Study Guide Assessment 7 1. What was the Stonewall Uprising and what was its historical impact? 1. It was a 5 day riot against police. First time gays fought back. 2. How did Vietnam and the Watergate scandal affect popular trust in the government? a. The poor decisions Nixon made destroyed the trust citizens had in the gov to make further decisions. 2. What main issues gave rise to the culture wars of the 1990’s? List Three Issues. a. The global spread of a secular culture based on consumption
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Classification) ▪ Who characters are ▪ Age ▪ Characters’ strengths ▪ Characters’ weaknesses ▪ What characters do ▪ Reasons (for something) ▪ Reasons why (something occurs) ▪ Genre • Three Subtopics:
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Griffin Weiss Mr. Arroyo U.S. History II Advanced Placement 1 September 2013 Chapter 16 Outline: The Conquest of the Far West The Societies of the Far West (434-441) The Western Tribes * Indian tribes were the most important group before the Anglo-American migration in the Far West * Western tribes developed several forms of civilization * More than 300‚000 Indians lived along the pacific coast among them were Serrano‚ Chumash‚ Pomo‚ Maidu‚ Yurok‚ and Chinook * When the Spanish
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Law is different from what it was 20 years ago mainly because of the advances in the computer and cell phone industry. The advances in these technologies than they were just 20 years ago has allowed for a tremendous speed at which things can transpire of be completed. For example‚ over twenty years ago the legal transcription industry was very different than today mainly because of the many advances in speech recognition technology. As speech recognition technology continues to improve and increase
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Islam and the West: Conflict‚ Democracy‚ Identity Akeel Bilgrami‚ Columbia University This short essay analyzes the deception and self-deception in talk of ‘the clash of civilizations’ and proceeds to diagnose what is wrong in the standard understanding of Islam in the Western media today by looking to the abiding history of colonial relations with Islam down to this day and also looking to the relation between ideals of democracy and the formation of religious identities. The essay closes with some
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Are America America — a land known for its ideals of freedom and new opportunities‚ a nation built under the idea that every man and women is created equal. However‚ the definition of what makes a person an American is entirely different from what it is that makes up America‚ itself. J.Hector St. John Crevecoeur‚ author of Letters from an American Farmer (1782)‚ exposes what he believes makes an American. However‚ when compared to the standards of what makes an American in today’s world‚ it seems
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The American revolution fundamentally changed American society politically(colonies formed the federal government)‚ economically (more use of agriculture)‚ and socially (women used for labor and the fight for more religious freedom.) The American revolution fundamentally changed american society politically (docs c‚ e‚ I.) our founding fathers thought that the new country needed a better federal government. This is proved in doc I which is a piece from the federalist written by James Madison. This
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“To what extent was the rise to power of Stalin due to personal appeal and ability”? Lenin died in January 1924 and Stalin emerged to power in 1929. Stalin has been described as a “grey blur” that rose to power. It’s quite hard to pin point the main reasons how Stalin got to power. Some historians may say that Stalin was lucky that he got to power and he benefited off events such as Lenin’s death and that his rival’s weaknesses such as Trotsky who was considered likely successor to Lenin‚ but Trotsky
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Within the years 1865 and 1900‚ changes in farming allowed for the increased production of crops such as wheat‚ corn and cotton. Technology allowed the Great Plains to be opened to agriculture. Perhaps the most important advances were John Deere’s steel plow (which made it much easier to break the thick and heavy soil of the area) and barbed wire (which could keep livestock out of fields). Also‚ according to Document A‚ in 1870‚ the production of wheat was 254 million bushels‚ cotton had a production
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you hear The Old West‚ however was that actually what happened? The movies portray the west as an action packed‚ good vs evil utopia of sorts. There’s always an antagonist‚ a protagonist‚ some love interest‚ and a gun fight of course. This just leaves me with a few questions: what is a myth and why are they important?‚ how has the old west myth affected our society?‚ and why was the west so popular? First off‚ what is a myth? Webster’s Dictionary defines a myth as: “a story that was told in an ancient
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