When told by Solomon that Maine could become the first state to approve gay marriage by a vote of the people, Baldacci says: “Right. While that may in fact happen, it isn't because it was designed to happen that way.” ...I have yet to meet a "gay" guy that didn't go both ways..Or a woman who doesn't have some sob story about a man that did her wrong... But maine needs money in the state since everyone with a real brain is leaving.. This is good poltical way to do it. ... Looks like Obamy, his queer brigade and every other idiot in Washington is going to win. Then when they win, everyone will be a rainbow flying fruit basket and the USA flag will become a queer rainbow one. ...NORTHPORT, Maine - Converting ocean winds into electricity could be a boon for the state but many obstacles need to be resolved before it can become a reality. That was the message former Gov. Angus King delivered Wednesday to more than ...Stand For Marriage Maine has forced children all across Maine to become aware of the existence of same-sex couples and the possibility of same-sex marriage. Millions of children in Maine, who would have otherwise not ever known that gay ... down the throats of our children this concept of Same Sex Marriage--something that would surely never come up in school, as all discussions about marriage are rigidly scripted by lawmakers with only the language of the state law. ...Washington is an all mail-in ballot state, and we need to ensure our supporters put their ballots in the mail. Also, youth turnout is a critical component of our campaign, and youth turnout historically drops in off-year elections. ... ( even though voting No actually supports continued discrimination of GLBT residents), transphobic door hangers and fliers, and now radio ads that falsely suggest that criminal behavior will become legal when this simply isn't true. ...On Tuesday, Maine will become the first state where voters ultimately decide the fate of a gay-marriage law passed by state lawmakers. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa and Vermont now issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, ...Next Tuesday important votes on LGBT equality will take place in Maine, Washington state and Kalamazoo, Michigan. I'm cross-posting (with permission) information from the Courage Campaign on how people can get involved in the final days of ... (even though voting No actually supports continued discrimination of GLBT residents), transphobic door hangers and fliers, and now radio ads that falsely suggest that criminal behavior will become legal when this simply isn't true. ...In an analysis made available late Tuesday, the PUC staff said CMP has overstated and accelerated the need for its Maine Power Reliability Program, in part by using forecasts for growth in electricity use that have become outdated ... It's also unclear, he said, that upgraded lines south of Portland are needed in the next decade to carry wind power out of state. If much of that power is generated at night, when demand is lower, the existing grid might do the job, he said. ...Paul Madore of the Maine Grassroots Coalition held a State House Hall of Flags press conference today to talk about what he believes is a "radical homosexual agenda" behind the No on 1 campaign. Madore urged people to vote "yes" on Question 1 on Tuesday, which asks voters if they want to .... When did the desire for. Submitted by Benj Amin on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 15:39. When did the desire for equality become the hallmark of radicalism? Login or register to post comments ...“Although most consumers have become aware of phishing scams, the calls and e-mails can seem entirely legitimate,” LaFountain commented. “This activity can catch any of us off-guard and before we know it, personal information has been shared. We should remind ourselves ... Consumers can reach the Bureau through the Department's website (www.maine.gov/pfr); by calling 1-800-965-5235 or writing Bureau of Financial Institutions, 36 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333. ...
ok, so im really bad in history and i need help with this test i have, no im not cheating and yes i did study but im not sure with my answers i put down. help me?
Time Remaining:
1. Which president's views on the power of the federal government changed when he saw an opportunity to authorize the Louisiana Purchase?
(Points: 3)
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
George Washington
James Madison
2. What land acquisition doubled the size of the country and provided control of the Mississippi River?
(Points: 3)
Wisconsin Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
Florida Territory
Northwest Territory
3. Which president favored laws restricting the rights of immigrants?
(Points: 3)
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
James Madison
4. What laws did the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions oppose?
(Points: 3)
Judiciary Acts of 1789 and 1792
Ordinances of 1785 and 1787
Alien and Sedition Acts
12th and 13th Amendments to the Constitution
5. Who developed a plan to address federal financial problems?
(Points: 3)
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
6. What was one outcome of the constitutional debate surrounding Hamilton's financial plan?
(Points: 3)
An amendment was passed and ratified to describe the duties of the U.S. Treasury.
Hamilton lost his chance to become president.
The Federalist and Democratic-Republican Parties were formed and grew.
The roles of both the Senate and House of Representatives were strengthened.
7. Which of the following was a key point of George Washington's Farewell Address?
(Points: 3)
the need for national unity
the strength of agriculture
the need for strong leadership
the need for military strength
8. Which statement describes the views of the Democratic-Republican Party?
(Points: 3)
There should be a strong federal government.
Ordinary citizens cannot be trusted with political power.
Powers not expressly given to the federal government belong to the states.
The Supreme Court should have jurisdiction over the legislative branch.
9. What is another name for the first 10 amendments to the Constitution guaranteeing individual freedoms? (Points: 3)
Bill of Rights
Declaration of Individual Rights
American Rights and Duties
Citizen Responsibilities and Privileges
10. Who won the election of 1800 decided in the House of Representatives? (Points: 3)
John Adams did not want to accept the presidency.
There was a tie in the Electoral College.
Aaron Burr won the election, but he died soon after.
One of the candidates withdrew before the election.
11. What does the highlighted portion of this map illustrate?
(Points: 3)
Louisiana Purchase
Missouri Compromise
Native American Cession
Northwest Ordinance
12. Which war are these events related to?
(Points: 3)
American Revolution
French-Indian War
War with the Barbary Pirates
War of 1812
13. What describes the period following the War of 1812? (Points: 3)
a period of agricultural expansion and manufacturing slowdown
an era of nationalism and economic growth
a time of political turmoil and Native American unrest
a period of foreign alliances and naval growth
14. The United States changed in the period following the War of 1812. Which group best describes some of those changes?
(Points: 3)
Group A
Group B
15. Which Supreme Court decision is not correctly matched with its ruling?
(Points: 3)
Marbury v. Madison: determined the power of the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of laws
McCulloch v. Maryland: ruled that states could tax the federal government
Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward: prevented states from interfering with corporate charters
Gibbons v. Ogden: established the right of the federal government to regulate interstate commerce
16. What were provisions of the Missouri Compromise in addition to admitting Missouri as a slave state?
(Points: 3)
Missouri and Maine agreed to exchange slaves in order to promote economic bonds between the two new states.
Maine was also admitted as a slave state and votes would be taken as new territories became states.
Missouri agreed to prohibit slavery after 25 years of statehood, and then slavery would be allowed in half of the remaining Louisiana territory.
Maine was admitted as a free state and slavery was prohibited
Why or why not?
I want actual intelligent input ... I'm not trying to say this to be "cute" or start an argument. I've just noticed that when people discover I'm from South Carolina and that I'm conservative, they assume I'm racist, homophobic, and super religious. The truth is - I don't believe in god. I believe in something. But I am not firm enough in my belief to say its one almighty super being. Also, before I became informed politically, I would have voted for Obama just because it'd be cool as hell to have a black president. (Guess that makes me a little reverse racist... hahaha.) And most of my best friends have been gay... I'd almost rather surround myself with gay people than straight people. I am one of few conservatives though who'd gladly support gay marriage. (Of course, I'm most in favor of letting each state decide what is best for that state. I hate "big government" control over so many areas of our lives. Let the local areas dictate policies so that its better suited to the region. People in Arizona might desire a different lifestyle than those in Maine. What's wrong with laws and policies reflecting those differences?)
It's just irritating to have this label as racist when it seems like liberals play people's racial differences off of each other a lot more to try to persuade public opinion their way.
Mystere - I'm not saying that if I voted for Obama, I'd be a racist. I'm also not saying that only black people or racist people vote for Obama. I was calling myself a reverse racist because I might have voted for him JUST BECAUSE he was black. Even if it is a positive outcome for him, it's still racist because I'm still looking at skin color and not his character and achievements. Racism isn't always negative. I've caught myself being nicer to a black person before JUST BECAUSE they're black because I'm hyper sensitive to being thought of (by both myself and others) as a racist.
And sorry that my question is a huge over-generalization. I didn't know how to ask it in any other way. I don't think that all black people think southern people are racist. I don't think all of any one group are any one certain way.
I have another year of highschool left, and I am looking to get a degree in criminal justice. I was wondering how easy or hard it would be to become a prison warden. How much money do they make in the state of wyoming or maine? What are some other jobs that would be exciting job that I could get with a criminal justice degree. I want to go into these jobs because I have always found them fascinating and I will actually look forward to go to work everyday!
The Death Penalty, you hear the word and instantly your mind starts wondering about it. The Death Penalty is know as the worst punishment, or charge, to get. The punishment is Death. The death penalty is very rare, but since the 1980’s, it has became more and more common and more than 1000 people have been executed. The question you might first think about is… How do they kill them? The most common method is the lethal injection. A chemical that is released into your body that will instantly kill you. There are some other rarer methods known as hanging, electrocution, gas chambers, and a firing squad.
Many people go against the Death Penalty, this is for many reasons. One of the reasons is that it breaks the rule of the 8th amendment of the Constitution of No Cruel or Unusual Punishment. The Death Penalty can be thought to fit in with this and can not. It is Killing a person, but some people think they deserve it. Another reason people disagree with the Death Penalty is that killing a person is killing a person. They Say no matter what the person did, they are still a person and that doesn’t give you a right to kill them. But there have been about 18,000 murders in the US a year, and some people think that there needs to be more executions.
What I think? I think the Death Penalty is one of the things that I am really disappointed about. Im just a boy, but I know lots of stuff about this topic. So I do not and will never support the Death Penalty. My first reason why is that it is killing a person. Sure they are Mass Murderers but still 2 wrongs don’t mean a right so that doesn’t mean we have to kill them because the government killing them is basically the government murdering them.
People say that it cost to much money to keep inmates in prison for life, actually that’s not correct. Studies show it cost more to execute someone. Is the lethal Injection really painless. First of all, they aren’t 100% sure what it feels like because they can not test it. But studies show that people can go through an extreme amount of pain during the procedure. It usually depends on the person. You see there are three main parts in the lethal injection. There’s the anesthetic like material that is said to make you feel nothing, there’s the poison like material that kills you. And finally there’s the material that doesn’t make you move at all. Science says that over 10% of the Lethal injections the US has done the inmates where most likely going through an extreme amount of pain but didn’t even feel anything. It happens in sugary sometimes, it looks like there asleep but there fully awake feeling everything.
