The 1800s were a time full of growth and modernization. The geography of countries plays a big roll in their economy and the resources they can provide for themselves. The fact that Great Britain and Japan are both island nations has lead them to develop around their location and limitations. Great Britain is a big island located to the west of the European continent. The geography of England made it easy to protect and to trade. "[British] ports command an unobstructed passage to the Atlantic
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Union is power. Work in unity is better than working individually. That is why the British North Americans thought of confederation. An individual or single power will most likely have a hard time fighting against a group of people with lots of power. The colonies wanted to join together so that they could fight against the United States. If the groups of colonies didn’t join together‚ they wouldn’t have the power to prevent the United States from controlling all of North America. There is also other
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John Jacomo Progressive era DBQ The late 1800’s and early 1900’s was called the Progressive Era. Society became more diverse while industry flourished. But problems like monopolies‚ discrimination‚ and corruption arose so the idea of change raced through people’s heads. A group of people called progressives decided to take action. This denouement benefits for not only the federal government but America itself. Change during the progressive era resulted in benefits for the American people
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Rinya Kamber AP US 3rd 10/10/11 Jeffersonian Era – DBQ The period between 1815 and 1825 was inaccurately dubbed the “Era of Good Feelings.” Despite the relatively low political opposition and boom of westward expansion and economy‚ bigger problems such as the economic bust as well as the differing beliefs of northern and southern states threatened the strength and unity of the nation during this time. After the war of 1812‚ the surge of nationalistic feelings took place‚ but‚ simultaneously
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DBQ As WWII came to an end‚ a new conflict emerged between the United States and the Soviet Union. This conflict was the Cold War‚ and it affected many regions of the world‚ including Europe‚ Asia and Latin America. One example of how the Cold War affected a region was in Europe where it was divided into two regions; communist and non-communist.(doc 1) This seemed to be a question with countries whether they’ll be run as a communist country or non-communist. Berlin was an immediate victim to
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DBQ Essay (Modern Day Olympics 1896 – 2002) War‚ Nationalism‚ and money paid by various corporations/countries all shaped the modern day Olympics. War played a major role in shaping the modern day Olympic Games. In document one‚ Pierre de Coubertin‚ the founder of the modern Olympic movement‚ states that the Olympics would serve as a reduction of war because of the worldwide competition between various countries. Coubertin wrote this document to attempt to convince the Athletic Society of France
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DBQ: Fall of Rome Barbarian attacks caused the fall of the Roman Empire because the Roman Soldiers left the border wide open for attacks. The Roman soldiers were forced to retreat from the frontier to go fight in the civil wars to protect their citizens and family. Since the border was wide open and ready to attack‚ German hunter and herders invaded Gaul and Greece in the third century A.D (Ten Theories 1). Eventually‚ Odovacar took over the last part of the Roman Empire in A.D. 476. The raids
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What is a questioned document? Describe at least one example of something that might be a questioned document. A questioned document is any document with handwriting or typed writing that is questioned to its authenticity. One example would be a letter that was written from the suspect or anybody. 2. What is an exemplar? What are the best types of exemplars? An exemplar is an authentic sample that is compared to the questioned document. The best ones are the
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better at all. 3. Why do you think some Americans in 1918 might have wanted this amendment? Because they thought alcohol was the cause of the all the problems and corruption. Document A 1. (Sourcing) When was this document written? Was this before or after the passage of the 18th Amendment? This document was written on September 20‚ 1920. This was after the passage of the 18th Amendments. 2. Why might the National Temperance Council have met in 1920 (after the passage of the 18th
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In the year of 1945‚ stress of American people finally went away when the war ended. Germany had finally been defeated and was taking it hard. However‚ soon after that the U.S.S.R and the United states were having their political differences. Containment is the attempt to stop the spread of communism. The Cold War split into two main parts and one was communism. Then the Marshall Plan was sent into action. The United States dedicated 12 billion dollars to European countries to help them rebuild
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