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    ADVANCED PLACEMENT UNITED STATES HISTORY COURSE SEMINAR QUESTIONS UNIT TWO: REVOLUTION TO NEW NATION 1763-1789 Using your text (Chapters 6-9)‚ Newman (Chapters 4-6)‚ outside readings and primary documents thoroughly answer the following questions. PART ONE: JUST THE FACTS: 1. Why did the Ohio Valley become the arena of conflict between the French and British in America? 2. How did the French and Indian War help bring about the American Revolution? 3. Describe salutary neglect. How

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    The Evolving World of Gender Equality Gender roles in America throughout the 1900s have arguably undergone their most drastic shifts than any other century. While a shift in a mindset that focused more in equality was marked by the passage of women’s suffrage in 1920‚ the Popular Front movement that occurred from 1890 through 1934 and amid the Great Depression was an often overlooked‚ although an important‚ turning point for civil rights as a whole. With the start of the World War II in 1939 and

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    AP US HISTORY 2011-2012 Course Overview: AP US History is designed as a college level history course with corresponding academic expectations for high school 11th graders. Chronologically‚ AP US History covers the vast expanse of our nation’s past from colonial beginnings in the 1600s to the present. Several themes of American History will emphasized for students to be able to think conceptually about our nation’s past. Such themes will include American diversity‚ culture‚ identity‚ economic

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    Lesson 1 Notes Causes of the Civil War -Slavery-gave South a great amount of economic and political power in the nation -Northern economy demanded cheap labor-drew nation’s attention of slavery -Lincoln’s election precipitated the secession of Southern States and the creation of the Confederacy Competing Notions of Freedom -North wanted to end slavery and also punish the south -they wanted to economize the South so they could provide the North with raw materials (cotton‚ lumber) for their

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    Thirteenth Amendment * The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude‚ except as punishment for a crime. It was passed by the Senate on April 8‚ 1864‚ by the House on January 31‚ 1865‚ and adopted on December 6‚ 1865. On December 18‚ Secretary of State William H. Seward proclaimed it to have been adopted. It was the first of the three Reconstruction Amendments adopted after the American Civil War. Fourteenth Amendment * adopted on July

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    A Books by EDWARD L. BERNAYS CRYSTALLIZING PUBLIC OPINION (1923) AN OUTLINE OF CAREERS (1927) (Edited and contributed to) PROPAGANDA (1928) SPEAK UP FOR DEMOCRACY (1940) TAKE YOUR PLACE AT THE PEACE TABLE (1945) PUBLIC RELATIONS (1952) THE ENGINEERING OF CONSENT (1955) (Edited and contrib1tted to) I CRYSTALLIZING PUBLIC OPINION by EDWARD L. BERNAYS Counsel on Public Relations j Former Lecturer on Public Relations and Adjunct Professor Public Relations‚ New York University. Former Visiting

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    Debating the Documents Interpreting Alternative Viewpoints in Primary Source Documents Monster Monopolist or Marketplace Hero? John D. Rockefeller and his Standard Oil Company were widely admired and just as widely despised. Rockefeller: ©2006 MindSparks‚ a division of Social Studies School Service 10200 Jefferson Blvd.‚ P.O. Box 802 Culver City‚ CA 90232 United States of America (310) 839-2436 (800) 421-4246 Fax: (800) 944-5432 Fax: (310) 839-2249 http://mindsparks.com access@mindsparks.com

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    American History EOC Study Guide 1) Reconstruction: A plan to reconstruct the society after the Civil War. This divided the south (except Tennessee) into 5 military districts under the control of the U.S. Army. It was the attempt to reconstruct the south‚ readmit the southern states back into the Union‚ and change the life of African Americans. (pg. 414) 2) Freedman’s Bureau: Congress created this in March of 1865 in order to provide help for thousands of poor black and white southerners

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    1. Common Sense- Thomas Paine’s legendary pamphlet urging the colonies to declare independence and establish a republican government. 2. Deism- Belief system that emphasized reasoned moral behavior and scientific pursuit of knowledge; they believed in a Supreme Being but rejected the divinity of Christ. 3. Stamp Act-Widely unpopular tax on an array of paper goods‚ repealed in 1766 after mass protests erupted across the colonies 4. Virtual Representation-The British said the colonies need

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    English III- segment 2 Semester 2 17 Assignments Week 5 Pre-Test‚ 5.03‚ 5.04A‚ 5.06‚ 5.08 Week 6 6.02C‚ 6.03‚ 6.04A‚ 6.08B Week 7 7.03A‚ 7.03B 7.05B‚ 7.08 Week 8 8.01‚ 8.02A and B‚ 8.03‚ 8.05 (segment exam) 5.03- A rose for Emily Part I: Character Identification in "A Rose for Emily" In complete sentence format‚ identify each of the following characters. Remember reporters‚ be sure to include as much information as possible to give your readers a vivid picture of each of the following

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