Here are some facts I made from researching…
••In the United States, about 13,000 people have been legally executed since colonial times.
••By the 1930's up to 150 people were executed yearly. 2 Lack of public support for capital punishment and various legal challenges reduced the execution rate to near zero by 1967. The U.S. Supreme Court banned the practice in 1972.
••In 1976, the Supreme Court authorized its resumption. 3 Each state could then decide whether or not to have the death penalty. As of the 2002-OCT, only the District of Columbia and 12 states do not have the death penalty. The states which have abolished executions are typically northern: Alaska, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin. However, seven jurisdictions have the death penalty but have not performed any executions since 1976. They are also mostly northern: Connecticut, Kansas, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, South Dakota and the U.S. military.
••The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that whenever a sentencing jury has the ability to impose capital punishment, the jury must be informed in advance if the defendant would be eligible for parole.
••Almost all states have an automatic review of each conviction by their highest appellate court.
••There are a number of federal offenses that can lead to the death penalty. About 21 prisoners are housed in death row at the federal Terre Haute, IN facility. One was executed in 2001. This was the first federal execution in 36 years.
••Texas holds the record for the largest number of executions since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Virginia has executed a larger percentage of its population than any other state over 1 million in population.
••As of 2002-JAN-1: From 1976, when executions were resumed, until 2002-JUL-1, there have been 784 executions in the US. About 30 to 60 prisoners are currently killed annually, most by lethal injection. About two out of three executions (65.6%) are conducted in five states: Texas, Virginia, Missouri, Florida and Oklahoma. Texas leads the other states in number of killings (256 killings; 34% of the national total). There were about 3,690 prisoners sentenced to death in 37 state death rows, and 31 being held by the U
When the Mind Plays Tricks
(A Salutory Tale..with a sting)
T'was on all Hallows e'en
In sleepy Bedford Falls
Frank had worked the graveyard shift
Now he heard Poolroom calls.
He short-cut through the churchyard
The moon was behind a cloud
Soon he thought he heard voices
But dared not look around.
He felt the touch of icy fingers
Soft against his cheek
Something tugging at his coat
Hands clutching at his feet.
Heard howls of fiendish laughter
Which filled his heart with dread.
He closed his eyes in terror
And frantically he fled.
He tumbled into an open grave
Newly-dug, full six feet down
He lay in a catatonic state
Falling leaves became his shroud.
Frank disappeared from off the earth
A puzzle no-one could explain
Though, each Halloween tales were told
In that sleepy town in Maine.
........................................................................
Grave excavators in future times
(Careful each skeleton to save)
Will solve the age old mystery
Finding two bodies in one grave.
The puzzle will finally be settled
But... there'll be no one left to tell
At least no one who is still interested.
They'll have also heard Death's bell.
______________________________
Alternative ending
Each year around Halloween
If folk care to stick around
Ghostly cries of Frank are heard
(A ghastly bone-chilling sound)
Some folk say it's natural
It's just the wind through the trees
But, others swear it IS Frank.
They can hear his desp'rate pleas
(The funeral which followed
After his fall into the grave
Did not crush wretch-ed Frankie
So, at least his life was saved)
But if future excavators do their job
Professionally and with no slips
They'll find one body in a grave
That is lacking finger-tips.
woooooooooooo
Loyd - Fallen leaves became his shroud (see he was hidden from view)
1. What temporary land mass linking Siberia and Alaska is thought to have allowed hunter-gatherers to migrate from Asia to North America?
(Points: 3)
Sibaskan Peninsula
Siberian Connection
Nomadia
Beringia
2. Why is the information available to archaeologists about early Native American cultures very limited?
(Points: 3)
Archaeologists did not recognize the benefits of learning about native cultures until most of the available information had been lost.
Native Americans had no written languages so information could not be located
The nomadic tribes burned all documents and selected artifacts before they moved to new locations, so no information was available.
A pandemic of European diseases destroyed Native American cultures before information could be gathered.
6. What mountain range extends from British Columbia to New Mexico?
(Points: 3)
Sierra Nevada
Rocky Mountains
Ozarks
White Mountains
7. What river flows from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico and drains almost half of the United States in the process?
(Points: 3)
Colorado River
Mississippi River
Hudson River
Ohio River
9. What did Captain John Smith require of colonists at Jamestown?
(Points: 3)
They provide the Native Americans with tobacco.
They work in order to eat.
They return to England regularly to maintain their sense of culture.
They adopt Native American methods of cultivation.
10. What was the main reason that Jamestown was founded?
(Points: 3)
for religious freedom
to gain wealth
as a base for access to the Chesapeake Bay
to bring honor and glory to the king
11. How did the Mayflower Compact affect the settlement of the Plymouth colony?
(Points: 3)
It defined colonists' separation from King James I.
It established a colonial government that was free of English domination.
It spelled out the religious beliefs of the colonists.
It served as a basis for passing laws for the good of the colony.
12. "Thousands of English Puritans arrived in Massachusetts Bay as they fled persecution in England." Which term is associated with this event?
(Points: 3)
the Age of Voyaging
the Enlightenment
the Great Migration
the Great Pilgrimage
13. What was a major difference between the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Rhode Island?
(Points: 3)
Anne Hutchinson served as the first woman colonial leader in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Squanto provided Massachusetts Bay with corn, but refused to do so in Rhode Island.
Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, believed in religious toleration.
There was virtually no difference between the two colonies, since both were founded by Puritans.
14. Which colony was founded by Catholic proprietors on land given to Cecilius Calvert in recognition of Catholic support for King Charles I? (Points: 3)
Delaware
New Jersey
North Carolina
Maryland
15. How did the colony of New Amsterdam become New York?
(Points: 3)
The British king decided to rename the colony after his wife's family.
When the English captured the territory from the Dutch the king gave it to his brother, the Duke of York.
The Dutch and British agreed on the change as part of a treaty.
The Dutch traded the rights in exchange for trade agreements in India.
16. Which colony was founded as a haven for a religious group known as the Quakers?
(Points: 3)
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Vermont
Maine
17. What was the Middle Passage?
(Points: 3)
the transition from African to British slave traders who then transported the slaves to America
an agreement that allowed British ships to operate legally
an understanding that southern plantation owners could purchase slaves on a trial basis and then return those who proved inadequate
the second leg of a triangular trip from Africa known for its inhumane conditions
18. Why did slavery replace indentured servitude in the colonies as time went on?
(Points: 3)
The work required on plantations could only be done by slaves.
Slaves were more intelligent and could be easily trained to undertake plantation jobs.
Plantation owners were able to convert slaves to Christianity.
Indentured servants left plantations at the end of their servitude.
19. What did John Locke believe?
(Points: 3)
The survival of the fittest would lead to government by the most able.
Humans were superior to animals.
Natural law required governments to pro
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Ok before I start I would like to say that I know 14 is pretty young to be thinking about becoming a WWE Diva, and I've posted a question like this one before, and people were not very nice about it. :D
What can I do to get started in wrestling?
What can I do to get in shape for becoming a WWE Diva.
I live in Maine, and I'm not sure what Maine has for wrestling training. Does anyone know what places I can check out either in Maine or Mass.
Please add what state your from
I meet all the criteria and would like to do it also I have three states I would like to go to Maine, Maryland, or Delaware what are my chances of getting to recruit in one of those states.
For much of the last forty years, ever since America "fixed" its race
problem in the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts, we white people have been impatient with African Americans who continued to blame race for their difficulties. Often we have heard whites ask, "When are African Americans finally going to get over it? Now I want to ask:
"When are we White Americans going to get over our ridiculous obsession with skin color? Recent reports that "Election Spurs Hundreds' of Race Threats, Crimes" should frighten and infuriate every one of us. Having grown up in "Bombingham," Alabama in the 1960s, I remember overhearing an avalanche of comments about what many white classmates and their parents wanted to do to John and Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King.
Eventually, as you may recall, in all three cases, someone decided to do more than "talk the talk."
Since our recent presidential election, to our eternal shame we are once again hearing the same reprehensible talk I remember from my boyhood.
We white people have controlled political life in the disunited colonies
and United States for some 400 years on this continent. Conservative whites have been in power 28 of the last 40 years. Even during the eight Clinton years, conservatives in Congress blocked most of his agenda and pulled him to the right. Yet never in that period did I read any headlines suggesting that anyone was calling for the assassinations of presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, or either of the
Bushes. Criticize them, yes. Call for their impeachment, perhaps. But there were no bounties on their heads. And even when someone did try to kill Ronald Reagan, the perpetrator was non-political mental case who wanted merely to impress Jody Foster. But elect a liberal who happens to be Black and we're back in the sixties again. At this point in our history, we should be proud that we've proven what conservatives are always saying -- that in America anything is possible, EVEN electing a black man as president. But instead we now hear that school children from Maine to California are talking about wanting to "assassinate Obama." Fighting the urge to throw up, I can only ask, "How long?" How long before we white people realize we can't make our nation, much less the whole world, look like us? How long until we white people can - once and for all - get over this
hell-conceived preoccupation with skin color? How long until we white people get over the demonic conviction that white skin makes us superior? How long before we white people get over our bitter resentments about being demoted to the status of equality with non-whites? How long before we get over our expectations that we should be at the head of the line merely because of our white skin? How long until we white people end our silence and call out our peers when they share the latest racist jokes in the privacy of our white-only conversations?
I believe in free speech, but how long until we white people start making racist loudmouths as socially uncomfortable as we do flag burners? How long until we white people will stop insisting that blacks exercise personal responsibility, build strong families, educate themselves enough to edit the Harvard Law Review, and work hard enough to become President of the United States, only to threaten to assassinate them when they do? How long before we start "living out the true meaning" of our creeds, both civil and religious, that all men and women are created equal and that "red and yellow, black and white" all are precious in God's sight?
Until this past November 4, I didn't believe this country would ever elect an African American to the presidency. I still don't believe I'll live long enough to see us white people get over our racism problem.
But here's my three-point plan:
First, everyday that Barack Obama lives in the White House that Black Slaves Built, I'm going to pray that God (and the Secret Service) will protect him and his family from us white people.
Second, I'm going to report to the FBI any white person I overhear
saying, in seriousness or in jest, anything of a threatening nature about President Obama.
Third, I'm going to pray to live long enough to see America surprise the
world once again, when
i'm a junior in high school, and a pretty decent clarinetist. I'm thinking about going to college to become a performer. Where are the best colleges? I'm thinking about going out of state, which is in Maine for me.
