essay exams. Question: Compare and contrast the Chinese and Japanese attitudes and policies regarding modernization beginning at the time of sustained European contact but concentrating on the period between 1840 and 1910. How did their status change in the eyes of the Europeans? By 1840‚ Europe had at least nominal domination over much of the known world. The last area of the globe to escape European domination was East Asia and the Europeans were now focusing their attention on that region
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5. Van Buren‚ squired into office by the close popular vote but by the comfortable margin of 170 to 124 votes (for all the Whigs combined) in the Electoral College N. Big Woes for the “Little Magician” 1. Martin Van Buren‚ eighth president‚ was the first to be born under the American flag 2. An accomplished strategist and spoils man—the “wizard of Albany”—he was also a statesman of wide experience in both legislative and administrative life 3. From the outset the new president labored under sever
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Nationalism holds that where a nation exists‚ it should govern itself. The forces of nationalism influenced central Europe from Italy to the land of the Austrian Habsburgs. After 1815‚ the region knew the positive effects of a different style of governing and was divided into a much more rational set of political units. There was an effort by both states to unite its segmented lands‚ so that they could have a more international standpoint. By 1870‚ both Italy and the Austrian Empire had been re-established
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The Transportation Revolution began in the early 1800’s as an effort to dramatically improve transportation in America. The Transportation Revolution included greatly improved roads‚ the development of canals‚ and the invention of the steamboat and railroad. In 1800‚ there were only 23 cities with over 100‚000 citizens by 1900 there were 135 cities with over 100‚000 citizens. There were several types of cities: cities that focused on the textile industry‚ cities that produced whiskey and hemp‚ and
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all time‚ is still known today for her talent in capturing the soul of her subjects in her photographs. Her vivid portraits brought to life the personality within the people‚ contrary to all of the other portraitists of this time. Born in June of 1815 in Calcutta‚ British India‚ Julia Margaret Cameron would not pick up her knack for photography until 1863‚ at the age of 48. Cameron was given her first camera as a gift from her daughter and son-in-law‚ along with the equipment for processing wet
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Sam White APUSH 2 Timeline Colonial Era (1620-1763) 1. 1620 Pilgrims land on Plymouth Rock 1.1. Mayflower Compact agrees to submit to will of the majority 1.2. Earliest democracy from puritan roots 2. 1691 Glorious (Bloodless Revolution) 2.1. Lead to Salutary Neglect 2.2. Allowed independence to flourish 3. 1670 Bacon’s Rebellion 3.1. Former indentured servants revolt 3.2. Early instance of class warfare 3.3. Indentured servitude begins to die off as popularity of slavery rises
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In early America‚ the mentally ill were often treated as common criminals‚ spending years behind bars. ● In the 1840s‚ activist‚ spearheaded a movement to improve treatment for the mentally ill. ● Dorothea Dix efforts let to the creation of the first generation of mental asylum in the United States. Public Education ● Horace Mann was secretary of Education in Massachusetts in the 1840s and 1850s and also served in the U.S House of Representatives. ● Movement believed education is essential to democratic participation
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HISTORY TEST 2 *Chapters 4‚ 6‚ & 7 18TH CENTURY (1700s) The population of Europe nearly doubled in the 18th century. After 1740‚ the climate changed and it got warmer‚ so fewer people died from exposure. The death rate went down‚ the birth rate went up (because the amount of food went up). The potato is the fourth of the great starches and was very good nutrition during this time. Made people stronger and healthier and the population grew. Farmlands grew. Swamps were drained and turned
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lasted approximately two to three years between the British and the United States it is also known as the “second war of Independence”‚ because of the agreement also known as the Treaty of Ghent‚ which of course ended the War of 1812 on February 17‚ 1815. This war was about the British cut off supplies to the United States because the British didn’t want to give supplies to the enemy; The Royal Navy also took seamen from the U.S. merchant ships and forcing them to work for the British‚ and also the
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introduction of the metric system of weights and measures. abolishment of slavery in France’s colonies‚ later reversed. In what year did the final phase of the French revolution begin? 1799 1787 1812 1804 1815 The
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