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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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Unit 4

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Conservatism in the United States
Secession in the United States
Great Triumvirate
6th United States Congress
Vice Presidents of the United States
Federalist Party
Nullification Crisis
james madison
John Quincy Adams
Daniel Webster
Democratic-Republican Party
Marbury v. Madison

Unit 4: Chapters 11, 12, & 13 Election of 1800 Jefferson ran for election in 1800 against Federalist John Adams in a ?whispering campaign? Won election 76-36 in electoral votes; 3/5 clause of the Constitution aided him; House of Representatives awarded him election, as vice president Burr received same number of votes Election came down to Jefferson and Burr. Hamilton threw his support behind Jefferson because he simply doesn?t trust Burr 3/5 clause aided him because the large slave population in the south swayed the electoral college vote to give him the presidency Along with that frontier states favored Jefferson because they were Democratic-Republicans Inaugurated in DC, new capital Revolution of 1800: ?We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.?

DBQ over Whether or not the American Revolution was a Revolution (using sources in the Chapter 5 DBQ)

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African slave trade
Forced migration
American Revolution
Economic history of the United States
Aftermath of war
Slavery in the United States
United States Declaration of Independence
Thirteen Colonies
Loyalist
Atlantic slave trade
Women in the American Revolution
Emilia Casanova de Villaverde

Starting in 1763, a non-violent back and forth struggle between the British homeland and the British colonists in America morphed into a violent movement seeking to overthrow the British. While this movement does share some revolutionary characteristics, such as seeking to overthrow a government and the establishment of a new type of government, the movement was ultimately led by class elites who sought to maintain the same social and economic order. Therefore, the revolt that founded the United States of America fails to pass muster as being a true revolution due to a continuation of class elite domination of both the systems of government before and after the revolution.

Vocabulary for Chapter 15 of Out of Many

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Bleeding Kansas
Slavery in the United States
Lincoln–Douglas debates
Stephen A. Douglas
Kansas–Nebraska Act
Abraham Lincoln
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Abolitionism
Compromise
Slave and free states
United States presidential election
John Brown

Stephen Douglas- Stephen Douglas was a northern politician and supporter of popular sovereignty that was a leading voice in the Compromise of 1850. He and Lincoln debated in the famous Lincoln-Douglas Debates in the election for an Illinois senate seat in 1858, which he won. Comment by Erin Bohn: PLEASE start numbering these! I have put this comment on your papers nearly every time. Abraham Lincoln- At this time, Abraham Lincoln was a rising star in the Republican Party and was emerging on the national stage. As a result of his famous campaign against Douglas and his public adversity to slavery, he quickly became a contentious public figure that gained no support amongst southerners who saw him and his party as threatening their very livelihoods.

An Essay Analyzing the Importance and Influence of George Whitfield

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Evangelicalism
Anglican saints
Benjamin Franklin
George Whitefield
Whitfield County, Georgia
first great awakening
Great Awakening
Christian revival
Colonial history of the United States
Whitfield

George Whitfield In 1714, George Whitfield was born to a poor family of innkeepers in England. There he lived doing odd jobs around town and receiving what education was possible for him until managing to get accpeted into Oxford. Here he began his long and influential career as a preacher, starting out as the head of the Holy Club at Oxford. After several journeys back and forth, George returned to England and became a hugely influential leader in the Great Awakening and preached for the rest of his life. He died in 1770 in Newburyport, Massachusetts (?George Whitfield?).

Vocabulary for Chapter 6 of Out of Many

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slavery
American slaves
Racism
African slave trade
Slave rebellion
Denmark Vesey
The Slave Community
manumission
Gabriel Prosser
Abolitionism
Slavery in the United States
Treatment of slaves in the United States

Chapter 10: Eli Whitney- an American inventor that created the cotton gin which made cotton highly profitable and caused slavery, which had been on the decline, to explode throughout the South ?sold down the river?- this refers to the shipping of slaves from the upper southern states such as Kentucky down the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers to the Deep South to cotton farms; this was a threat commonly used by white slave owners in the middle states and was seen as a death sentence by slaves Manumission- manumission refers to the emancipation of slaves; generally from the invention of the cotton gin and onward, manumissions became less common

