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    Unit 5: Disillusion‚ Defiance‚ and Discontent (1914-1946) “We asked the cyclone to go around our barn but it didn’t hear us.” -Carl Sandburg from The People‚ Yes Carl Sandburg was an American writer‚ best known for his poetry during modernism. The quote means people like to think they are in control and then something like this happens‚ and they realize that they ’re not. The themes of the work is implied not stated Timeline The most significant ten year period is from 1920 to 1930 because

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    The atlantic slave trade between western Europe and the Caribbean happened throughout the time period of 1440 to 1700. During this time Europeans were moving and settling in the Caribbean and they needed laborers to help tend to land. Which created the atlantic slave trade.This vast trade route expanded across the atlantic and left staples on both the Americas and western Europe. All the trading and interaction with new civilizations led to inflation of european currency‚ spread of foreign diseases

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    “The survival of the tsar regime in Russia between 1906 and 1914 was due to the weaknesses of its opponents” How far would you agree this verdict? I agree to a certain extent as I believe that there are many other factors which helped the tsar survive 1906-1914. Russia in 1905 was a nightmare; it was a bubbling pot that the tsar was trying to control which just wasn’t working. Some historians feel that the tsar survived the 1905 revolution because he didn’t face united opposition so it wasn’t

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    American predecessors. Eventually this leads to African slave labor. Europeans sought economic gain and social mobility. Latin America became part of the world economy as a dependent region. Thus‚ the use of labor systems in Latin America from the 1750-1914 was a process with tremendous impact on the people and on the world in general. Slavery was based on using the enforced labor of other people . In the 1750 slavery was prevailing. The Atlantic slave trade predominated in economic affairs after the

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    In 1914 WWI started after a while people started to wonder if the US was going to join the war. Here are three reasons why it wasn’t inevitable that the US wouldn’t join WWI. The first reason why it was not inevitable was that the trade business was booming. From both sides they had ports saved for us merchant ships and were blocked off for others entering. The main people that were trading with though was the United Kingdom and Germany. Since they were trading with these two countries specifically

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    There were many continuities for women between 600-1450 such as they were still subordinate to men and were not allowed to be educated but the changes were more significant like their right to divorce was brought upon in this time period along with their ability to gain power through marriage. Women from 600-1450 continued to be ranked under men’s superiority. For centuries women were under men in every way. Religion‚ economy‚ and politics saw women as the lesser of the two sexes. This unfortunately

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    A.  The author describes his experience in postcolonial Kenya.                         1.  discovery of reluctance to teach Africans English                         2.  colonial concern to maintain distance between whites and blacks                                     a.  was a central feature of many colonial societies in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries             B.  The British‚ French‚ Germans‚ Italians‚ Belgians‚ Portuguese‚ Russians‚ and Americans all had colonies.                        

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    PART II‚ UNIT IV:1750-1914 The era between 1750 and 1914 C.E. was one of clear Europeanhegemony. In the previous era (1450 to 1750 C.E.)‚ Europeans hadtilted the balance of world power away from Asia‚ where powerfulcivilizations had existed since ancient times. However‚ despitegrowing European influence based on sea trade and colonization‚ majorland-based empires in Asia still influenced long-distance trade andshaped political and economic conditions around them. In this era‚Europe not only dominated

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    Demographic Changes in America (1607-1914) Historical records of American demography start with the settlement of Jamestown‚ Virginia in 1607. Puritans landed in Plymouth and made a home for themselves with the help of Native Americans. These first immigrants in the colonies (British‚ Dutch‚ and German)‚ moved to America between the early 17th and late 18th centuries in what was known as Old Immigration. During the colonial period‚ the birth rate was high but the life expectancy was low. It was

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    Explain how the globalization of commerce brought about major changes overtime among the people of 2 of the regions listed: Eurasia‚ Africa‚ and Americas. Between 1450 and 1750‚ note major developments‚ exchanges‚ shifts of power‚ demographic changes. Through out time‚ different civilizations undergo changes as they mature and grow. America and Africa were regions where changes aroused‚ and these changes can be explained by the globalization of commerce of the world. These changes

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