History 1620/Spring April 10‚ 2015 Week 4 Discussion Questions 1. Why was corruption so rampant in American politics during this period? Was it worse than today? If so‚ why? American politics were so corrupt during the guilded age. This‚ in part‚ is because of the way people affiliated themselves. During this time period‚ it didn’t matter your candidate said or did‚ you had to be loyal and vote for your party. Also the corruption was so bad because the political machines would partner with the ward
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entitled ’Was Colonial Culture Uniquely American’ in the book Taking Sides‚ I came to the conclusion that colonial culture was uniquely American. Professor Gary B. Nash states time and time again that the combination of the Europeans‚ Native Americans‚ and Africans created a unique triracial society. Although other reasons do comply with my choice‚ they all basically come back to this statement. First‚ Mr. Nash describes the effect the Native Americans had on the building of a new American culture
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Explain how and why Agrippina the younger was killed Julia Agrippina or known better as Agrippina Minor or most famously Agrippina the younger was one of the most powerful and inferential women in the entire roman empire. Her power and her influence was one of her most remarketing features and it is also those features which become her demise and the main cause of her murder. Agrippina the younger who has been portrayed as the most controversial woman in all of roman history has been seen is mainly
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movement was Reconstruction. Reconstruction was a period in time when America was consisting of many leaders‚ goals and accomplishments. Eventually‚ it did come to an end‚ the result has been both a failure and a success. Reconstruction of the South‚ though‚ was definitely a failure in many ways. When Reconstruction began‚ America had just done fighting the Civil War. Basically‚ this time period was mainly just that. It was a time of “putting together the pieces” as some people have said. It was a point
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How Successful Was The New Deal? In 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt won the election by nearly 7million votes‚ one of the biggest democratic victories ever recorded in the US. He mainly won this election due to his promises of a New Deal for the American citizens. The New Deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1936. But how successful was the New Deal in solving America’s economic depression? One of the main problems was that Americans had little
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himself and not others. The bank was not closing when he wanted it to close‚ so he took it into his own hands to close it himself. In result‚ the economy was destroyed for many years until it began to recover. Jackson is the type of president who does whatever he wants. His logic is that if a state is not doing what he wants‚ it is okay to invade and kill them all just so he can get his way. He may have helped the United States get some control of Florida‚ but Jackson was unfit to be president‚ after
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Many myths surround the American civil war including one that tells us Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves with just a movement of his pen. But was it him who went into war with millions of soldiers? The military were the ones who did everything they could to help free the slaves. Although Abraham Lincoln did issue the emancipation proclamation‚ it only freed slaves on paper but he did not go fight the war to actually free the slaves. He was pushed by the logic of winning the war against the confederacy
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people in a box shaped formation with long spears and shields. During his lifetime did Alexander show leadership‚ discipline‚ and integrity to be called great or was he just a dictator? Alexander was a ruthless dictator because he took way too many lives‚ he pushed his army too much‚ and he gave cruel punishments. The first reason Alexander was a dictator‚ is because he took way too many lives. An example is from Alexander’s legacy “Estimated enemy soldiers and civilians killed in four major battles
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requirements for budget deficit and debt limitation but with a much stricter regime. In the past‚ many European countries including Greece and Italy have substantially exceeded these criteria over a long period of time. To tackle the financial crisis it was assume that euro bonds will play a important role so that euro bonds issued jointly by the 17 euro nations using the term "stability
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There are many reasons why The New Deal was and wasn’t successful. But‚ in overall The New Deal was more unsuccessful because of the amount of people losing their jobs and the government having too much power. People started to lose their jobs due to the many businesses closing down which led to the poor and the rich to be equal in wealth. Businesses closing was mainly caused by the government having too much power and they thought they could do anything they wanted because no one could stop them
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