The Rise of the KKK By: Kylee Tyler-Breimon As a result of the Red Scare and also anti-immigrant feelings‚ groups bigots used anti-communism as their excuse to harass any group that wasn’t the same as their group. One of these groups was known as the Ku Klux Klan‚ or the KKK. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret organization that used terrorist tactics in an attempt to restore white supremacy in Southern states after the Civil war. This group was devoted to “One hundred percent Americanism”
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The Rise of the Roman Empire started around 133-30 BCE. During this time‚ there were three triumvirs‚ Crassus Gaius Julius Caesar‚ and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. When Crassus died in Parthia‚ in 52 BCE‚ the Senate appointed Pompey as the sole consul of Rome. This broke the Republican rule where there should have been two consul’s not just one. Caesar refused to resigned his position that was ordered from the Senate and seen the moved as a unjust action to oust him from power. He refused to resigned
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THE RISE OF THE MODERN WEST Jyoti Shukla B.A. History (Hons) Second year 379 Assignment Briefly point out the major issues in the debate of transition from Feudalism to Capitalism. Maurice Dobb in his Studies in the Development of Capitalism in 1947‚ elaborated the Marxist debate over the western pattern of transition from Feudalism to Capitalism and this debate developed in the early 1950s. Paul Sweezy‚ another Marxist economist & Takahashi‚ a Japanese economist‚ challenged Dobb’s reasoning
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Rising Tide of Immigration Largest Mass Movement in History 1880-1921‚ 23 million people immigrated (rec.) Nearly 46 million people left homelands seeking new countries. NO quotas‚ NO papers‚ NO passports for USA Demographics After 1880 “Old Immigrants” = Northwestern Europe; Before 1880 “New Immigrants” = Southern & Eastern; After 1880 Who Were They? Young‚ Mostly Male‚ and Catholic & Jewish Spoke little or no English What Did They Do? Unskilled agricultural
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(a) Explain the difference between natural change and net migration Natural change is the difference between the number of deaths and the number of births in a population‚ which either shows a natural increase or decrease. Net migration is the difference between the number of immigrants entering the country and the number of emigrants leaving the country. (b) Suggest two reasons for the increase in life expectancy One reason is development in medical technology‚ cures are found for illnesses and
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The Presidential Election of 1860 was the drive that caused the American Civil War to take place. The date of the election was November 6‚ 1860. The candidates were Abraham Lincoln for the Republican party‚ John Breckinridge from the Southern Democratic party‚ John Bell from the Constitutional Union party‚ and Stephen Douglas from the Northern Democratic party. Abraham Lincoln ended up winning the election. The South did not favor Lincoln‚ so when he was elected the southern states decided to secede
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The Rise of Naturalism The Law of Life RL 2 Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text. RL 3 Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story. RL 4 Analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone‚ including words with multiple meanings. RL 9 Demonstrate knowledge of early-twentiethcentury works of American literature. L 4b Identify and correctly
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of a revolt in the lower class. Now The Spanish Royal Family has gained control of their land. In order for Ferdinand to keep his kingdom safe and undisturbed from outsiders‚ he takes the province of Granada from the Moors. This shows Ferdinand’s rise in power in 1492 and shows
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Pearsons 1 Ethan Pearsons Mr. Smithson English I 18 May 2007 The Rise of Nerdcore Pocket protectors‚ computer programming‚ the Star Wars trilogy‚ Snoop Dogg and thumping bass. What do all these have in common? They all contribute to the latest in a string of subgenres in the rap world called Nerdcore or Geeksta Rap. Nerdcore is a relatively new style of music created by self-proclaimed nerds‚ those guys who probably got beat up a lot in high school and are now pulling down six figures
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free trade‚ they could still get profit for their goods. Also the colonies could freely trade with each other because now no longer are they competition they are all part of the same nation working together. The Fenians were a HUGE problem in the 1860’s. The Fenians were Irish American soldiers that were super aggressive. The colonies on their own didn’t have enough defence to protect themselves over the Fenians; they would end up taking over all of the colonies eventually. So they all came together
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