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    History 2112 Study Guide Test 1 Chapters 15-17 Chapter 15 1. Dawes Severalty Act – goals; Indian boarding schools (reasons for‚ children reaction to) 2. barbed wire – impact on ranchers 3. mining towns – victims of violence 4. Grangers – reasons for laws; members 5. Long drive – purpose 6. Mark Twain – themes in novels 7. Native Americans – Wounded Knee; Sand Creek Massacre; George Custer; Fort Laramie Treaty; reasons for U.S. violating treaties; impact of horses

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    A large sector of just war theory references several moral and legal implications that must be evaluated prior to engaging in attack. The legalist paradigm‚ as expressed by theorist and author Michael Walzer in his book Just and Unjust Wars1‚ evaluates the conditions that constitute just war‚ and elaborates on several of the key circumstances that are required to impose just war on others. Despite its strengths‚ this paradigm is often evaluated as being a “strawman”‚ and provides only a foundation

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    Native American History Written from the perspective of a news reporter. In contemplating the history of the Native American one cannot help but conjure up images of the Lone Ranger’s sidekick Tonto‚ pumpkin pie and Thanksgiving feasts. Many of us can recall in our grade school years assembling our shoebox dioramas depicting scenes of Native American culture and historical events. How convenient was it for the education system to put Native American History

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    Racism in American History X “Get the fuck out of my house!” exclaims Derek as he pulls down his wife-beater to reveal a swastika tattoo‚ “See this? That means not welcome.” American History X‚ directed by Tony Kaye‚ is a movie about the transformation of Derek Vinyard: a young neo-Nazi skinhead. Derek’s father‚ Dennis Vinyard‚ was a middle-class fireman who disagreed with many of the ideological changes–such as affirmative “black” action–happening in America at the time. His father died while

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    American Revolution The events that took place before the American Revolution affected history in such a way giving the British and colonists the need to have a Revolution. The French and Indian war is the name for the war that took place between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. The aftermath of this war was a big part leading up to the American Revolution. The war changed economic‚ political‚ and social relations between the three European powers (Britain‚ France‚ and

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    One of the most controversial topics in American History has been the subject of gender equality and the ever changing concept of women’s rights. Overtime‚ it’s actually quite incredible to see how far the American populous has come‚ comparatively with other countries‚ in such a short period of time. Women’s status in America today‚ for all intents and purposes‚ is equal to any man’s. However‚ that has not always been so. The United States has existed for exactly 240 years‚ and over the course of

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    significant importance in American history. During the Antebellum period‚ slavery undergirded the economy of the United States‚ dominated politics and eventually led to the war between the North and South. People in bondage were forced to work and live in unsanitary conditions‚ made to feel like livestock as they were bought and sold in the infamous slave market‚ and were scrutinized and ridiculed for their heritage. Slavery was implemented by the men and women of American colonization to take over

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    American History X Hate is part of the human condition. From our very beginning of our being comes our need to judge and be apprehensive toward people that are strange to us. In the classic film "American History X"‚ directed by Tony Kaye‚ two brothers are raised in a white supremacist world of racial hatred‚ self- pity‚ and social ignorance. It is only through the hard work and concern of a couple people that saved them. The movie opens with a scene from the ocean‚ forecasting a recurrent theme

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    in Alabama. And the Supreme Court nullified the law on civil rights in 1875 declaring unconstitutional. In 1896 Stop Plessy against Ferguson: the Supreme Court establishes access "separate but equal" to blacks and whites in the railways‚ thus legalizing segregation. Many organisms are born. Mary Church Terrell‚ black activist‚ founded the National Association of Colored

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    NOTE: Before starting the Timeline project please refer to the "Example Timeline Matrix" document. Instructions: Complete the matrix by providing the Time Period/Date(s) in column B‚ and the Description and Significance of the People/Event(s) to American History in column C. See complete instructions in the Syllabus for the Module 1 assignment entitled‚ “Timeline Part I.” NOTE: The timeline project does not need to be submitted to turnitin. NOTE: Please write your answers in a clear and concise manner

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