What are the requirements to become licensed as an adjuster in the state of Maine? Does one need to be already employeed by an insurance agency as I believe is the case for other insurance licenses?
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press Writer Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, Associated Press Writer – Sat Aug 22, 9:45 am ET
WASHINGTON – One of the most widely accepted arguments against a government medical plan for the middle class is that it would quash competition — just what private insurers seem to be doing themselves in many parts of the U.S.
Several studies show that in lots of places, one or two companies dominate the market. Critics say monopolistic conditions drive up premiums paid by employers and individuals.
For Democrats, the answer is a public plan that would compete with private insurers. Republicans see that as a government power grab. President Barack Obama looks to be trapped in the middle of an argument that could sink his effort to overhaul the health care system.
Even lawmakers opposed to a government plan have problems with the growing clout of the big private companies.
"There is a serious problem with the lack of competition among insurers," said Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, one of the highest-cost states. "The impact on the consumer is significant."
Wellpoint Inc. accounted for 71 percent of the Maine market, while runner-up Aetna had a 12 percent share, according to a 2008 report by the American Medical Association.
Proponents of a government plan say it could restore a competitive balance and lead to lower costs. For one thing, it wouldn't have to turn a profit.
A study by the Urban Institute public policy center estimated that a public plan could save taxpayers from $224 billion to $400 billion over 10 years by lowering the cost of proposed subsidies for the uninsured, while preserving private coverage for most people.
"Right now, there's no incentive for insurers or big hospital groups to negotiate with each other, because they can pass higher payments on through premiums," said economist Linda Blumberg, co-author of the report. "A public plan would have the leverage to set lower payment rates and get providers to participate at those rates."
"The private plans would come back to the providers and say, 'If you don't negotiate with me, you're going to be left with only the public plan.'" Blumberg continued. "Suddenly, you have a very strong economic incentive for them to negotiate."
Insurers contend their industry is extremely competitive, and a public plan is unnecessary. About 1,300 carriers operate across the country, although many only have a small share of the market in their states.
"You can have a very competitive market and still have companies with a high market share," said Alissa Fox, a top Washington lobbyist for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.
Fox points to the federal employee health program, which also covers members of Congress. It offers a total of more than 260 options and 10 nationwide plans. Despite all the choices, about 60 percent of federal workers pick a Blue Cross plan.
"Insurers need to be of a significant size to best serve their customers and make sure that people get the best value," Fox said.
Nonetheless, lawmakers are concerned. Big insurers are getting bigger. Small businesses in particular have fewer and fewer options for getting coverage.
Congressional investigators this year looked at insurers catering to small employers around the country. The Government Accountability Office found that the median _or midpoint — market share of largest carrier increased to 47 percent in 2008 from 33 percent in 2002.
There's widespread recognition among lawmakers that a health care overhaul should foster more competition among insurers. The debate is over how far to go.
The basic framework lawmakers are looking at would encourage competition, even without a government plan. It calls for setting up a big insurance purchasing pool called an exchange. It would be open, at least initially, to individuals and small businesses. The government would offer subsidies to make premiums more affordable.
Consumers would find it much easier to shop for a plan through the exchange. For one thing, they would be able to readily compare benefits and premiums in different plans. Also, participating insurers would have to take all applicants and not charge higher premiums to those in poor health.
Offering the option of a public plan would supercharge the competition, supporters say.
Blumberg envisions a plan that pays medical providers more than Medicare, but less than private insurance. Her study estimated it could grow to 47 million members, leaving 161 million with private insurance. Even so, that would make the new public plan one of the largest insurers in the country, rivaling Medicare, Medicaid and big private companies such as Wellpoint and UnitedHealthcare.
It's a scenario that gives pause even to traditional adversaries of the insurance companies.
"The fear and concern is that the public plan could become the market-dominant plan," said Dr. James Rohack, president of the America
Hey all,
How old do you have to be to become an EMT in Maine? I know there is a course and then a state exam, but how old do you have to be to take the EMT course and also be hired as an EMT? By the by, I am 16.
Thanks all!
I'm reading another book called "How the States Got their shapes" by Mark Stein. I have to answer a few questions and i need help
1. How did European settlement determine the shape of the colonies (including Maine and Vermont)?
2. How did colonial settlement by the Dutch and then the English influence the eventual shape of New Jersey?
3. What influenced the borders of Texas, California, and Missouri? Where they the different or same influences than the influences of the original 13 colonies?
4. How did our territorial disputes with Great Britain after we became a nation influence the northern border we currently share with Canada?
5. How many states are served by the Mississippi River? HOw did the river help these states develop and grow their populations?
thank you so much for the people who answer! 10 points for the best :D
Well I told you what book I'm reading. But I don't understand how to write about the European settlements. Frankly I don't get the book at all. But I somewhat know how to write about the Canadian border one and the mississippi river one too. I just need help on the other ones :D
A)admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state
B)the northern part of Massachusetts became Maine and was admitted as a free state
C)created a balance in the Union of 12 free states and 12 slave states
D)prohibited any future slave states
First of all what do you think of Kelista Brielle? (Pronounced like Calista) and the nickname Kelly. Friend wants to name her kid this if it is for a girl, although she might do Calista with nickname Callie though. If it is a boy Noah Jacob, what do you think of those names?
Now the game!
You meet a man at a bar and end up marrying him a year later.
1.) His name
2.) Where and how long is your honeymoon?
You have been happily married for 3 years and you are now 24. You both love to travel so in those three years you have traveled to 14 countries. Then you find out you are pregnant! With twins! 2 girls. Their names have to be similar but the nicknames MUST be different and UNmatchy (so names like Annalise and Annemarie, but nicknames Lise and Marie) and their middle names MUST be virtue names (Grace, Hope, Faith etc)
3.) Girl number 1
4.) Girl number 2
Your girls and now 3, and you want a son. you get pregnant and have another girl. Her name must be unisex and the middle name must have the suffix -elle or -ella.
5.) Girl number 3
Your girls are now 6 and 3. You still want a son. You become pregnant fairly quick again, with twins again! 1 girl and 1 boy. Their names must have the same amount of total letters (so in the first and middle names they must add up to the same number)
6.) Girl number 4
7.) Boy number 1
Your kids are now all grown up and are ages 32, 32, 29, 26, and 26. Twice a year you, your husband, your kids and their spouses along with the spouses mom and dads and your grandkids all go on a vacation together, each to a different state. So far you have gone to 20 states together as a family.
8.) 20 states you have been to together
Your first grandchild! You are 55 years old. It is a girl. It is the daughter of your first child. She must have your first childs initials. what is her name?
9.) Grandchilds name
You are 72 years old, and you die.
10.)How do you die?
My answers:
1.) Bryan James "Bryan"
2.) All over Europe, 2 weeks
3.) Brooklyn Grace "Brooke"
4.) Kaitlyn Trinity "Katy"
5.) Jordan Brielle "Jordan"
6.) Colton James (11 letters) "Colton"
7.) Kelista Hope (11 letters) "Keli"
8.) Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusettes, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, Virginia, Maryland, Florida, Georgia, Montana, California
9.) Bailey Georgia
10.) In my sleep
Hope you had fun!
What was the main provision of the Fugitive Slave Law?
Slaves were made free if they made it to the north.
The Underground Railroad was legalized.
The south could not pursue escaped slaves.
Aiding runaway slaves became a crime.
POINT VALUE: 5 points
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What is an abolitionist?
a runaway slave
a person who wanted slavery outlawed
a slave-owner who treated his slaves fairly
a person who uses violence to advance their cause
POINT VALUE: 5 points
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act:
ensured that the number of free and slave states would remain equal
repealed the Missouri Compromise and authorized the residents of both territories to determine the status of slavery
temporarily suspended the Missouri Compromise until the Kansas territory could determine the status of slavery
created the slave territory of Nebraska and the free state of Kansas
POINT VALUE: 5 points
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The Dredd Scott decision:
declared that Congress could not prohibit slavery from a territory
struck down the Kansas-Nebraska Act
stated that a slave was property and could never be a citizen
allowed slavery in every state in the Union
POINT VALUE: 5 points
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A direct result of the three-fifths compromise was:
the political power of the South was greatly increased since they were apportioned more representatives.
northerners paid more taxes than southerners.
three-fifths of the population in the South was allowed to own slaves.
the states undervalued their property so that they could decrease their taxes.
POINT VALUE: 5 points
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The Missouri Compromise did all of the following EXCEPT:
admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state
the northern part of Massachusetts became Maine and was admitted as a free state
created a balance in the Union of 12 free states and 12 slave states
prohibited any future slave states
POINT VALUE: 5 points
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What is a tariff?
a slave
a slave-owner
a person who opposed slavery
a tax
POINT VALUE: 5 points
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All of the following were results of the Compromise of 1850 EXCEPT:
California was admitted to the United States as a slave state.
Texas would relinquish lands in dispute in return for 10 million dollars.
The territories of Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah would be organized without mention of slavery (the inhabitants were to decide this later when they applied for statehood).
The slave-trade would be abolished in Washington, D.C., but slavery would still be permitted.
POINT VALUE: 5 points
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All of the following were consequences of John Brown's raid EXCEPT:
Northerners saw John Brown as a martyr who fought for his cause.
Fears in the South were increased because of their large slave populations.
Slaves began to revolt in large numbers,
Brown was executed for his revolt.
POINT VALUE: 5 points
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When the southern states declared their independence from the United States, they called their newly organized group
The Southern States of America
The Confederate States of America
A New America
The Supreme States of America
POINT VALUE: 5 points
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What do you think was the major issue that led to the Civil War? Explain your answer.
ALL of the following stimulated the development of western European expansion and exploration in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries EXCEPT:
1) the missionary impulse in which the cross accompanied the sword
2) the rise of nation states
Between 1765 and 1775, the most effective weapon the colonists used in their disputes with Great Britain over taxes was:
1) the use of economic boycotts which caused British merchants to demand repeal of the taxes
2) intimidation of royal officials so they refused to carry out the British laws
3) the use of colonial agents in London who argued their case before members of Parliament
4) propaganda to win the sympathy and support of all colonial social and economic groups
5) the power of the press to clearly convey their arguments to the people and to sway public opinion
Which of the following are correctly associated with Andrew Jackson? (there could be more than one)
1) favored the removal of Indian tribes to lands west of the Mississippi
2) exercised the presidential veto power
3) supported the right of nullification
4) supported the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States
5) supported "rotation in office" which became known as the "spoils system"
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 included ALL of the following provisions EXCEPT:
1) Missouri would be admitted as a slave state even though it was north of the 36 degrees 30 minutes line
2) With Massachusetts' permission, Maine would be admitted as a separate free state
3) The entire Louisiana Territory should be open to slavery with the provision of popular sovereignty.
