odUS History Review Test 18 The Rise of Industrial America‚ 1865 - 1900 1. The World’s Columbian Exposition in 1892 was [A] a meeting held in the District of Columbia to expose industrial working conditions. [B] the Chicago World’s Fair. [C] a summit conference of North and South American governments held in Colombia to promote industrial development in the Americas. [D] the first international labor relations conference held at Columbia University in New York City. [E] the meeting held in Chicago
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APUSH Ch 11 Vocab Cotton Slavery and the Old South King Cotton = cotton exports would make the South economically prosperous and make New England dependent on them to support the Northern textile industry Deep South = lower South nicknamed the “Cotton Kingdom” for its recently settled areas that were dominated by cotton production De Bow’s Review = journal containing everything from agricultural reports‚ statistical data‚ and economic analysis to literature‚ political opinion‚ and commentary. The
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Chapter 9: Economic Transformation‚ 1820-1860 Section 1: The American Industrial Revolution How did American textile manufactures compete with British manufactures? How successful were they? American textile manufactures were at an advantage compared to British manufactures‚ and they were very successful. America persuaded Britain to prohibit the export of textile machinery and the emigration of mechanics. Yet‚ still many British mechanics migrated over to the United States because they were lured
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Laura Johnson Oliver O. Howard - the Union general who in 1865 became the first head of the Freedmen’s Bureau Andrew Johnson - the man from Tennessee who was added as Lincoln’s running mate in 1864 to sew up the election by attracting War Democrats and the Border States Alexander Stephens - ex confederacy president‚ was indicted for treason but let out as Christmas present. Served in congress. Thaddeus Stevens - the crusty Pennsylvania congressman who led the radical Republicans during Reconstruction
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Chapter 8: Creating a Republican Culture‚ 1790- 1820 Section 1: The Capitalist Commonwealth How did promoters of mercantilism (the commonwealth system) use state and national governments to promote economic growth? Promoters of mercantilism petitioned state legislatures for assistance. Legislatures granted special charters‚ rights‚ and laws to private companies to promote economic growth and the market economy. As a large and undeveloped nation‚ the United States lacked an efficient transportation
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Ch. 12… OPPOSITION TO THE WAR 1. Conservative‚ seaboard Republicans in Congress and New England Federalists New Englanders: refused to buy war bonds to help pay for the war opposed recruiting campaigns traded with England when possible Daniel Webster gave his first important speech on the unconstitutional and objectionable character of an 1813 draft law which allowed for drafting men in state militias into the national army 2. HARTFORD CONVENTION – met in Dec. 1814
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Chapter 4: American Life in the 17th Century‚ 1607-1692 1. William Berkeley - He was a British colonial governor of Virginia from 1642-52. He showed that he had favorites in his second term which led to the Bacon’s rebellion in 1676 ‚which he ruthlessly suppressed. He had poor frontier defense. 2. Nathaniel Bacon - was a colonist of the Virginia Colony‚ famous as the instigator of Bacon’s Rebellion of 1676‚ which collapsed when Bacon himself died from dysentery. 3. Cotton Mather – was a
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Austin Rinck Dr. Hwang Distribution Systems Ch. 12 HW 3/2/2015 12.1 Why is transportation important to a firm’s supply chain operations? Transportation is pivotal to the success of an operation of any supply chain because it carries the goods as they move along the supply chain. Transportation influences‚ or is influenced by‚ many logistics activities such as the fact that transportation costs are directly affected by the location of plants‚ warehouses‚ vendors‚ retail locations‚ and customers.
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Chapter 39 The Stalemated Seventies Sources of Stagnation 1. Sudden slump in productivity was attributed to the increasing presence in the work force of women and teenagers who had fewer skills than adult males and were less likely to take full time‚ long-term jobs-some blamed it on new machinery but no one knows for sure. 2. During Nixon’s presidency‚ Americans experienced the first serious inflation since the immediate post World War II years. Nixon “Vietnamese” the War 1. He could be brittle
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Patrick Henry has been known for his quote saying “Give me liberty‚ or Give me death”. He was significant because he persuaded the American people to stand up for themselves and urged the legislature to take military action. Alexander Hamilton was the leader of Federalists and the first Secretory of Treasury that established a federal bank. John Jay helped with the negotiation of the Treaty of Paris. He served in the Articles of Confederation. And he helped write the Federalist Papers. Later he
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