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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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President Eisenhower won the 1952 election, partially on his promise to end the war in Korea but mostly on his name and reputation as the hero of World War II. Listen to Eisenhower?s statement. ?I Like Ike? became the rallying cry for America as he won a sweeping victory in 1952 and again in 1956, making him the president of the ?50s. Eisenhower worked to reduce the tensions of the Cold War abroad. On the home front, he oversaw the creation of the Interstate Highway System.

Alice Paul

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Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom
American Quakers
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Lucy Burns
Suffragette
Women's suffrage
Emmeline Pankhurst
National American Woman Suffrage Association
The Suffragist

Alice Paul and Women Rights Essay - Vinay Adukalil - 23.04.2015 - Period 3 Alice Paul was a woman suffragist, woman rights activist and the main leader for the campaign for the 19th amendment which prohibited sex discrimination in the rights to vote. Alice Paul was born on January 11th 1885. She was born in Mooretown in New Jersey. She was a decedent of William Penn, the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania. Her mother was a woman suffragist even though her family views of women were that they were different than men. She used to go to her mother?s suffragist campaigns and meetings which helped her to fight for women rights in the future. She formed the National Woman?s Party with Lucy Burns. She suffered a lot to get these rights but at the end it played out well.

SCLC

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Martin Luther King, Jr.
African-American Civil Rights Movement
Counterculture of the 1960s
Freedom riders
Community organizing
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ralph Abernathy
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Selma
Stokely Carmichael
Bayard Rustin

Southern Christian Leadership Conference The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was formed in 1957 just after the?Montgomery Bus Boycott?had ended. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference?s (SCLC) main aim was to advance the cause of?civil rights?in America but in a non-violent manner. From its inception in 1957, its president was?Martin Luther King?? a post he held until his murder in 1968.

Chapter 16 - Brinkley 13th edition

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Western United States
Physical geography
American Old West
Dawes Act
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American Indian Wars
Cowboy
Frontier
Great Plains
Social Issues

The Conquest of the Far West -?frontier? = place 4 new beginnings, opportunities, wealth, and adventure -Myths were created about the frontier that were not true except for some exceptions -People living in the West relied on the federal government -the idea of the frontier is the land that was unsettled, the west was the last frontier because people felt that once coast to coast was settled, the US would move into the area and populate it? it was a new territory that was not discovered. It was temporary because once settlements came about things became final and change/ challenges/ action began to stop. -Myth= life in the frontier was exciting/ thrilling/ unsettled

Chapter 8 - Brinkley 13th edition

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Politics of the United States
History of the United States
Political parties in the United States
Great Triumvirate
Andrew Jackson
Second Party System
Presidency of John Quincy Adams
Conservatism in the United States
John C. Calhoun
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Henry Clay
Politics

Chapter 8 Discussion Notes- Period 6 Fur Companies- Louisiana Purchase Territories and Mountain men -Expansions into Oregon Territory and Pacific Northwest -Opened market for fur trappers, aka, ?Mountain men? >Unique culture >Relatively primitive/violent -Missionaries: >Narcissa Whitman and her husband -Oregon Territory claimed by: England, America, Spain, Russia -1846- America declares war on England for Oregon -American Fur Company: Astor -Rocky Mountain Fur Company: founded by William Ashley and Andrew Henry -Jedidiah Smith: Mountain man -James Beckwourth was black: Mountain man Court Cases -Marshall strengthens court system -Fletcher v. Peck: >Involved land disputes in Georgia >Chief Justice John Marshall- ?Marshall Court Decisions?

Chapter 1 - Brinkley 13th edition

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Americas
Colonialism
Empires
Spanish colonization of the Americas
American culture
Native Americans in the United States
Fur trade
Massachusetts Bay Colony
British Empire
Pueblo Revolt
New Spain

Chapter One Review Notes (Pd. 6) Reasons for expansion/imperialist efforts: Gold ( in Asia) Spanish gains from expansion- Land Tobacco Trade Cultural interchange Gold importing Formal political strongholds in the new world England vs. Spain Sir Francis Drake in the ?Singeing of the King of Spain?s Beard? (Destruction of the Spanish Armada) Spanish Armada Undermining efforts towards Spain?s economic power in the new world (i.e. luxurious natural resources) Political Structures/Presence in the New World Viceroys/Audiencias/Peninsulares Creoles: Citizens born at colonies by settlers Mestizo: Mixture of Spanish/Native American Mulatto: Mixture of Black/Spanish Native Americans: Driving labor force in the New World

