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 This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents.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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enforced whittled trade down to almost nothing (Document A). Americans had hit some 60 Japanese cities with out High Explosives and incendiary bombs (Document B). Japan was quickly on the path to destruction. Of course‚ the Allies ignored this for the reason that dropping the atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki would intimidate Russia. Had they truly been considering saving more lives and bringing a quick end to the war in Japan‚ they would have simply waited them out without
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against the Barbary States in Africa as shown in Document E. The pirates were boarding American ships in the Mediterranean and stealing their cargo. The pirates were harassing the American shipping industry very greatly. Although Jefferson had reason to attack the pirates‚ this action directly contradicted his beliefs before his presidency. Jefferson contradicted his own beliefs as well as the Constitution‚ because he was not legally allowed to declare war against another country without an
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Cuban Revolution DBQ After overthrowing the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in January 1959‚ Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro‚ assumed power. He began a radical restructuring of Cuban society‚ which brought a huge change in gender roles‚ as well as a change in the lives of Cuban women. I grouped the documents into 3 categories which were: people against liberation‚ men who approve liberation‚ and women who approve their new rights. I would like to see an extra document from a female politician
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By the 1750’s‚ Americans began to query their involvement with the British Empire by establishing their own identity and unity as Americans. The colonist began to see a strong display of British oppression. Taxes and the different Acts‚ such as the Intolerable Acts caused the colonists to believe that it would be better if they were separated from their mother country. Colonists also felt that some of their rights and liberties were being taken away by the British Empire. By the eve of the revolution
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place were very crucial in this time period. One of these was the South Carolina Declaration of Secession‚ which was introduced in December of 1860 right before the Civil War began. In this document the government of South Carolina provides its reasons for it seceding from the United States‚ such as the North’s disregard for the Constitutional rule supporting slavery‚ and this was a big step for the formation of the Confederacy (Doc. A). Another major political move was when African Americans petitioned
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farther to Vietnam. It would have been helpful to add a map of the communist and non-communist countries in Europe before WWII to compare to Doc 1 in order to highlight the amount of control the USSR gained trying to beat the US in the Cold War. Documents 3 and 9 suggest that‚ aside from a few rebels‚ Hungary and Nicaragua welcomed the Soviets’ help in switching to communism and training communist soldiers. However‚ docs 2 and 9 offer contradictory viewpoints which suggest that Russian invaded their countries
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ceaseless battle‚” Hitler concluded‚ “I look upon this day as marking the close of the struggle for German equality status and with that re-won equality the path is now clear for Germany’s return to European collective cooperation” (The New York Times‚ Doc 3). Here‚ this is showing that Hitler knew what he had to do to get what he wanted‚ and did it. In order for him to rebuild Germany‚ he needed supplies. All of Germany’s natural resources were located in the demilitarized zone‚ and Hitler needed it.
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Ethnic Conflict DBQ Over the course of the years world history has continued to change. New conflicts are constantly developing. In order to keep these conflicts under control special foundations and laws such as the United Nations and the Declaration of Human Rights have been founded. Despite the creation of the United Nations and the issuance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights‚ conflict has continued in the post-World War II era. The attempts at keeping peace have and have not been
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were important to farmers because they took farmers out to their lands‚ carried their produce of hard work to markets‚ and brought them the manufactured goods that they needed. Many farm settlements were established around railroads because of this reason. Railroad managers were forced to charge very high rates and because of it‚ that means farmers would have to pay more money to use railroads when they already used enough money keeping their crops alive. Document B talks about how it was also hard
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