4) Slavery would be prohibited in the Louisiana Territory north of 36 degrees 30 minutes with the exception of Missouri
5) The balance of eleven each free and slave states would be maintained in the Senate
The Reconstruction Plans of both President Andrew Johnson and of Congress required the former Confederate states to:
1) show proof that at least ten percent of the voting population favored rejoining the Union
2) ratify the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
3) draft new state constitutions
4) prohibit the continued use of Black Codes
5) pay slave owners for the economic loss of their former slaves
please i need to answer these then do a report about the questions and the answers, like an overwiew but i need help with these. I did my homework but these I don't know and I really can't find. Please help me!
IMHO, people who are ignorant about handling money and financial matters are the most likely to file bankruptcy (there are always exceptions such as financial hardships, emergencies, etc. But I'm just saying the preceding comment as a generality). People who are more aware and better educated about handling money are obviously more likely to not become bankrupt.
14 states were in the red category. Among these were: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, and of course Utah. Six of these states have among the lowest rates of high school and college graduates in the nation, but Utah is an odd exception. Even though Utah has high education standards, I did find another demographic that Utah has in common with the other states. The majority of the population of Utah are part of an organization that has some of the most archaic moral standards in the nation. Utah consistently lags behind the rest of the country on racial equality and sex issues. I think the only reason Utah allowed women to vote so early was so the Mormons could get a larger bloc of votes to pass laws in its favor, etc. Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, and Tennessee are other states that have displayed the same type of archaic views of morality and bigotry.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, such states as Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Iowa, Vermont, and New Hampshire were all included in the group of 11 states with the fewest bankruptcy filings. These states are also consistently among the most progressive in the nation in terms of moral issues. Some of these states have among the highest percentages of college graduates. And, these six states I mentioned are also the only six states in the nation, thus far, to pass laws in favor of same-sex marriage.
Most of the states with the greatest population, and most diverse population base were in the middle rankings: California, New York, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Illinois included.
This is evidence to me that there is a deep connection between ignorance, bigotry, and moral standards. The states that generally have a greater percentage of people of higher intelligence and education, are the states that handle money better and are more accepting of diverse moral ideals. The states with people of lower intelligence and education, are those states which are more likely to handle money poorly, and be more bigotted and intolerant of diverse views.
Hi. I have 200 questions to study for the test. Can anybody help me answer this 85 questions.
Here they are
1. Describe four events that transpire at the Democratic and Republican national conventions.
2. Differentiate super-delegates from elected delegates and describe the impact of super-delegates in the 2008 Democratic primary.
3. Differentiate open primaries, closed primaries, and Caucuses.
4. Describe the Democratic "Texas Two-Step" and which candidate won each part in the 2008 Democratic primary.
5. Describe why many states raced to move up their primary or caucus and describe the fiasco in the Democratic Party over the Michigan and Florida primaries.
6. Differentiate the "winner-take-all" Electoral College system used by 48 states, the Congressional District Electoral College system used by Maine and Nebraska, and the proportional Electoral College system proposed (but rejected) by Colorado voters in the 2004 election.
7. Describe the differing impact of the national popular vote and the state popular votes on the Electoral College vote.
8. List and briefly describe two criticisms of the Electoral College + one current argument for keeping the Electoral College.
9. In our current system, describe what happens when no Presidential candidate gets 270+ Electoral votes.
10. Describe how Electoral College affects campaign strategy in the general election (i.e. the three-step plan for winning the EC vote).
11. Describe three strategies for winning swing states.
12. List four key swing states that Obama carried in the 2008 election that George Bush carried in 2004.
13. Describe three reasons why Obama won the 2008 election.
14. Describe four reasons why the American system of selecting Presidents is undemocratic.
15. Describe how the Supreme Court ruled in Bush v. Gore on each of the three Republican arguments.
16. Differentiate the positions of Classical Liberals v. Classical Democrats with respect to Campaign Finance Reform.
17. Define and discuss the significance of the Iron Triangle.
18. Give three differences between a campaign contribution and a bribe.
19. Differentiate "hard money" and "soft money."
20. Describe the debate over whether or not a Presidential candidate should take FEC money during the general election and describe the decision that Obama and McCain have made on this issue.
21. Briefly discuss one argument for & one argument against public financing of all federal elections.
22. Briefly discuss one argument for & one argument against free TV time for Presidential candidates.
23. Describe the basic provisions of McCain-Feingold and the arguments for/against it.
24. Define and discuss the significance of 527's and give an example of a Republican and a Democratic 527.
List and briefly describe three roles of the Modern President.
Define and discuss the significance of the "rally around the flag/president" phenomenon.
Describe how the court ruled and discuss the significance of Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer.
Describe how the court ruled and discuss the significance of the Prize Cases.
Describe how the court ruled and discuss the significance of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld.
Describe how the court ruled and discuss the significance of Boumediene vs. Bush
Describe three ways that President's make policy.
Describe three ways in which President Bush attempted to expand the executive power of the Presidency.
Compare and contrast the veto powers of the US President and the Texas Governor - defining each type of veto.
Describe the Basic Provisions of the War Powers Act of 1973 and briefly describe how the President has circumvented the act.
Differentiate the President's control over fiscal and monetary policy.
Discuss three source of power for the Texas Lieutenant Governor
Describe (or diagram) how a bill becomes a law.
Describe five ways in which a bill may be killed.
Define pork and earmarks and discuss their significance.
List three major differences between the Texas Legislature and the US Congress OTHER than size or term in office.
List and briefly discuss four roles of US Congress.
Briefly describe what happened 2000-2006 in the Texas Redistricting Fiasco.
Define and discuss the significance of reapportionment and redistricting.
Describe three basic differences between the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate relating to procedure or responsibilities.
Define and discuss the significance of filibusters and cloture and describe the current Democratic situation in acquiring a "filibuster proof" Senate.
Discuss how membership on the House Rules Committee or the Senate Appropriations Committee translates into power for the members of those committees.
Give the names of the current US Speaker of the House, House Majority Leader, House Minority Leader, Majority & Minority Leaders of the US Senate.
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I am using a friends account. Okay, I am 20 going on 21 in August and I have been dating this 26 year old for 2 years almost and we hit it off very well.
We met at a store and he was talking to me and usually I don't talk to guys that try to hit on me,but we were talking about something intellectual and I was drawn . We exchanged phone numbers emails all that and we continued to talk to eachother and date. I have his myspace page and I left a comment on it and his cousin who lives all the way in Maine(we are in the south)started saying stuff like who is that little girl etc..and I added her and started talking to her about Sickle cell beacuse she has it and I have the trait and then we became friends or w/e. She always tries to break me and him up,she says hes lame or what not because he still lives with his mom and he has no job. He had one but he lost it when he moved back to the south and as for his house,he let it go because why would you need a house when you don't live in that state anymore?He's been looking for a job and I have been helping him,we're working on buying a house together and he really loves me and treats me like his queen,wait, we are actually engaged.
She said if I'm going to date an older guy,he should at least have money or what not..but i'm not materialistic and we are working on it..I love him and I want to help him build himself up because we both will be built up then..am I really wrong for loving him..?oh and she also says that he's lame and stuff..and he said she's that way because everyone in her family is married or has someone but her..and that makes sense because she has an attitude and other stuff..and she's 24 but she acts 16..and she has two children and lives with their grandparents and has no job or car..so yea..
don't have to read it, just tell me if it's long enough for an author's biography! it has to be double-spaced for my project.
Mildred D. Taylor
Mildred Taylor is an African American author. She was born in on September 13, 1943 in Jackson, Mississippi. Mildred focuses her work on the struggles of the African American families in the Deep South. She then moved to the North do to the violence that had occurred in the Jackson area around September, 1943. Her father chose to move to Toledo because he had a large network of friends and relatives there. Even after their move, the Taylor family took car trips to the South, and Mildred’s experience of the environment provided the settings of her stories/books. In the South that the Taylors visited, segregation was a tangible reality. However, for Mildred, the racism of the South is also a place for family and community. The family theme is very important in Taylor’s books. Stories about her family (uncles, aunts, and great-grandparents), as told by her father. Taylor calls these stories "a different history from the one I learned in school" and credits her father's storytelling with her decision to become a writer. When the family moved into a newly integrated Toledo neighborhood, ten-year-old Mildred was the only black child in her class at school and realized that her actions might be judged as representative of her race. She was shocked by the "lackluster" histories of African-Americans which she found in her history textbooks. When she shared her stories with her class, the students and the teacher thought she was inventing stories. Despite the fact that she lived in the North, when a black student was chosen as the homecoming queen at Taylor's school during her freshman year (1957) many white students reacted with anger and even violence, reminding Taylor that racism was far from dead. Taylor attended college at the University of Toledo and spent most of her free time writing, something she found difficult, but at which she was determined to succeed. After college, Taylor applied for and was selected to join the Peace Corps in Ethiopia. Her father was both proud of his daughter and worried about her being so far away for so long. After graduating with a degree in education from the University of Toledo, Taylor accepted the Peace Corps assignment and taught history in Ethiopia. Upon returning to the United States in 1967, Taylor worked as a Peace Corps recruiter from 1967-1968 and as a Peace Corps instructor in Maine in 1968. In the fall of 1968, Taylor matriculated at the University of Colorado's Graduate School of Journalism. There, during the era of Black Power, she joined the Black Student Alliance and was instrumental in the creation of a black studies program at the university. After receiving her Master of Journalism, Taylor worked for the Black Education Program as a study skills director. During her involvement with the BSA, Taylor studied black culture, black history, and black politics. She was approached by Life magazine to write an article about the BSA, but the magazine disagreed with Taylor's portrayal of the organization and never published the article. Disappointed, Taylor returned briefly to Ethiopia. Taylor moved to Los Angeles after returning to the United States and worked at a number of temporary jobs. She refused a job at CBS as she grew more and more interested in writing. In August 1972, she married Errol Zea-Daly. The two divorced in 1975 and have one daughter. Taylor's first big break came when she won a contest sponsored by the Council on Interracial Books for Children. Her winning piece, Song of the Trees (1975), was a revision of an old manuscript based on a family story about trees cut down by money-hungry white men. Taylor had originally planned to tell the story from the point of view of her grandmother, but found it to be more successful when told from the perspective of eight-year-old Cassie Logan. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, was Taylor's second book about the Logan family. Published in 1976, it won the Newbery Award, which recognizes excellence in books written for children. The book was dedicated to Taylor's father, who the characters of Stacey and David were based on. A television miniseries adaptation starring Morgan Freeman aired on ABC TV in 1978. Another Logan family book, Let the Circle Be Unbroken (1981), continues the story of the family's struggle during the Great Depression. The fourth Logan family book, The Road to Memphis (1990), revisits Cassie as a high school senior attending school in Jackson, Mississippi. Both books met with critical acclaim. A related book, Mississippi Bridge (1990), is narrated by Jeremy Simms, a white character from Taylor's earlier books about the Logans. Taylor's latest Logan book, The Well: David's Story (1995) depicts ten-year-old David Logan (Cassie's father). Taylor wrote two other books, The Friendship and The Gold Cadillac, both publi
My husband and I currently live in Florida, hes just became a cop here. We are both from up north, Im from Canada- hes from NY and we both miss 4 seasons... snow in winter, ect. We want to move north of Florida because "hes sick of FL"... But we want to stay on the east coast.. Anywhere from Georgia up to Maine I guess, any suggestions on nice good places to live? He misses NY-long island but its very expensive there...
