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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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Chap 8 - Out of Many AP textbook

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CHAPTER 8 Notes Origins in the Revolution: ? shortage of goods resulting from the British Blockade ? demand for supplies by the army and the militias ? flood of paper currency resulting in inflation U.S. dollar compared to the Spanish dollar Most of the money ended up in the hands of merchants U.S. continued to be a supplier of raw materials and an importer of manufactured products especially from Great Britain British merchants began a major trade with Americans Resulting in?? ??? exportable goods reduced by fighting ??? trade deficit rose ?????? Left the country with little sliver coin (currency) in circulation ????Banks insisted on repayment of old loans 1784- country in deep economic depression Country?was already in debt before depression

The American West

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Tristian Silva Chapter 16 ? The American West Describe the Great Plains Vast dry country uninviting to farmers accustomed to woodlands and ample rainfall. ?a land of starvation,? ?a treeless desert? with a ?terrible? climate of baking heat in the daytime and ?chill and piercing? cold at night. List five facts about the Sioux Occupied semi permanent settlements in the lake country of northern Minnesota and moved westward during the early 18th century Became nomadic as they crossed the Missouri River into the Great Plains and lived in portable skin tepees and relying on the hunt for survival Acquired horses from tribes in the south and west became hunters and formidable fighters

The American Pageant: Unit 1 Chapter 3 Notes

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Settling the Colonies: 1619-1700 The Protestant Reformation 1517: Ninety-five Theses John Calvin: from Geneva Calvinism: dominant theology of New England Puritans, Scottish Presbyterians, French Huguenots, & Dutch Reformed Church members 1536: Institutes of the Christian Religion; basic doctrine of Calvinism; in Latin God is all powerful & all good humans are weak & wicked God is all knowing; knows who will go to heaven & not predestination: God knows where you will end up; good works cannot save you the elect will go to heaven status as elect is uncertain; nobody knows their status ?conversion?: intense personal experience that signifies salvation Calvinists constantly searched for signs of conversion

The American Pageant: Unit 1 Chapter 3 Notes

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Settling the Colonies: 1619-1700 The Protestant Reformation 1517: Ninety-five Theses John Calvin: from Geneva Calvinism: dominant theology of New England Puritans, Scottish Presbyterians, French Huguenots, & Dutch Reformed Church members 1536: Institutes of the Christian Religion; basic doctrine of Calvinism; in Latin God is all powerful & all good humans are weak & wicked God is all knowing; knows who will go to heaven & not predestination: God knows where you will end up; good works cannot save you the elect will go to heaven status as elect is uncertain; nobody knows their status ?conversion?: intense personal experience that signifies salvation Calvinists constantly searched for signs of conversion

The American Pageant: Unit 1 Chapter 2 Notes

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The Planting of English America N. America remained mostly unexplored at the beginning of the 1600's Three important colonies: Santa Fe: Spanish; 1610 Quebec: French; 1608 Jamestown: English 1607 England's Imperial Stirrings England was Spain's ally in the early 1500's King Henry VIII split from the Catholic Church in 1530's 1558: Elizabeth, a Protestant took the throne; rivalry w/ Catholic Spain intensified Ireland: nominally controlled by English since 1100's; Catholic; sought aid from Spain against English; English crushed Irish in 1570's & 80's; English confiscated Catholic Irish lands & gave them to new Protestant landlords; many English soldiers developed contempt for ?savage? natives of Ireland & took this view to America Elizabeth Energizes England

The American Pageant: Unit 1 Chapter 1 Notes

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New World Beginnings The Shaping of North America 225 mil. years ago: one landmass 350 mil. years ago: Appalachian mountains begin forming 135-25 mil. years ago: Rockies, Sierra Nevadas, Cascades, & Costal Ranges begin forming 10 mil. years ago: Basic form of N. American continent is in place Canadian Shield: zone undergirded by ancient rock; probably first part of N. American landmass above sea level; anchors continent in N.E. corner; depressed by glaciers & gouged to form lakes tidewater: coastal plain; slopes between coast & Appalachians ?roof of the Americas?: Rocky Mountain crest 2 mil. years ago: Great Ice Age begins 10,000 years ago: ice recedes & melting ice forms many now dried waterways Peopling the Americas

The American Pageant: Unit 1 Chapter 2

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The Planting of English America N. America remained mostly unexplored at the beginning of the 1600's Three important colonies: Santa Fe: Spanish; 1610 Quebec: French; 1608 Jamestown: English 1607 England's Imperial Stirrings England was Spain's ally in the early 1500's King Henry VIII split from the Catholic Church in 1530's 1558: Elizabeth, a Protestant took the throne; rivalry w/ Catholic Spain intensified Ireland: nominally controlled by English since 1100's; Catholic; sought aid from Spain against English; English crushed Irish in 1570's & 80's; English confiscated Catholic Irish lands & gave them to new Protestant landlords; many English soldiers developed contempt for ?savage? natives of Ireland & took this view to America Elizabeth Energizes England

APUSH overview

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Short Answer: Opening China to relations with America (visit to China), Paris Peace Accords 1973, The National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Air Act of 1970 and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments of 1972 was signed, SALT I signed

APUSH important terms

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The War Power Act: Stipulated that the President must inform Congress within 48 hours if U.S. forces are sent into a hostile area without a declaration of war In addition troops may remain there no longer than 90 days unless Congress approves the president?s actions or declares war. Woodstock Music Festival:

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1. Iroquois Confederacy- Nearly a military power consisting of Mohawks, Oneidas, Cayugas, and Senecas which was founded in the late 1500s.The leaders were Degana Widah and Hiawatha. The Indians lived in log houses with relatives. Men dominated, but a person's background was determined by the women's family. Different groups banded together but were separate fur traders and fur suppliers. Other groups joined; they would ally with either the French or the English depending on which would be the most to their advantage.

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