________________________________________________________________ ZINN CHAPTER 2; Drawing the Color Line 1. According to Zinn‚ what is the root of racism in America? The root of racism was when the first blacks were used as servants similar to indentured servants but the reality of it was because of their skin color‚ they were treated different. They were treated inferior to European indentured servants. 2. Why were Africans considered "better" slaves than Indians in Virginia? Because the
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APUSH From 1861 to 1865 America was facing one of it worst times‚ the Civil War. This war had resulted in drastic changes all throughout American society. Labor and industrialization were two significant changes after the war. Slavery was outlawed due to the Thirteenth Amendment‚ so many blacks became sharecroppers. The war also pushed America to industrialize which led to many new and important inventions. Industrialization led to changes in agriculture and farming methods‚ which also
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Vincent Vo Period 6 Buers APUSH DBQ 1: Labor Unions Three decades following the Civil War‚ America was a conflicted time of both poverty and prosperity. While there were indeed a number of powerful men‚ such as Rockefeller and Carnegie‚ the majority of the population consisted of the working class. Entire families worked for exhaustingly long hours in dangerous and unsanitary conditions. Eventually‚ people of the working class started to advertise reforms and form unions. The movement towards organized
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Two distinct societies evolved based on important factors. They differed in their ways of economy and the way they conducted themselves. Although the Chesapeake and New England regions were settled by English ancestry‚ they were mainly developed because of their religious‚ economic‚ and social differences. The religion of these areas shaped the way that they acted and the things that they did. When the separatist settled in New England they were looking for religious freedom. In England the puritans
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Research Question: To what extent was Martin Luther King Jr. responsible for the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955-56? By Marioly Jimenez‚ Word count: 1666 Plan of Investigation‚ Word count: 156 The plan of this investigation is to determine the extent to which Martin Luther King’s actions and decisions caused the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The primary method of this investigations will be to compare witnesses’ testimonies to each other from before the success
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AP World History Chapters 29 – 33 study guide The canton system- system that allowed china to control European merchants but also the terms of trade in china; control trade with the west within china Laissez faire economics- a doctrine advocating a hands off government meaning the government had minimum influence and could not regulate or interfere with the states affairs and economy only when necessary Working and living conditions during the industrial age-the hours under strict and harsh regulation
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Nation B and $6 in Nation C‚ and Nation A is too small to affect prices in Nation B or C by trading. Nation A initially imposes a nondiscriminatory ad valorem tariff of 100 per cent on its imports of commodity X from Nations B and C. (a) If Nation A subsequently forms a customs union with Nation B‚ will Nation A produce commodity X domestically or import it from Nation B or Nation C? Answer: If Nation A forms a customs union with Nation B‚ Nation A will import commodity X from Nation B at the price
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Amber Lewis APUSH and AP Language Assignment 2nd period One huge change that has been brought on due to the social and political changes in our country is the overall interpretation of our coalitions‚ to our nation and ourselves. Because of the increase of nationalism‚ we‚ Americans‚ have changed our social boundaries and opened more opportunities for equality in the United States. As changes were beginning to happen‚ America grew troubled as it attempted to keep up with its political amendments and growing economy
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Brandon Nieves 12/4/14 Ms. Pearson APUSH The War of 1812 Throughout the course of history‚ the United States and Great Britain always seem to be bumping heads with each other constantly. They can never settle on the same page as they seem to have their differences on each other’s point of view. It all started with the American Revolution when the colonists demanded independence from Great Britain and now the United States find themselves going against Great Britain once again. This is known as
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Analyze the responses to TWO of the following to Secretary of State John Hay’s view that the Spanish American War was “a splendid little war”; William Jennings Bryan‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ Alfred Thayer Mahan‚ Emilio Aguinaldo When Secretary of State John Hay stated that the Spanish American War was a “splendid little war”‚ he received mixed responses from people such as William Jennings Bryan‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ Alfred Thayer Mahan‚ and Emilio Aguinaldo. Some people of the Philippines‚ especially
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