Somewhere nice where we can buy a home someday & raise a family.. but close to a city.. & I like the beach/water
With reasonable rent prices.. (here in FL we pay $850 for a beautiful 2bed2bath lakeview apartment) not sure how expensive it is north of FL
i will copy and paste page per page because i couldnt attach the attachment i am doing for my s.s project on microsoft powerpoint.
1 PAGE
CIVIL WAR
the civil war started over "states rights" The Federal government was trying to enact controls over things that the southern states thought were their own business. They quit the Union and started their own nation, the Confederate States of America. The Union fought to get them back into the one nation.
2 PAGE
SLAVERY
Slavery was legal in the southern states and in some northern states. After the Battle of Antietam in 1862, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves in SOUTHERN states, but not northern states. After the civil slavery ended in all states with the 13th Amendment. The legal end to slavery in the nation came in December 1865 when the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified, it declared neither slavery, except as a punishment for crime where of the party have been convicted, exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
3 PAGE
CONFEDERACY
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas were the seven deep south cotton states seceded by Fevyart 1861. These seven states formed the Confederate States of America in February 4, 1861 with Jefferson Davis as president, and a governmental structure closely modeled on the United States Constitution. The attack on Fort Sumter, President Lincoln called or a volunteer army from each state, in two months, four more Southern slave states declared their secession and joined the Confederacy. The northwestern portion of Virginia seceed from Virginia, joining the Union as the new state of West Virginia On Jun 20, 1863. The end of 1861, Missouri and Kentucky were divided and each of them had pro-Southern and pro-Northern government.
4 PAGE
UNION STATES
California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, India, Lowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin were the twenty three states that remained loyal to the Union. During the war, Nevada and West Virginia joined as new states of the Union. Tennessee and Louisiana were returned to Union military control early in the war. The territories of Colorado, Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington fought on the Union side. Several slave-holding Native American tribes supported the Confederacy, giving the Indian territory which is now, Oklahoma, a small bloody civil war
5 PAGE
THE WAR BEGINS
Lincoln's victory in the presidential election of 1860 triggered South Carolina's declaration of secession from the Union. By February 1861, six more Southern states made similar declarations. On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as President. In his inaugural address, he argued that the Constitution was a more perfect union than the earlier Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, that it was a binding contract, and called any secession "legally void”. The South sent delegations to Washington and offered to pay for the federal properties and enter into a peace treaty with the United States. Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, Fort Monroe, Fort Pickens and Fort Taylor were the remaining Union forts in the Confederacy, and Lincoln was determined to hold Fort Sumter. Four states in the upper South Tennessee, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Virginia, which had repeatedly rejected Confederate overtures, now refused to send forces against their neighbors, declared their secession, and joined the Confederacy. To reward Virginia, the Confederate capital was moved to Richmond. The city was the symbol of the Confederacy. Richmond was in a highly vulnerable location at the end of a tortuous Confederate supply line. Although Richmond was heavily fortified, supplies for the city would be reduced by Sherman's capture of Atlanta and cut off almost entirely when Grant besieged Petersburg and its railroads that supplied the Southern capital.
6 PAGE
BACKGROUND RESEARCH
Slavery at the beginning of the war some Union commanders thought they were supposed to return escaped slaves to their masters. In 1862 when it became clear that this would be a long war, the question of what to do about slavery became more general. The Southern economy and military effort depended on slave labor. It began to seem unreasonable to protect slavery while blockading Southern commerce and destroying Southern production. As one Congressman put it, the slaves cannot be neutral. As laborers, if not as soldiers, they will be allies of the rebels, or of the Union. The same Congressman and his fellow Radical Republicans put pressure on Lincoln to rapidly emancipate the slaves, whereas moderate Republicans came to accept gradual, compensated emancipation and colonization. The border states and War Demo
i will copy and paste page per page because i couldnt attach the attachment i am doing for my s.s project on microsoft powerpoint.
1 PAGE
CIVIL WAR
the civil war started over "states rights" The Federal government was trying to enact controls over things that the southern states thought were their own business. They quit the Union and started their own nation, the Confederate States of America. The Union fought to get them back into the one nation.
2 PAGE
SLAVERY
Slavery was legal in the southern states and in some northern states. After the Battle of Antietam in 1862, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves in SOUTHERN states, but not northern states. After the civil slavery ended in all states with the 13th Amendment. The legal end to slavery in the nation came in December 1865 when the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified, it declared neither slavery, except as a punishment for crime where of the party have been convicted, exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
3 PAGE
CONFEDERACY
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas were the seven deep south cotton states seceded by Fevyart 1861. These seven states formed the Confederate States of America in February 4, 1861 with Jefferson Davis as president, and a governmental structure closely modeled on the United States Constitution. The attack on Fort Sumter, President Lincoln called or a volunteer army from each state, in two months, four more Southern slave states declared their secession and joined the Confederacy. The northwestern portion of Virginia seceed from Virginia, joining the Union as the new state of West Virginia On Jun 20, 1863. The end of 1861, Missouri and Kentucky were divided and each of them had pro-Southern and pro-Northern government.
4 PAGE
UNION STATES
California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, India, Lowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin were the twenty three states that remained loyal to the Union. During the war, Nevada and West Virginia joined as new states of the Union. Tennessee and Louisiana were returned to Union military control early in the war. The territories of Colorado, Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington fought on the Union side. Several slave-holding Native American tribes supported the Confederacy, giving the Indian territory which is now, Oklahoma, a small bloody civil war
5 PAGE
THE WAR BEGINS
Lincoln's victory in the presidential election of 1860 triggered South Carolina's declaration of secession from the Union. By February 1861, six more Southern states made similar declarations. On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as President. In his inaugural address, he argued that the Constitution was a more perfect union than the earlier Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, that it was a binding contract, and called any secession "legally void”. The South sent delegations to Washington and offered to pay for the federal properties and enter into a peace treaty with the United States. Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, Fort Monroe, Fort Pickens and Fort Taylor were the remaining Union forts in the Confederacy, and Lincoln was determined to hold Fort Sumter. Four states in the upper South Tennessee, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Virginia, which had repeatedly rejected Confederate overtures, now refused to send forces against their neighbors, declared their secession, and joined the Confederacy. To reward Virginia, the Confederate capital was moved to Richmond. The city was the symbol of the Confederacy. Richmond was in a highly vulnerable location at the end of a tortuous Confederate supply line. Although Richmond was heavily fortified, supplies for the city would be reduced by Sherman's capture of Atlanta and cut off almost entirely when Grant besieged Petersburg and its railroads that supplied the Southern capital.
6 PAGE
BACKGROUND RESEARCH
Slavery at the beginning of the war some Union commanders thought they were supposed to return escaped slaves to their masters. In 1862 when it became clear that this would be a long war, the question of what to do about slavery became more general. The Southern economy and military effort depended on slave labor. It began to seem unreasonable to protect slavery while blockading Southern commerce and destroying Southern production. As one Congressman put it, the slaves cannot be neutral. As laborers, if not as soldiers, they will be allies of the rebels, or of the Union. The same Congressman and his fellow Radical Republicans put pressure on Lincoln to rapidly emancipate the slaves, whereas moderate Republicans came to accept gradual, compensated emancipation and colonization. The border states and War D...
i will copy and paste page per page because i couldnt attach the attachment i am doing for my s.s project on microsoft powerpoint.
1 PAGE
CIVIL WAR
the civil war started over "states rights" The Federal government was trying to enact controls over things that the southern states thought were their own business. They quit the Union and started their own nation, the Confederate States of America. The Union fought to get them back into the one nation.
2 PAGE
SLAVERY
Slavery was legal in the southern states and in some northern states. After the Battle of Antietam in 1862, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves in SOUTHERN states, but not northern states. After the civil slavery ended in all states with the 13th Amendment. The legal end to slavery in the nation came in December 1865 when the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified, it declared neither slavery, except as a punishment for crime where of the party have been convicted, exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
3 PAGE
CONFEDERACY
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas were the seven deep south cotton states seceded by Fevyart 1861. These seven states formed the Confederate States of America in February 4, 1861 with Jefferson Davis as president, and a governmental structure closely modeled on the United States Constitution. The attack on Fort Sumter, President Lincoln called or a volunteer army from each state, in two months, four more Southern slave states declared their secession and joined the Confederacy. The northwestern portion of Virginia seceed from Virginia, joining the Union as the new state of West Virginia On Jun 20, 1863. The end of 1861, Missouri and Kentucky were divided and each of them had pro-Southern and pro-Northern government.
