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Polk's Presidency

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Polk?s Presidency Election of 1844: An expression of manifest destiny Expansionist Democrats favored ?Young Hickory? James K. Polk (a ?Jacksonian?) Called for ?Reannexation of Texas? and ?Reoccupation of Oregon? to 54 50? line Clay appealed to South with pro-annexation stance, but also advocated against annexation to appeal to the North ? two-facedness lost him the battle Liberty Party ? 1st party created for the anti-extension of slavery Polk defeated Clay 170-105 Polk?s Mission (Four Points): Walker Tariff of 1846 ? lowered tariff of 1842 from 32% - 25% led to boom times Restoration of Independent Treasury system ? put US money in non-government banks Acquisition of California Settlement of the Oregon Dispute Oregon Boundary Dispute:

Unit 2 AP Human Geography Vocab cards

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Age-sex distribution: A model used in population geography that describes the ages and # of males and females within a given population; also called a population pyramid. There are more women in every country than men. Arithmetic Density: The # of ppl living in a given unit area. Also called population. Baby boom: A cohort of individuals born in the US between 1946 and 1964 , which was just after WWII in a time of relative peace and prosperity. These conditions allowed for better education and job opportunities, encouraging high rates of both marriage and fertility. Ms Dish?s parents

AP Chemistry - Brown & Lemay Text

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Lexi Eyerman ? AP CHEM SUMMARY 29 Sept. 2011 AP CHEMISTRY: UNIT 2 [pgs. 198-273, chapters 6-7] Scientific Laws, Theories, and BIG Ideas The Wave Nature of Light Electromagnetic Radiation ? energy carried through space (ex/ light) Dual-nature of Electrons & Photons Quantized Energy: Planck?s Constant (see Equations section); only a certain fixed quanta of energy is emitted (one/ a few fixed wavelengths) Photoelectric Effect: light can be particle-like (photons) Electrons have energy and frequencies associated with them and require a certain quanta of energy to change energy levels. Electrons Energy is negative and becomes less negative as you go outward Writing electron configurations: n = size of path (Principle Quantum Number, a.k.a. P.E.L)

AP Chemistry - Brown & Lemay Text

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Lexi Eyerman ? AP CHEM SUMMARY 17 Oct. 2011 AP CHEMISTRY: UNIT 3 [pgs. 274-363, chapters 8-9] Scientific Laws, Theories, and BIG Ideas Chemical Bonds Ionic: electrons transfer; metals and nonmetals; exothermic (violent reactions); stable compounds; lattice energy ? energy to separate a mole of solid ionic compound into a gas (explained by Coulomb?s law) Covalent: electrons share; nonmetals; weaker bonds with low m.p. Metallic: sea of mobile electrons; good conductors of electricity; malleable and ductile Bond Polarity and Electronegativity Nonpolar Covalent: e- are equally shared; diatomic elements (no dif. in electronegativity) Polar Covalent: e- are unequally shared; dif. in electronegativity More electronegative atom is slightly negative in a bond

Earth and its Peoples Chapter 1 notes

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Chapter 1 section 1 Overview African Genesis  1856: In Neander Valley (present day Germany) workmen discovered fossilized human remains resembling apes. -Neanderthals are known to have been the human common 40,000 years ago  Darwin proposed that biological life had a longer time frame than most believed-said that diversity came about by natural selection  Fossils found in Asia (Java man and Peking man) suggest humans first came from Asia, but other fossils, such as Raymond Dart’s find in 1924, prove that Africa was the first region to he inhabited by man.  Earliest transitional creatures found in Africa, but later human species had wider global distribution. Human Evolution  Biologists classify humans and australopithecines as members of a primate family called homids.

AP World History Notes, 8000-600 BCE

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AP World History Study Guide 8000 BCE- 600 BCE Nomads: follow the food Early people were nomads Foraging societies developed later than nomads, they were hunter-gatherer groups Did not have permanent shelters Pastoral societies were developed even later, they were the first to domesticate animals Had small-scale agriculture, male dominated families, Settling down: The Neolithic Revolution Neolithic- ?New stone,? also agricultural revolution Began to move from nomadic lifestyles to towns, cities, and agricultural lifestyles Agriculture=no need to move=stay in same place=towns and cities=stronger sense of unity and lasting cultural traditions Began to think of property in terms of ownership Metals

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