MTTC History (09) Study Guide
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Frontier Theory - answer argument advanced by Frederick Jackson Turner
in 1893, american democracy was formed by the American frontier, the
moving frontier line
Congress of Vienne - answer Held in 1814-1815. Formed to fix the
problems Napoléon caused. All European countries were invited, but only
Austria (Klaus von Metternich), Russia(Tsar Alexander I), Prussia, England
(Castlereagh) made any big decisions. a. Established the concert of Europe
a system whereby the major powers agreed to solve their differences
through a consensus arrived at through diplomacy, negotiation and
agreement, rather than war.
CPI - answer measures changes in the price level of a market basket of
consumer goods and services purchased by households. A statistical
estimate constructed using the prices of a sample of representative items
whose prices are collected periodically.
GDP - answer the monetary value of all the finished goods and services
produced within a country's borders in a specific time period. Though GDP
is usually calculated on an annual basis, it can be calculated on a quarterly
basis as well.
Thurgood Marshall - answer a. Supreme court justice and civil rights
activist.
b. Legal counsel for the NAACP, he guided litigation that destroyed the
legal under pinning's of Jim Crow segregation. As counsel to the NAACP, he
utilized the judiciary to champion equality for African Americans. In 1954,
he won the Brown v. Board of Education case,
c. The nation's first black Justice.
, Characteristics of Sumerian Cities - answer a. Sumerians inhabited various
city states. City Center.
b. Each centered around a temple called a Ziggurat.
c. They believed that a God owned each city.
d. Since the Sumer city states were not united, they fell to the
Babylonians.
Rachael Carson, Silent Spring - answer a. Example drawn from real
communities where the use of DDT had caused damage to wildlife, birds,
bees, agricultural, domestic pets, and even humans.
b. It was observed that the eagles had started to disappear and they
weren't reproducing, falcons started to die, etc. The symptoms in these
deaths were very much universal
What did Rachel Carson advocate in SS? - answer a. Nature is our home
and not something that should take an advantage of. DDT shouldn't be
used because its not only affecting the wildlife but will also affect the
future generation
b. Govt became more conscious of how to use insecticides and which ones
should be used, what their impacts are and how they affect everyone in
the food chain.
Betty Friedman - answer Wrote the Feminine mystique (1963), involves
women finding fulfillment beyond traditional roles.
Cause of the spread of Nationalism in Europe - answer The French
Revolution paved the way for the modern Nation State and also played a
key role in the birth of Modern Nationalism.
Policies Eleanor Roosevelt had in her hands - answer made sure there
were relief programs for women ("She-She-She Camps"), as well as for
men. She pressed for the creation of youth programs, encouraging the
establishment of the National Youth Administration. She befriended black
leaders Mary McLeod Bethune and Walter White, became a champion of
civil rights, lobbied against the poll tax, supported the Southern Tenant
Farmer's Union, and pushed for the inclusion of blacks in government
programs. Housing became one of her special concerns and she worked
with the Housing Division of the Public Works Administration and the
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already graded A+
Frontier Theory - answer argument advanced by Frederick Jackson Turner
in 1893, american democracy was formed by the American frontier, the
moving frontier line
Congress of Vienne - answer Held in 1814-1815. Formed to fix the
problems Napoléon caused. All European countries were invited, but only
Austria (Klaus von Metternich), Russia(Tsar Alexander I), Prussia, England
(Castlereagh) made any big decisions. a. Established the concert of Europe
a system whereby the major powers agreed to solve their differences
through a consensus arrived at through diplomacy, negotiation and
agreement, rather than war.
CPI - answer measures changes in the price level of a market basket of
consumer goods and services purchased by households. A statistical
estimate constructed using the prices of a sample of representative items
whose prices are collected periodically.
GDP - answer the monetary value of all the finished goods and services
produced within a country's borders in a specific time period. Though GDP
is usually calculated on an annual basis, it can be calculated on a quarterly
basis as well.
Thurgood Marshall - answer a. Supreme court justice and civil rights
activist.
b. Legal counsel for the NAACP, he guided litigation that destroyed the
legal under pinning's of Jim Crow segregation. As counsel to the NAACP, he
utilized the judiciary to champion equality for African Americans. In 1954,
he won the Brown v. Board of Education case,
c. The nation's first black Justice.
, Characteristics of Sumerian Cities - answer a. Sumerians inhabited various
city states. City Center.
b. Each centered around a temple called a Ziggurat.
c. They believed that a God owned each city.
d. Since the Sumer city states were not united, they fell to the
Babylonians.
Rachael Carson, Silent Spring - answer a. Example drawn from real
communities where the use of DDT had caused damage to wildlife, birds,
bees, agricultural, domestic pets, and even humans.
b. It was observed that the eagles had started to disappear and they
weren't reproducing, falcons started to die, etc. The symptoms in these
deaths were very much universal
What did Rachel Carson advocate in SS? - answer a. Nature is our home
and not something that should take an advantage of. DDT shouldn't be
used because its not only affecting the wildlife but will also affect the
future generation
b. Govt became more conscious of how to use insecticides and which ones
should be used, what their impacts are and how they affect everyone in
the food chain.
Betty Friedman - answer Wrote the Feminine mystique (1963), involves
women finding fulfillment beyond traditional roles.
Cause of the spread of Nationalism in Europe - answer The French
Revolution paved the way for the modern Nation State and also played a
key role in the birth of Modern Nationalism.
Policies Eleanor Roosevelt had in her hands - answer made sure there
were relief programs for women ("She-She-She Camps"), as well as for
men. She pressed for the creation of youth programs, encouraging the
establishment of the National Youth Administration. She befriended black
leaders Mary McLeod Bethune and Walter White, became a champion of
civil rights, lobbied against the poll tax, supported the Southern Tenant
Farmer's Union, and pushed for the inclusion of blacks in government
programs. Housing became one of her special concerns and she worked
with the Housing Division of the Public Works Administration and the