4 PAGE
UNION STATES
California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, India, Lowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin were the twenty three states that remained loyal to the Union. During the war, Nevada and West Virginia joined as new states of the Union. Tennessee and Louisiana were returned to Union military control early in the war. The territories of Colorado, Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington fought on the Union side. Several slave-holding Native American tribes supported the Confederacy, giving the Indian territory which is now, Oklahoma, a small bloody civil war
5 PAGE
THE WAR BEGINS
Lincoln's victory in the presidential election of 1860 triggered South Carolina's declaration of secession from the Union. By February 1861, six more Southern states made similar declarations. On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as President. In his inaugural address, he argued that the Constitution was a more perfect union than the earlier Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, that it was a binding contract, and called any secession "legally void”. The South sent delegations to Washington and offered to pay for the federal properties and enter into a peace treaty with the United States. Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, Fort Monroe, Fort Pickens and Fort Taylor were the remaining Union forts in the Confederacy, and Lincoln was determined to hold Fort Sumter. Four states in the upper South Tennessee, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Virginia, which had repeatedly rejected Confederate overtures, now refused to send forces against their neighbors, declared their secession, and joined the Confederacy. To reward Virginia, the Confederate capital was moved to Richmond. The city was the symbol of the Confederacy. Richmond was in a highly vulnerable location at the end of a tortuous Confederate supply line. Although Richmond was heavily fortified, supplies for the city would be reduced by Sherman's capture of Atlanta and cut off almost entirely when Grant besieged Petersburg and its railroads that supplied the Southern capital.
6 PAGE
BACKGROUND RESEARCH
Slavery at the beginning of the war some Union commanders thought they were supposed to return escaped slaves to their masters. In 1862 when it became clear that this would be a long war, the question of what to do about slavery became more general. The Southern economy and military effort depended on slave labor. It began to seem unreasonable to protect slavery while blockading Southern commerce and destroying Southern production. As one Congressman put it, the slaves cannot be neutral. As laborers, if not as soldiers, they will be allies of the rebels, or of the Union. The same Congressman and his fellow Radical Republicans put pressure on Lincoln to rapidly emancipate the slaves, whereas moderate Republicans came to accept gradual, compensated emancipation and colonization. The border states and War D
16. What was one of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony's goals?
(Points: 5)
Gain immediate women's suffrage.
Allow men to advocate for women's suffrage.
Achieve voting rights in selected states.
Gain voting rights in exchange for restricting some employment opportunities for women.
17. Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
(Points: 5)
19th
18th
17th
16th
18. What was one argument against nineteenth-century American imperialism?
(Points: 5)
Traditional American principles traditionally opposed colonization.
Social Darwinism meant that America would be superior without imperialism.
America had sufficient sources of raw materials so there was no need for imperialism.
The U.S. Army was too small to be effective overseas.
19. The explosion on the USS Maine and yellow journalism contributed to the U.S. decision to go to war against Spain in 1898. What was another factor?
(Points: 5)
preventing Spain from attacking the United States
a treaty agreement with England
protecting U.S. investments in Cuba
stopping Cuba from nationalizing U.S. businesses
20. What was one provision of the treaty that ended the Spanish-American War?
(Points: 5)
The island of Hispaniola became a U.S. territory.
Spain agreed to pay reparations to the United States.
The Philippines became a U.S. territory.
Panama gave permission for the United States to build a canal there.
21. What was one of Woodrow Wilson's foreign policy goals?
(Points: 5)
to establish undisputed borders so wars would be less likely
to restore an isolationist philosophy to U.S. foreign policy
to gain additional territory through purchases and land agreements in southeast Asia
to have the nations of the world form an association
22. What was one effect of unrestricted German submarine attacks on shipping in World War I?
(Points: 5)
British and French supplies never reached their troops.
The United States led the Berlin Airlift.
The German navy became the most powerful naval force in the world.
The United States entered the war.
23. How did policies of isolationism and neutrality influence U.S. participation in World War I?
(Points: 5)
The United States missed communications that helped provide effective defense strategies.
The United States considered joining Germany in World War I.
The United States entered the war much later than other nations.
The United States entered the war much earlier than most other nations.
24. What was one effect of U.S. participation in World War I on civilians?
(Points: 5)
Jobs became available for women and minorities as men were drafted to serve in the military.
Food shortages contributed to an increase in vitamin deficiencies and malnutrition.
As the size of the military increased, civilians could not provide sufficient supplies.
Children had to enter the workforce because there was a labor shortage.
25. What was the purpose of the Espionage and Sedition Acts that were passed during World War I?
(Points: 5)
to prevent spies from gaining information about U.S. submarines
to eliminate communists from the United States
to protect civil liberties
to reduce debate and dissent over U.S. participation in the war
26. Which was not one of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points?
(Points: 5)
open diplomacy
reparations for France and England
freedom of the seas
an end to economic barriers between countries
27. What was the major reason the U.S. Senate did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles?
(Points: 5)
They believed that Germany was obligated to pay too much in reparations.
They thought the League of Nations could supersede U.S. authority.
They wanted the League of Nations to have more power than the treaty provided.
They thought that the German government should be run by a coalition of other nations.
28. Which is an accurate description of the 1920s?
(Points: 5)
as an era of restraint
as the "depression decade"
as a period of chaos
as an "age of prosperity"
29. Which grew significantly during the 1920s?
(Points: 5)
the influence of the automobile
the impact of television
the frequency of air travel
the popularity of the telegraph
30. What 1920s movement renewed African American culture in art, music, literature, drama, and dance?
(Points: 5)
the Harlem Renaissance
the Broadway Revival
the Ellington Explosion
the Armstrong Genesis
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16- B
17- A
18- B
19 - D
20- C
21- A
22- C
23- B
24- A
25- A
26- B
27- D
28- have no idea
29- C
30- C
those are what i think they are but im really not sure please please help thanks
Maine became the sixth state today to legalize gay marriage. Notice though that the other states that have approved it are not exactly popular states (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Vermont and Iowa). Are these states legalizing gay marriage to be supportive or to bring in extra money to their states that they'd normally never see? I see it as business move, not a supportive one.
The holy bible clearly state that Alaska, Maine, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana and Washington stats belongs to the Canadians.
But you can also easily interpret from the bible that Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho and Oregon states belongs to the Canadians.
Historic Canadian scrolls also indicates that Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada and California states belongs to the Canadians.
Tomorrow afternoon the UN will grant those states to the Canadians. All Americans residents in those states are to be relocated in “temporary” refugee camps in the remaining of the US. If the US or any other country attack Canada, they will be considered anti-Canadian terrorist and rightfully be subject to indiscriminate napalm bombing, cluster bombs, air raid, economic sanction, humanitarian aid sanctions and possibly nuclear attacks.
Every month, the Canadian/US borders will be redrawn to take into account Canada’s natural population growth.
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If that was to happen, would you become a terrorist or what would you do?
I'm thrilled that states are beginning to recognize the rights of gay people, but it feels as though since Obama became President many states have begun passing legislation recognizing same-sex marriage.
A few examples:
Maine
Massachusets
Iowa
Conneticut
Vermont
Washington D.C. (not a state, but still counted)
Is there any rhyme or reason why this movement has picked up so much steam? Is it because there is a Democrat in the White House?
Governor Baldacci signed a bill that legalizes gay marriage in my native state of Maine. How things have changed since I last lived there.
However, regardless of if you are for or against gay marriage, it is obviously an issue that society has to contend with. Should homosexuals be allowed to marry?
So my question is this: Who should have the authority to decide if gay marriage is legal or not? Which of the following best describes your opinion on the issue?
(a) the Supreme Court of the State - which is how gay marriage became legal in Massachusetts.
(b) the Legislative and Executive branches of the State - which is how Maine approved gay marriage.
(c) the vote of the people in some sort of referendum - which is how California denied gay marriage.
(d) Some other authority.
(e) It shouldn't be considered. It is wrong.
Congratulations to Maine on becoming the 5th state to legalize gay marriage and we continue our fight for equal rights to the other 45!
As Maine has now become the fifth state to legalize same sex marriage (go Maine!), the religious and right wing zealots are complaining they object (for one reason) because they do not want same sex marriage "taught" in schools. Can someone explain what it means to "teach" marriage in school? I have attended school from kindergarten through college and was never "taught" heterosexual marriage. Just looking for clarification - thanks.
The Civil War was a period of time from 1861-1865 when The United States of America werent that united. Differences between the North and South led eleven Southern states to succeed from the Union and start their own nation, The Confederate States of America.
In 1818 Missouri became a state. The settlers from Missouri wanted it to be a slave state. The Congressmen from the North did not want another slave state. That same year Maine also asked to be admitted to the Union.
In 1820 an agreement called the Missouri Compromise was reached. The compromise allowed Missouri to come into the Union as a slave state and Maine would be a free state.
Congress drew an imaginary line across the middle of the United States running from the east coast to the Pacific Ocean. This imaginary line separated the states into free and slave states. Any new state entering the Union that was south of the line would be a slave state. Any state north of the line would enter the Union as a free state.
In 1793, when Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, cotton became very profitable and the
southern economy turned into a one crop economy. Plantations depended on cheap labor to make a profit and therefore the amount of slave labor increased. The northern economy on the other hand though, was based more on industry than agriculture. These two economies were extremely different and would eventually cause a huge argument.
With the agricultural southern economy and the industrial northern economy the ways of life were different. The North was more of a city life and attracted a lot more people than the South. The South depended on slavery to thrive and make a profit. Slavery actually helped produce about a third of the regions wealth, made up little over half of the labor force, and was a deep part of the social structure. While the South wished to maintain and even expand slavery into the new Western territory the North saw no need for the oppression of African Americans and ultimately wanted to abolish the practice of slavery. If slavery were illegal then the southern economy would fail but wouldnt affect the Northern regions at all. The South couldnt understand the Norths viewpoint and the North couldnt understand the Souths viewpoint because of their different life styles and economies and therefore they couldnt compromise on the issue.
Not only were the economies different, but peoples opinions about states rights versus federal rights differed. Southern states believed that the US Constitution ignored the rights of states to continue to act independently and they didnt like the idea of not having the right to decide if they were willing to accept certain federal acts. Northern states though argued that the federal government should have more control over the states.
Maine became a state in 1820 and, Missouri became a state in 1821. When Missouri asked to join as a slave state, a crisis erupted. The admission of Missouri would upset the balance of power in the senate.
In 1850 California asked to be admitted to the Union. The Missouri Compromise had cut California in half. Congressmen argued over whether California should enter the war as a free or slave state.Henry Clay, the man who worked out the Missouri Compromise, came out of retirement to try to work out another compromise. The new agreement was called the Compromise of 1850. In this compromise Northern California entered the Union as a free state. The Compromise of 1850 added some new laws. Buying and selling slaves in Washington, D.C. was outlawed. The people living in Washington, D.C. could still own slaves, but could not buy or sell new ones. In the South the land received from Mexico was broken up into two states, New Mexico and Utah. In these states the settlers could decide for themselves whether they wanted slavery or not.
