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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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?Let no guilty man escape? Grant said. Scandals are pouring out of the Washington administration. Grant was uninvolved, however even his own private secretary turned up among culprits. Grant wrote a statement to the jury to discharge the thief. In addition, Secretary of War, William Belknap had to resign after pocketing bribes from suppliers to the Indian reservations. This proves the depth and scale of corruption of this time period. Even high positioned government officials were involved with scandals.

CHAPter 22

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Chapter 20: Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age 1877-1900 Expansionist Stirrings and War with Spain The same corporate elite that dominated late nineteenth-century domestic politics influenced U.S. foreign policy as well Roots of Expansionist Sentiment In corporate circles, the opinion spread that continued prosperity required overseas markets Secretary of State James Blaine warned in 1880 that U.S. productivity was outrunning the demands of the home market, and insisted that American business must look abroad The Influence of Sea Power upon History (1890), Alfred T. Mahan equated sea power with national greatness and urged a U.S. naval buildup Mahan and other naval advocates supported the movement to acquire foreign territories

AP US History Timeline 1700s

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Sheet1 The American Pageant: Annotated Timeline 1700s 1701 Yale College founded. 1702-1713 Queen Anne's War (War of Spanish Succession). 1711-1713 Tuscarora War in North Carolina. 1712 New York City slave revolt. North Carolina formally separates from South Carolina. 1715-1716 Yamasee War in South Carolina. 1718 French founded New Orleans. 1721 Smallpox inoculation introduced. 1732 First edition of Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac. 1733 Georgia colony founded. 1734 Jonathan Edwards begins Great Awakening. 1734-1735 Zenger free-press trial in New York. 1738 George Whitefield spreads Great Awakening. 1739 South Carolina slave revolt. War of Jenkins's Ear. 1744-1748 King George's War (War of Austrian Succession). 1746 Princeton College founded.

APUSH DBQ Tips

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DBQ/FRQ Essay Writing Guide How the Exam Works. The APUSH exam consists of two parts. Part 1 is the 80 question multiple choice section in which you have 55 minutes to complete. Part 2 consists of writing a total of three essays. The first essay is called the document-based question (DBQ) because you are given 9-13 documents which should be used to answer the essay prompt. The next two essays are the free-response questions (FRQ). You will be given four essay promts to read. Two prompts are from pre-civil war era and the other two are from post-civil war era. Test takers are expected to write one essay from each set for a total of two essays. Timing for part 2 of the exam is as follows:

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The Progressive Era 1900-1919 1.Meaning and Objectives Optimistic, willing to be flexible, new ideas, Obama identifies as progresser, Diversity- notion of progressive characterizes ?A movement to improve American life by expanding democracy and achieving economic and social justice.? Innovations- from candle light to electricity, development of urbanization, immigrants poor in, automobiles, harley davidson 1903, airplanes, The World is changing Fundamentally moving towards urbanization, we can improve america can fix the bad stuff, A lot of diff people all kinds of different problems doing lots of different things Very complex

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The Progressive Era 1900-1919 1.Meaning and Objectives Optimistic, willing to be flexible, new ideas, Obama identifies as progresser, Diversity- notion of progressive characterizes ?A movement to improve American life by expanding democracy and achieving economic and social justice.? Innovations- from candle light to electricity, development of urbanization, immigrants poor in, automobiles, harley davidson 1903, airplanes, The World is changing Fundamentally moving towards urbanization, we can improve america can fix the bad stuff, A lot of diff people all kinds of different problems doing lots of different things Very complex

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