Vocabulary for Chapter 6 and 7 in Out of Many

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The Federalist Papers
united states
james madison
Presidency of John Adams
Federalist Party
alexander hamilton
Alien and Sedition Acts
Democratic-Republican Party
John Jay
XYZ Affair
John Adams
United States Constitution

APUSH Vocabulary Chapters 6 and 7 Whiskey Rebellion- The whiskey rebellion was a tax protest of moonshiners on the edges of the colonies who rebelled against a tax on any spirits that were purchased. Alexander Hamilton- Alexander Hamilton was a highly influential Founding Father who was the first treasurer, chief of staff for George Washington during the Revolutionary War, wrote a large portion of the Federalist Papers, and founded the first political party (Federalist Party). Thomas Jefferson- Thomas Jefferson was a Founding Father who wrote (for the most part) the Declaration of Independence and he was a highly influential founding member of the Democratic-Republican Party.

A Project Over Carnegie with a Mock Interview and Analysis

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Andrew Carnegie
Bessemer Gold Medal
Deists
Spiritualists
U.S. Steel

What was your greatest accomplishment? I consider my greatest accomplishment to be Standard Oil. Through hardwork and determination, I was proven to be the without peer in the oil business and rivaled only by a few select men. How do you view your rival and competitor, Andrew Carnegie? He is a great businessman and a long time rival. While we we did not hate each other, we have never been personal friends How do you view the poor? I view the poor as less than me. While they do have value as human beings, their unwillingness to work hard and try has condemned them to lives of squalor. Through my charities, I have tried to help them out. Hopefully they will take the opportunities afforded to them and rise to riches.

Analysis of Two Important American Inventions from the 1950's

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Biotechnology
DNA
nucleic acids
Helices
Molecular genetics
Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
Nucleic acid double helix
Genetics
Maurice Wilkins
Francis Crick

A major technological advancement in the 1950?s that changed culture was the development of the hydrogen bomb by the U.S. and later the USSR. This discovery created an atmosphere of fear of nuclear annihilation and resulted in an arms race. Each country fought to create bigger and better bombs and delivery systems. Public service announcements prepared the world for a nuclear war in which both nations would face large-scale, probably suicidal, retaliation strikes. Movies such as Godzilla came to feature monsters mutated by nuclear testing. Movements were founded to fight for global disarmament. Comment by Erin Bohn: 25/25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0dUIq8gHgc

Vocabulary for APUSH 1920's and 1930's

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business cycle
Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Conservatism in the United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt family
New Deal
Herbert Hoover
Great Depression
Judicial Procedures Reform Bill
John L. Lewis
Criticism of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Great Depression in the United States

1.Charlie Chaplin- He was an English actor who rose to fame as a silent actor and rose from nothing to be at the top of the acting profession. He fought against fascism and recognized it as a an evil and in his film, The Great Dictator, satirized him. 2.Jack Dempsey- Jack Dempsey was a professional American boxer who was a celebrity that had his reputation hurt for a perceived attempt to avoid enlistment in the U.S. army until records were revealed that showed he was rejected. 3.Satchel Paige- He is a legendary African-American pitcher who joined the white league after showing great promise in the black league and was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame.

American Pageant 16th Edition: Chapter 13 Flashcards

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Second Party System
Great Triumvirate
Andrew Jackson
Economic history of the United States
Vice Presidents of the United States
Tariff
Nullification Crisis
John C. Calhoun
Martin Van Buren
Henry Clay
John Quincy Adams
American System

BANK WAR Battle between President Andrew Jackson and congressional supporters of the Bank of the United States over the bank's renewal. Jackson vetoed the bank bill, arguing that the bank favored moneyed interests at the expense of western farmers. COMPROMISE TARIFF OF 1833 Passed as a measure to resolve the Nullification Crisis, it provided that tariffs be lowered gradually, over a period of ten years, to 1816 levels. PANIC OF 1837 Economic crisis triggered by bank failures, elevated grain prices, and Andrew Jackson's efforts to curb overspeculation on western lands and transportation improvements. In response, President Martin Van Buren proposed the "Divorce Bill," which pulled treasury funds out of the banking system altogether, contracting the credit supply. SAM HOUSTON

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