ordered workers in the Ruhr back into production and resumed the cancelled reparation payments. In 1924‚ a new currency was introduced in Germany‚ and government spending was cut hugely. In an attempt to help the situation in Germany somewhat‚ the Dawes Plan was negotiated in 1924‚ which included an agreement for the removal of French troops from the Ruhr‚ and the promise of huge loans to Germany mainly from America. France agreed to this despite their involvement in a separationist movement that
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Week 1 WESTERN SETTLEMENT –Reading assignment Norton A People and A Nation chapter 17 Portrait of America chapter 2 “Sitting Bull and the Sioux Resistance” quiz Identification Terms: Transcontinental railroads Dawes Severalty Act Homestead Act Dawes Week 1/2 INDUSTRIALIZATION Reading Assignments: Norton et al.‚ A People and a Nation‚ Chapters 17‚ 18‚ 19 Portrait of America chapter 3 “The Master of Steel: Andrew Carnegie”-quiz Identification Terms: “New Immigrants”
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capture them (not mentioned in poem). From there‚ Revere continued with William Dawes towards Concord‚ where they also meet Samuel Prescott‚ who continues the ride with them (both men were not mentioned in the poem). At this point‚ the author has changed some of the details completely. In reality‚ a British Patrol stops all three men‚ and Revere is captured. Unlike the poem‚ he does not actually go on to Concord‚ but Dawes and Prescott do. Revere escaped later on in the night‚ but never saw the beginning
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In the late 1800’s‚ the few Native Americans that were left in the United States were almost completely extinguished. Many different things contributed to their near-extinction‚ some intentional and some unintentional. Some tribes went willingly‚ and some fought to the death. But in the end‚ it was proven that Native Americans and settlers could not live together in peace‚ and Native Americans were the ones at loss. A number of American inventions indirectly hurt the Native Americans. In 1874
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olumbus shipped 10 Arawak men and women to Spain in the first Indian slavery dealings from North America. Spanish slave trading of Native Americans lasted many years. One ship‚ loaded with 1‚100 Taino men and women‚ crossed the Atlantic to Spain with only 300 Native Americans surviving the journey. The numbers of Native Americans decreased dramatically during the first century after Columbus “discovered” America. Native Americans were captured and transported to Spain as slaves. They were
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What Is Freedom? Reconstruction 1865-1877 Four days after the meeting Sherman issued Special Field Order 15: It set aside Sea Island and a large area on the South Carolina and Georgia coasts for the settlement of the black families on 40 acre plots of land. He offered them broken mule too. With Slavery dead‚ which black institution strengthened after the war? a. The free blacks’ church b. The secret slave church c. The back family d. The free blacks’ schools e. ALL OF THE ABOVE- Correct
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reduced tribal status to something less than nation status. By not having treaty making power tribes lost effective negotiation power with the US Government. The Dawes Act served to destroy both the reservation system and tribal organization. The Dawes Act tried to make rugged individualists out of the Indians by making them farmers. The Dawes Act removed nearly fifty percent of Native American land from Indian tribes and accelerated the already rapid loss of traditional Indian culture. The religious
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Converting Saltwater into Electricity I. Introduction The world we live in is abundant with food‚ life and resources‚ but we continue to use up non-renewable resources in massive amounts. As a result‚ the many nations and countries of the world will have to deal with water‚ food‚ and energy shortages‚ as an effect of overpopulation. This Project presents a new‚ derived energy source. It will also discuss the methods and ways we can utilize this environmentally-friendly resource to produce an efficient
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Cruise Dudley Moore Arnold Schwarzenegger Popular Musicians · Bucks Fizz · The Jam · Olivia Newton-John · Chicago · Lionel Richie · ABBA · Black Sabbath · Queen · The Police · Tina Turner · David Bowie · Whitney Houston · Culture Club · Bruce Springsteen · U2 Television During the 1980s The 1980s was an important decade in
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Congressman Henry Dawes had great faith in the civilizing power of private property. He said that to be civilized was to "wear civilized clothes ... cultivate the ground‚ live in houses‚ ride in Studebaker wagons‚ send children to school‚ drink whiskey [and] own property
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