Chapter 12 - Brinkley 13th edition

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slavery
Anglican saints
ethics
united states
Abolitionism
harriet beecher stowe
Underground Railroad
Grimké sisters
Fugitive slave
Freedman
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Harriet Tubman
Social Issues

Ch. 12 Conditions in 1800s Growing separation between church and state Desire to create respectable culture for literature and arts, modeled after Europeans Growth of nationalism gave rise to nationalistic culture: Wanted to assimilate immigrants into American culture Immigrants: Wanted to do away with cultural traits brought in by foreigners (Temperance movements) Rapid economic change also affected culture, gave rise to education reform Medical Advancement Phrenology developed ? pseudoscience, attributing physical size of brain to psychological traits Fowler Brothers discovered Sylvester Graham proposed vegan diet William Morton developed anesthetic Growing popularization of baths, cold and hot, sulfur baths as well Oliver Holmes discovered contagion of diseases

Chapter 21 - Brinkley 13th edition

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Military history of Europe
Military history by country
Military
Edwardian era
French Third Republic
Wars involving Canada
World War I
Treaty of Versailles
Zimmermann Telegram
Prisoner of war
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Russo-Japanese War
Politics

Theodore Roosevelt?s Foreign Policy- ?The Big Stick Policy?: Had an aggressive approach to foreign policy with Japan, Latin America, and Russia. Roosevelt Corollary: An extension of the Monroe Doctrine (1823), helped T.R. enforce his foreign policy. Gave the United States government ?International Police Power?, established influence oversees. Used when the Dominican Republican was in debt; the US came in and handled the debt. Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria: Russia and Japan were fighting over the region of Manchuria. Japan had aspirations to be a world power, felt threatened by Russia and United States. Open Door Policy (trade with China) threatened. T.R. settled the war in 1905, was rewarded with the Nobel Peace Prize. After the war was done, Japan wasn?t content.

Chapter 11 - Brinkley 13th edition

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Slavery in the United States
Americas
African slave trade
Slave Trade
Racism
Slave rebellion
Atlantic slave trade
Abolitionism
Nat Turner
House slave
Treatment of slaves in the United States
Social Issues

Chapter 11: Life in the South Rise of Cotton- Inconsistency/decline in tobacco production -Reduced demand at absence of Europeans/internalized trade -Malignant towards soil (bad for soil) -Insufficient land Higher demand for cotton in northern states, in Europe -Short-staple cotton for more efficient production, can grow anywhere in the south >More cost-efficient >Cotton gin invention helped expand popularity/spread of short-staple cotton Attempts to grow rice and sugarcane -Rice is too complicated -Sugarcane is too expensive South-North Economic Relations- Two-way dependency between regions in trade Southern Railroads -Local -Deemed obsolete/useless -Underdeveloped -No connections to any major railroads Slavery 1808 Abolition of Slave Trade -Boosts internal slave trade

Chapter 17 - Brinkley 13th edition

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Economy of the United States
united states
Industrial Workers of the World
American Federation of Labor
Labour relations
Pennsylvania
AFL–CIO
Terence V. Powderly
Trade union
Knights of Labor
Homestead Strike
Strike action
Labor

ChApTEr SevEnTeEn Labor Unions Knights of Labor Union Founded by U. Steven Made popular by Terrence Powderly Principles: Women, blacks and unskilled workers were allowed to participate; ?all-encompassing? Associated with violent acts, Haymarket Square Bombing led to the demise of the party Haymarket bombing caused rise in nativist sentiments because of allegations against two immigrants having plotted the bombing ?Molly Maguires? Highly militant, secret organization Operated in coal mining districts of Pennsylvania Organized primarily among Irish laborers Operated within Ancient Order of Hibernians American Federation of Labor (AFL) Organized among white, skilled workers Founded by Samuel F. Gompers Goals/Principles Remove women from the work force

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