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    Rational Actor Model-look at the consequences and acts and makes decision accordingly. Doesn’t consider the political costs. Political Actor Model-Rational decisions only based on how it is going to impact them politically Organizational Actor Model- What are the decisions are going to impact the organization(what committee one might be on) Elitist Actor Model-Elites making the decision that will benefit themselves and other elite’s.(most prevalent model in our history) Idiosyncratic

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    Imperialism

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    The Big IdeasWhy might historians need to describe different places on Earth?How have humans altered the landscape of the United States? How does geography impact history? How do the physical and human features of an area impact the events that happen there? | SkillsAs you read‚ please review the terms below and make sure you are able to describe a location using these terms. This will be part of your assignment. * Place * Region * Relative location * Physical system * Human system

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    Reconstruction in Alabama (1905) William W. Davis‚ Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida (1913) Clara Mildred Thompson‚ Reconstruction in Georgia (1915) Histories very detailed and accurate BUT hostile to Blacks‚ Carpetbaggers‚ and Scalawags Praised Democratic Party D. Marxist Historians Prejudice in opposite direction Stressed accomplishment of Blacks W.E.B. Du Bois‚ Black Reconstruction (1935) E. Revisionists Influenced by Depression and New Deal Attacked

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    The most controversial aspect of Gone With the Wind is the film’s depiction of race relations. Though freed from the novel’s positive portrayal of the Ku Klux Klan‚ Gone With the Wind’s depiction of slavery remains decidedly simplistic. Adopting historian U. B. Phillip’s “plantation school” view of the institution‚ the film shows slaves as well-treated‚ blindly cheerful “darkies” loyal to their benevolent masters. Slaves are portrayed as normal employees‚ are rewarded with presents like the master’s

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    HST 110

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    Congress meets December 1865 14th Amendment Born in US = citizen 15th Amendment Voting for all race‚ color‚ or servitude Black Codes (Jim Crow Laws) Legal system to undermine 13th amendment Restrictions on jobs for blacks & property ownership Scalawags – southern whites that supported Reconstruction & Republicans Carpetbaggers – Northern whites that moved to South during Reconstruction Crop Lien System – leans on southern crops Redemption – white southerners regain control South occupied by

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    Preparation for the First Examination Multiple Choice Questions: 1. According to your text‚ what two issues lay at the heart of Reconstruction?  A. whether the federal or state government was ultimately sovereign‚ and whether African Americans or Native Americans were the most oppressed minority group B. which party would gain the ascendancy‚ and how the government could regulate the economy C. the future of political and economic power for African Americans‚ and the future of North-South economic

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    APUSH REVIEW This is intended to be a guide for your exam review. A candidate needs to get about 60% of the 80 multiple choice questions correct to have a good chance to pass the AP Exam (plus 5/6 on each of the three essays). The questions are designed to test your understanding of different aspects of U.S. history: political/diplomatic‚ social/economic‚ cultural/ intellectual. It is not EASY! Prepare Well! Exploration‚ Discovery‚ and Settlement -Europe in the Sixteenth Century -Significant

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    Booker T Washington

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    To what extent did Booker T. Washington offer a strategy for blacks to combat racial inequality? ‚ seen trh ‚ compared to other activist leaders‚ however was first endorsed by Booker spire to be something and combating the biggest racial boundary much racial equality as in which is combating racial inequality at the I would regard ‘the age of washington’ not so much as a celebration and his indirect combating of the major racial inequalities of the time‚ I belive Booker T Washington

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    US History August 22‚ 2012 Reconstruction‚ I 1. Wartime Reconstruction‚ 1862-1864 2. Presidential Reconstruction 1865-1866 Can Slavery continue indefinitely? The Union perpetual -Lincoln wanted to win the war‚ but he did not want to destroy the old south -Congress wanted to transform the south. -Lincoln wants to abolish slavery because it would cripple the economy‚ and believed in a gradual proclomation plan Wartime Reconstruction -Emancipation Proclamation‚ 1863 -Liberates slaves

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    When one turns on the television today they are made witness to all the crimes that are present in society. It is impossible to sit through thirty-five minutes of news without anger and rage becoming aroused. This is because society is bothered by infinitesimal paraphernalia. Society also believes in human rights and punishment for those who violate such rights. Yet what constitutes humanity? Ever sit there and watch the news and wonder just how far humanity reaches? When is it time to say

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