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1、美国历史与文化名词解释和问答题复习材料:14章名词解释1.(本题10分)名词解释:“powwow”IntheUnitedStates,Indiansaretakenlegalstepstorecoverlandandresourcesthatwereillegallytakenawayfromtheminthepast.Theyarealsomakinggreateffortstokeepanddeveloptheircultures.Oneexampleisthereappearanceofthe‘powwow’,acomm
2、unitycelebrationincludingcrafts,food,dance,songandtheplayingofdrums.2.(本题10分)名词解释:babyboomItreferstoasocialphenomenonintheUSA.occurredbetween1946and1966.Nearly80millionAmericanswereborninthisperiod.Thegroupbornintheearlierperiodof“babyboom”cametocollegeageinthe1960s
3、,sotherewasswellofcollegestudents.Theylaterbecamethemajorforceofthestudents’movementinthe1960s回答问题8.(本题15分)WhatwasthefateoftheIndiansinthecourseofthedevelopmentoftheUSA?WhataretheAmericanIndiansdoingtheprotesttheirculture?NoreliablefiguresexistonthesizeoftheAmerican
4、Indianpopulationin1492.Butthenumberweregreatlyreducedbydiseases,warfare,andfaminefollowingthewestwardmovementofearlycolonistsandpioneers.ThewhitepeopletookawaythelandfromtheIndiansandalmostwipedoutthebuffaloonwhichmanyIndiantribesdependedfortheirexistence.Aftertheci
5、vilwar,governmentreservations,landespeciallysetasidefortheIndians,weresetup.ThesocialandeconomicconditionsoftheIndiansareoftenpoor.Indiansaremakinggreateffortstokeepanddeveloptheircultures.Oneexampleisthereappearanceofthe“powpow”,acommunitycelebrationincludingcrafts
6、,food,dance,songandtheplayingofdrums.15章名词解释1.(本题10分)名词解释:TheBillofRightsIntheprocessofratificationoftheConstitution,somestateshadratifieditwiththeunderstandingthataBillofRightsshouldsoonbeaddedintotheConstitution.SowhenthefirstCongressconvened,JamesMadisonintroduce
7、daseriesofamendmentsincludingmanyofthesuggestionsofthestates.Tenoftheseproposedamendmentswereratifiedbystatesin1791andcametobeknownastheBillofRights.ThebillofRightsgavemorestresstoguaranteetherightsoftheindividualsuchasthefreedomofspeech,ofassembly,ofreligionandthes
8、saswellastherighttopetitionandtobeararms.2.(本题10分)名词解释:ManifestDestinyTheimplicationof‘ManifestDestiny’arethreefold:(1)theinevitabilityoft