Primary Source Analysis: Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points The source is a speech delivered by Woodrow Wilson on January 8th 1918; the speech was delivered among Woodrow’s fellow congressmen in the American congress. However‚ the speech was not written purely by Wilson‚ During World War I‚ Walter Lippmann became an adviser to President Woodrow Wilson and assisted in the drafting of the speech. The several points covered in Wilson’s speech aimed to resolve territorial issues in Europe‚ as well as
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The Boston Massacre- March‚ 5‚ 1770 Part One: Document | Author | Date | Purpose | Biases | The Legal Papers of John Adams‚ No. 64‚ Rex v Wemms | John Adams | 1755-1784 | To record what he heard and saw during the trial and how he defended for the British soldiers. | Despite the fact that most eyewitnesses’ testimonies denounced Captain Thomas Pretson ordering his men to fire upon the citizens‚ he believed these people were biased and words aren’t 100% reliable. | Anonymous account of the Boston
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Anne Frank- Primary Source Paper The Diary of Anne Frank is a remarkably moving book about the short life of a young girl and her family. The Holocaust was a horrible time for Jewish people and Anne and her Jewish family’s lives were completely turned upside down as a result. The war resulted in the deaths of countless people‚ mostly innocent people. Before the invasion on D-day and the end of the war not too long after‚ the rest of the world didn’t know the real disaster going on over seas. Anne
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“Every empire tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires and that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate” is a quote by Edward W. Said. During the 19th century‚ Western nations started expansion into territorial imperialism to collect resources from colonies to benefit economically‚ politically‚ and socially. Jules Ferry‚ a former French prime minister‚ created a colonial policy to colonize territories for France’s benefits and to civilize the people
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Scholarly Writing With reference to the given text‚ the author insists that over the years of modern technology‚ computers are now impacting peoples’ lives tremendously. Computers are used for businesses and education purposes and there is no longer a question about whether it is affordable or not. A first point of analysis demonstrates that the author lacks display of scholarly writing. The written paragraph does not display thorough research and he does not use supporting evidence
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Week 3 Assignment Application: Scholarly Writing What is scholarly writing? How does it differ from day-to-day writing and why is it important to someone pursuing an academic degree and planning to become a professional? As you learn about some of the elements of scholarly writing and how to write for specific audiences‚ you will gain the skills necessary to complete written assignments that are appropriate in your role as a Walden student in a master’s or doctorate program. In this Application
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Ever wonder what it would be like to invent something that would be used for hundreds of years to come? That’s what Galileo Galilei did. Galileo Galilei belongs in the house 8-1 Genius Hall of Fame. Born in 1564 in Florence‚ Italy‚ Galileo was the oldest of six children. In 1583‚ he attended the University of Pisa to study medicine but became fascinated with many other subjects‚ particularly mathematics and physics. He performed studies and tests on falling objects and then wrote a manuscript about
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The study of secondary sources challenges a person’s understanding of history because the primary source can have a whole different point of view on things than the secondary or they can contradict each other in many different ways. During the civil war it used up lot of the government’s resources and because of it the Native Americans weren’t paid how the treaty said they were going to because of this there were a lot of Native Americans to fight with the south. The government did not have the resources
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Mississippi) and any source a historian should look at factors such as: The painter and their motives for painting‚ is the source fact‚ opinion‚ or propaganda‚ and the general purpose of this source. The painter’s name is William Henry Powell and his motives may have been to let others know how Powell saw this event and what happened in Powell’s perspective. The source itself is a secondary source but it is a based on many primary sources‚ that is why it is fact. The general purpose of this source would have
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Writing From Sources Notes Chapter 1: “Understanding Evidence and Reasoning” to Exercise 6 (p. 40-62) 1) The credibility of the thesis depends on the evidence and reasoning. a) Evidence refers to any kind of concrete information that can support a thesis. Evidence can take several forms: i) Facts and statistics‚ especially in social science. ii) Surveys (1) Depend on generalizing from a representative sample‚ based on an appropriate “population” (use limited
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