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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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APUSH Foreign Policy: 1865-1914 and APES Alternative Energy

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Tidal/Wave Energy Caused by the pull of the moon on ocean surface ? renewable Places with strong currents like Australia are hot spots for these 3 main ways to harvest tidal energy: 1) Tidal Barrages, offshore turbines, water power devices Tidal Barges ? a huge dam is built across a flowing body of water. Tide turns a turbine to gather energy. Offshore turbines ? Like underwater windmills. Current spins and they are anchored to the bottom. More environmentally friendly Water Power devices. Point absorbers: floating structrures with anchored bases embedded in the ocean

American Pageant Chapter 13 and 14 Vocab

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Spanish Exploration in the Americas

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SPANISH & PORTUGESE EXPLORATIONS I. RENAISSANCE CREATED A NEW SPIRIT OF CURIOSITY AND ADVENTURE. SPICES/MONOPOLY BY ITALIANS-SPAIN, PORTUGAL, ENGLAND, FRANCE, ALL WANTED A SHARE OF THE PROFITS. CHRISTIANITY/CRUSADES NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN NAVIGATION-CARAVEL, COMPASS, ASTROLOBE, MADE LONG DISTANCE NAVIGATION POSSIBLE. II. PORTUGAL PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR SCHOOL OF NAVIGATION FINANCED EXPEDITIONS EXPLORED THE COAST OF AFRICA-TRADING POST: GOLD, IVORY, SLAVES. VASCO DE GAMA FIRST TO REACH INDIA AND START THE PORTUGESE SPICE TRADE TO THE EAST, AROUND AFRICA. ALVARES CABRAL-(1500?S) DISCOVERS BRAZIL. III. SPAIN QUEEN ISABELLA & KING FERDINAND (RULERS OF SPAIN) WANTED NEW TRADE ROUTES TO THE FAR EAST LIKE PORTUGAL CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IS CONTRACTED FOR EXPLORATION WEST.

Chapter 17 Notes

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• Chapter 17: Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy o President William Henry Harrison “Old Tippecanoe” – died of pneumonia after only four weeks in office o Daniel Webster – Secretary of State o Henry Clay – uncrowned King of the Whigs and their ablest spokesman in Senate o John Tyler – new president; Virginia gentleman of the old school; stubbornly attached to principle o Accused of being a Democrat in Whig clothing o Whigs put him on ticket to attract the vote of the fringe group of Jeffersonian states’ righters o Whigs wanted financial reform o Whig congress hastened to pass a law ending the independent treasury system, Tyler signed it o Passed a bill for a “Fiscal Bank” which would establish a new Bank of the United States, Tyler vetoed

Chapter 16 Notes

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• Chapter 16: The South and the Slavery Controversy o Northern shippers received a large part of profits from cotton trade o Cotton accounted for half of all US exports o 75% of Britain’s cotton from south o King Cotton, Cotton Kingdom, cottonocracy o Planter aristocracy heavily influenced Southern government o Favorite author of elite – Sir Walter Scott – idealized a feudal society o “land butchery” – excessive cultivation o Leakage of population to west and northwest o Economic structure of South monopolistic o Financial instability of plantation system o One-crop economy – price depended on world conditions o Repelled large-scale immigration in south o Social Classes  Wealthy slave owners – 100+ slaves

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