B. - White Plains Public Schools
... to end slavery, others to give women the vote or to give all Americans access to public education. Some sought to reform prisons, while others tried to reduce alcohol abuse. The issues of the era still shape the concerns of reformers today as they try to improve education, reduce ...
... to end slavery, others to give women the vote or to give all Americans access to public education. Some sought to reform prisons, while others tried to reduce alcohol abuse. The issues of the era still shape the concerns of reformers today as they try to improve education, reduce ...
The American Vision - Destiny High School
... • Despite opposition, Congress passed the KANSAS-NEBRASKA Act in May 1854. • By March 1856, Kansas had two governments, one opposed to slavery and the other supporting it. − “BLEEDING Kansas,” as newspapers dubbed the territory, had become the scene of a territorial civil war. − Kansas finally becam ...
... • Despite opposition, Congress passed the KANSAS-NEBRASKA Act in May 1854. • By March 1856, Kansas had two governments, one opposed to slavery and the other supporting it. − “BLEEDING Kansas,” as newspapers dubbed the territory, had become the scene of a territorial civil war. − Kansas finally becam ...
ARTICLES Confronting a “crisis in historical perspective”: Walter
... Gabriel Kolko was born in 1932 and Walter LaFeber in 1933. LaFeber was educated at Hanover College and Stanford University before earning his PhD in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1959. Kolko received his Harvard doctorate, also in History, three years later. After receiving the ...
... Gabriel Kolko was born in 1932 and Walter LaFeber in 1933. LaFeber was educated at Hanover College and Stanford University before earning his PhD in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1959. Kolko received his Harvard doctorate, also in History, three years later. After receiving the ...
Chapter 10 The Nation Divided (1846
... California’s admission to the union as a free state under the Compromise of 1850. Standard 8.9.5 Analyze the significance of the States’ Rights Doctrine, the Missouri Compromise (1820), the Wilmot Proviso (1846), the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), the Dred Scott v. Sandford deci ...
... California’s admission to the union as a free state under the Compromise of 1850. Standard 8.9.5 Analyze the significance of the States’ Rights Doctrine, the Missouri Compromise (1820), the Wilmot Proviso (1846), the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), the Dred Scott v. Sandford deci ...
Chapter 7: Growth and Division, 1816-1832
... Congress the power to create one. Marshall observed that the Constitution gave the federal government the power to collect taxes, to borrow money, to regulate commerce, and to raise armies and navies. He noted that the national bank helped the federal government exercise these powers. He concluded t ...
... Congress the power to create one. Marshall observed that the Constitution gave the federal government the power to collect taxes, to borrow money, to regulate commerce, and to raise armies and navies. He noted that the national bank helped the federal government exercise these powers. He concluded t ...
Western Historiography on the Origins of the Cold War
... into account the political climate of the 1950s. McNeill’s book was published in 1957, only 4 years after the Joseph McCarthy hearings and at a time when Americans were increasingly conservative in their views of the Soviet Union. Hertz’s book was not published until the mid-1960s, after the countr ...
... into account the political climate of the 1950s. McNeill’s book was published in 1957, only 4 years after the Joseph McCarthy hearings and at a time when Americans were increasingly conservative in their views of the Soviet Union. Hertz’s book was not published until the mid-1960s, after the countr ...
wl sixteen topics
... revealed weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation's ability to enforce laws. It also brought up the issue of slavery. -Shays's Rebellion was a revolt by Massachusetts colonists against high taxes imposed by a tyrannical government; it succeeded in part because there was no federal response to qua ...
... revealed weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation's ability to enforce laws. It also brought up the issue of slavery. -Shays's Rebellion was a revolt by Massachusetts colonists against high taxes imposed by a tyrannical government; it succeeded in part because there was no federal response to qua ...
Abolitionism
... Dominican priest Bartolomé de las Casas who was shocked at the treatment of natives in the New World, Spain enacted the first European law abolishing colonial slavery in 1542, although it was not to last (to 1545). In the 17th century, Quaker and evangelical religious groups condemned it as un-Chris ...
... Dominican priest Bartolomé de las Casas who was shocked at the treatment of natives in the New World, Spain enacted the first European law abolishing colonial slavery in 1542, although it was not to last (to 1545). In the 17th century, Quaker and evangelical religious groups condemned it as un-Chris ...
