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Welcome To Advanced Placement United States History

Welcome To Advanced Placement United States History. With Mrs. Johansen Room 105. Introductions. Mrs. Johansen MA Providence College 25 years Teaching AP United States History Instructor 2012-2013 RI History Teacher of the Year. Lets get started. Find the Folder with your name on it.

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Welcome To Advanced Placement United States History

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  1. Welcome To Advanced Placement United States History With Mrs. Johansen Room 105

  2. Introductions Mrs. Johansen MA Providence College 25 years Teaching AP United States History Instructor 2012-2013 RI History Teacher of the Year

  3. Lets get started • Find the Folder with your name on it. • This will be your temporary seat. If you can not locate a folder with your name please come on up and we can fix that for you. • While I take attendance you should complete the entrance ticket. (The yellow paper in your folder). Spend some time with this. We will be together for two years so there is no need to hurry.

  4. Share your response • If I had to describe my expectations for this course in a single word it would be ___________________ because…

  5. Keep Your Eye On The Prize How many of you indicated that you expect to earn college credit?

  6. What are some of the other Benefits? • Earn credit or placement for qualifying AP Exam grades • Stand out in the admissions process • Earn academic scholarships and awards from colleges and universities • Experience a college-level exam • Be prepared for college-level course work

  7. So How Ready are you ?

  8. Lets Try A few questions Use your white boards to answer each question. Do not reveal your answer until instructed to do so?

  9. Question Which of the following represents proof that a single continent once existed? • Discovery of evidence that a major land-bridge connected Asia and North America 35,000 years ago • Discovery of nearly identical species of fish in freshwater lakes around the world • Discovery of evidence suggesting that a single freshwater lake once covered much of present-day North America • Discovery of the Canadian shield and its undergirding of ancient rock

  10. Answer Which of the following represents proof that a single continent once existed? • Discovery of evidence that a major land-bridge connected Asia and North America 35,000 years ago • Discovery of nearly identical species of fish in freshwater lakes around the world (correct) • Discovery of evidence suggesting that a single freshwater lake once covered much of present-day North America • Discovery of the Canadian shield and its undergirding of ancient rock Hint: See page 4.

  11. Question Indirect discoverers of the Americas include all of the following EXCEPT • Christian Crusaders. • Muslim “middlemen.” • Norse seafarers. • the Italian adventurer Marco Polo.

  12. Answer Indirect discoverers of the Americas include all of the following EXCEPT • Christian Crusaders. • Muslim “middlemen.” • Norse seafarers. (correct) • the Italian adventurer Marco Polo. Hint: See page 11.

  13. Question The main importance of the Joint-stock company was it • produced a new, free swinging, jointed form of stocks more suitable to rough New England climate. • enabled a considerable number of investors, called adventurers, to pool their capital. • undermined the rules of primogeniture. • invested heavily in the hemp industry in Barbados.

  14. Answer The main importance of the Joint-stock company was it • produced a new, free swinging, jointed form of stocks more suitable to rough New England climate. • enabled a considerable number of investors, called adventurers, to pool their capital. (correct) • undermined the rules of primogeniture. • invested heavily in the hemp industry in Barbados. Hint: See page 30.

  15. Question The Act of Toleration (1649) applied to • Catholics and Protestants in Maryland. • Jews and atheists in Rhode Island. • Quakers and Dunkers in Pennsylvania. • Anglicans and Presbyterians in Virginia.

  16. Answer The Act of Toleration (1649) applied to • Catholics and Protestants in Maryland. (correct) • Jews and atheists in Rhode Island. • Quakers and Dunkers in Pennsylvania. • Anglicans and Presbyterians in Virginia. Hint: See page 36.

  17. Question Squatters were mostly likely to be found in • Virginia. • North Carolina. • South Carolina. • Maryland.

  18. Answer Squatters were mostly likely to be found in • Virginia. • North Carolina. (correct) • South Carolina. • Maryland. Hint: See page 40.

