...Alex Skelton November 11, 2013 Period 3 APUSH FRQ#2 Andrew Jackson took office in 1829, becoming the seventh President of the United States. Jackson was known for his toughness and his aggressive behavior, which intimidated most people. Due to his strict interpretation of the Constitution, Jackson supported a small and limited federal government. Jackson’s frugal approach and his strict constructionalist views lead to many domestic issues in the country including the Indian Removal Act, the Nullification Crisis, and the 2nd National Bank of the United States. His positions on the issues lead people to question his ability to lead the country. The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830. The act authorized him to negotiate with the Native Americans in the Southern United States for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their homelands. In the 1820s Georgians began to demand that the United States extinguish the Indian title to lands within their state. While the federal government tried to create inducements to convince the Southeastern Indians to leave their homes, the discovery of gold in Georgia led to more aggressive demands for immediate removal. The election of Andrew Jackson to the presidency in 1828 encouraged Georgia and its land-hungry settlers. Jackson made his position clear in his first message to Congress. He told the Cherokees that they had no constitutional means to resist...
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...What was Marbury Vs Madison (1803) about ? Why was it significant ? Marbury v.Madison, 5 US 137 (1803), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution. The landmark decision helped define the boundary between the constitutionally separate executive and judicial branches of the American form of government. 8. What was the “administrative Trail of Tears”? Why does Davis say it was significant? The Trail of Tears was a series of forced removals of Native American nations from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States to an area west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as Native Territory. The forced relocations were carried out by various government authorities following...
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...As America entered the twentieth century, it was a nation transformed by immigration, industrialization, and urbanization. As the nation abandoned its agricultural past and embraced its factory-driven future, tremendous tensions gripped its society. These challenges led in part to the rise of the progressive movement, which sought to strengthen the American economy and political structure. The progressives were successful to a great extent in improving urban life and eliminating much of the political corruption which plagued the nation. An important area of reform was urban living conditions. Cities were constantly growing due to the increasing availability of jobs. This led to a need of lots of housing, quickly. It was built cheaply and most areas in the city turned into tenements and slums where crime went unpunished. Many families were crammed into the small buildings, most of which were unsanitary. Thus, disease quickly spread. However, the industrial revolution the nation experienced around the early 1900s led to improved city housing. This is because of the new technology that let richer people move farther out of the city and ride back in on the new automobiles and trolley systems. Since the wealthy moved out, a larger amount of poorer people could move in. Although there were no great reform movements due to the changing technology urbanization underwent a major reform. Another key area of reform was the Government reform. Laissez-faire capitalism overtook the nation...
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...Besides all the other growing issues from 1700-1800 in American History, there was one rising above all. The enslavement of the African people. While there was much debate about freedom, abolition, and all other things some African-Americans managed to find theirs. From 1775 to 1830 many African-Americans gained freedom by escaping to regions in which slavery wasn’t practiced or by purchasing it if granted while all at the same time the expansion of slavery greatly expanded in the American south. Free or enslaved, African-American were under constant oppression and were driven to take action towards the challenges they were faced with. While some looked to religion to escape these hardships, others looked to violence in which they believed was the ultimate solution. Freedom was the only means of escape, but even after that African-Americans were still targets. Freedom was often most acquired in the North. Document C shows a 1790 and 1830 map of the slave population in United States. While slavery was evidently decreasing in the North, it was rapidly expanding in the South. If slaves didn’t escape to the North however, they purchased their freedom. In Document F, Venture Smith was granted the permission to purchase his freedom an opportunity that was rarely given and although it took even more work in about 2 years he was able to pay it off. Document I goes on to show 2 African-American accounts of life after freedom in the city of Boston. The author(s) can still feel the...
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...Reading Guide Questions **Remember: Create a google doc for the answer to these questions! Name it: YourName__Unit2ReadingGuide 1. Describe colonial population growth. What were the most populous colonies? Colonies’ populations were constantly growing due to lots of immigration and people having lots and lots of babies (which was the primary reason). Pop Rank: Virginia Massachusetts Pennsylvania NC Maryland 2. What were the main non-English groups that settled in the colonies? Africans (20%), Scots-Irish (7%), Pennsylvania-Dutch (6%) 3. What sorts of contributions did the Scots-Irish bring? (see “Makers” section too) They were westward pioneers, and helped make trails for people to follow. 4. What was the Paxton Boys uprising? A group of Scots-Irish that attacked and killed many Indians because they weren’t being protected from Indian raids by their “gutless” royal government. It came in the aftermath of the French and Indian War. 5. How did social stratification emerge in the colonies? Impact of foreign conflicts? The rich plantation-owning aristocrats got most of the power. Then there were smaller farmers (middle class), landless whites, indentured servants, and then slaves. 6. What were contemporary opinions on careers in the clergy, physician, and law fields? Clergy = most honored and respected job, wield great amount of power Physician = not very highly esteemed. Practices were poor as well. (bleeding) Lawyers = Disliked at first, many criminals represented...