Chapter Summary
... The military aspect of the American Civil War lasted less than five years and ended in April 1865, but it would take another dozen years of Reconstruction to determine what the results of the war would be. The only questions clearly settled by the time of Appomattox were that the nation was indivisi ...
... The military aspect of the American Civil War lasted less than five years and ended in April 1865, but it would take another dozen years of Reconstruction to determine what the results of the war would be. The only questions clearly settled by the time of Appomattox were that the nation was indivisi ...
Pacing Guide (U.S. History 2016-2017)
... Evaluate the impact of new inventions and technologies of the late nineteenth century Identify and evaluate the influences on business and industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Identify labor and workforce issues of the late nineteenth century, including perspectives of owner ...
... Evaluate the impact of new inventions and technologies of the late nineteenth century Identify and evaluate the influences on business and industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Identify labor and workforce issues of the late nineteenth century, including perspectives of owner ...
Review of Nicole Eustace, 1812: War and the Passions of Patriotism
... maintain the “emotional ardor” of his troops. Hull was clearly a scapegoat and the court-martial a partisan show-trial designed to deflect criticism from failed Republican policies, she shows. Pitted against Hull in the proceedings was Colonel Lewis Cass. For Eustace this confrontation represents an ...
... maintain the “emotional ardor” of his troops. Hull was clearly a scapegoat and the court-martial a partisan show-trial designed to deflect criticism from failed Republican policies, she shows. Pitted against Hull in the proceedings was Colonel Lewis Cass. For Eustace this confrontation represents an ...
i. foundation of the american republic
... 4. Grouped and Thematic Questions A. Grouped Questions …………………………………………………………………121 B. Thematic Questions …………………………………………………………………124 ...
... 4. Grouped and Thematic Questions A. Grouped Questions …………………………………………………………………121 B. Thematic Questions …………………………………………………………………124 ...
States` Rights, Southern Hypocrisy, and the Crisis of the Union
... prohibited any state judge from hearing a case under the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793, or any sheriff or other official from arresting a fugitive slave.25 Any judge, sheriff, or other state or local official violating this law could be fined and imprisoned.26 Thus, while southerners had a right to rec ...
... prohibited any state judge from hearing a case under the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793, or any sheriff or other official from arresting a fugitive slave.25 Any judge, sheriff, or other state or local official violating this law could be fined and imprisoned.26 Thus, while southerners had a right to rec ...
Goal 1 - Pitt County Schools
... After 2 terms as president, Washington warns of divisions created by President political parties, says US should avoid foreign alliances and encourage Washington’s trade with all nations equally. Farewell Address Mainstay of U.S. foreign policy until World War I. During the President Napoleonic wars ...
... After 2 terms as president, Washington warns of divisions created by President political parties, says US should avoid foreign alliances and encourage Washington’s trade with all nations equally. Farewell Address Mainstay of U.S. foreign policy until World War I. During the President Napoleonic wars ...
09 History - Michigan Test for Teacher Certification
... This section includes a list of the test objectives, immediately followed by sample test questions and an answer key for the field covered by this study guide. Test Objectives As noted, the test objectives are broad, conceptual statements that reflect the knowledge, skills, and understanding an entr ...
... This section includes a list of the test objectives, immediately followed by sample test questions and an answer key for the field covered by this study guide. Test Objectives As noted, the test objectives are broad, conceptual statements that reflect the knowledge, skills, and understanding an entr ...
America in the World
... and intermarriage with American Indians to acquire furs and other products for export to Europe. Unlike their European competitors, the English eventually sought to establish colonies based on agriculture, sending relatively large numbers of men and women to acquire land and populate their settlemen ...
... and intermarriage with American Indians to acquire furs and other products for export to Europe. Unlike their European competitors, the English eventually sought to establish colonies based on agriculture, sending relatively large numbers of men and women to acquire land and populate their settlemen ...
Economics - Sinclair's US History II Resource
... The Presidency of Andrew Jackson • The Spoils System — Andrew Jackson was not the first President to reward his friends and supporters with government jobs. However, it was during his presidency that this patronage, known as the spoils system, became official. • Limited Government — Jackson believed ...
