Devin Nishizaki Period 2 3/11/10 1920’s DBQ Beginning in the early 1920’s‚ America found itself in a frenzy of revolutionary movements that would shift the everyday lives of American citizens and pave the way to the modern era. A struggle between old ideas of conservatism and new liberal movements surfaced during the “roaring twenties”. The new movements that began rearing their heads during this time period consisted of liberal political ideas‚ the advancements of rights
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Cassandra Barrett December 11‚ 2012 Period 4 DBQ~~Silver As silver grew popular‚ it had many affects globally. Silver was seen positively as a way to increase trade and to involve the government in society whereas silver was not liked as it destabilized societies. Ralph Fitch‚ a British merchant‚ and He Qiaoyuan‚ a Ming dynasty court official both believed silver was a great asset to trade. Similarly‚ Ming court official‚ Wang Xijue and Antonio Vazquez de Espinosa‚ a Spanish priest‚ admired
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“Order inspections of the waterways‚ the walls of the cities and their suburbs‚ the dikes and rivers‚ canals and pools‚ and government buildings and cottages‚ and supply enough workers to those who are to carry out the repair work in each district” (Doc. 1). This shows that the government valued technology. Workers and supplies were given to inspect and repair their waterways. This was a time much before the twentieth century. Innovations like this were in their infancy‚ not developed like the technologies
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Amy Lee 2/3/14 DBQ Question During the period of 1890 to 1925‚ new political and economic opportunities arose for women because the cultural assumptions about women’s roles outside of the home were progressive and modern. Leaders‚ such as Susan B. Anthony‚ were instrumental in implementing these changes. Women were viewed as becoming wiser‚ stronger‚ and better able to protect themselves and their children. This cultural shift which began with this time period allowed for expansion of the traditional
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Silk Road DBQ The Silk Road in World History (Suggested writing time – 40 minutes) You should spend at least 10 minutes reading‚ analyzing‚ and grouping the sources. Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1-6. (The documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise.) Write your answer on the lined pages of the Section II free-response booklet. This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay
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students to compare two or more periods of history‚ and these questions appear in each period specified in the essay. The questions are placed under the titles of the topics I use in my U.S. History A.P. course. I. The Founding of the Colonies‚ 1607-1688 1. "Throughout the Colonial period‚ economic concerns had more to do with the settling of British North America than did religious concerns." Assess the validity of this statement with specific reference to economic and religious concerns. (1990‚ question
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Karen Sanchez Period 3 October 3‚ 2012 DBQ Essay During the late 1800s the United States was over growing in its population which it took over to the urbanization. There was a big over crowed in the citys on the United States and things just started to go wrong from there on. All these people started to come to United States. A act had been passed that allowed people to come to the United States. In document 3 in the picture shows a picture of the city of New York City‚ there was poor
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DBQ – WHAT WERE THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF WWI? DBQ – WHAT WERE THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF WWI? STUDENT GUIDE SHEET DIRECTIONS: Over a four year period from 1914 to 1918 Europe was beset by one of the most terrible wars in human history. This DBQ asks WHY SUCH A CATASTROPHE TOOK PLACE. 1.Read the BACKGROUND ESSAY 2.SKIM the documents to get a sense of what they are about DBQ – WHAT WERE THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF WWI? STUDENT GUIDE SHEET 3.In the margin (on the side) of your paper‚ record the MAIN
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By the 1750’s‚ Americans began to query their involvement with the British Empire by establishing their own identity and unity as Americans. The colonist began to see a strong display of British oppression. Taxes and the different Acts‚ such as the Intolerable Acts caused the colonists to believe that it would be better if they were separated from their mother country. Colonists also felt that some of their rights and liberties were being taken away by the British Empire. By the eve of the revolution
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“faithfully stand[ing] by Austria-Hungary as is required by the obligations of his alliance‚” and “should one of the High Contracting Parties be attacked by another Power‚[...] not to support the aggressor against its high Ally.” Notably‚ in Article 1‚ “Should‚ contrary to their hope‚ and against the loyal desire of the two High Contracting Parties‚ one of the two Empires be attacked by Russia the High Contracting Parties are bound to come to the assistance one of the Empires.” “In the Triple Alliance
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