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...just outside of a small town on the edge of Virginia. As a young man, Jefferson left home to further his studies at William and Mary college. After a few years, he found what was to be his calling, law. Following Great Britain’s crack down on taxing the colonies, Thomas Jefferson was to become one of the stronger supporters of the American Revolution. In 1768, he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses. A few years later in 1775, Jefferson attended the second continental congress where a nation changing task was bestowed upon him. In June 1776, he was chosen to take part in a committee of 5, to write the declaration of Independence. Over the course of the next 17 days, he worked to produce one of the most influential documents in History. After this great achievement, he went home to his birth state of Virginia and laid low as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. In June of 1779, Jefferson was elected as the second governor of Virginia. At the peak of the American Revolution, He was sent into hiding after being forcibly removed from his home. It wasn’t until late 1783 that he came back into the public’s eye to lead the Virginia delegation to the Confederation Congress. Zin closing of his success after America gained its independence, he would become the 3rd President and the statesman responsible for the Louisiana Purchase. James Madison, also born in Virginia, became involved in the mission for independence shortly after joining the Virginia militia in 1775. As...
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...When I was first in the process of electing my classes for my senior year, I knew from the beginning that I wanted to take AP United States History. Although I knew this class would be very challenging and perhaps very difficult to adapt to, I was willing to take the challenge. I am aware that the expectations for this class are very high, therefore, I am willing to give in my dedication and desire to learn. During freshman year when I was taking World History, it was the spark to my interest in this particular subject. Throughout my middle school years, we did not actually learn about history as much as we do here in high school. I remember learning world history in seventh grade, however, it was not something I was quite interested in....
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...1. Describe the first settlements by the English and their purposes. The first English settlement was Jamestown, Virginia, and it was massacred by starvation. It was also full of mosquitoes carrying malaria and other parasite carrying diseases. With such a large amount of the population dying and the fact that women were not sent to the settlement until 1619 (12 years after its origin), moral was low. In 1616 the headright system was enforced, which gave 50 acres of land to everyone who pays his own way to Virginia, and another 50 for every person they bring along. Still the settlement was built upon indentured servitude, in which the company would pay the voyage for men who would then work for the company for 4-7 years. After the end of the 4-7 year contract, the men would receive their own land. In theory it was a good plan, but most men died before the end of their contracts. Mortality rates were so high because the main purpose of the settlement was to gain a profit for the company. the men spent the majority of their time digging for gold, searching for a northwest passage to Asia, and farming tobacco, and not enough time farming or hunting! the Virginia company was a joint stock company, so in order to raise money for colonization they sold shares of their company to willing investors. The Plymouth Company was also a joint stock company. The house of Burgesses was founded to govern the settlement of Virginia. It became a royal colony in 1624. In 1632, 10 million...
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...Unit 1 The Spanish, Portuguese and French all wanted to expand their trade routes so they could discover gold, new spice and different crops that they could bring back to their homelands, while introducing their crops to the new world. Which included crops such as sugar, cotton, wheat, and grapes. In addition to goods they were in search of, many Europeans were also looking for fish in the atlantic ocean that they could trade with native americans. They were all competitors trying to find more land to colonize, better trade routes and goods that they discover which they could bring back and sell in their markets. Sugar plantations were spreading and growing in the new areas that the europeans had found which added to the competition. Spreading sugar cultivation made the new colonies of Spain and Portugal became competitors to the sugar cultivation in the mediterranean. The Spanish sent Christopher columbus in search of India and he arrived in la Navidad and created a settlement. The Spanish also arrived in the Canaries and colonized the islands in 1402. They introduced sugar cultivation and expanded it. Enslaved the inhabitants of the Canary islands in 1489. Christopher columbus murdered enslaved and raped their woman when he arrived from his second voyage and found the settlement destroyed And introduced diseases. But they were in no competition with the portuguese who enslaved africans on the west coast. In 1592 he found hispaniola and began to expand their colonization. Christopher...
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...“I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.” (Patrick Henry.) America was formed from the ground up by colonists who thought they deserved freedom. Some people think that the colonists should’ve stayed loyal to England. The colonists were justified in wanting Independence with England for three reasons: failure to protest political freedoms, economic wellbeing, and safety of the colonists. Although the government was strong, there was failure to protect political freedom. For example, the colonists had no say in what decisions the government made. Which can also be known as taxation without representation. In addition, the writs of assistance violated the political freedoms of the colonists. It allowed officials to make searches without saying for what they were searching. Many colonists saw this as a violation of their rights. Furthermore, another violation of the political freedoms of colonists would be one of the laws in the Intolerable Acts. The law that cut out the power of the town meetings was a failure to protect freedoms. In conclusion, the government often failed to protect colonist’s freedoms. In addition to political freedoms, the economic well being was important as well. For example, the taxes were a big issue in the colonies. The stamp act, sugar act, and the tea act are all examples of taxes. The colonists were economically affected by it because they did not have enough money for their daily needs. Furthermore, the...
