October 17‚ 2013 Farmers DBQ In the late nineteenth century‚ twenty years after the Homestead Act‚ farmers used their land in the western plains to produce both crops and profits. The farmers of this time struggled in the agricultural way of life by facing economic and political obstacles that were impossible to avoid‚ requiring them to do something about their complaints. Although the farmers had plausible arguments for most of their criticisms‚ their beliefs of the silver standard and overproduction
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History 102 DBQ #1: Reconstruction’s Failure Historical Context: The Civil War may have settled some significant national problems‚ but it created many more. Yes‚ slavery was abolished‚ secession had been refuted‚ and the supremacy of the national government confirmed. But the cost of Union victory—in lost lives‚ destroyed property and sectional bitterness—was staggering‚ and created huge new problems and tasks. Perhaps the most challenging task facing our exhausted nation was the future status
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PEASANT REVOLT DBQ This revolt lasted from 1524 till 1526‚ it began in the German states‚ and the main reason for the revolt was new Lutheran ideas that were beginning to go against the traditional Catholicism ideas. Documents 1‚4 and 5 give insight on the views those who were on the nobility side‚ Documents 2 and 3 give more specific details over the views of peasants and finally for Documents 7‚8 and 12 explain how the mainly how the revolt didn’t have much meaning behind it. Documents 1‚ 4
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Imperialism DBQ The rise of industrialization and nationalism pushed European and American nations to explore the uncharted regions of Africa‚ East‚ Asia‚ and Southeast Asia in mid-1800s. The result was a significant change in the social‚ political‚ and economic structures not only of the colonized nations‚ but also those of the colonizing nations. The progressive nations bring to the people of those garden spots the foodstuffs and manufactures they need. [Progressive nations]
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10358698 ANTEBELLUM SLAVERY WAS PRIMARILY ECONOMIC IN NATURE Slavery formed the backbone of the South economically. It was just as much the political and social basis of Southern identity‚ too. With the invention of Eli Whitney’s cotton gin‚ southern plantation owners had to buy more slaves to keep up with the demand for cotton. There was an ever-present demand‚ particularly by Northern states‚ for cotton. There became a growing economic dependence on slavery. James Henry Hammond’s manual
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West Wing: Compromise and Political Idealism In the acclaimed 2000s TV show “The West Wing‚” which fictionalizes the daily battles of American politics‚ senior staff members in the White House scatter from issue to issue‚ disaster to victory‚ and most often‚ from meeting to meeting‚ where the staff negotiates and renegotiates their political strategy. Trumpeting idealist and liberal American values‚ “The West Wing‚” written by Aaron Sorkin‚ also underscored the necessity of compromise‚ with White
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Silk Road DBQ The Silk Road in World History (Suggested writing time – 40 minutes) You should spend at least 10 minutes reading‚ analyzing‚ and grouping the sources. Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1-6. (The documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise.) Write your answer on the lined pages of the Section II free-response booklet. This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay
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1993 DBQ Early English colonies in America hardly resembled the union of men and women that would later fight against England and build a new country. In fact‚ until the mid-eighteenth century‚ most English colonists had very little‚ if anything to do with the settlers in neighboring colonies. They heard news of Indian wars and other noteworthy events‚ not from the colony itself‚ but from England. The colonies in the New World appeared completely different and the prospect of any unity between them
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Aztec DBQ Essay The Aztec empire thrived in central Mexico from the 13th to the 16th centuries. In the early 16th century‚ the Spanish conquistadors overtook the Aztecs as part of the "Age of Exploration." Since then‚ historians have struggled to define how history should remember the Aztecs. Although the Aztecs were supporters of human sacrifice‚ they should be remembered as a sophisticated civilization because of their elaborate flourishing economy‚ social customs‚ and their advances in society
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constitution banned the slavery. Henry Clay worked to make a compromise that would both satisfy the South and the North. With the support of Daniel Webster‚ a powerful senator of Massachusetts‚ Henry Clay presented to the Senate a series of resolutions later called The Compromise of 1850. In order to appease North‚ the compromise regulated that California be admitted to the Union as a free state. To please the South‚ the compromise proposed a new and more effective fugitive slave law. To appease
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