Ch. 16: The Federal Courts In the American judicial system‚ courts apply the law to a conflict between two parties. Federal courts hear cases of federal law and cases involving two parties of different states. This amounts to only about 2 (two) percent of all trials – most cases are heard in state and local courts. Vocabulary Criminal law-the body of law that relates to crime Civil law- the branch of law dealing with disputes between individuals or organizations‚ in which compensation
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02.01 Regions Chart and Written Response Part 1 Regions Chart Category North South West Midwest Political Labor Unions were formed to have representitives of workers because rich people wanted to make more money but the workers wanted to be paid more with better places to work at. most of the south was destroyed during the war so they had to restart from the bottom‚ both politically and ecomonically They had a very little population‚ consisting mostly of chinese immigrants
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Up until 1750‚ Britain practiced salutary neglect toward their colonies in North America. Although a sense of mercantilism existed‚ Britain’s lack of supervision gave the colonies a chance to govern independently and to develop separately from Britain. Britain’s salutary neglect toward the colonies influenced the development of legislative assemblies‚ commerce‚ and religion by forcing the colonies to become more independent‚ therefore further developing characteristics of and desires to be a sovereign
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******************** AP World History ********************* September 15‚ 2012 Chapter 14 Outline Introduction: Every year or al least once in their life‚ the Muslims must travel to Mecca. This is a holy pilgrim that has been a tradition for the Muslims since Muhammad made the trip. At the beginning the pilgrims to Mecca were made by small amounts of people. However‚ by the ninth century‚ thousands of people traveled to Mecca in the 9th lunar month. All these people survived on food and water
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Shelby Cook DBQ-1 AP World History Many different aspects help to shape the Modern Olympic Movement. They all helped to form the Olympics we know today. The political controversies‚ social issues; including discrimination among sexes‚ and the economic boost were all three big factors in shaping this movement from 1892 to 2000. The idea of the Olympics was not completely accepted in all governments. Many members of the Modern Olympic Movement were trying to persuade their countries
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AP Modern European History Textbook Reading Schedule Mrs. Goldberg Textbook: The Western Heritage Please be sure to keep up with all your reading. Each week you will have about 20 pages of your textbook to read and to read thoughtfully before you come to class. Some of your short answer test questions will come from the essential Questions and vocabulary posed here. NOTE: You might have to read other selections in addition to this reading. I highly recommend you take notes on the vocabulary words
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Asia and Italy Both of these regions and countries were similar and influenced by the same things‚ but the cultures and people around them would shape their own paths and how they would rule their own worlds. The people of these regions were desperate and needing of help. The leaders were willing to fill their desires in order to take power. To the people’s dismay they were caught into three world powers striving for power at the people’s price. Socially the three governments took approaches
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Missouri Compromise = A series of agreements passed by congress in 1820-1821 to maintain the balance of power between slave state and free states Monroe Doctrine = A policy of U.S. opposition to any European interference in the affairs of the western Hemisphere‚ announced by President Monroe in 1823. Nationalism = A devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation. Cult of domesticity = A belief that married women should restrict their activities to their home and family. American system/plan
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Jeanne Clarissa Susanto Nicholas Carr and James Cascio Is Google Making Us Stupid? and Get Smarter According to Carr’s article‚ I noticed that the Internet has obviously influenced human’s life nowadays. Now‚ we prefer to obtain information easily and quickly without any intention of understanding it first. We are likely will not try to read the information thoroughly anymore because the Internet has served all information instantaneously. I also noticed about what Carr said about the Internet
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The free land is not free The author of “In the Land of Free”‚ Edith Maud Eaton‚ with pen name Sui Sin Far‚ was not a direct immigrant from Asia to the United States‚ but she portrayed the harsh treatment Asian immigrants faced upon entering in the U.S. in the late 1800s. Sui Sin Far‚ working as a journalist for Fly Lea‚ had exposed the extreme injustice done to Asian Americans in U.S. while she was living on the west coast of the United States. In addition‚ Sui Sin Far’s narration throughout “The
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