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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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Matthew Schreiber Period 4 Due 9/28/11 Submitted 9/28/11 Adams Presidential Outline APUS History President?s Name: Adams, John Term Served: 1797 - 1801 Vocabulary: XYZ Affair ? French delegates demanded money from the U.S. in order to begin negotiations between the two countries. This incident was made public but only referred to the French delegates as X, Y, and Z. This led to an undeclared naval war between the two countries. Navy Department is created ? In 1798, Adams nominated Benjamin Stoddert as Sec Nav, to lead the new Navy Department.

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DBQ colonization

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Glenn Dornbaum DBQ Essay When English settlers came to North America, they settled in two major regions, New England and the Chesapeake Bay region. Two totally different societies emerged, even though both were settled by people of the same national origin. The two regions had barely any contact with each other. The reasons behind the differences between New England and the Chesapeake Bay region were differences in religion, immigration, and slavery.

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AP US history

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Post Civil War America Reconstruction Lincoln?s 10% plan(1865)- Said that southern states really ceded from the union and it was his job to fix all the problems by letting the state back into the union if 10% of all voters in the 1860 election except high rank official from the south took an oath of allegiance to the north. Johnson?s plan (1865) - Said that the south had to amend the 13th amendment and change their government before the can be readmitted but congress did not pass because they thought that the Democratic Party would take over. Wade Davis bill (1865)- Required that 50% of voters in the 1860 election take an oath of future loyalty before the restoration could begin 13th amendment (1865) - Abolished slavery.

APUSH chapter 24

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Causes of the Great Depression Following trading in late 20?s became as popular as following sports Prices exceeded rate of industrial productions On paper, people were very successful, but in reality, there was no real value People bought on margin Bull market peaked in September of 1929 Oct 23, 1929: Dow Jones lost 21 points in one hour -> investors thought boom was over Oct 29, 1929: ?Black Tuesday?- more than 16 mil shares were traded as panic took over No one thought Depression would follow. Many saw potential benefits Production had been accelerated to the extent that it was hard to adjust to the drop off Most of the wealth in the US was clustered at the top (wealthy and poor. That?s it) Everyone began saving their money -> no consumer spending

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