Imperialism DBQ The rise of industrialization and nationalism pushed European and American nations to explore the uncharted regions of Africa‚ East‚ Asia‚ and Southeast Asia in mid-1800s. The result was a significant change in the social‚ political‚ and economic structures not only of the colonized nations‚ but also those of the colonizing nations. The progressive nations bring to the people of those garden spots the foodstuffs and manufactures they need. [Progressive nations]
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The Second Opium War (1856 - 1860) Despite Treaty of Nanjing and following treaties‚ imperialistic countries wanted more privilege and opened ports. In 1856‚ Qing officials boarded Arrow‚ a Chinese-owned ship which was registered in Hong Kong and suspected of piracy and smuggling‚ and arrested its crews. British officials in Canton asked Chinese government to release sailors because the ship was registered in Hong Kong‚ a British territory. Moreover‚ British government insisted that
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West Wing: Compromise and Political Idealism In the acclaimed 2000s TV show “The West Wing‚” which fictionalizes the daily battles of American politics‚ senior staff members in the White House scatter from issue to issue‚ disaster to victory‚ and most often‚ from meeting to meeting‚ where the staff negotiates and renegotiates their political strategy. Trumpeting idealist and liberal American values‚ “The West Wing‚” written by Aaron Sorkin‚ also underscored the necessity of compromise‚ with White
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Silk Road DBQ The Silk Road in World History (Suggested writing time – 40 minutes) You should spend at least 10 minutes reading‚ analyzing‚ and grouping the sources. Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1-6. (The documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise.) Write your answer on the lined pages of the Section II free-response booklet. This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay
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Throughout American history‚ many have worked to make constitutional and social equality for all Americans‚ slave and free‚ black and white. Between 1860 and 1877‚ America had gone through civil war and reconstruction‚ from destructive to constructive. Hence‚ there had been many factors that attributed to constitutional and social developments in America history‚ but the main reasons for the change could attribute to the economic rivalry between the industrial North and the agricultural
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1993 DBQ Early English colonies in America hardly resembled the union of men and women that would later fight against England and build a new country. In fact‚ until the mid-eighteenth century‚ most English colonists had very little‚ if anything to do with the settlers in neighboring colonies. They heard news of Indian wars and other noteworthy events‚ not from the colony itself‚ but from England. The colonies in the New World appeared completely different and the prospect of any unity between them
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Aztec DBQ Essay The Aztec empire thrived in central Mexico from the 13th to the 16th centuries. In the early 16th century‚ the Spanish conquistadors overtook the Aztecs as part of the "Age of Exploration." Since then‚ historians have struggled to define how history should remember the Aztecs. Although the Aztecs were supporters of human sacrifice‚ they should be remembered as a sophisticated civilization because of their elaborate flourishing economy‚ social customs‚ and their advances in society
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constitution banned the slavery. Henry Clay worked to make a compromise that would both satisfy the South and the North. With the support of Daniel Webster‚ a powerful senator of Massachusetts‚ Henry Clay presented to the Senate a series of resolutions later called The Compromise of 1850. In order to appease North‚ the compromise regulated that California be admitted to the Union as a free state. To please the South‚ the compromise proposed a new and more effective fugitive slave law. To appease
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Some pros were that the colonies would be stronger and more independent. the colonies would have strong central government to control the defense‚ taxation‚ postage‚ currency etc. also the Britain abandoned the mercantilism so the colonies would have to unite in order to survive because Britain no longer provided the colonies with the guarantee on market and it got its material from other countries for a lower price. this made the colonies go in depression because people had no jobs and they needed
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free trade‚ they could still get profit for their goods. Also the colonies could freely trade with each other because now no longer are they competition they are all part of the same nation working together. The Fenians were a HUGE problem in the 1860’s. The Fenians were Irish American soldiers that were super aggressive. The colonies on their own didn’t have enough defence to protect themselves over the Fenians; they would end up taking over all of the colonies eventually. So they all came together
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