IX. Polk the Purposeful Polk laid out a 4-point mission for himself and the nation (then achieved all 4 points in 4 years) Lower the tariff Restore the independent treasury (put U.S. money into non-government banks) Clear up the Oregon border issue Get California One of Polk’s acts was to lower the tariff‚ and his secretary of the treasury‚ Robert J. Walker‚ did so‚ lowering the tariff from 32% to 25% despite complaints by the industrialists. Despite warnings of doom‚ the new tariff was
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From the 1200’s BCE to 1300 AD‚ empires grew into existence and fell to destruction. They changed the systems of politics and warfare‚ shifting through different styles of warfare and uses for the armies they built. Most empires had some sort of military force used to conquer‚ expand and protect their lands from “barbarians” or certain nomadic people groups. Some empires though‚ such as the Mongols‚ Chinese‚ and those that were apart of the Islamic Empire had specific and vast changes to their military’s
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Mr. Pitts Email: smpitts@canfieldschools.net Website: www/smpitts.weebly.com AP World History Course 2013-2014 AP World History is for the high school student who wishes to earn college credit in high school through a rigorous academic program. This class approaches history in a way that looks at the common threads of humanity over time— society‚ politics‚ religion‚ ideology‚ technology and trade —and it investigates how these things have changed and continued over time in different
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Hammurabi Hammurabi lived nearly 4‚000 years ago and was ruler of a kingdom called Babylonia for 42 years. When he was in power‚ he ruled over approximately 1‚000‚000 people. When Hammurabi took power in 1792 B.C.E. he was king of most of Mesopotamia‚ the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. In his 38th year of power‚ Hammurabi was instructed by the “god” of justice‚ Shamash‚ to have a Code of Law carved on a stone stele‚ (a large pillar-like stone). Hammurabi had 282 laws (BGE)‚ but the
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Early modern Western Europe faced political changes from 1500-1750. These were based on three main political ideas: monarchy‚ balance of power‚ and religious reforms. The main type of government became monarchies‚ which had one main ruler and a parliament. The parliament was a group of state-elected legislatures‚ used to represent the citizens. Document five‚ Political Craft and Craftiness on page 420-421‚ explains the qualities that Machiavelli thought that a prince should have to be a proper prince
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DBQ: Chapter Seven The Silk Road and the Indian Ocean trade routes were trading systems essential to exchange from the coast of China all the way throughout the Mediterranean. The Indian Ocean trade routes used sailing vessels that often carried colonists from Indonesia to Madagascar. While both routes were important‚ the Silk Road was used more frequently than the former. The Silk Road was about 4‚00 miles long and stretched from Iran to China. It passed through mountain ranges of the Himalayas
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Elliott Gengo AP US DBQ Summary 10/7/14 Document A Thomas Jefferson wrote to Gibeon Granger about the powers of the states. Jefferson believes the country is too large to have a single federal government. He believes that the states should have some power too. Jefferson says the Republicans have accepted these rights from the Constitution and the federalists have opposed them. Document B Jefferson tells Samuel Miller that the Constitution doesn’t give the federal government
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DBQ After the devastation of World War I‚ the vast majority of people saw the world in a totally different light. So many people had died. The future of society seemed pessimistic and dark at best. The Big Four had come together in France to sign the Treaty of Versailles‚ officially ending the war in 1918. I agree with the statement that the Treaty of Versailles was ill-created‚ bringing about far more problems than it solved and later paving the road to World War II. Political‚ social‚ and economic
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Wilton Hayward Professor Brian Parlopiano History 101 April 29‚ 2014 The Scramble for Africa During the 1800s colonization reached one of its peaks‚ almost every European country was scrambling for any un-colonized lands. The one continent that none of them had really made their mark on was the African continent. Africa was very abundant in natural resources‚ which made the European countries more eager to be the ones to colonize it first. Whether it be gold‚ iron‚ cotton or ivory all of the countries
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DBQ In the time period 1925 – 1950 Chinese peasants‚ and Chinese created a bad relationship with each other. Peasants were stronger than the Chinese Communist party supported by documents one‚ five‚ and six‚ peasants were the prime target for attacks instead of the Chinese Communist party supported by documents four‚ eight‚ and nine‚ and the peasants were more willing to fight the Japanese while the Chinese Communist party was not so willing supported by documents two‚ and three. Peasants and the
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