AP WORLD HISTORY COMP ESSAY 2: Compare and contrast the impact of two trans-national exchanges of trade goods‚ beliefs‚ and/or disease on empire: Mediterranean Sea Lanes- on the Roman or Athenian Empires Eurasian Silk Roads- on the Roman‚ Qin‚ Han‚ Maurya‚ or Gupta Empires Indian Ocean Sea Lanes- on the Maurya or Gupta Empires Tran-Saharan Caravan Routes- on the Roman Empire Thesis: 1. Preview 2. 2 Trade routes 3. Impact on empire (good/beliefs/or disease) Brain Storming: Silk Road: Han-
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The American Revolution was very revolutionary because t changed so many things in America. For example‚ it changed the monarchial society they once had into a republic‚ gave political significance to the middle class that they didn’t have before‚ and a big influence was the invention of writing a constitution. The American Revolution was very revolutionary because it changed the monarchial society they once had in the colonies to a republic. Since the start‚ colonies have been under british control
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Kayla Trinh Burke/1 AP US HISTORY UNIT 9 ESSAY Analyze the impact of any TWO of the following on the American industrial worker between 1865 and 1900. The industrial revolution had been made known all over the world‚ causing huge waves of immigrants to crash into urban cities of the United States. Because of this‚ many factories sprang up and a typical American industrial worker had to face problems because of immigration and also labor unions‚ which were created in order to protect factory workers
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FRQ #1: To what extent is it fair to say that by 1860‚ America had developed into two distinct societies? Focus on social‚ political‚ and economic. In the time span of 40 years after the end of the Era of Good Feelings in 1824‚ the United States of America experienced economic crises regarding banks‚ the upcoming of popular sovereignty‚ and the insurrection of conflict for women’s suffrage (to no prevail). When President Lincoln was elected into office in 1860‚ the nation had fragmented into two:
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07.07 FRQ The Gilded Age‚ a time of industrious growth and a surge of new immigrants. Americans had witnessed the death of rural life dominated by farmers and the birth of an urban and industrial America dominated by bankers‚ industrialists‚ and city dwellers. Overproduction led farmers into debt leaving them just an overflow of crops due to the repressed prices. Tariff Policies forced farmers to buy manufactured goods for survival. Farmers lost their status and power due to industrialization
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Janos Lobb April 3‚ 2013 APUSH Outline Chapter 28 – Progressivism I. Progressive Roots a. The progressive movements started in the 1870s and the 1890s with two parties. One was the Greenback Labor Party and the other was the Populists b. Early progressive movements were trying to change the corruption of bigwigs and their companies. Many different people explained what had happened in books c. Early reformers tried to make changes by voting. Besides voting‚ high-minded
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Ryan Casserly Mr. Ferretti APUSH 5 March 2013 1. Agricultural Adjustment Act The Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) (48 Stat. 31‚ enacted May 12‚ 1933) restricted agricultural production in the New Deal era by paying farmers to reduce crop area. 2. Tennessee Valley Authority An independent federal government agency in the US‚ created in 1933 as part of the New Deal proposals. Responsible for the development of the whole Tennessee river basin‚ it provides one of the world’s greatest
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The Politics of Reconstruction a. The Civil War was bloodiest war in American history (600‚000 soldiers died). It began as way to preserve Union but evolved into a struggle for African American freedom‚ resulting in the death of slavery in the United States and the unification of the states under a stronger central government. b.The Defeated South i.South destroyed after defeat: towns ruined‚ slavery (means of labor in cotton fields) lost‚ destroyed cotton fields‚ depressed economy ii.Defeat
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Intro- It was mid-spring in the United States Capitol- Washington‚ DC‚ the grass was green and onlookers could take in the view of the Washington Monument. On the specific date of April 17‚ 1965‚ the streets were not only occupied by historical monuments and statues of American History‚ but also occupied of 25‚000 outraged protesters against the Vietnam War. This rally‚ organized by the Students for a Democratic Society‚ was the first significant act of defiance towards the Unites States Government
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11 December 2011 Chapter 22- The Ordeal of Reconstruction The Problems of Peace Many banks and businesses closed due to inflation during the war Factories destroyed and transportation demolished Slave-labor system collapsed so cotton fields abandoned‚ livestock driven off by Yankees Planter aristocrats temporarily faced poverty Freedmen Define Freedom Free slaves often recaptured into slavery Some free slaves loyal to owners and refused freedom. Some owners argued slavery was lawful until
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