IX. Polk the Purposeful Polk laid out a 4-point mission for himself and the nation (then achieved all 4 points in 4 years) Lower the tariff Restore the independent treasury (put U.S. money into non-government banks) Clear up the Oregon border issue Get California One of Polk’s acts was to lower the tariff‚ and his secretary of the treasury‚ Robert J. Walker‚ did so‚ lowering the tariff from 32% to 25% despite complaints by the industrialists. Despite warnings of doom‚ the new tariff was
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In the 1830’s the Plains Indians were sent to the Great American Deserts in the west because the white men did not think they deserved the land. Afterwards‚ they were able to live peacefully‚ and to follow their traditions and customs‚ but when the white men found out the land they were on were still good for agricultural‚ or even for railroad land they took it back. Thus‚ the white man movement westward quickly begun. This prospect to expand westward caused the government to become thoroughly
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1. Those who favored overseas expansion by the United States in the late nineteenth century argued that Correct Answer: All of the answers are correct. 2. The United States reasserted the Monroe Doctrine as a cornerstone of its foreign policy by Correct Answer: insisting that Britain submit its dispute with Venezuela over the boundary of British Guiana to U.S. arbitration. 3. Military strategist and historian Alfred Thayer Mahan advocated an American policy of Correct Answer: expanding
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Q: Analyze the ways in which technology‚ government policy‚ and economic conditions changed American agriculture in the period 1865-1900. In your answer be sure to evaluate the farmers’ responses to these changes. The latter half of the nineteenth century was a dramatic time of change for the United States. Coming out of the Civil War‚ the country needed to learn to move forward and develop a new identity. With this new identity came a new agricultural system. The United States spent a significant
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Jason Billinglsey European History 9 May 2013 DBQ: French Nobility During the time period of the late sixteenth century to the late eighteenth century the concept of what nobility is and what it was conceived to be varied greatly as more modern thoughts developed and desperation of monarchs grew to meet such demand. The arguments related to nobility differed greatly‚ but these were the most crucial; the difference between the sword and the robe and the right to even hold such a position
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dlrjsorkTmsrjrladuddjsz Elizabeth (1998) The movie‚ “Elizabeth‚” is a biographical film of Queen Elizabeth I of England produced by Tim Bevan‚ Alison Owen‚ and Eric Fellner released in year of 1998. The film was directed by Shekhar Kapur starring Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth‚ Geoffrey Rush as Sir Francis Walsingham‚ and Joseph Fiennes as Robert Dudley. This movie is the first of the series of Elizabeth with a following sequel‚ “Elizabeth: The Golden Age‚” that was released in 2007. The colorized
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Pilgrimage of Grace was a protest whereas the marchers opposed the doings and new governmental policies of Thomas Cromwell. Thomas Cromwell‚ after the Act of Supremacy imposed by the head of the Anglican Church‚ Henry Viii‚ was put in charge. His rule resulted in a series of new laws including taxes‚ they expansion of royal power in England‚ the dissolution of the monasteries‚ and the confiscation of Catholic Church lands. The marchers that were in the Pilgrimage of Grace were peasants‚ according
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The 17th and 18th centuries saw the embryonic stage of women’s quest for intellectual and social parity with men. The evolution of women’s fight for equal opportunities was bogged down by a long history of stereotyping and condescension. Women were weaker physically‚ bore children and nurtured them. The economics and culture of Europe at this time was strongly influenced by religion and resulted in prejudice against women. The dominating religions of Europe in the 1600’s and 1700’s
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Prescribed Subject 2: The emergence and development of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)‚ 1946 to 1964 1. (a) According to Source A‚ Mao wanted to start a technological revolution in China for several reasons. Firstly‚ he believed that after the anti-feudal land reform‚ agricultural co-operativization‚ and the socialist reconstruction of private industries‚ commerce‚ and handicrafts‚ a technological revolution would be the logical next step. Confirming this state of mind is Mao’s quote
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Comparing and Contrasting the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty Throughout history‚ many powerful empires and dynasties have ruled. Some ruled for hundreds of years‚ while others lasted for shorter time periods. All of these ruling powers had a great impact on their country’s development. The way they governed their people and kept in power were often very different but they often achieved the same goals. The Han Dynasty‚ which ruled China from 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E and the Roman Empire‚ which
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