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    APUSH CHAPTER 21 * The Emergence of Urban America * Between 1860 to 1910 the population increased from 6 million to 44 million * America’s Move to Town * Explosive Urban Growth * Fredrick Jackson Turner-the Frontier is a “safety valve” * But more people went to the cities than to open land * There was not enough land though in cities to hold everyone‚ most people were homeless or lived in small apartments or rented houses * In

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    1. Those who favored overseas expansion by the United States in the late nineteenth century argued that Correct Answer: All of the answers are correct. ​  2. The United States reasserted the Monroe Doctrine as a cornerstone of its foreign policy by Correct Answer: insisting that Britain submit its dispute with Venezuela over the boundary of British Guiana to U.S. arbitration. ​  3. Military strategist and historian Alfred Thayer Mahan advocated an American policy of Correct Answer: expanding

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    Chapter Summary After the Civil War‚ Americans‚ who believed expansion was their “manifest destiny‚” began moving westward across the continent‚ subduing the Native Americans through various means‚ creating a North American empire. BEYOND THE FRONTIER Prior to the Civil War‚ the march of White settlement paused at the margin of the semiarid Great Plains‚ a region seared by hot winds in the summer and buffeted by blizzards and hailstorms in the winter‚ presenting a temporary obstacle to further

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    Chapter 21 A. The Toltec and the Mexica 1. Toltecs emerge in the ninth and tenth centuries after the collapse of Teotihuacan a. Established large state‚ powerful army mid-tenth to the mid-twelfth century b. Tula was the Toltec capital city and center of trade c. Maintained close relations with societies of the Gulf coast and the Maya 2. Toltec decline after twelfth century d. Civil strife at Tula‚ beginning in 1125

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    CHAPTER 21 The Story of a Mother (Summary) Sisa ran quickly home‚ confused. She feared that the civil guards may have arrested his son Basilio already. When she reached home‚ she saw the two civil guards leaving with only her hen. She tried to walk past them but the civil guards caught her and demanded to know where her sons are. Sisa begged the guards for mercy‚ saying she does not know where her sons are nor does she have the gold coins they are accusing Crispin of stealing. With no other recourse

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    AP World History Chapter 21- Things to Know People to Know: Nicholas Copernicus- (1473-15430) A Polish astronomer and Aristotelian Scholar‚ who investigated the old geocentric theory that assumed that the sun‚ the planets‚ and the stars all circled the earth. Tycho Brahe- (1546-1601) A Danish astronomer‚ aided by his sister‚ Sophia‚ had recorded hundreds of observations that pointed to difficulties in the Ptolemaic explanation. He also attempted to find a compromise between the Ptolemaic

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    CHAP TE R 21 Progressivism from the Grass Roots to the White House 1890–1916 CHAPTER LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading and studying this chapter‚ students should be able to: • Explain grassroots progressivism including its proponents‚ and why they targeted the city for reform. Understand why activists formed alliances with the working class and under what circumstances those alliances proved successful. • Recognize the intellectual underpinnings of progressivism. Explain how reformers put the theories

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    Chapter 21 Second Homecoming And The Liga Filipina Arrival in Manila with sister • June 26‚ 1892 : This was Rizal’s second homecoming‚ with him  was his widowed sister Lucia (wife of the late Mariano Herbosa)‚ they arrived in Manila Rizal‚ being a meticulous diarist‚ described his second homecoming in Manila as follows: I arrived at Manila on 26 June (1892)‚ Sunday‚ at 12:00 noon. I was met by many carabineers headed by a major. There were in addition one captain and one sergeant of th Veteran

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    A People’s History of the United States Chapter 5 Abstract Chapter 5 continues to cover the American Revolution‚ illustrates different views on the war‚ the American’s expansion into the West‚ and the continued inequalities of the poor and rich in the United States. At one point‚ in an attempt to draft men for the war‚ Americans promised soldiers distribution of land. This was very ironic and non-beneficial to the sailors‚ also known as seamen‚ a class of men they were trying to enlist.

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    CHAPTER 21 Accounting for Leases SOLUTIONS TO BRIEF EXERCISES BRIEF EXERCISE 21-1 The lease does not meet the transfer of ownership test‚ the bargain purchase test‚ or the economic life test [(5 years ÷ 8 years) < 75%]. However‚ it does pass the recovery of investment test. The present value of the minimum lease payments ($31‚000 X 4.16986 = $129‚266) is greater than 90% of the FV of the asset (90% X $138‚000 = $124‚200). Therefore‚ Callaway should classify the lease as a capital lease.

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