8th Grade Social Studies Exit Project NYC Institute 2009 Table of Contents 1. Description of Project Pg. 3 2. Expectations of the Project Pp. 4-5 3. Project Rubric Pp. 6-7 4. Student Research Packet Pp. 8-40 a. Spanish-American War Pp. 9-12 b. Panama Canal Pp. 13-16 c. Portsmouth Treaty Pp. 17-19 d. Roosevelt Corollary Pp. 20-21 e. Treaty of Versailles
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The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty put into place at the end of world war one (Schultz‚ 2014). The treaty involved Germany‚ France‚ Britain and the United States. Although the Treaty was envisioned to create peace between these countries‚ it wasn’t entirely fair on Germany but rather punitive (Schultz‚ 2014). Germany was banned from the negotiations. Some believed this made the Treaty unfair from the beginning‚ as it appeared the ’Big Three’ (France‚ Britain and the United States) could
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How Did America Get In WWI? As most of the people believed that America joined WWI and they very first‚ however‚ it was not accurate at all. At the outbreak of WWI‚ President Wilson actually adopted a neutral position in an effort to keep America from being pulled into the war in Europe. Despite President Wilson’s attempt to stay neutral‚ how did America get into WWI exactly? America got pulled into WWI because Germany was sinking American ships; German troops marched on Belgium; and Germany made
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Britain was the main reason why Labour won the 1964 election.’ Assess the validity of this statement (45) The 1964 election changed the British political landscape forever as a thirteen-year Conservative dominance crumbled at the hands of Harold Wilson and his youthful Labour Party. Historians‚ such as Rowe‚ postulate that there are a plethora of reasons to why Labour won the 1964 election‚ most prominently because of the Conservatives’ inability to economically modernise Britain. Contrastingly
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Despite Wilson’s extensive 1919-1920 campaign to achieve Senate approval for the treaty‚ he failed in part because he did not attain consensus among the Democratic and Republican parties. When peace negotiations began in October‚ 1918‚ President Wilson Woodrow played a significant role. The focal point of his arguments were based of his famous “Fourteen Points”‚ and he insisted those “points” needed to serve as a basis for the signing of the armistice. This of course‚ included the formation of the
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Dr. Barbara Wilson’s view on virtue ethics is that one’s “moral actions are guided by positive inner traits (virtues)‚ which rightly inform and guide a person’s behavior” (131). One should just be a good person and not look for a set of rules to follow in order to be a good person. Dr. Wilson’s “who you are an important as what you do” (132)‚ is a statement I agree with because‚ one should not do what they think is right for sake of the results of such. Living life just trying to be a good person
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In Light in August‚ written by William Faulkner‚ there exists a great deal of isolationism amongst the characters. Whether a character is a societal outcast or simply prefers his or her own company‚ all the main characters tend to be loners in some way. In some cases‚ this detached state in which the characters live cause existential crises. Characters begin to question the meaning of their existence and feel like their lives lack both purpose and direction. One character in particularly‚ Percy
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stimulate industrial production and exports by supporting collaboration between the government‚ employers and trade unions. It predicted an economic growth rate of 3.8% and a 25% increase in exports by 1970. However‚ due to the balance of payments crisis‚ Wilson and Callaghan (Chancellor of the Exchequer)‚ were forced to impose £500 million worth of cuts and to increase taxes. This is shown in Source 9 when it states that there will be “no tax cuts for time being”. Therefore‚ the National Plan was cut and
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On January 22‚ 1917‚ Woodrow Wilson made one final‚ attempt to avert war‚ delivering a moving address that correctly declared only a “peace without victory” (beating Germany without embarrassing them) would be lasting. Germany responded by shocking the world‚ announcing that it would break the Sussex pledge and return to unrestricted submarine warfare‚ which meant that its U-boats would now be firing on armed and unarmed ships in the war zone. Wilson asked Congress for the authority
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voters and non-voters. In addition‚ all four candidates running for the title of President‚ Debs‚ Roosevelt‚ Wilson‚ and Taft‚ were all progressives‚ and wanted to reduce the number of trusts. This gave all voters‚ men or women‚ some incentive to vote. In the end of the election‚ Woodrow Wilson won‚ but not with the majority. During Wilson’s presidency‚ some women spoke out saying that Wilson was "oppressing" them‚ and compared themselves to people being oppressed by Kaiser that were living Germany
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