The Fugitive Slave law of 1850, required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves. People who let runaway slaves escape would be fined 1,000, and jailed for six monthes. The slave law of 1850, was hard to ignore. Judges received $10.00 for sending an accused runaway to the south. They receive $5.00 for setting someone free. Most runaways were sent back to the south, so judges made more money.In several northern cities crowds tried to rescue fugitive slaves from their captors. The North and South eventually reached a compromise, neither side getting everything it wanted.
The election of President Abraham Lincoln was also a huge cause of the Civil War. Many Southern states believed that Lincoln was anti-slavery and in favor of Northern interests. This drove seven states to succeed from the Union before Lincoln was ever even elected.
The Confederate States of America fought the Civil War to protect their states rights but mostly to maintain slavery. The Union fought the Civil War because they wanted an end to slavery but also because many people believed that the Southern states didn’t have the right to succeed
The Civil War
The great Civil War took place in the United States from 1861-1865, took the lives of many brave Americans. The North, as known as the “Union,” at that time period contained of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. The South, known as the Confederacy consisted of; South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee. The North and South had very different life styles. The North depended on low-waged workers to work in factories, while the South depended on slaves to do work on plantations. The disadvantages of the South and the many advantages of the North help lead them to victory. The Emancipation Proclamation that Abraham Lincoln wrote in 1862 was another big reason why the Union won. The Union won because of the of the surplus amount of resources they had access to that the Confederacy lacked.
Even though most of the battles were fought in the South, the South still lost. One would think that Southerners would know their way around their homeland but that wasn’t the case. The Southern economy relied on cash crops, especially cotton. But in the time of war, having a surplus amount of cotton was pretty useless. Yes, cotton makes uniforms, but you can’t feed your hungry soldiers cotton! What was the Confederacy to do with all this cotton? They couldn’t trade with foreign countries to get supplies thanks to the Union’s plan of the “Anaconda.” The Anaconda plan was simply a blockade of Union battleships that cuts off the flow of trade and supplies that were imported and exported from Confederacy ports. Based of the pie graph on Document 1, the Confederate only had 14% of the factories. In time of war, factories matters a lot. Where else would you be able to make weapons for your soldiers? The South also had only 29% of the population so it was harder for them to replace the soldiers that were dead or wounded. A less population also meant less troops. Only 29% of the railroad mileage were in the south. This forced the southern troops to mainly rely on walking from battle to battle. By the time the soldier got to the battlefield, they were probably exhausted from all that walking to really concentrate on fighting. The many disadvantages of the south had a great impact on the outcome of the war.
On the other hand, the Union’s advantages helped them a great deal. They had about 3 times the population that the Confederate had; having a greater population during the time of war can only help you out. There were more people that were able to take place of the soldiers that died or got hurt and more troops to fight during a battle. The Battle of Gettysburg showed the advantages the North had over the South. In the painting, the Union were shooting canons while the Confederates had rifles. Canons did more damage than rifles because back then, rifles weren’t as powerful and accurate as they are today. Because the North had 86% of the factories, they were able to produce more weapons, more ammos, and more supplies to help the soldiers at war. The Union Army had 3 million dollars, while the Confederate Army had only 1.5 million. Abraham Lincoln, being such a strong political leader also helped lead the Union to success.
The Emancipation Proclamation was beneficial for the North because it recruited more people into the Army. It gave enslaved African Americans the right to become a “free man.” It also have them the ability join the Union Army. Overall, about 180,000 African Americans served in the Union’s Army, and another 20,000 in the Union’s Navy. Combined, they made up about 15% of all Northern forces in the war. African Americas were fighting fort the most significant causes - freedom for themselves and their people.
In conclusion, because the Union had all these advantages over the Confederate, they won the long war after 4 long years.
Yes I understand it's long, I put 3 hours into this, I'm not asking you to read the entire thing, just a little improvements you can point out to make this essay better. Thanks guys :)
I was giving a packet of things to be included in this essay, so I'm pretty much getting my information from that. I do not know if all the information is correct or not, but based on the paintings, data, and diagrams, this is what I came up with. I'm really looking for improvement in my conclusion since it's only one sentence. Thank you for your time and help!
Still opened for more improvements, due in 2 hours.
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John R: Thanks for taking the time to read it and to come with a bunch of great suggestions! If I do not get any new answers in the next 2 hours, your answers will be marked as best.
a) The Philippine Islands gained their independence.
B)The United States became an imperial power.
c)The battleship "Maine" was blown up.
d) The United States supported the sovereign rights of the Cuban people.
1.In the late nineteenth century, U.S. businessmen wanted to compete with other nations for natural resources. What policy did they support?
environmental protection
American imperialism
foreign imperialism
isolationism
2. Why did the United States traditionally oppose imperialism?
because the U.S. military lacked the power of other nations
because the Monroe Doctrine was against it
because there were plenty of raw materials within U.S. borders, so there was no need to go outside
because the United States had originally been a colony and was against colonizing others
3. Both yellow journalism and the explosion on the battleship Maine contributed to the U.S. decision to go to war against Spain. What was another reason for going to war?
to prevent Spain from attacking Florida
to protect U.S. investments in Cuba
to stop Cuban nationalization of U.S. businesses
to keep Spain from attacking Venezuela
5. The treaty ending the Spanish-American War made the Philippines a U.S. territory. What was another provision of the treaty?
Cuban independence was assured.
Panama agreed to allow the United States to build a canal there.
Haiti and the Dominican Republic became U.S. territories.
Spain would pay reparations to the United States.
6. The United States acquired several territories as a result of the Spanish-American War. Which one resisted American rule?
Puerto Rico
the Philippines
Cuba
Panama
7. The United States acquired several new territories during the late 1800s. Which two eventually became states?
California and Oregon
Alaska and Hawaii
Alaska and Oregon
Hawaii and California
8. Which U.S. president proposed forming an association of nations to maintain peace?
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
9. What was the major focus of William Howard Taft's foreign policy?
Imperialism
Dollar Diplomacy
Isolationism
foreign outreach
10. Negotiations with Colombia led to the purchase of a 10-mile-wide strip of land used to become President Theodore Roosevelt's greatest achievement. What was it?
ownership of the richest soil in Central America
a peace treaty that has lasted since his first term
permanent oil drilling rights
the Panama Canal
11. Which U.S. president took the most idealistic approach to foreign policy?
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Which policies kept the United States from entering World War I in its first three years?
isolationism and neutrality
imperialism and democracy
imperialism and neutrality
the Monroe Doctrine and anti-imperialism
14. What was the chief result of U.S. participation in World War I?
The French were inspired by U.S. entry to defeat Germany.
The Germans launched a major attack on Britain.
U.S. forces ended the stalemate and led to an Allied victory.
Italy switched sides and joined the Allies.
15. What impact did U.S. entry into World War I have on labor and production?
There was a serious labor shortage that was difficult to fill.
The civilian population was unable to keep up with the supply needs of the military.
With men drafted to serve in the military, jobs opened for women and minorities.
Farming and agriculture fell short of meeting the food requirements of the military.
16. What was the purpose of the Committee on Public Information?
to invite various groups to meet to share reports of civilian and military activities in World War I
to be certain that Congress was accurately informed about the progress of the war
to create propaganda to justify America's participation in World War I and encourage support
to check rumors and reports of war activity to ensure accuracy for the American people
17. What was one way that the government reduced dissent over U.S. participation in World War I?
passed the Espionage and Sedition Acts
promoted the Red Scare
prevented the post office from censorship
formed the National Civil Liberties Bureau
18. Which of the following violated the Fourteen Points, Woodrow Wilson's goals for peace?
economic penalties for Germany
an association of nations
open diplomacy
freedom of the seas
19. Key points of the Treaty of Versailles stripped Germany of its overseas and colonies required Germany to pay for the war. What else did the treaty
1. Which is an example of an argument in support of American imperialism?
(Points: 3)
businessmen urging the United States to compete with other nations for natural resources
German immigrants asking the United States to support Germany in World War I
congressmen advocating support for the British colonies in Africa
President McKinley speaking out against war with Spain in Cuba
2. Identify one argument in opposition to American imperialism.
(Points: 3)
American principles traditionally opposed colonization.
America would be superior without imperialism.
America had sufficient sources of raw materials so there was no need for imperialism.
The U.S. Army was too small to be effective overseas.
3. Both yellow journalism and the explosion on the battleship Maine contributed to the U.S. decision to go to war against Spain. What was another reason for going to war?
(Points: 3)
to prevent Spain from attacking Florida
to protect U.S. investments in Cuba
to stop Cuban nationalization of U.S. businesses
to keep Spain from attacking Venezuela
4. Which place did not play a role in the Spanish-American War?
(Points: 3)
Manila Bay
San Juan Hill
Havana
Mexico City
5. The treaty ending the Spanish-American War made the Philippines a U.S. territory. What was another provision of the treaty?
(Points: 3)
Haiti and the Dominican Republic became U.S. territories.
Spain would pay reparations to the United States.
Cuban independence was assured.
Panama agreed to allow the United States to build a canal there.
6. The United States acquired several territories as a result of the Spanish-American War. Which one resisted American rule?
(Points: 3)
Puerto Rico
the Philippines
Cuba
Panama
7. The United States acquired several new territories during the late 1800s. Which two eventually became states?
(Points: 3)
Alaska and Hawaii
Alaska and Oregon
Hawaii and California
California and Oregon
8. What proposal did President Woodrow Wilson make for the nations of the world?
(Points: 3)
They should practice isolationism.
They should sign treaties to help one another.
There should be an association of nations.
There should be no borders.
9. What was the major focus of William Howard Taft's foreign policy?
(Points: 3)
Dollar Diplomacy
Isolationism
foreign outreach
Imperialism
10. Negotiations with Colombia led to the purchase of a 10-mile-wide strip of land used to become President Theodore Roosevelt's greatest achievement. What was that achievement?
(Points: 3)
a guaranteed source of Panamanian gold and silver
permanent oil drilling rights in Panama
the Panama Canal
ownership of the richest soil in Central America
11. Which U.S. president took the most idealistic approach to foreign policy?
(Points: 3)
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
12. What was the effect of Germany's decision to use unrestricted submarine warfare?
(Points: 3)
It was the final straw leading to the U.S. declaration of war.
