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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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Chapter 10 Notes & Chapter 9 Notes

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12/6/11 Chapter 9 Notes: The Confederation and the Constitution The Pursuit of Equality - Society of the Cincinnati ? Americans that ridiculed the lordly pretensions of continental Army officers who formed an exclusive heredity order - weakening of the Upper Crust let the Patriots emerge - Congregational church continued legally established whereas the Anglican Church was humbled and reformed as the protestant Episcopal church - In 1774 the abolition of slavery was called and the world?s first antislavery society was founded the Philadelphia Quaker

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Harlem Renaissance Flappers Talkies 1920's

Harlem Renaissance Great Migration saw African Americans move to the north This new environment stimulated artistic development, racial pride, community, and political organizations. Claude McKay ? first important writer of the movement. His work expressed defiance and spoke out against racism. Langston Hughes ? Became the leading voice of the African American Experience Louis Armstrong ? Introduced jazz (a style of music influenced by Dixieland music and ragtime) A famous nightspot was called the Cotton Club where many famous Jazz players got their start Flappers In the 1920s, a new woman was born. She smoked, drank, danced, and voted. She cut her hair, wore make-up, and went to petting parties. She was giddy and took risks. She was a flapper.

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