be well-rounded in his studies and be “passably learned in the humanities‚ in the Latin poets‚ orators and historians” (Doc. 3). Compared to a lower class male‚ Castiglione believes the upper class needs more education. Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini was an Italian humanist who later became pope. He describes that education is needed on high class‚ especially a prince or any ruler (Doc. 1). John Amos Comenius stressed the importance of education and university; which‚ back then‚ university was more for
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white settlers hoping for a better life. The Homestead Act further encouraged settlers to migrate west. they were attracted to the idea of mining‚ ranching and lumbering. Mining for gold and silver‚ because the west was filled with mining regions (doc d). The completion of the transcontinental railroad required rail lines run through territories
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civil war. Considering the fact that the South had the most slaves and the population was so held on slavery‚ it was a huge advantage for the South and a disadvantage for the North. (Doc. 1) However‚ the South did like it and supported slavery‚ but most people argue that the Negro slaves in the South was happy‚ (Doc. 5) Everything that happened‚ from the slave trade to the slaves made an incredible impact on both the North and the South‚ but the
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Wilson’s would not have it. This caused Wilson to kill his own treaty with some help from opposing senators. Opposing forces killed the Treaty of Versailles in many different ways. They believed the treaty did not satisfy pre-war hopes for peace (Doc B). One political group even opposed the treaty. The group that hurt the treaty was the Reservationists‚ led by H.C‚ Lodge. This political group though the only way to get this treaty passed was to add their own rules onto the treaty. These reservations
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clothed‚ and even lived longer (Doc.3) (Document 3 however‚ is biased because it was written by Thomas B‚ Macaulay‚ and as a member of the high class in England‚ the growth in population gave him profit. ) This idea is supported in Document 10‚ as it mentions that the increased salaries and “improved working conditions” were all due to the manufacturing industry. Manchester is described as the “Workshop of the World” with an energetic and spirited population (Doc. 9). This document‚ though‚ because
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long shifts for little pay. Statistics show that wages and hours were generally unfavorable‚ workers forced to work longer hours for smaller pay. However‚ after 1880‚ the average hours began to decrease‚ while the average wages began to increase. (Doc A). The reason for these better conditions arose due to labor unions. Unions such as the Knights of Labor‚ the National Labor Union‚ and the American Federation of Labor‚ all advocated the same platform. They advocated for better conditions for workers
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someone in charge of them‚ allowing no room for mistakes. He organized the army in a way that every ten people had a ¨captain of ten¨ and every 10 of these captains had a ¨captain of a hundred¨ and so on (Doc 2). If they did not obey one of their leaders or tried to run away‚ they would be killed (Doc 2). This shows how the leader did not allow any room for disorder and showed no mercy for even his own army. Document 5 shows the Mongolian leader‚ Genghis Khan‚ in action executing a prisoner. He and
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lives planting and harvesting sugar cane plants as well as curating them and turning them into cane sugar (Doc 8). They were the driving force behind the sugar trade and as the demand for sugar grew so did the demand for slaves because more slaves means more sugar. In fact‚ from 1703 to 1789 in Jamaica the slave population grew by fivefold and its sugar production increased twelvefold (Doc 10). This clearly shows that the slaves were what lead to the increase in sugar production and the further development
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the period of 1865 to 1900‚ it also violated it at times. "Economically‚ it will ever remain true‚ that the government is best which governs least‚" declared American economist Amasa Walker in The Science of Wealth: A Manual of Political Economy (Doc A). This belief is supported by Social Darwinism‚ or the idea
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they should not be in serfdom anymore and thought that they should be let go (doc 3.) Also peasants wanted to go back to the original agreement between peasants and Lords (doc 2.) This document is reliable because it shows how the working man or a peasant feels about the Lords and how they treat peasants. (P.O.V). This speaker wants the revolt because he believes that if you don’t revolt you are resisting God’s will (doc 6). Even peasants began to help other peasants by letting them into the city
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