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CH 23 GR

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CH 23 GR Terms: 1. Junta Central ? A political body created by Spanish patriots while fighting against the French to administer the areas the Spain controlled. 2. Creoles ? Colonial-born whites 3. Personalist leaders ? Political leaders who rely on charisma and their ability to mobilize and direct the masses of citizens outside the authority of constitutions and laws. 4. Caudillo ? In Latin America, a personalist who gained and held political power without constitutional sanction 5. Abolitionists ? Men and women who wanted to outlaw slavery 6. American Anti-Slavery Society ? Women served on the executive committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society and produced some of the most effective propaganda against slavery.

APUSH Midterm studyguide

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? APUSH/Michelena Second Semester Midterm Review: The exam is?65 questions, covering American Imperialism to the end WWII. American Imperialism: Why did the US become an imperial nation? Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine Social Darwinism: the application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion. TR achievements Open Door Policy: statement of U.S. foreign policy toward china. Issued by U.S. secretary of state john hay (1899), the statement reaffirmed the principle that all countries should have equal access to any Chinese port open to trade.

Ch 32 The Politics of Boom and Bust

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Chapter 32 03/18/13 The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932 Key Terms Adkins v. Children?s Hospital (1923): A landmark Supreme Court decision reversing the ruling in Muller v. Oregon, which had declared women to be deserving of special protection in the workplace. Nine-Power Treaty (1922): Agreement coming out of the Washington ?Disarmament? Conference of 1921-1922 that pledged Britain, France, Italy, United States, China, Netherlands, Portugal and Belgium to abide by the Open Door Policy in China. The Five-Power Naval Treaty on ship ratios and the Four-Power Treaty to preserve the status quo in the Pacific also came out of the conference.

APHUSH CH.32

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CHAPTER 32 The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920-1932 Ill. SINGLE-ANSWER MULTIPLE CHOICE. Mark the one best answer for each of the following questions. 1. Warren G. Harding?s weaknesses as president included all of the following except a (n) a. lack of political experience. b. mediocre mind. c. inability to detect moral weaknesses in his associates. d. unwillingness to hurt people?s feelings by saying no. e. administrative weakness. 2. Match each member of President Harding?s cabinet below with his major area of responsibility. A. Charles Evans Hughes 1. taxes and tariffs B. Andrew Mellon 2. naval oil reserves C. Herbert Hoover 3. naval arms limitation D. Albert Fall 4. foreign trade and trade associations

Chapter 35 Notes American Pageant 14th Edition APUSH

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Chapter 35 Identifications Get-Germany-first strategy ABC-1 Agreement with British adopted strategy of getting Germany first If Germany was dealt with, then Allies could focus on Japan Encountered criticism from Americans who wanted revenge on Japan Japanese Internment 110,000 Japanese-Americans lived on west coast, Americans worried that they might act as saboteurs Forced into concentration camps as precaution, authorized under Executive Order No. 9066 Caused by hysteria and prejudice. Upheld by Korematsu v U.S. End of New Deal Programs Civilian Conservation Corps, Works Progress Admin., were wiped out by conservative Congress in 1942 FDR said that New Deal reform was over, it was time to win the war War Production Board

Chapter 30 Outline the Earth and its People

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Chapter 30: The Crisis for Imperial Order, 1900-1929 Introduction The assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Global war The causes and consequences of the war Origins of the Crisis in Europe and the Middle East The Ottoman empire and the Balkans The ?Sick man of Europe? Territorial losses The Europeans meddle in Ottoman affairs and Ottoman reaction The new regime (1909) Nationalism, alliances and military strategy Nationalism: unity and division Nationalism: liberty or vengeance? Alliances Inflexible military planning and mobilization The declaration of war and German plans The ?Great War? and the Russian Revolution, 1914-1918 Stalemate, 1914-1917 The character of war changed The western front, machine guns and trenches

Syrian Protests

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Backgrounder for Syrian Protests (Security Council) Decades of living under oppressive dictatorships has led the people of the Middle East Arab world to rise up and stake their claim for democracy. The Middle East Arab nations are in unprecedented turmoil. The most recent, as well as the bloodiest, the ongoing Syria uprising is yet another result of a country of the Middle Eastern oppressed by a dictating government. The protest

Introduction to American Government (Overview)

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Overview As an academic field, American government encompasses not only the study of the systems, institutions, and policies of the United States government but also the political ideals and beliefs of the American people. The field falls within the broader discipline of political science, the study of government and power. Students and scholars of American government try to answer questions concerning the political culture, the distribution of power, decision-making processes, government policies, and laws, among other issues and behaviors. American government and political science often overlap with other social sciences, including economics, psychology, sociology, and anthropology.

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