final years of the 19th century perfectly demonstrated this "new" imperialism. America’s involvement in the Spanish American War shattered the global equilibrium which had allowed the United States to grow and prosper in virtual isolation since 1815. When the United States decided to support Cuba’s struggle for independence with Spain‚ it marked a major departure from the traditional American practice of liberal nationalism. The 1898 Treaty of Paris ending the war gave Cuba its independence and
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from 1803. There was a brief eleven-month respite when Napoleon was forced to abdicate‚ exiled to the island of Elba. However‚ the unpopularity of Louis XVIII and the economic and social instability of France motivated him to return to Paris in March 1815. The Allies soon declared war once again. Napoleon’s final defeat at Waterloo marked the end of the Emperor’s final bid for power‚ the so-called ’100 Days’‚ and the final chapter in his remarkable career. The Protagonists Napoleon Bonaparte had
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4. Martin Van Buren‚ 1837-1841 --- Democrat VP--Richard M. Johnson Major Items A. Panic of 1837- was a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s. Profits‚ prices and wages went down while unemployment went up. B. 1.Specie Circular- was an executive order issued by U.S. President Andrew Jackson in 1836 and carried out by succeeding President Martin Van Buren. It required payment for government land to be in gold and silver
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Tomb of Minh Mang (1820 - 1840) The Tomb is 12km form Hue‚ on Cam Ke mount‚ near Bang Lang fork‚ on the west bank of the Perfume River. In September 1840‚ the construction of the tomb began. In January 1841‚ while the work was implemented Minh Mang was sick and passed away. Emperor Thieu Tri‚ his successor to the throne‚ continue this task according to his father’s plans. Emperor Minh Mang’s corpse was buried in Buu Thanh on August 20th of 1841. The construction was fully completed in
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Emerson was born on May 25‚ 1803[America 5]. When he was eight his father died‚ he also attended the Boston Latin School[drapers 5].He had four brothers and two sisters dad was William Emerson his Mom was Ruth Emerson[draper 5].Emerson’s early preaching had often touched on the personal nature of spirituality[draper 5].Now he found kindred spirits in a circle of writers and thinkers who lived in Concord‚ including Margaret Fuller‚ Henry David Thoreau and Amos Bronson Alcott (father of Louisa May
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Famine In North Korea During World War II‚ two resistance groups fought the Japanese in Korea. One is communist group which is the North and the other is the nationalist group which is the South. After World War II‚ the Korean peninsula did not have a functional government because of the Japanese colonization therefore the allied groups came to an agreement that until an election is held‚ the North will continue to run as a communist and the South as a nationalist. However the North elected a
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Expansion westward seemed perfectly natural to many Americans in the mid-nineteenth century. Like the Massachusetts Puritans who hoped to build a "city upon a hill‚ "courageous pioneers believed that America had a divine obligation to stretch the boundaries of their noble republic to the Pacific Ocean. Independence had been won in the Revolution and reaffirmed in the War of 1812. The spirit of nationalism that swept the nation in the next two decades demanded more territory. The "every man is equal"
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Chartism‚ British working-class movement for parliamentaryreformnamed after thePeople’s Charter‚ a bill drafted by theLondonradicalWilliamLovettin May 1838. It contained six demands: universal manhoodsuffrage‚ equal electoral districts‚ vote by ballot‚ annually elected Parliaments‚ payment of members ofParliament‚ and abolition of the property qualifications for membership. Chartism was the first movement both working class in character and national in scope that grew out of the protest against the
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In the Industrial Revolution‚ humans—western Europeans at first—learned to exploit coal and steam energy to mass produce goods with machines and to sell them worldwide. The Industrial Revolution began with production of textiles and eventually spread to other areas of manufacturing‚ as well as to farming and food processing. In the later nineteenth century‚ industrialization occurred on a large scale in metallurgical‚ chemical‚ and electrical industries. Once begun‚ it could not be stopped. The Industrial
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Anglo-French relations are the relations between the governments of the French Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland . The historical ties between the two countries are long and complex‚ including acquisition‚ wars‚ and coalitions at various points in history. Hundred years war‚ 1337-1453 Edward III of England asserts the French throne including English victories at Poitier and Crecy - continue for the next 40 years‚ but it is not until Henry V’s victory at Agincourt
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