Westward Expansion and Sectionalism (1840-1861) At the end of the Mexican War during Polk’s term as president‚ many new lands west of Texas were yielded to the United States‚ and the debate over the westward expansion of slavery was rekindled. Southern politicians and slave owners demanded that slavery be allowed in the West because they feared that a closed door would spell doom for their economy and way of life. Whig Northerners‚ however‚ believed that slavery should be banned from the new territories
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Cold War DBQ Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1 -- 14. (Some of the documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise.) This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay that: • Provides an appropriate‚ explicitly stated thesis that directly addresses all parts of the question and does NOT simply restate the question. • Discusses a majority of documents individually
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Historian as curandera Abstract History is story we tell ourselves as Khalil Gibran Muhamad defined it ‚ or Story we tell ourselves about how past explains our present and the way story is told is shaped by contemporary needs as Aurora Levnis Morales nicely put it. Likewise it could be stated that we become stories we tell ourselves. Thus‚ history has role in construction of our identity. Given the importance of the story for us‚ could it be different story then the one we are told in mainstream
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The ’Good Nazi’? Many historians such as Alan Bullock praise Speer’s performance at the Nuremburg Trials and were convinced that Speer had told the truth. They label Speer an ’apolitical technocrat’‚ ’more concerned with the job he had to do than the power it brought him.’(1) American journalist William Shirer reported on his trial at Nuremburg and came to view him favourably (2)‚ whilst British academic Hugh Trevor-Roper interviewed Speer‚ and in his book The Last Days of Hitler‚ describes Speer
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Nationalism made a huge impact during the First World War. Most dominating countries in World War I used nationalism to expand their territories and dominate the other countries. Dominating other countries made a huge impact in our history. Nationalism is an extreme pride or devotion that people feel for their country or culture. It is also proved as a useful tool for encouraging the expansion of the nation. During the World War One there were two kinds of nationalism‚ the desire of subject people
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do good have good It is a law of nature that whatever action we take in this world‚ there is always a reaction. If we do well‚ we stand to gain a good reward. If we do badly‚ we should expect a bad outcome ultimately. "As you sow‚ so shall you reap" is a popular saying. The Holy Qur’an has also guided on this subject‚ it says: "If you do good‚ you do good to yourselves. Likewise‚ if you do evil‚ you do evil to yourselves." (17:7) One of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad was very fond of
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Feelings of War During the World War I‚ the literature had a conversion of the emotions and purposes of how writers told their stories through the poetry. As a consequence‚ of the tragically situation on war‚ James Campbell (1999) incorporated to the poetry the ideology of combat gnosticism that is defined as “the belief that combat represents a qualitatively separate order of experience that is difficult if not impossible to communicate to any who have not under gone an identical experience” (Campbell
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After The War: A Journey Through The War Essay Would say that setting plays an important role in a novel? It doesn’t matter if the main theme contributes to the setting‚ how the characters affect the setting‚ or symbolism also contributes to the setting‚ setting is important. Which one can’t help but to ask is how? How is setting important? The setting of After the War was the most important role because it influences plot‚ characters‚ and theme/symbolism. Later on this book‚ these
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Wong 1 Anastasiya Li‚ Kaili Ganigan‚ Vanessa Wong Miss Conner AP US History 10 December 2014 Historians have traditionally labeled the period after the War of 1812 the “Era of Good Feelings.” Evaluate the accuracy of this label‚ considering the emergence of nationalism and sectionalism. Use the documents and your knowledge of the period 18151825 to construct your answer. The "Era of Good Feelings"‚ which took place during James Monroe’s two terms serving as President of the United States
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Stereotypical Labels Race is defined as "a group of people of common ancestry‚ distinguished from others by physical characteristics such as hair type‚ color of eyes and skin‚ stature etc" (“Race” 2011). Ethnic is defined as "relating to or characteristic of a human group having racial‚ religious‚ linguistic and certain other traits in common" (“Ethnic” 2011). I am African American. I had my friend who is White complete the list. I choose her as I thought it would be interesting to
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