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    CH. 6 REVIEW SHEET NAME _______________________________________ AP. US HISTORY I TERMS/PEOPLE TO KNOW * Samuel Champlain-father of new France * Couriers de bois- runners of the woods‚ hunting for beavers * William Pitt-British general who replaces the older generals. “Great commoner” * Treaty of Utrecht-Treaty between France and Britain‚ which set a period of peace * Salutary Neglect-They let people live‚ Britain didn’t intercede in the lives of the colonists *

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    Surfing has been around for many years‚ in fact since 400 A.D and people are still going hard at it today and will for many more years to come. The very first surfers were the Island folk who would use the waves to get over the coral reefs and back to shore after their hard days of fishing. They found that this was the easiest and quickest way of transport over the reefs so they continued to do it for many years. As time went on the art of riding waves then developed into more of a ¡§leisure sport¡¨

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    Ch. 12 1) Among the primary reasons that young farm women moved from the farms to work in textile mill towns in the early 19th century was: To escape farm life and earn wages 2) The history of Lowell epitomizes this transition: Self-sufficient farm families to urban wageworkers 3)In the pre-industrial system‚ a boy who wanted to learn a trade Entered a formal apprenticeship system 4)The organization of a family business in the pre-industrial era was Patriarchal 5) If you lived in Boston

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    3.3.4 Journal: Your Experiences on the Trail      U.S. History Sem 1 (S2529194)      Points possible: 20      Journal  Date: ____________  Pre­Writing  1. Who were you on the Trail of Tears? (1 point)    Tennessee Rogers      2. Begin by listing your character’s experiences. If you have many‚ list just the four most  interesting ones. (1 point)    I leave my home and only able to pack what the army will allow‚ it is almost winter.  I have to hunt with a blowdart gun because my gun was taken away

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    AP US History Monique Lynn President Davis versus President Lincoln Limitations on Wartime Liberties Volunteers and Draftees: North and South The Economic Stresses of War Friday‚ September 27‚ 2013 The one defect of the South was that its own states could secede. Some state troops refused to serve outside their borders.President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy often had disputes with his own congress. Davis’s task as President proved to be beyond his powers. Lincoln and

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    AP U.S. History Summer HW Sec. 1: 1. The settlers were finally able to get food when the Indians decided to give them corn and bread. The problems that still remained were that they were once again running out of food and they had no houses to live in. This led to sickness and starvation amongst the settlers. 2. The indications that Smith gave that morale and leadership were problems for the young colony were that their president of the colony‚ Captain Wingfeild‚ was deposed of his presidency

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    Has Capital Punishment Ever Been Effective? Introduction Merriam Webster’s dictionary defines capital punishment‚ otherwise known as the death penalty‚ as the practice of killing people as punishment for serious crimes. Capital punishment dates back to the early eighteenth century B.C. in Hammurabi’s Code (“History of Death Penalty Laws”). The death penalty can also be found in the Hittite Code in the fourteenth century B.C. ‚ the Draconian Code of Athens in the seventh century B.C.‚ and the Roman

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    Your Score: 100 % (22 out of 22) Wrong Answer is highlighted in Red. Correct Answer is highlighted in green. 1. Progressive-era writers and photographers seeking to expose the underside of urban-industrial society were known as Topic: Urban Age‚ Consumer Society‚ Muckrakers a. Muckrakers. b. Bushwhackers. c. Ditch-diggers. d. Stand-patters. Feedback/Reference: REF: 728 2. Progressive-era feminists were Topic: New Feminism‚ Rise of Personal Freedom a. fewer in number than during the

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    train was going to jump off the screen towards them (10). The brothers then realized how powerful Salem 2 their invention was and sent over two hundred agents to travel the world and exhibit their films (10). Thus starting the era of movies‚ which has shown no signs of stopping. The first master of special effects was George Méliès. He used simple magic tricks to produce special effects which are still used today. He invented such things as double exposure and stop-action (Rickitt 13). Double

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    "Everybody has his own world"‚ they say. It is nonsense. The world stays the same. It is how you look at it that makes the difference. It is just like looking through glasses of your ideas‚ habits and values. Everybody has such a pair of glasses. They have been created since you were born and‚ believe it or not‚ they were not created by you. It is OTHER PEOPLE who have made them. No matter if you love those people‚ hate them or don.t know them personally. It is enough to come in touch with

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