evolution in school. He was arrested‚ tried‚ and convicted. Conviction was overturned and fine went away. “Scopes Monkey Trial” play based on this event. This was a gov’t set up‚ test case for schools to teach evolution. Maps: 41. Mexico invades the US here: New Mexico 42. This was the Laboratory of Democracy: Wisconsin 43. Charles Evans Hughes was a progressive governor of this state: New York 44. Location of the Teapot Dome: Wyoming 45. Jeanette Rankin was elected as the first female
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Americans were not always free and independent. The colonists from Great Britain who settled America were ruled for many years by the British crown. After some time ‚ the colonists wanted independence. But‚ the English had many reasons to feel a wave of rebellion. The British placed unreasonable taxes on the colonists and to add on‚ unfair treatment was also placed on to the colonists by the British. To start off‚ a statement commonly argued was “No taxation without representation.” This basically
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the way Japan deals with military issues that affect the country is in a western manor of bureaucracy. The “Treaty of Portsmouth” marked the end of the Russo-Japanese War and is made to sound as if its a contract to say to Russia don’t mess with us or we will mess you up‚ and has an air of Nationalism in it. All of the documents in the group show that the west had slowly influenced just about every aspect of Japan. th th Japanese trade expanded in the 19 and early 20 centuries as in documents
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Between the years 1825 and 1850‚ the US underwent a series of social and political reforms which attempted to democratize American life. Reform movements during this period of Jacksonian Democracy attempted to dissolve disunity in the social ladder and pushed for equal rights among all citizens. Stemming from the Second Great Awakening in the early 19th century‚ many of these reforms were backed by religious ideals over democratic principles. At the forefront of the cause‚ however‚ was the hope
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During the late fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries‚ thousands of individuals were persecuted as witches. It was thought that these individuals practiced black magic and performed evil deeds‚ the deeds of the devil. This all happened during a time of great change in Europe‚ during the time of the Protestant Reformation‚ the Catholic Reformation‚ the Scientific Revolution‚ and the consolidation of national governments. They were persecuted for a variety of reasons‚ but three major ones were
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The US’s victory in the Mexican War resulted in renewed controversy over the issue of extending slavery into the territories‚ a possible split in the Whig and Democrat parties over slavery‚ the cession by Mexico of an enormous amount of land to the US‚ and a rush of settlers to new American territory in California 3. The Wilmot Proviso‚ if adopted‚ would have prohibited slavery in any territory acquired in the Mexican War 4. The debate over slavery in the Mexican Cession threatened to split
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The Effects of Industrialization on Manchester‚ England 1750-1850 England in the 18th and 19th centuries changed dramatically as a result of the Industrial Revolution‚ which had many effects on the social structure of England and increased the gap between the rich and the poor. Because of this‚ industrialized English towns such as Manchester were both criticized and admired by poets‚ politicians‚ journalists‚ and outsiders‚ who were particularly from France. The most powerful points of view were
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“According to their custom the Northmen plundered… the Northmen ‚ with their boats filled with immense booty‚ including men and goods‚ returned to their own country.”(Doc 4) This tells us that the Northmen or Vikings were always plundering towns and you always had to be ready to run and/or fight. “This excerpt describes Europe in the ninth and tenth century… [Barbarians] sacked towns and villages and laid waste to the fields. They burned
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Buddhism began by Buddha himself preaching his enlightenment message on his view on the world and how humans should‚ and the best way to‚ succeed in the world. However in the 6th century BCE the government had fallen and there was period of instability until the Sui Dynasty took over‚ during this period was when Buddhism began to majorly spread. After the fall of the Han dynasty‚ there were many responses to the spread of Buddhism throughout China between the 6th century BCE and 570 CE. Buddhism
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DBQ In the time period 1925 – 1950 Chinese peasants‚ and Chinese created a bad relationship with each other. Peasants were stronger than the Chinese Communist party supported by documents one‚ five‚ and six‚ peasants were the prime target for attacks instead of the Chinese Communist party supported by documents four‚ eight‚ and nine‚ and the peasants were more willing to fight the Japanese while the Chinese Communist party was not so willing supported by documents two‚ and three. Peasants and the
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