  19. Question All of the following were true of the Mayflower Compact EXCEPT • before disembarking from the Mayflower, the Pilgrim leaders drew up and signed this brief document. • it was the first true constitution in American history. • it set an invaluable precedent for later written constitutions. • it was a simple agreement to form a crude government and to submit to the will of the majority under the regulations agreed upon.

  20. Answer All of the following were true of the Mayflower Compact EXCEPT • before disembarking from the Mayflower, the Pilgrim leaders drew up and signed this brief document. • it was the first true constitution in American history. (correct) • it set an invaluable precedent for later written constitutions. • it was a simple agreement to form a crude government and to submit to the will of the majority under the regulations agreed upon. Hint: See page 47.

  21. Question The main proponent of Antinomianism, or the belief that the truly saved need not bother to obey the law of either God or man, was • Roger Williams. • Anne Hutchinson. • Cotton Mather. • John Winthrop.

  22. Answer The main proponent of Antinomianism, or the belief that the truly saved need not bother to obey the law of either God or man, was • Roger Williams. • Anne Hutchinson. (correct) • Cotton Mather. • John Winthrop. Hint: See page 51.

  23. Question The Pequot War took place between the Pequot tribe and colonists of • Massachusetts Bay. • Plymouth. • Virginia. • Maryland.

  24. Answer The Pequot War took place between the Pequot tribe and colonists of • Massachusetts Bay. (correct) • Plymouth. • Virginia. • Maryland. Hint: See pages 53–54.

  25. Question The Headright system stipulated that • upon completion of their indenture, servants received 50 acre plots of land with which to begin their lives as freeholders. • only the heads of households had the right to own land in the New World. • towns with more than 50 families must provide for free public education for all children. • whoever paid the passage of a laborer received the right to acquire fifty acres of land.

  26. Answer The Headright system stipulated that • upon completion of their indenture, servants received 50 acre plots of land with which to begin their lives as freeholders. • only the heads of households had the right to own land in the New World. • towns with more than 50 families must provide for free public education for all children. • whoever paid the passage of a laborer received the right to acquire fifty acres of land. (correct) Hint: See page 70.

  27. Question The term Middle Passage referred to the • middle leg of the so-called Triangular Trade between American, Britain, and the Caribbean. • passage from Boston in New England, through New York and Philadelphia in the Middle Atlantic colonies, then south to Charleston. • transatlantic sea voyage that brought slaves to the New World. • passage of one’s soul from the Middling state of the Halfway Covenant into the saving grace of the Elect in Calvinist doctrine.

  28. Answer The term Middle Passage referred to the • middle leg of the so-called Triangular Trade between American, Britain, and the Caribbean. • passage from Boston in New England, through New York and Philadelphia in the Middle Atlantic colonies, then south to Charleston. • transatlantic sea voyage that brought slaves to the New World. (correct) • passage of one’s soul from the Middling state of the Halfway Covenant into the saving grace of the Elect in Calvinist doctrine. Hint: See page72.

  29. Question All of the following were Royal Colonies EXCEPT • Rhode Island. • New Jersey. • New York. • North Carolina.

  30. Answer All of the following were Royal Colonies EXCEPT • Rhode Island. (correct) • New Jersey. • New York. • North Carolina. Hint: See page 104.

  31. Think, Pair, Share • Do you recognize this quote? • “A lot of people want a short cut. I find the best short cut is the long way, which is basically two words: work hard”

  32. Randy Pausch Take a few minutes to consider what HARD WORK might look like in this Classroom. Share your thoughts with a friend: but don’t worry. While I expect you to work hard the next two years, I promise that I will too. Together we can do anything!

  33. What Next? • Go Home and Review the Course Syllabus • Check out (still under construction) website: www.jojohistoryap.weebly.com • We will begin next class with a review of the most important concepts from chapter 1: New World Beginnings. Make sure to read the chapter.

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