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    I: Reviewing the Chapter Checklist of Learning Objectives After mastering this chapter‚ you should be able to 1. explain why the United States suddenly abandoned its isolationism and turned outward at the end of the nineteenth century. 2. indicate how the Venezuelan and Hawaiian affairs expressed the new American assertiveness as well as American ambivalence about foreign involvements. 3. describe how America became involved with Cuba and explain why a reluctant President

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    August 18‚ 1920‚ the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution instilled American women the right to vote”—the first step to acknowledge the civil battle known as woman suffrage (19th amendment). At the time the United States of America was founded‚ women did not possess all of the same civil or humanitarian rights as men‚ including the right to vote. The oppression of women has been prevalent throughout history‚ gaining its original  attention throughout the 18th and 19th century. Addressing the inability

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    Audrey Hepburn March 4‚ 2013 Mr. Miller AP U.S. History South vs. North 1800-1850 FRQ: In spite of sharing a country‚ the Northern and Southern areas of America had many differences and distinctions‚ which ended up dividing the nation. During the first part of the 1800’s the North and the South grew in different ways. In the North‚ cities were centers of wealth and manufacturing. There were many skilled workers. In the South there was not much manufacturing. There were not many skilled workers

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    Several conflicts in the 19th and 20th centuries contributed to the shaping of the American identity in separate ways that eventually led up to the America that we know today‚ that is still changing politically‚ socially‚ and economically. Conflicts including the Spanish-American War‚ WWI‚ and the Roosevelt Corollary all changed greatly how the American identity is seen both domestically and internationally. These conflicts caused us to see ourselves as more powerful‚ however‚ more unstable. Other

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    Racism‚ it started so long ago and still goes on now. It’s just stupid‚ hating people because of their color is wrong and it doesn’t matter which color does the hating‚ it just plain wrong. It’s not about being black or white because we are all human. Through out trials people‚ found out their flaws in jury cases such as Dred Scott v. Sanford‚ Plessy v. Ferguson‚ and Brown v. Board of Education ‚with people fighting for justice ‚freedom ‚rights and beliefs. In 1846 a slave named Dred Scott and his

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    Chapter 19: The Expansion of Europe in the 18th Century Agriculture and the land 1) Complete this statement about the common people‚ “life remained a struggle with poverty and uncertainty with the landlord and the tax collector. 2) What was the basic problem of ordinary men and women in 1700 in Europe? • Living standards were poor: The common man were poor and worked long and hard hours in poverty. There was a lack of warm clothing‚ housing‚ and good food. Yields for all

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    characteristics of a city. It wasn’t until about thirty years after the civil war that America started seeing signs of urbanization. In the late nineteenth century‚ America started changing its lifestyle and started going from farming to city life. Cities started growing and more people started living in the cities. The Industrial Revolution of the 19th and 20th century gave people higher expectations to improve the way of living. Jobs along with technology and transportation increased. Cars and railroads were

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    Immigration in the U.S was a very prominent occurrence in the 19th century. However‚ this great wave started coming to an end by the beginning of the 1920s. Between the late 19th century and the beginning of the 20th approximately 25 million people on American land were foreigners. Of that 25 million about 9 percent of them were Irish Immigrants (Over 7 million). Most of the foreign people from this time period‚ categorized as the New Immigrants‚ were young men looking for jobs to accrue enough money

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    THE WORLD AND THE PHILIPPINES IN RIZAL’S TIME 19th Century - Rizal was born and raised in a period of massive changes in Europe‚ Spain and the Philippines.  - During this era‚ the glory and power of Spain had waned in both in her colonies and the world.  - Social scientists marked this period as the birth of modern life as well as the birth of many nation states around the world. The birth of modernity was precipitated by three great revolutions around the world:   the Industrial Revolution in

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    In the 18th and 19th centuries‚ European empires were on the rise‚ putting America in a tough position. Should America stay with what George Washington told them‚ which is to not leave the mainland? Or should the country go against him and follow Europe and expand overseas. In the end‚ America decided to go overseas in 1880 to conquer the small areas of land with the intention of replicating the idea of having an empire. The selection to expand overseas was simply chosen to gain power. It is hard

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