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AMSCO AP US History Chapter 1-6 Latest Update Graded A James Madison He is one of the people who wrote the Constitution, and he is known as the Father of the Constitution. He was later elected president in 1808, and served for two terms. (p. 104) Alexander Hamilton One of the authors of the Federalist Papers. He favored a strong central government. He was George Washington's secretary of the treasury. (p. 106) Framers of the Constitution In the summer of 1787, 55 delegates met in Philadelphia...

AMSCO AP Government & Politics (2018 Redesign) Chapter 4 Executive Branchambassadors - correct answers official representatives to foreign governments bully pulpit - correct answers a brightly lit stage to pitch ideas to the American people Cabinet - correct answers the principal officers in each of the executive departments chief of staff - correct answers responsible for the smooth operation of the White House and the swift and accurate flow of business, paper, and information comm...

AMSCO AP World History Exam Questions and Answers All Correct People adapted to new environments and developed new tools. - Answer-How did culture change between 1,000,000 years ago and 10,000 years ago? Better means of food production - Answer-The best explanation for the change in world population between 10,000 years ago and 7,000 years ago is the development of Humanity began in east Africa and spread to the rest of the world - Answer-Most historians agree with which theory explainin...

AMSCO - 1.4 Reading Notes - AP HistoryCahokia - correct answers - Largest of the earthen mounds that the Mississippians built - Located in southern Illinois - People abandoned here around 1450 Matrilineal society - correct answers - Means that social standing was determined by the woman's side of the family - Mississippians used this -- Ex: When the Great Sun died, the title passed not to his own son, but to a sister's son. City-State - correct answers - Used by the Mayans - Definit...

AMSCO 3.3-3.4How did different belief systems endure or change during the period from ? - correct answers Protestant/Roman Catholic Church: - Changed when Europe shifted from feudalism to centralized governments - Reforms were made in an effort to stop corruption - Theological disagreements: John Wycliffe was disliked by people for translating the Bible into English and for arguing that priests were unnecessary for salvation, Hussites were looked down for heresy (going against the general op...

AMSCO AP World History Modern- Unit 9 radio - correct answers a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves Internet - correct answers A global network connecting millions of computers, making it possible to exchange information. Green Revolution - correct answers Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high-yield seeds and fertilizers. Crossbreeding - correct answers when members of different species breed together. genetic engineering - ...

APUSH Amsco Period 2 Latest 2023 100% Correct Cecil Calvert/Lord Baltimore leader of Maryland; persuaded people to adopt Act of Toleration Act of Toleration 1649; Maryland; religious toleration for all Christians revoked after Protestants won mini Civil War Roger Williams dissenter banished from Boston in 1631; respected Puritan minister - in 1636 founded Providence (government tolerant of Quakers, Catholics, and Jews) Providence settlement established in 1631 by Roger Williams - unique becau...

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 24Great Depression - correct answers This depression of the 1930's lasted far longer, caused more business failures and unemployment, and affected more people - both of the middle class and the working class - than any other preceding period of hard times. Black Thursday - October 24 - correct answers There was an unprecedented volume of selling on Wall Street, and stock prices plunged. The next day hoping to stave off disaster, a group of bankers bought millions ...

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 26 Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (GI Bill) - correct answers Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 22, 1944, it was also known as the GI Bill. It provided veterans of the Second World War with funds for college education, unemployment insurance, and housing. (p. 557) early marriages - correct answers One sign of confidence in post-World War II era was an explosion of marriages at a younger age and new births. (p. 558) baby boom - c...

AMSCO AP GOV Chapter 1 federalism - correct answers a system of government that divides the power between the national and state governments Federalists - correct answers group of people who endorsed the Constitution social contract - correct answers agreement between a democratic government and its' people that if violated, the people could take the power back natural law - correct answers law of God, acknowledged through human sense and reason under which people were born free and e...