death seen all throughout it. Shakespeare uses multiple stylistic features in the play to explore the tension between both inner families and between the Montagues and Capulets. Shakespeare uses a multitude of stylistic features to explore the tension between the Montagues and Capulets. In Act III‚ Scene I‚ Shakespeare employs the dialogue of Tybalt where he “shall not excuse
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Nicholas Alamillo Mr. Woolsey APUSH P.2 1. Compare and contrast Lincoln’s views on the federal Union with nullification theory found in Document B. Chapter 10‚ page 189. In this document‚ Lincoln argued that the Founders in 1776 created a single nation and not thirteen independent sovereign states. This did not give any state the legal authority to leave the union on its own. His adversary on this point was John C. Calhoun. Calhoun took the opposite position by declaring that the Declaration of
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Chelsey Lopez Apush Colonial Era Test Topics: Chapter 1 -7 Causes of Expansion Christian Crusades: control over Holy Land from Muslims‚ exotic delight from asia (silk‚ sugar) Marco Polo: venetian merchant traveler‚ introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China Improvement in navigation tech. Primogeniture: the legal principal that the firstborn to inherit entire estate (property & land) Development of Joint Stock companies: economic arrangement by which number of investors poo their
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Racial tension in American literature 1930’s-1960’s ‘You know if I was a negro i’d probably think the same way they do’ Anderson ‘If you were a negro nobody would give a dam what you thought’ Ward- Mississippi Burning (1988) During the 1930s-1960s America was a place of racial tension. The blacks and white were not equal. It was a time of black oppression an injustice. These themes are shown through the texts‚ ‘The Help‘ by Kathryn Stockett‚ ‘Mississippi Burning‘ directed by Allan Parker
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1920s Affluence & Anxiety: During the 1920s‚the United States achieved remarkable economic growth (affluence) because of various conditions - electricity‚ Europe’s destruction (WWI)‚ technlology and others. At the same time‚ immigration (Southern Europeans and Asians)‚ new ideas (Evolution and Science)‚ political (Socialism‚ Anarchism‚ Communism)and religious ideologies ( Catholism‚ Judaism) entered American society. With the affluence‚ was also the presence of anxiety. How did most Americans deal
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The Life of Gangsters the 1920s In the 1920s to the 1930s there was an uproar of gang activity. Most of these gangsters made living in the 20’s a hard time. These gangsters made their lifestyle robbing banks organising prison brakes and killing those who stand in their way. The major and most infamous criminal gangsters of this time were John Dillinger‚ Charles “Lucky” Luciano‚ Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd. One of the most notorious gangsters of all was John Dillinger. The first act that
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1920s KKK Resurgence in the Northeast How did the resurgence of the Klan on the east coast affect the unity of the country? The Ku Klux Klan was revived in 1915 by William J. Simmons‚ a preacher influenced by past records and memoirs of KKK members and historians. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) became the Klan’s biggest opponent in this time period‚ and following the first world war‚ they developed a strong hatred for anyone they chose to identify as an
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How did the tensions of the 1860s show the human side of the Civil War? Three perspectives of the Civil War were the children‚ African Americans‚ and the medical staff. Most of the effects of the tensions made were not good. One side of the Civil War were the children. Tens of thousands of fathers were killed in the war. This caused many children to become orphans‚ causing the opening of many orphanages all across America. Some children wanted to become soldiers and they would slip through the cracks
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In 1945‚ the two superpowers--the United States and the USSR--became enemies because their beliefs and objectives were completely at odds‚ this was known as the Cold War. An aspect of the Cold War was the race for nuclear superiority. As tension grew between the USSR and America‚ Americans were engulfed in great anxiety and fear towards the atomic bomb. During the atomic era and since then‚ the atomic bomb had predominantly been portrayed as the cause of great fear and anxiety. As fears intensed
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Once upon a time‚ Whites and Blacks didn’t see each others race until after World War I. One white man said they all seemed like they belonged and that they all seemed like they were family in North Omaha. After World War I ended the men that were enlisted had to return home which made the whites have to compete with the blacks for jobs. The government spending on arms was reducing. This is when race became such a big problem in the United States. The whites began getting nervous because they were
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