discovery of the Americas‚ making his points clear to the world. These beliefs and findings were appreciated by few but ignored by many. Eventually‚ historians have
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Over a thousand years ago‚ Europe experienced one of its greatest periods of cultural enlightenment.Islam in Spain has had a fundamental presence in the culture and history of the nation. The religion was present inmodern Spanish soil from 711 until 1492 under the rule of the Arabs and Moors of al-Andalus.Islamic Spain was a multi-cultural mix of the people of three great monotheistic religions: Muslims‚Christians‚ and Jews.For more than three centuries in Medieval Spain‚ Muslims‚ Jews and Christians
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In the years leading up to the American revolution it was evident that a new identity was developing for colonist. Stemming from the Seven Year’s colonists were slowly discovering a new way of viewing the mother country and themselves. By the eve of the American revolution most colonist had adopted the identity of British citizens fighting to protect their liberties. A strong bond of unity can be seen from colonists’ shared opinions and agreed course of action‚ while a large loyalist population supports
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By the eve of the Revolution‚ the colonists had developed a strong sense of unity as Americans. Many events leading up to the American Revolution had been responsible for a small part of uniting the coloists together as Americans. One of the first visible steps was the French and Indian War (0). Especially after the embarassing failure of Braddock’s battle‚ Britain’s strong and invincible image was shattered in the eyes of the colonists. The war also bolstered colonial self-esteem‚ and united the
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To what extent did the American Revolution fundamentally change American society? In your answer be sure to address the political‚ social‚ and economic effects of the Revolution in the period from 1775 to 1800. Notes from Mr. Williams: This essay was given to 2nd period APUSH on their first in- class essay. Included were 10 documents (if interested in seeing them‚ please come into class). The DBQ writer needed to take ideas and topics from the documents‚ and ADD significant outside fact and
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