... The Presidency of Andrew Jackson • The Spoils System — Andrew Jackson was not the first President to reward his friends and supporters with government jobs. However, it was during his presidency that this patronage, known as the spoils system, became official. • Limited Government — Jackson believed ...
AHR Forum - Oxford Academic
... included not only England but the "offshore colonies" of the West Indies, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and Nova Scotia.7 John Murrin has described the parallels between the earlier constitutional struggles of seventeenth-century England and the American Revolution.8 T. H. Breen has argued that after 1765 A ...
... included not only England but the "offshore colonies" of the West Indies, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and Nova Scotia.7 John Murrin has described the parallels between the earlier constitutional struggles of seventeenth-century England and the American Revolution.8 T. H. Breen has argued that after 1765 A ...
Roger Ransom The Civil War in American Economic History -1
... The stunning economic success of a system relying on slave labor remained both an embarrassment and a puzzle for Americans who believed that slave labor was not only immoral, but also inefficient when compared to the labor of free men and women. Planters at the time insisted that they lost money pla ...
... The stunning economic success of a system relying on slave labor remained both an embarrassment and a puzzle for Americans who believed that slave labor was not only immoral, but also inefficient when compared to the labor of free men and women. Planters at the time insisted that they lost money pla ...
The Two Harriets, Heroines of the Civil War
... returned yet again to rescue her parents. It was not just her family she helped to become free. She wanted to help other slaves to escape. She returned to the South 19 times. The exact number of slaves that Tubman led to freedom is unknown; a 19th century biography stated that she rescued 300 slaves ...
... returned yet again to rescue her parents. It was not just her family she helped to become free. She wanted to help other slaves to escape. She returned to the South 19 times. The exact number of slaves that Tubman led to freedom is unknown; a 19th century biography stated that she rescued 300 slaves ...
Etymology - Carnival Sage
... Dominican priest Bartolomé de las Casas who was shocked at the treatment of natives in the new world, Spain enacted the first European law abolishing colonial slavery in the 16th century, although it was not to last. In the 17th century [citation needed] when Quaker and evangelical religious groups ...
... Dominican priest Bartolomé de las Casas who was shocked at the treatment of natives in the new world, Spain enacted the first European law abolishing colonial slavery in the 16th century, although it was not to last. In the 17th century [citation needed] when Quaker and evangelical religious groups ...
TE APUSH Study Guides
... The “lettered” information under “Significant Topics” provides “illustrative knowledge” that can be used as evidence to support the assertions you make regarding each topic. It is recommended that you print the time period you are studying on paper and write short descriptions of “lettered” items. Y ...
... The “lettered” information under “Significant Topics” provides “illustrative knowledge” that can be used as evidence to support the assertions you make regarding each topic. It is recommended that you print the time period you are studying on paper and write short descriptions of “lettered” items. Y ...
Standard VUS.6
... The new American republic prior to the Civil War experienced dramatic territorial expansion, immigration, economic growth, and industrialization. Americans, stirred by their hunger for land and the ideology of “Manifest Destiny,” flocked to new ...
... The new American republic prior to the Civil War experienced dramatic territorial expansion, immigration, economic growth, and industrialization. Americans, stirred by their hunger for land and the ideology of “Manifest Destiny,” flocked to new ...
I. Introduction - The University of Akron
... prohibited any state judge from hearing a case under the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793, or any sheriff or other official from arresting a fugitive slave.25 Any judge, sheriff, or other state or local official violating this law could be fined and imprisoned.26 Thus, while southerners had a right to rec ...
... prohibited any state judge from hearing a case under the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793, or any sheriff or other official from arresting a fugitive slave.25 Any judge, sheriff, or other state or local official violating this law could be fined and imprisoned.26 Thus, while southerners had a right to rec ...
Creating Republican Governments, 1776–1790
... especially the wives of elite republican statesmen, began to agitate for equality under the law between husbands and wives, and for the same educational opportunities as men. Some women hoped to overturn coverture. From her home in Braintree, Massachusetts, Abigail Adams (Figure 7.4) wrote to her hu ...
... especially the wives of elite republican statesmen, began to agitate for equality under the law between husbands and wives, and for the same educational opportunities as men. Some women hoped to overturn coverture. From her home in Braintree, Massachusetts, Abigail Adams (Figure 7.4) wrote to her hu ...