Chapter 1 Apush Notes [America's History]

Arthur M. Schlesinger once stated,“Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response.”As seen through Schlesinger's book The Cycles of American History really defining throughout the book how America has changed throughout each chapter answering a question or managing to go in depth throughout the chapter. As seen in Chapter 1, the title being “The Theory of America: Experiment or Destiny?” Throughout that chapter as seen on page 10 where Schlesinger states, “The Founding Fathers saw the American republic not as a divine consecration but as the test against history of a hypothesis. Yet the very faith in experiment implied the rejection of the classical republican dogma that time guaranteed decay.” (10) The Founding Fathers imposing a government that would last centuries: as seen through the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. However, as see on page 11 Schlesinger states, “Washington, said Andrew Jackson in his own Farewell

1. Describe the conditions of the western "borderlands" of the 1830s as well as the factors attracting American settlers.

Yes, there were four main "waves of immigration"; late 1820s-1842, late 1840s to 1852, late 1860s-1872, and 1879-1893

Roman Catholic and Jewish faiths gain enormous strength from New Immigration. Cardinal Gibbons was immensely popular with both Roman Catholics and Protestants

* In 1498, he discovered the mainland and went down the coast of South America.

18. He believed that the president should set the agenda for Congress, rather than just lead the executive departments.

Congress passed a resolution that reminded the country, and Grant, of the two-term tradition for presidency after Grant was speculating about running for a 3rd term.

Secession is when a territory or state withdrawals from a larger territory. It is significant in this chapter because

By 1600, England’s feudal system was nearing extinction, as a new family (Tudor’s) came to power and wanted support from the middleclass and the establishment of new liberties for Englishman (i.e. trial by jury and no arrest without a warrant), which resulted in a large amount of local and self initiative to prosper in the community: yet many beggars now existed, culminating in an increased need for colonial expansion both for personal prosperity and more space for the existing population.

the natives and not taking care of them at all. Slavery is an extremely disturbing, awful,

Chapter eight speaks of the growth of the American "empire", using political manipulation to control the south. During the reconstruction of the South, many Southerners felt less aided and crippled further due to taxes, political reformation, and of course the loss of slave labor. In terms of political corruption, the Southern states were forced back into the union but were denied representation in the Union, and used political control to rob the states financially. Taking the votes of the newly freed blacks also created a tension with white and black relations that last to even today, commonly from the Ku Klux Klan. If anything, the attempt to create stability to the war-torn South ended up making things worse in both the North and South.

James Loewen researches about some American history textbooks and explains the reasons why American students have no or little understanding of the way that opportunity is not equal in the USA and that social structure basically pushes people around, influencing their own ideas. It states that the omission that some high school textbooks do regarding labor history is one of the main reason why students have this way of thinking. Additionally, he mentions that those textbooks carry several errors and inaccurate information about events in labor history. The reasons why social class predict the rate of college attendance are for instance, when children from lower classes have the chance to attend the same school as rich children do, usually they

American independence has advanced from the time this country began to now. Many men and women of significance in the country, have passed between then and now. All have left their mark in history, whether it be physical and verbal. Three stand out to me: Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D Roosevelt, and Susan B Anthony. Franklin D Roosevelt 's “Four Freedoms” speech and “Request for Declaration of War on Japan”, Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” and “Second Inaugural Address”, and Susan B Anthony’s “Women’s Right to the Suffrage”. These five speeches changed America at the time to what we have and live by today.

Spring of 1540 (pg 6): A Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto went to the temples of Cofachiqui and met the lady of Cofachiqui, where he held a storehouse of weapons and chest upon. After loading their horses with corn and pearls, they continue on their way.

American society is known for having the highest standard of living across the globe; this is solely due to the consumerist culture that is brought forth by capitalism. Americans in the U.S. take pride in these standards and in the freedoms that this democratic nation has established. The 20th century will always be remembered in American history as a century of radical changes on the social and political fronts of the nation. Literature, too, evolved quickly from specific, compartmentalized fields which fit into categories, to works which had no set definition—nobody knew what to do with them. These changes also took place in poetry; artistic expression began to change across the arts and so did the mediums. Poets across the nation