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Slavery in the United States

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Slavery

Southern United States

Regions of the United States

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African slave trade

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Small minority of southern whites owned slaves - 1860: 8m white population only 400k slaveholders (1/20th) + small proportion of already small number of slaveholders had a substantial number of slaves
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Immigration to the United States

Immigration

Melting pot

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Immigration Why Immigration Matters by Thomas Kessner It is difficult today to recapture the iconoclasm signaled by Oscar Handlin?s opening words to his Pulitzer Prize-winning The Uprooted more than fifty years ago: ?Once I thought to write a history of the immigrants in America. Then I discovered that the immigrants were American history.?

APUSH Brinkley Test Bank Ch. 16

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Indigenous peoples of North America

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Computing

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Native Americans in the United States

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Plains Indians

Great Plains

Native American cultures in the United States

Bison hunting

America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 17 The West: Exploiting an Empire 17.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) For the first two-thirds of the nineteenth century, Americans believed the land west of the Mississippi River to be A) uninhabitable. B) bountiful. C) part of Mexico. D) too heavily forested for farming. E) devoid of wildlife. Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 419 [Factual] 2) Beginning with Lewis and Clark, most nineteenth-century mapmakers referred to the Great Plains as A) the National Forest. B) the Wastelands. C) the Land of the Red Man. D) Mexican Territory. E) the Great American Desert. Answer: E Diff: 1 Page Ref: 419 [Factual] 3) Which of the following best describe the Plains tribes? A) sedentary and pacific

Sentence Structure

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Coffee preparation

Coffeemaker

Pizza

Sentence Structure Mattthew Gartner pd.1 #1 Snot erupted from my dad's nose. The soap jumped out of my hand. The sauce exploded out of the bottle. #2 The coffee maker brewed the coffee. The pizza slicer cut the pizza. The car designer made a new car. #3 How are cars made? Why do people ignore other people? Who makes good cars? #4 Loudly, the boy screamed. Softly, the girl sang. Peacefully, the baby slept. Joyfully, the girl laughed. #5 Above the cat was a large fan. By the dog was his water bowl. Past the big green field is a little brown house. #6 My computer, which is an Acer, is black. My homework, which is due Monday, is halfway done. My dog, whose name is Bruno, is a Great Dane. #7 Because my dad drives trucks, he owns a Dodge Ram.

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Sentence Structure Mattthew Gartner pd.1 #1 Snot erupted from my dad's nose. The soap jumped out of my hand. The sauce exploded out of the bottle. #2 The coffee maker brewed the coffee. The pizza slicer cut the pizza. The car designer made a new car. #3 How are cars made? Why do people ignore other people? Who makes good cars? #4 Loudly, the boy screamed. Softly, the girl sang. Peacefully, the baby slept. Joyfully, the girl laughed. #5 Above the cat was a large fan. By the dog was his water bowl. Past the big green field is a little brown house. #6 My computer, which is an Acer, is black. My homework, which is due Monday, is halfway done. My dog, whose name is Bruno, is a Great Dane. #7 Because my dad drives trucks, he owns a Dodge Ram.

US history : Ch.7

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US histroy : Ch 7 about ellis island and melting pot issue

Cultural assimilation

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Sec 1. 1. Ellis Island : (East coast mainly Europeans) One of the immigration inspection station in U.S New York Harbor. ~20% immigrants detained for a day to more before being inspected. Only 2% of those were denied entry. 1st) pass physical exam 2) government inspector check documents- required to prove never convicted a felony, able to work, proof of having some money. 2. Angel Island : (West Coast mainly Asians/ Chinese) One of the immigration inspection statin in U.S. San Francisco. Harsh questions and long detention in dirty building for waiting. 3. Melting Pot: a mixture of people of different culture and races who blended together by abandoning their native language and customs. USA=melting pot.

should immigrants be assimilated into american political culture?

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Should Immigrants Be Assimilated into American Political Culture? One of the greatest strengths of the United States historically has been its ability to absorb and assimilate, or integrate into the social body, the diverse people who enter its borders. Indeed, the United States has long been described as a ?melting pot? that collectively embraces immigrants and blends them into the one shared American culture based on the principles of equality, individual rights, and government by consent. However, according to authors such as Samuel Huntington, a new wave of immigrants coming from Mexico and Latin America is less likely to assimilate into American political culture. a This has resulted in the creation of linguistic and cultural enclaves, or communities within the

should immigrants be assimilated into american political culture?

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Should Immigrants Be Assimilated into American Political Culture? One of the greatest strengths of the United States historically has been its ability to absorb and assimilate, or integrate into the social body, the diverse people who enter its borders. Indeed, the United States has long been described as a ?melting pot? that collectively embraces immigrants and blends them into the one shared American culture based on the principles of equality, individual rights, and government by consent. However, according to authors such as Samuel Huntington, a new wave of immigrants coming from Mexico and Latin America is less likely to assimilate into American political culture. a This has resulted in the creation of linguistic and cultural enclaves, or communities within the

APUSH Test 1 Review

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Native Americans in the United States

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Sid Meier's Colonization

Civilization IV: Colonization

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APUSH QUARTER 1 TEST Impact of European colonization on Natives: disease and agricultural products introduced by Europeans changed ecosystem. New crops became life blood. Settlement altered population pattern with loss of Native Americans. Dutch Settlement: 1609 Henry Hudson discovered/named Hudson River. Unable to attract large # of settlers successful in fur trading, bloody conflicts with NA tribes limiting success of colonies. French Colonies: 1608 Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec few came bc of undesirable climate. Desired to convert NA. Trapping/ fur trading, Louis Joilet & Jacques Marquette reached Miss River, Wisconsin and Arkansas. Robert La Salle; Louisiana. John Winthrop: 1629 elected governor of Mass Bay Colony, held for 20 years ?city upon a hill?

APUSH CH 14 STUDY GUIDE

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Southern United States