The American Navy began systematically destroying German submarines.
Great Britain stepped up its naval actions and stopped Germany.
The British and French prepared to surrender.
13. Which policies kept the United States from entering World War I in its first three years?
(Points: 3)
isolationism and neutrality
imperialism and democracy
imperialism and neutrality
the Monroe Doctrine and anti-imperialism
14. What was the ultimate impact of U.S. participation in World War I on Germany and its allies?
(Points: 3)
American forces ended the stalemate on the western front leading to Germany's defeat.
Germany became more determined than ever, causing an increase in the death rate.
U.S. participation caused a rift between Britain and France that extended the war.
Germany's allies abandoned it once the United States committed to war.
15. What impact did U.S. entry into World War I have on labor and production?
(Points: 3)
There was a serious labor shortage that was difficult to fill.
The civilian population was unable to keep up with the supply needs of the military.
With men drafted to serve in the military, jobs opened for women and minorities.
Farming and agriculture fell short of meeting the food requirements of the military.
16. What was the purpose of the Committee on Public Information?
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Eight state legislatures have introduced resolutions declaring state sovereignty so far with twelve more possibly following soon after.
Presently the states are Arizona, Hawaii, Montana, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, and Washington.
The twelve considering it are Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Nevada, Maine and Pennsylvania.
We are finally becoming the America our forefathers wanted us to be. The states and the people are going to control the government instead of the government controlling us.
It's from an article in my local newpaper written by Walter E. Williams. He's a economics professor at George Mason University
1. In the late nineteenth century, many businessmen argued that the United States should be prepared to compete with nations throughout the world for natural resources. What policy would these businessmen support?
(Points: 3)
active environmental protection
an end to American imperialism
a movement toward American imperialism
an end to environmental protection
2. Why did the United States traditionally oppose imperialism?
(Points: 3)
because the U.S. military lacked the power of other nations
because the Monroe Doctrine was against imperialism
because there were plenty of raw materials within U.S. borders, so there was no need to go outside
because the United States had originally been a colony and was against imposing that status on others
3. Which did not contribute to the U.S. decision to go to war against Spain?
(Points: 3)
the explosion on the battleship Maine
the need to protect U.S. investments in Cuba
yellow journalism promoting war
the Spanish attack on Puerto Rico
4. Which place did not play a role in the Spanish-American War?
(Points: 3)
Manila Bay
San Juan Hill
Havana
Mexico City
5. The treaty ending the Spanish-American War made the Philippines a U.S. territory. What was another provision of the treaty?
(Points: 3)
Panama agreed to allow the United States to build a canal there.
Haiti and the Dominican Republic became U.S. territories.
Spain would pay reparations to the United States.
Cuban independence was assured.
6. What was the Philippines's response to becoming a U.S. territory following the Spanish-American War?
(Points: 3)
gratitude for the economic boost
a declaration of war on the United States
agreement that Filipinos should pay U.S. taxes
violent resistance to American rule
7. Both Alaska and Hawaii became states in 1959. What else do they have in common?
(Points: 3)
Both were ruled by women until becoming U.S. territories.
Both became U.S. territories during the late 1800s.
Both were purchased by the United States for under $8 million.
Both were annexed following U.S. invasions.
8. Which has never experienced U.S. occupation?
(Points: 3)
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Haiti
Dominican Republic
9. Which U.S. president made the following proposal: "A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike?"
(Points: 3)
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
10. Which U.S. president said in an annual message to Congress, "Today, more than ever before, American capital is seeking investment in foreign countries, and American products are more and more generally seeking foreign markets?"
(Points: 3)
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
at this part From East Egg, then, came the Chester Beckers and the Leeches, and a man named Bunsen, whom I knew at Yale, and Doctor Webster Civet, who was drowned last summer up in Maine. And the Hornbeams and the Willie Voltaires, and a whole clan named Blackbuck, who always gathered in a corner and flipped up their noses like goats at whosoever came near. And the Ismays and the Chrysties (or rather Hubert Auerbach and Mr. Chrystie’s wife), and Edgar Beaver, whose hair, they say, turned cotton-white one winter afternoon for no good reason at all.
Clarence Endive was from East Egg, as I remember. He came only once, in white knickerbockers, and had a fight with a bum named Etty in the garden. From farther out on the Island came the Cheadles and the O. R. P. Schraeders, and the Stonewall Jackson Abrams of Georgia, and the Fishguards and the Ripley Snells. Snell was there three days before he went to the penitentiary, so drunk out on the gravel drive that Mrs. Ulysses Swett’s automobile ran over his right hand. The Dancies came, too, and S. B. Whitebait, who was well over sixty, and Maurice A. Flink, and the Hammerheads, and Beluga the tobacco importer, and Beluga’s girls.
From West Egg came the Poles and the Mulreadys and Cecil Roebuck and Cecil Schoen and Gulick the state senator and Newton Orchid, who controlled Films Par Excellence, and Eckhaust and Clyde Cohen and Don S. Schwartze (the son) and Arthur McCarty, all connected with the movies in one way or another. And the Catlips and the Bembergs and G. Earl Muldoon, brother to that Muldoon who afterward strangled his wife. Da Fontano the promoter came there, and Ed Legros and James B. (“Rot-Gut.”) Ferret and the De Jongs and Ernest Lilly—they came to gamble, and when Ferret wandered into the garden it meant he was cleaned out and Associated Traction would have to fluctuate profitably next day.
A man named Klipspringer was there so often and so long that he became known as “the boarder.”—I doubt if he had any other home. Of theatrical people there were Gus Waize and Horace O’donavan and Lester Meyer and George Duckweed and Francis Bull. Also from New York were the Chromes and the Backhyssons and the Dennickers and Russel Betty and the Corrigans and the Kellehers and the Dewars and the Scullys and S. W. Belcher and the Smirkes and the young Quinns, divorced now, and Henry L. Palmetto, who killed himself by jumping in front of a subway train in Times Square.
Benny McClenahan arrived always with four girls. They were never quite the same ones in physical person, but they were so identical one with another that it inevitably seemed they had been there before. I have forgotten their names—Jaqueline, I think, or else Consuela, or Gloria or Judy or June, and their last names were either the melodious names of flowers and months or the sterner ones of the great American capitalists whose cousins, if pressed, they would confess themselves to be.
In addition to all these I can remember that Faustina O’brien came there at least once and the Baedeker girls and young Brewer, who had his nose shot off in the war, and Mr. Albrucksburger and Miss Haag, his fiancee, and Ardita Fitz-Peters and Mr. P. Jewett, once head of the American Legion, and Miss Claudia Hip, with a man reputed to be her chauffeur, and a prince of something, whom we called Duke, and whose name, if I ever knew it, I have forgotten.
theres supposed to be some type of comparison of people in west and east egg and help!
if i'm wrong do you know where i can find it or a rational for it? thanks everyone!
1. The voyage of Columbus to the New World is celebrated more
than that made by Leif Eriksson because Columbus
A) came several hundred years before Eriksson
B) found a way to the Far East and Eriksson did not
C) triggered a massive movement of population from Europe
X D) was a historical figure and Eriksson was only a legend
2. The colony founded as a religious refuge for Catholics was
X A) Maryland D. Virginia
B) Rhode Island E. Maine
C) New Jersey
3. Most of the terrible deaths of the native American
population after 1500 resulted from
x A) European diseases
B) intertribal warfare
C) European Warfare
D) suicides
4.The Mayflower Compact was an early example of the idea that
x A)a society should be based on a set of rules chosen by its
members.
B)a colony should treat the Native Americans honestly
C)the colonist needed to have a financial stake in their success
D)the Pilgrims needed to clarify their religious reason for leaving England.
E)None of the above.
5. An important part of what made immigrants to the New World
become American rather than just transplanted Europeans
was their
A) physical separation from Europe
B) shared religious devotion
C) middle-class background
x D) common faith in democracy and freedom
6. Which of the following sequences of British Ministers is in
correct chronological order regarding the periods of their
major influence on colonial trade policy?
A) Townshend,North,Grenville
B) North,Grenville,Rockingham
x C) Townshend,Grenville,Rockingham
D) Grenville,Townshend,North
E) Pitt,Townshend,North,Burke
7. Which event occurred first?
A) Battle of Saratoga-1777
B) Alliance signed with France-1778
C) AMERICAN CRISIS published-dec 1776
D) British took Savannah-1778
x E) Washington forced to evacuate Long Island-aug 1776
8. The most overwhelming American defeat in the war was General
Clinton's May 1780 capture of
A) Boston D) Trenton
x B) Charleston E) Germantown
C) New York
9. The British defeat at Yorktown resulted largely from the
A) inability of the British to persuade Tories to join them
x B) French fleet winning control of Chesapeake Bay and
preventing Lord Cornwallis from escaping from the
peninsula by sea
C) ability of Washington to outmaneuver Cornwallis' much
larger army and force him to retreat to the peninsula
D) failure of Cornwallis to receive General Clinton's
orders to withdraw
10. According to your text, the first major battle of the
Revolutionary War was fought at?
A) Concord and Lexington
x B) Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill
C) Valley Forge
D) Fort Ticonderoga
11. Among the social effects of the American Revolution were all
of the following except? (R)
x A) voting qualifications were lowered.
B) opportunities for higher education were greatly increased.
C) lands confiscated from loyalists were returned.
D) legislative representation for the back country was uped
12. The principle of the Three-Fifths Compromise was that
A) amendments could be made in the Constitution with the
consent of Three-Fifths of the states
B) Three-Fifths of the members of the House and of the
Senate needed to approve all important bills in Congress
C) Treaties could be ratified only by a Three-Fifths majority
of the Senators
x D) Three-Fifths of the slaves would be counted in determining
each state's representation and share of direct
federal taxes
13. The book Common Sense, boldly called for complete independence from
the King of England and England also the idea of monarchy itself. The
the author was?
x A) Thomas Paine D) George Washington
B) John Adams E) Ben Franklin
C) Thomas Jefferson
14. The Puritans justified laws requiring church attendance and
establishing the death penalty for blaspheming a parent
on the grounds that they
A) followed the early Christian practices described in the
New Testament
B) were based on government's role as a civil covenant
designed to police and maintain social order
x C) were intended to create a society which promoted
individual religious liberty
D) restored laws which had existed in England before Queen
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