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US History

This is a survey course that provides students with an investigation of important political, economic, and social developments in American history from the pre-colonial time period to the present day. Students will be engaged in activities that call upon their skills as historians (i.e. recognizing cause and effect relationships, various forms of research, expository and persuasive writing, reading of primary and secondary sources, comparing and contrasting important ideas and events).

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AP Civil War Quiz

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Chapter 15 & 16 Quiz Name________________ Circle the best answer! 1.) One of the main beliefs of the Republican party with regards to slavery in the territories was a.) it was morally wrong b.) it was unfair competition for ambitious and hard working people who hoped to improve the economic and social station c.) popular sovereignty would resolve most of the problem d.) a,b, & c e.) none of the above 2.) At the beginning of the Civil War the Union's aim was a.) to suppress the southern rebellion quickly and restore the union b.) free all of the slaves c.) return to what it was like, with regards to slavery, 10 years previous d.) fight a long protracted struggle to regain the states that seceded e.) keep the confederacy at bay with Naval Battles

APUSH test Key terms

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Key Terms 17th and Early 18th Century Roanoke Virginia Company Jamestown ?Starving Time? House of Burgesses Mayflower Compact Powhatan Confederacy Royal Colony Charter Colony Joint-Stock Company Proprietary Colony Puritans Massachusetts Bay Colony Great Migration Plymouth Bay Colony Maryland Connecticut Rhode Island Pequot War Anne Hutchinson Roger Williams Maryland Toleration Act Fundamental Orders of Connecticut New Amsterdam, New York New Jersey Carolina King Philip?s War Bacon? Rebellion Pennsylvania Dominion of New England Glorious Revolution in England Delaware Georgia Harvard College Halfway Covenant Salem witchcraft trials Scotch Irish Great Awakening College of William and Mary

Automobiles

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Automobiles of Value Made by Studemakers, this automobile is well constructed with a remarkable noiseless motor. It is durable, fast, and vibration free. This motor vehicle is practical and is 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. Studemakers and Brothers Co.
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ch 27 apush

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Chapter 27 Terms from notes Tydings-McDuffie Act ? Philippine independence, Malina Hoare-Laval Pact ? Britain and France soothing Mussolini Buenos Aires Conference ? Western hemisphere collaboration (war if threatened) Declaration of Lima ? absolute sovereignty of the American states Reciprocal Trade Agreement ? reduce tariffs Anti-Comintern Pact ? Germany, Japan, Italy Hitler wanted war on one front, Athenia sunk Declaration of Panama ? ?chastity? belt in Western Hemisphere Good Neighbor Policy ? Pan American Conference Cuban Relationship altered ? Batista Road to War America 1914-1917 ? Millis Nye Committee Johnson Debt Default Act ? banned loans to governments in default, not Finland Ludlow Amendment ? no war without public referendum, failed Panay sunk Japan

Reconstruction

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The Problems of Peace All rebel (Confederate) leaders were pardoned by President Johnson in 1868. Freedmen Define Freedom Emancipation took effect unevenly in different parts of the conquered Confederacy. Some slaves resisted the liberating Union armies due to their loyalty to their masters. The church became the focus of black community life in the years following emancipation. Blacks formed their own churches pastured by their own ministers. Education also arose for the blacks due to the emancipation proclamation. Blacks now had the opportunity to learn to read and write. The Freedmen's Bureau Because many freedmen (those who were freed from slavery) were unskilled, unlettered,

Gilded Age

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The Problems of Peace All rebel (Confederate) leaders were pardoned by President Johnson in 1868. Freedmen Define Freedom Emancipation took effect unevenly in different parts of the conquered Confederacy. Some slaves resisted the liberating Union armies due to their loyalty to their masters. The church became the focus of black community life in the years following emancipation. Blacks formed their own churches pastured by their own ministers. Education also arose for the blacks due to the emancipation proclamation. Blacks now had the opportunity to learn to read and write. The Freedmen's Bureau Because many freedmen (those who were freed from slavery) were unskilled, unlettered,

Unit 6 Study Guide

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Rutherford B. Hayes ? 19th U.S. president, Republican that ran against Democrat Tilden. He received fewer popular and electoral votes, but he still became president after the Compromise of 1877 James Garfield ? Elected president in 1880 on the Republican ticket, Garfield was murdered by Stalwart Charles Guiteau claiming that the Conklingites would now get all the good jobs now that Arthur was president. Chester Arthur ? Vice president of Garfield; became president after a Stalwart assassinated Garfield. He refused to award Stalwarts any federal posts and helped legislate civil-service reform by signing the Pendleton Act in 1883

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