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...Prior to the arrival of European settlers, Native American tribes thrived and their settlements spanned the whole of North America. Various Native American cultures consisted of whole subunits of different tribes. When learning about different Indians, it’s clear that there are many similarities held throughout the cultures but there are definite differences. The Pueblo people of the Southwestern Indians and the tribes of the Mississippi Valley are wonderful examples of this fact as they were very similar in their hunter/gatherer and hunter/farmer lifestyles, but the styles and construction of their homes were vastly different. Both of the economic set-ups of the Pueblo people of the Southwest and the tribes of the Mississippi tribes were centered on agriculture and trade. The Pueblos were excellent farmers that grew a multitude of crops, such as corn, beans, and squash. Besides this, they also commonly engaged in trading with the Navajo and Comanche tribes. Corns and beans were a staple in the diets of Mississippi tribes, and trade between the Choctaws, a Mississippi Valley tribe, and other Southeastern tribes had long been established before Europeans ventured into their territory. The differences of the Pueblo and Mississippi tribes greatly outnumber the similarities. For starters, the living quarters of the tribes were different. Choctaw Indians resided in single-story wattle and daub houses constructed from a rivercane frame and then thatched with grass or shingled...
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...The period after the war of 1812 was labeled “The Era of Good Feeling” by historians. Some people believe that this is an accurate label of this time period, but others disagree. Due to the emergence of sectionalism- concern with local interests, and nationalism- patriotic feelings and self pride, people had mixed feelings about this time period. Many people felt that times were high, and that nationalism and sectionalism could only bolster the union, while others thought that it was sectionalism and nationalism that caused disunion. Some of the documents used in this essay support the claim that the period after 1812 was an era of good feelings. Other documents will oppose this claim with proof from their own perspectives. Document B discusses the wonders that the growth of nationalism has done for the Union. John Calhoun writes that before the war, the Republic was in a state of disunion. He then goes on to say that the republic should bind together to conquer space. (Doc B). The celebration of July 4th 1819 after the Republicans had won the Battle of New Orleans (Doc C) shows a great deal of nationalism and self pride. Thomas Jefferson wrote in a letter to John Randolph that he once considered sectionalism to be the death of the union, but it was a reprieve, not a final sentence. He says that a geographical line will never be obliterated, and that every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. (Doc F). These documents show how some people felt that this time period...
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...wire services, major new agencies providing those services, and the evolution of the service over its history. Wire services are necessary for the facilitation of news internationally. The methods of providing news from a wire service, or news agency, to other newspaper, periodical, radio, television, or other communication outlet has evolved throughout history. This paper explores the humble beginnings of wire services and highlights several of the major wire service providers, including Reuters, The Associated Press (AP), United Press International, Agence France Presse (AFP), and Bloomberg. The Evolution of Wire Services: Then and Now Wire services are integral components of international communication. Also referred to as a news agency, a wire service is an organization “that sends out syndicated news copy to subscribers by wire or by satellite transmission (Mish, 1997).” With origins dating back to the early 1850s (McPhail, 2010), wire services have not always conducted communication transfers with advanced technology like satellite transmissions. From telegraphy to teleprinters to radio, the process of getting news from a wire service to its dependent news and other providers has evolved substantially throughout the years. The conception and continued modernization of wire services can be attributed to various agency titans, including Reuters, The Associated Press (AP), United Press International, Agence France Presse (AFP), and Bloomberg. The tasks of a wire service...
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...AP US History, often referred to as 'APUSH' (A as in letter A and push as in push--literally), is the CollegeBoard's second most frequently taken AP class (first is AP English Language and Composition). I took this class during my sophomore year, and I got an A in the class and a 4 on the exam, if you were curious. I was very interested in succeeding in that class and I wanted to share some advice on what helped me, and what I wish I did. The AP US History course is divided up into nine units, and there are seven themes (identity, work exchange, and technology, peopling, politics and power, America in the World, environment and geography, and ideas, beliefs, cultures) that can be, and are applied to each unit. The class is to be identical...
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...graduated a year and a half ago from Dublin High School and am currently in my second year of community college. This is my second online course at DVC. I took introduction to administrative justice online over the summer and really enjoyed the experience. My academic strengths are in math and history because I have a really good memory. My weaknesses include chemistry and biology because the subject matters don't seem to interest me as much. My goals are to take as many math classes as I can to gain and understating of how the works functions in relation to all of the concepts I will learn. I have always loved history especially through high school. I took AP European History and AP US History and have really gained an understanding of what it takes to succeed in a college level class. In AP US History I gained a wide background as to what I need to look for when reading the text and how to filter out what is necessary and relevant. I feel like I have an above average understand on how to interpret information because I have taken two college level history courses already. I am taking this particular class because I need to fill in some units for my transfer at the end of this year and history is one of my favorite subjects. As of now, I have no questions regarding the course. I have looked over the syllabus and have ‘perused’ the Survival Manual. I feel like the most important thing about staying on top of online classes in general is time management and not procrastinating. ...
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