I.        The rise of dictators

A.      Four nations were trying to expand their power and territory

1.       Japan

a.       In 1937 Japan seized most of coastal China

b.      Then, in 1938, the Japanese announced a “new order in East Asia”

2.       Italy

a.       Benito Mussolini organized the Fascist party.

b.      Fascism is a form of government in which a dictator controls the economic and social lives of citizens, stresses nationalism at the expense o...

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SC History Ch. 15

I.     The Freedmen’s Bureau 
    A.   Provided food, clothing, and medical supplies to needy blacks 
    B.   Helped freedmen find jobs 
    C.   Established schools and military courts 
    D.   Slaves could have 40 acres and a mule 
            1.    Freedmen – former slaves 
            2.    Freedmen’s Bureau – a federal government agency established to provide food, shelter, education, health care, and employment for former slaves in the South

II.   Presidential R...

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The Road to War
Manifest Destiny
- in 1845 a man named John O'Sullivan wrote that it was the manifest destiny of the United States to control all the land from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean (this is the definition of manifest destiny)

Annexing Texas
- led by Stephen F. Austin, thousands of Americans moved into east Texas and settled on land granted them by the Mexican government.
- the settlers brought cotton and slaves
- in 1830 the Mexicans ordered the Texans to stop having slaves
- in February 18...
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
The Road to war

·         Provincial congress – new governing body for SC – met for the first time in Jan. 1775

The First Blows

·         In Massachusetts the militia was called minutemen because they were ready on a minute’s notice

·         Battle of Lexington – a soldier yelled “fire!” and many were dead and injured. Only made the colonists angrier instead of scaring them off.

·         Battle of Concord – “shot heard round ...

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Growing Discontent In The Colonies

A. Political Growth By The Colonists

    1. England had a bicameral government

        a. bicameral government - government with two houses

        b. House of Lords - members of the British aristocracy (elite)

            • you inherit your position and serve for life

        c. House of Commons

            • you were elected by the people and serve for a certain amount of years

B. Mercantilism

    1. economic system where nations sought to a...

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