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French Revolution

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2) Beliefs: French Revolutionaries The Protests (Students against the Government): Disappointments with the educational system New dormitory reforms, for the idea of having the opposite sex in the dorms Wanted a change in the school program Class sizes and the teacher to student ratio Teachers provide no attention to students Overcrowding in the school: Student population rises throughout France in great numbers: 170,000 to 514,000. Closing of Nanterre and Sorbonne (Bernard) Other Reforms the students protested for: End to the Vietnam War Sexual and artistic freedom Labour and government reform (Bernard) Requests:

John Adams Presidency Description

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5th United States Congress
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John Adams
Alien and Sedition Acts
XYZ Affair
Democratic-Republican Party
George Washington
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John Adams Presidency Description When George Washington receded from the Presidency, he left a huge role to fill in. Through a steady support in New England, John Adams narrowly defeated Jefferson in 1796 and became the next President of the United States of America. Adams is best known for keeping the peace while in office and continuing the American policy of neutrality started by his predecessor, George Washington. This was important for the still young Nation and Adams?s handling of foreign and domestic affairs changed history forever.

AP US History ID's World War Two

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73rd United States Congress
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Industrial Recovery Act
Great Depression
Judicial Procedures Reform Bill
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Politics
Labor
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AP US History ID?s Foreign Policy 1920?s-1930?s Isolationism: national policy of abstaining from political or economic relations with other countries. US foreign policy prior to WWI Washington Naval Conference: conference hosted by the US which called for US and British de-fortification of Far East possessions Kellogg-Brian Pact: idealistic agreement between the great world powers to never engage in war except for defensive purposes Dawes Plan: loan program crafted to give money to Germany so that they could pay war reparations and lessen the financial crisis in Europe; program ended with 1929 stock market crash Stimson Doctrine: American foreign policy that the US would not formally recognize any territories that were seized by force

Divided Ireland

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Divided IRELAND Basic People/Places: Sinn F?in: Irish nationalist movementpolitical party IRA: Irish Republican Army- goal is to reunite an independent Ireland Belfast: capital of northern Ireland (founded in 1177) Source of and current British-Irish tensions: Early 1600s- Scottish and British colonization of Ulster (Catholic area in northern Ireland)religious tensions 1916- British quells Easter Rebellion (members of Irish volunteers fought against British army) The Government of Ireland Act (1920): 6 northern counties= northern Ireland & 26 southern counties= southern Ireland 1919-21- Irish War of Independence (guerilla war between IRA and British army) Bloody Sunday- January 30, 1972: 14 civilians killeddivision between North/South Ireland

APUSH

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Joseph Stalin's Death

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Through a succession of bulletins, the Soviet people had been made aware that Stalin was gravely ill. At four in the morning of March 6, 1953, it was announced: "The heart of the comrade-in-arms and continuer of genius of Lenin's cause, of the wise leader and teacher of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union, has ceased to beat." Joseph Stalin, 73 years of age, had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and died at 9:50 p.m. on March 5, 1953. Stalin's body was washed by a nurse and then carried via a white car to the Kremlin mortuary. There, an autopsy was performed. After the autopsy was completed, Stalin's body was given to the embalmers to prepare it for the three days it would lay-in-state.

American Government, Wilson - Chapter 14

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CHAPTER 14 - The Presidency What are Presidents and Prime Ministers? -Often Outsiders -Choose Cabinet Members from Outside Congress -Presidents Have No Guaranteed Majority in the Legislature What is Divided Government? Americans don?t like divided government. divided government - one party controls the White House and another controls one or both houses of Congress unified government - the same party controls the White House and both houses of Congress gridlock - inability of the government to act because rival parties control different parts of the government Does Gridlock Matter? In general, divided governments do about as well as unified ones in passing important laws, conducting important investigations, and ratifying significant treaties.

American Government, Wilson - Chapter 13

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United States House Committee on Rules
Australian Senate
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CHAPTER 13 - Congress What is Congress Vs Parliament? - Parliament candidates by party and people vote for a party, cong in primary where a vote is for the person - Parliament votes together most of the time so that they stay in office and vote for their party, but are poorly paid while cong votes for themselves, not their party and are paid well with substantial benefits. -Cong is not popular w/ Americans due to the endless arguments and worry about what interest groups have to say too. What is The Evolution of Congress? -Centralization for quick actions, decentralized for constitutional decisions. -House of reps has reorganized in six different periods/phases -probs include wanting to be too big and have too much pow. no lasting solution

Basketball

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Politics of the United States
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Great Triumvirate
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Economic history of the United States
Martin Van Buren
John C. Calhoun
Andrew Jackson
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Politics

Ch. 9 ? The Transformation of American Society, 1815-1840 Democracy in America Alexis de Tocqueville Wrote two volumes (1835, 1840) on foreigners? impression of America ? ?half-civilized, half-wild,? egalitarian Westward Expansion By 1840, one-third of Americans living between Appalachian Mountains and Mississippi River ? developed own western culture Migrants expected a better life in the West because of the: Growing power of federal government Boom in agricultural prices after War of 1812 The Sweep West Traveled as families rather than as individuals Clustered/settled around people from the same region Western Society and Customs Most westerners craved sociability ? rural families joined with their neighbors in group sports and festivities

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