merchant marine‚ navy to defend routes‚ and colonies to provide raw materials and bases- claim Pacific Islands‚ HI b)Hemispheric Hegemony i)Sec of State James Blaine 1880s sought to expand US influence in Latin America to provide markets for surplus goods- 1889 organized Pan-American Congress. Pres Cleveland 1895 had dispute w/ GB over Venezuela border c)Hawaii and Samoa i)Hawaii appealing b/c Navy wanted Pearl Harbor as base‚ Americans who had settled on island had come to dominate political + economic
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INTRODUCTION Hitler‚ Adolf (1889-1945)‚ German political and military leader and one of the 20th century’s most powerful dictators. Hitler converted Germany into a fully militarized society and launched World War II in 1939 (see Federal Republic of Germany). He made anti-Semitism a keystone of his propaganda and policies and built the Nazi Party (see National Socialism) into a mass movement. He hoped to conquer the entire world‚ and for a time dominated most of Europe and much of North Africa. He
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social and economic change. The railroad network enabled the transport of raw goods to factories‚ and the mass production of goods was then transported to the population. These factories were operated by unskilled workers which came from the immigration population. These people lived in these urban areas. Andrew Carnegie helped build the American steel industry. He was on eof the richest entrepreneurs of his age. He advocated for the rights of laborers to unionize‚ but his workers still worked
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11st Class: 01/16/13 Pre-Jazz Influences African Elements in American Music [The Jazz DNA] -Syncopated rhythm – playing rhythms in between or against the stead beat -Improvisation – art of spontaneous composition in music -Call and Response – echo style (copy)‚ question and answer style of musical conversation -Individuality – human voice as instrumental model Use of bends‚ slides and timbr (tone manipulation) to sound like no one else. -Beat – steady pulse -Rhythm – sound
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a Bio 20 Final Review SA Phylum | Example | Characteristics | /36 | | | Porifera | Glass Sponge | No true tissue‚ use collar cells No movement as adult | Cnidaria | Jellyfish | Polyp or Medusa Nerve net | Platyhelminthes | Fluke | Nerve cells that act as a brain Live in bodies | Nematoda | Hookworm | Taper at both ends False coelom‚ parasitic | Annelida | Earthworm or Leech | Segmentation Hydro skeleton | Mollusca | Octopus or Clam | Mantle‚
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Mops The Scandinavion world ond Europe in the eorly Viking Age I Scandinavia in the Viking Age 63 2 Scandinavian settlement in Eneland 83 The making of modern Europe was a slow and laborious business which the historian simplifies at peril. Modern conceptions of national growth and of national types are too easiiy applied to situations in the past where they are distorting‚ anachronistic and positively misleading. To be obsessed with the image of peaceful and peaceJoving Scandinavian farmers
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Chapter 19 and Chapter 20: The Progressive Era (1890s – 1920s) I. The Politics of the Status Quo A. The National Scene‚ 1877-1893 1. The Civil Service Commission (1883) 2. Republicans v. Democrats a. Tariffs 1) McKinley Tariff (1890) B. Laissez-faire governmental policy C. Urban Liberalism D. Supremacy of the Courts II. Politics and the People A. Cultural Politics: Party‚ Religion‚ and Ethnicity B. Organizational Politics 1. Political Machines a. Mugwumps C. Women’s Political Culture III. Race
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I would like to present the 20th Century Genius Award to Dr. Maya Angelou. She is a remarkable Renaissance woman who is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature. As a poet‚ educator‚ historian‚ best-selling author‚ actress‚ playwright‚ civil-rights activist‚ producer and director‚ she continues to travel the world‚ spreading her legendary wisdom. Within the rhythm of her poetry and elegance of her prose lies Angelou’s unique power to help readers of every orientation span the
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AGE OF RESPONSIBILITY The “Age of Responsibility”‚ 21‚ is a completely arbitrary age chosen unintelligibly by a group of men because twenty year olds still aren’t fully developed or trusted by society in general‚ and people don’t even develop at close enough rates to have a universal “Age of Responsibility”. No two people exactly the same‚ so people develop at different rates. “The fact that every person is different and develops at his own pace doesn’t make the creation of policy any easier
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TOP 20 RHETORICAL ELEMENTS WITH EXAMPLES (HELPFUL FOR AP LANG) 1. Alliteration- the repetition of a initial consonance or sound (EX: She sells sea shells) 2. Anaphora- repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses (EX: Well‚ I say to them tonight‚ there is not a liberal America and a conservative America; there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America; there’s the United
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