Praxis Multiple Subjects 5001 - Full Study Guide 2024 Graded A

Marco Polo - Merchant and Traveler Latitude - the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes -lines side to side Longitude - the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. -lines Up and Down Absolute Location - exactly where you are on earths surface coordinate system such as longitude and latitude Relative Location - location compared to any other location on earth -landmarks industrialization - Started in England with construction of the cotton Mill in 1733. Went from rural to urban industrial, over crowed in cities, lack of sanitation,cause health problems due to size Great Depression () - The Great Depression began with the crash of the stock market in October of 1929. During this time, many people were out of work, hungry, and homeless. -Agriculture struggles due to prices that rose due to the demand -Consumers have less money to spend because income fall, less money and unequal distribution of money Women and the Great Depression - Francis Perkins was the first women in the cabinet US secretary of labor. Also made gains by getting appointed to important federal positions and working outside and home New Deal - The New Deal was a series of laws, programs, and government agencies enacted to help the country deal with the Great Depression. These laws placed regulations on the stock market, banks, and businesses. They helped put people to work and tried to help house and feed the poor. Franklin helped with the New Deal. Problems Women faced - discrimination is workplace, wages, and hiring practices assembly line - parts that are added as it moves from work station to work station Henry Ford came up with this idea space age - The era starting when the exploration of space became possible. Also is a time period encompassing the activities related to the Space Race, space exploration, space technology, and the cultural developments influenced by these events Constitution of the United States - We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Gettysburg Address - Short speech given by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War dedicating a cemetery for soldiers who died at the Battle of Gettysburg. supply and demand - the availability of a particular product and the desire(demand) for the product has on a price scarcity - the state of being scarce or in short supply; shortage. Articles of Confederation - first constitution of the 13 American states adapted in 1781 and replaced in 1789 by the constitution of the United States Bill of Rights - first 10 amendments of the united states and to guarantee the protection of people from strong central government American Revolution - also known as the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence. The conflict arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain's 13 North American colonies and the colonial government, which represented the British crown Civil War (1861) - started because of uncompromising differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states. Cold War (1947) - A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years. -space race -arms race -weapon development -Berlin destroyed World War 1 (1914) - The simplest answer is that the immediate cause was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the archduke of Austria-Hungary. His death at the hands of Gavrilo Princip - a Serbian nationalist with ties to the secretive military group known as the Black Hand - propelled the major European military powers towards war. -Nationalism, Imperialism, Alliances, and Militarism -F.F. World War 2 (1939) - Nazi Germany Invades Poland, Starting World War II. On Sept. 1, 1939, Nazi Germany launched an invasion of Poland. Two days later, Polish allies Britain and France declared war on Germany, marking the start of World War II. War of 1812 - War between Britain and the United States, fought between 1812 and 1815. The War of 1812 has also been called the second American war for independence. Dred Scott Case - Slaves no legal right to sue for their freedom Dred Scott was a slave Emancipation Proclamation - presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments - 13th-Officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery to this day 14th-Declared that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are American citizens including African Americans 15th-Prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Plessy v. Ferguson - Harlem Renaissance - was the name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem between the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s. During this period Harlem was a cultural center, drawing black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars. Prohibition - was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages that remained in place from 1920 to 1933. Manifest Destiny - God given right/destiny to expand their land further. Expand the territory over whole North America Brown v. Board of Education - quality separation of powers - Powers are divided among legislative, executive, and judicial