Preparation for the First Examination Multiple Choice Questions: 1. According to your text‚ what two issues lay at the heart of Reconstruction? A. whether the federal or state government was ultimately sovereign‚ and whether African Americans or Native Americans were the most oppressed minority group B. which party would gain the ascendancy‚ and how the government could regulate the economy C. the future of political and economic power for African Americans‚ and the future of North-South economic
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Flemish beginnings. And although related to German‚ Wymysorys is incomprehensible with modern day German which is common among German dialects. Wymysorys has been on the decline since the late 19th century. In 1880 with 92% of people from Wilamowice speaking Wymysorys compared to only 72% in 1890‚ and then 67% in 1900. Although taught in schools‚ since 1875 the primary language in most schools turned to Polish. During
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After 1887‚ he continued to improve the lightning and power system‚ along with perfected the phonograph device‚ at his research laboratory in New Jersey. He also developed the motion picture camera and alkaline battery. After 1890s‚ Edison created several other inventions that weren’t as commercially successful as he had hoped. In 1912‚ he help designed the battery power for the T-Model. Thomas Edison’ last patent was an apparatus for holding objects during the electroplating
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made monopolies illegal because they started to hurt the consumers by charging way too much for products. Also monopolies were so powerful they cause competitor companies to lose money and run out of business. Then they made monopoly illegal in the 1890’s was passed as the Sherman Antitrust Act. Work industries in the 1800’s were extremely dangerous‚ they didn’t have any equipment to keep them from getting hurt. They had children working also working there to get into cramped spots in machines and
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after time schools. Although the schools would not be equal for many years‚ it was a giant step up from the minimal education of before. According to the US historical data browser‚ the number of people going to school nearly doubled between 1860 and 1880. America was entering a new age of knowledge and understanding that would help to make it the most powerful nation in the world before too long. The 1870s
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never got there or were swindled by corrupt officials. After the Civil War‚ the U.S. Army’s new mission was to clear out the West of Indians for white settlers to move in. The so-called "Indian Wars" took place roughly from 1864-1890 (from the Sand Creek Massacre to the Battle of Wounded Knee). It was really less of a war than a long series of skirmishes‚ battles‚ and massacres. At first‚ the Indians actually had the advantage because their arrows could be fired more
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Ho Chi Minh (1890-1869) Background to Vietnam’s Nationalist Movements Ancient Vietnam * Vietnam was once ruled by the Han and Tang Dynasties of China for over a thousand years until 939‚ and then from 1407 to 1428 * As such the Vietnamese had a strong sense of national identity‚ and also frequently put up violent resistance to foreign rulers. In the end Vietnamese resolve always overcame the patience and resources of the foreign rulers. * Northern Vietnam was ruled by the Trinh family
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6 Cigarette Consumption “Short‚ snappy‚ easily attempted‚ easily completed or just as easily discarded before completion – the cigarette is the symbol of the machine age." New York Times‚ 1925 Annual cigarette consumption ICELAND NORWAY SWEDEN FINLAND per person 1998 or latest available data 2‚500 and above RUSSIAN FED. ESTONIA UNITED KINGDOM IRELAND NETH. BELGIUM DENMARK 1‚500 – 2‚499 500 – 1‚499 1 – 499 RUSSIAN FEDERATION GERMANY POLAND SLOVAKIA BELARUS UKRAINE
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Causes of War of Independence It is now an admitted fact that th mass uprising of the people of Indo-Pakistan against the British rule in 1857 was not a spontaneous reaction of alien rule but the emption of the volcano of discontent which had kept smoldering for about a century. The causes of the War of Independence were political‚ economic‚ religious‚ social and military. (A). Political Causes The English East India company got strongly implanted in the Sub-Continent after its historic victory
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defect in the west A.3. The Ghost Dance A.3.a) Wovoka-a religious movement know as the Ghost Dance A.3.b) When the Ghost Dance spread to Standing Rock Reservation‚ the military ordered to arrest Sitting Bull’s cabin on December 15‚ 1890. A.4. Wounded Knee A.4.a) Massacre at Wounded Knee- U.S. Army’s killing of about 300 Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota; ended U.S. – American Indian wars on the Great Plains. A.4.b) The incented marked the end of the bloody conflict between
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