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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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Mayra Castro Period 3 09/22/12 APUSH Mr. Holst The Chesapeake and New England colonies were settled by the people of English origin. The Chesapeake and New England regions shared many similarities, these included the English language, some slavery and they were both from a joint - stock company. However there were clear features that instigated the variances between the Chesapeake and New England regions. The differences were exceedingly present in the areas of geography, economics and religion.

Unit 12 Terms

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Study Guide Unit 12 Normalcy-Coined by Warren G. Harding in an address before the Home Market Club on May 14,1920 in Boston, this term came to symbolize, to powerful businessmen, the immediate abandonment of the foreign and domestic policies of Wilson. This meant a return to high protective tariffs and a reduction in taxes. William Green- United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and former president of the united mine workers. he led the struggle with the congress of industrial organizations (1873-1952). he watched over the AFL Pink Collar Jobs- jobs that offer few benefits, often have low prestige; working class jobs traditionally held by women (clerical, secretary, maid, waitress, cook, beautician)

APUSH ch. 2-5

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CHAPTER 2-5 Multiple Choice Questions (In no particular order) 1492-1600 1. Which of the following were the first to cultivate food crops in America? a. European colonists in South America b. Indians along the Atlantic seaboard of North America c. Jesuit missionaries in southern California d. Indians in central Mexico 2. Women were most likely to hold political positions in: a. Hunting tribes b. Tribes with no sexual division of labor c. Agricultural tribes d. Nomadic tribes 3. Black slavery was introduced to Europe by the a. French b. Spanish c. English d. Portuguese 4. Under the encomienda system, a. Spanish Jesuits undertook the task of converting Indians to the Christian faith. b. Tribute from Indian villages was granted to the individual conquistadors.

Kennedy AP US History Ch. 6 Matching Terms

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CHAPTER 2-5 Multiple Choice Questions (In no particular order) 1492-1600 1. Which of the following were the first to cultivate food crops in America? a. European colonists in South America b. Indians along the Atlantic seaboard of North America c. Jesuit missionaries in southern California d. Indians in central Mexico 2. Women were most likely to hold political positions in: a. Hunting tribes b. Tribes with no sexual division of labor c. Agricultural tribes d. Nomadic tribes 3. Black slavery was introduced to Europe by the a. French b. Spanish c. English d. Portuguese 4. Under the encomienda system, a. Spanish Jesuits undertook the task of converting Indians to the Christian faith. b. Tribute from Indian villages was granted to the individual conquistadors.

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AP US History Review 2009 Session #4 Progressivism-Truman Includes the following chapters from The American Pageant (12th edition): Ch 29-37 Ch 29 Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912 Progressivism: The ?real heart? of the progressive movement was effort by reformers to use gov?t as an agency of humanitarian welfare The political roots of progressive movement lay in ? Greenback Labor Party & Populists Progressive Authors/Muckrakers: Late 19th century social critics & their criticisms: Thorstein Veblen ? ?conspicuous consumption? & ?predatory wealth? new rich class 1899 The Theory of the Leisure Class p.665 (12th ed.) Jack London ? destruction of nature ? 1903 The Call of the Wild, etc? p.677 (12th ed.)

Chapter 3

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Chapter 3 The Spanish and French in North America In the 16th century Spain and France were the only European powers in North America New Mexico Spain went up North to New Mexico Found the Pueblo people but they had no gold = lost interest The Church however got the Spanish to sponsor a missionary conquest = some settlement However since there was no treasure there were no immigrants The 1st Communities of New France Quebec was claimed for France by Samuel de Champlain Sent agents 'into the woods to live with the FNP" Seigneurs and Habitant system Adopted FRNP farming techniques Mississippi Empire By 1700 population was only 15000 The English in the Chesapeake 1st attempt to colonize was in 1580's Newfoundland and Roanoke Paused during war against Spain

US History Notes - Chapter 17 - Reconstruction, 1863-1877

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US History Notes - Chapter 17 - Reconstruction, 1863-1877 The Politics of Reconstruction - Civil War killed 600,000 + soldiers, wounded 470,000 + - War destroyed slavery, but not racism - New ?United States? was now a singular, not plural, entity - Federal govt took precedence over individual states - Key issue of Reconstruction: how fed govt would relate with Confed and freed states The Defeated South - By 1865, the South?s most precious commodities, cotton & slaves, no longer valuable - Took a generation for South?s economy to recover from the civil war - 1860 - South = 25% of US?s wealth; 1870 - South = 12% - White southerners hated the idea of emancipation - led to tons of racism in the South Abraham Lincoln?s Plan

review sheet 6-8

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APUSH UNIT 2 EXAM REVIEW SHEET CHAPTER 6 Samuel de Champlain William Pitt Robert de la Salle James Wolfe Edward Braddock Pontiac Huguenots French and Indian War Albany Congress Iroquois New France Proclamation of 1763 Edict of Nantes CHAPTER 7 John Hancock Samuel Adams Charles Townshend John Adams Crispus Attucks King George III Baron von Steuben Mercantilism Non-importation/boycott Virtual representation Sons/Daughters of liberty Quebec Act Navigation Acts First Continental Congress Sugar, Townshend, Stamp Acts Boston Massacre The Association Committees of Correspondence Hessians Boston Tea Party Patriots/Loyalists Rebels/Tories Intolerable Acts CHAPTER 8 George Washington William Howe Benedict Arnold John Burgoyne Lord Cornwallis Thomas Paine George Rogers Clark

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Stono Rebellion: A group of 20 recently arrived angolans sacked the armory in Stono in 1739. They armed themselves and began to march towards Florida and to freedom. They beat drums to attract other saves. Pausing in a battlefield to celebrate their victory after plundering a number of planters homes, and they they were overtaken by the militia.

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