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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’,acommunitycele
2、brationincludingcrafts,food,dance,songandtheplayingofdrums.2.(本题10分)名词解释：babyboomItreferstoasocialphenomenonintheUSA.occurredbetween1946and1966.Nearly80millionAmericanswereborninthisperiod.Thegroupbornintheearlierperiodof“babyboom”cametocollegeageinthe1960s,sotherewasswellof
3、collegestudents.Theylaterbecamethemajorforceofthestudents’movementinthe1960s回答问题8.(本题15分)WhatwasthefateoftheIndiansinthecourseofthedevelopmentoftheUSA?WhataretheAmericanIndiansdoingtheprotesttheirculture?NoreliablefiguresexistonthesizeoftheAmericanIndianpopulationin1492.Butt
4、henumberweregreatlyreducedbydiseases,warfare,andfaminefollowingthewestwardmovementofearlycolonistsandpioneers.ThewhitepeopletookawaythelandfromtheIndiansandalmostwipedoutthebuffaloonwhichmanyIndiantribesdependedfortheirexistence.Afterthecivilwar,governmentreservations,landes
5、peciallysetasidefortheIndians,weresetup.ThesocialandeconomicconditionsoftheIndiansareoftenpoor.Indiansaremakinggreateffortstokeepanddeveloptheircultures.Oneexampleisthereappearanceofthe“powpow”,acommunitycelebrationincludingcrafts,food,dance,songandtheplayingofdrums.15章名词解释1
6、.(本题10分)名词解释：TheBillofRightsIntheprocessofratificationoftheConstitution,somestateshadratifieditwiththeunderstandingthataBillofRightsshouldsoonbeaddedintotheConstitution.SowhenthefirstCongressconvened,JamesMadisonintroducedaseriesofamendmentsincludingmanyofthesuggestionsofthe
7、states.Tenoftheseproposedamendmentswereratifiedbystatesin1791andcametobeknownastheBillofRights.ThebillofRightsgavemorestresstoguaranteetherightsoftheindividualsuchasthefreedomofspeech,ofassembly,ofreligionandthessaswellastherighttopetitionandtobeararms.2.(本题10分)名词解释：Manifest
8、DestinyTheimplicationof‘ManifestDestiny’arethreefold:(1)theinevitabilityoft
