Cold War DBQ Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1 -- 14. (Some of the documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise.) This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay that: • Provides an appropriate‚ explicitly stated thesis that directly addresses all parts of the question and does NOT simply restate the question. • Discusses a majority of documents individually
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on the issue of slavery.” (Robert McNamara‚ Henry Clay‚ http://history1800s.about.com/od/leaders/a/Henry-Clay-bio.htm) He helped with the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850. The Missouri Compromise was the first settlement that tried to combat the disagreement on the issue of slavery. The Compromise of 1850 helped stall a civil war in the US and held the Union together. Clay also
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Why did Nationalism Fail! In 1815‚ at the end of the Napoleonic wars the Deutscher Bund was created which include all 39 German states‚ but this was not a united Germany. By 1850‚ there had been several attempts to united Germany but all failed and Germany remained divided. WHY DID THEY FAIL- LINE OF ARGUMENT – FACTORS Austria opposition Prince Metternich (Austrian Minister) was strongly opposed to German nationalism and was a major obstacle to the unification of Germany‚ as Austria was one
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Industrial Revolution (DBQ) The Industrial Revolution had a positive and negative affect on the new world. Bringing many new inventions‚ factories‚ and transportation. The factories produced items faster and the new invention of ships and vehicles made trade move quicker and farther. Was this all a positive affect on the world? Some would argue that it was not. In document 1 we see an excerpt from an interview with a man (Joseph Hebergam) that worked in one of the various factories. Joseph
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DBQ Chapter 12 The role of Mongol dominance in the integration of Eurasia was an important role because of inventions‚ their ideas‚ and the politics. The inventions of the Mogols helped to turn them into a huge melting pot. In document 4 we learned of their invention of the passport. This allowed people to move to travel around the empire easier with less hassle. While they moved they carried their ideas and told other about them which cause that to spread causing many diverse ideas among the
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DBQ The heightened flux of the pound sterling‚ or the element known as silver between the 16th and 18th centuries caused social and commercial influences or effects in every region linked with trade by rising the unification of Europeans in the world trade‚ and at the same time creating prodigious economic opening and causing social division in China. The impact of the flow of silver around the world on Spain’s economy can best be depicted in documents two and six. In document two‚ Spanish scholar
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In the 1600’s slavery played an immense role in early America‚ as well as vastly impacting lives later on. There were many debates over whether slavery should be abolished‚ most of these debates were directed towards the presidents of this time frame which included James Madison‚ James Monroe‚ John Quincy Adams‚ and Andrew Jackson. These men all shared the same opinion that slavery should be abolished because it is tyrannical and inequitable (Zucconi 1). The presidents during this dreadful time all
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history from the town of Troy. According to text 1 paragraph 7 it states‚ “He had workers open up huge trenches in the earth‚ shoveling out layers and debris that had been undisturbed for centuries”. The one friend was convinced that there was artifacts. S the earth was damaged a little bit but they still got the ancient artifacts. Furthermore‚ a melted chocolate
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"Apocalypto - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2011. . "Classic Maya collapse - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2011. . Henderson‚ John S.. The world of the ancient Maya . Ithaca N.Y.: Cornell University Press ‚ 1981. Print. Critique Apocalypto was a very good movie. I enjoyed all of the action‚ and how intense the movie was. It was a bit bloody and gory‚ but that just added to show how
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*Dawes Act- was passed in 1887 and divided land for Indians to be conformed into the American society‚ named after its sponser Henry Dawes. *Booker T. Washington- Was an adviser to presidents. Created Tuskegee Institute for Vocational Training. *Jim Crow Law- Black segregation laws‚ allowed seperate but egual. *Plessy v. Furgeson- Landmark Supreme Court decision which ruled that as long as it is equal‚ it can be seperate. (Plessy bought train ticket and sat in white section
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