lifestyles of each region. The North being more industrial did not need labor work since most of the work was done in factories rather than a farm and also religious groups were against slavery. Compared to the South‚ with the invention of the cotton Gin by Eli Whitney‚ the South needed more labor work since their society depended more so on the agricultural side of things including farming‚ and thus they resorted to slavery. During the American Revolution‚ the British granted slaves freedom if
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DBQ QUESTIONS Writing the DBQ Civil War Assess the following quote: “Ultimately‚ the Civil War reduced sectional antagonism and made the United States truly ‘one nation.’” ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Constitution Using information from the evidence below as well as your knowledge of the period‚ discuss the development of the United States Constitution as a document
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Kristin Bishop DBQ 1. Changing Demographics‚ 1660-1775 Between 1660 and 1775‚ Great Britain’s North American colonies were affected greatly by race‚ ethnicity and religion. The first settlers were mainly racially white‚ ethnically English‚ and religiously Protestant. The new world became a home to people who wanted more freedom. The demand of new market and new forces of labor created an opportunity for new races and ethnicities to colonize America. New forces of race‚ ethnicity and religion show
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Annotated DBQ Rubric: Buddhism in China Sample DBQ Question: Based on the following documents‚ analyze the responses to the spread of Buddhism in China. What additional kind of document(s) would you need to evaluate the extent of Buddhism’s appeal in China? Point # Generic Description Explanation/ Commentary Examples and Commentary 1 Has acceptable thesis. Thesis addresses the specific focus of the question. The thesis should reflect a sophisticated understanding of the complexities
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Prohibition DBQ The prohibition movement occurred during the era of progressive reform. The Eighteenth Amendment and its accompanying act‚ the Volstead Act‚ brought about the ideas of the prohibitionists. Though there were some negatives setbacks to the prohibition movement‚ the movement was ultimately a success because of the widening support for the Anti-Saloon League. The prohibition movement received much support from the Anti-Saloon League. Alcohol and saloons were very closely related
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DBQ 10: Reconstruction’s Failure Congress Reconstruction efforts to ensure equal right to freedom failed because the enforcement acts that was giving in Document 2‚ Prejudice in the south giving Benjamin Boyer’s speech and from the book “Black Reconstruction in America” in document 6‚ another reason was the Compromise of 1877. In the exert from the New York times‚ it states the Ku Klux Klan purpose was to establish a nucleus around which the adherents of the late rebellion might safely rally
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DBQ During the time span of 1776-1852‚ the opposition of slavery grew in the United States. There were many reasons for this to happen for example‚ the Fugitive Slave Laws were passed. Some people tried to fight slavery by holding groups or by having an escape route for slaves. However there were some people that saw slavery as no problem because of their belief and even states had slavery debates. In 1793 congress passed the Fugitive Slave Laws. This law allowed the return of slaves that escaped
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Abolitionist DBQ In the United States from 1861 to 1865 the American Civil War took place over a disagreement between Northerners and Southerners of their interpretation of the Consitution and view on slavery. There were many factors that played a role in creating and helping the war start and end‚ and one specifically is the mass amounts of rebellions and abolitionists. The Abolitionist Movement‚ whose ranks were made up of whites and blacks‚ not only acted as a catalyst for the emancipation
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Prohibition was forced from January 16th 1920 to December 5 1933 it was a time when all alcohol was completely banned and made illegal in the United States of America. Supporters of Prohibition included many women reformers who were concerned about alcohol’s link to wife beating and child abuse. Advocates of prohibition argued that banning alcohol would eliminate corruption‚ end machine politics‚ and help Americanize immigrants. Even before the 18th Amendment was sanctioned‚ about 65% of the
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Ratifying the Constitution DBQ “…thirteen powerful‚ independent‚ disunited States are in the habit off…refusing to obey our national Congress…I pray that we can act in time to prevent the bad things we fear may happen.” George Washington wrote this in a letter to John Jay (Doc 3). Even the man who is immediately thought of when talking about the start of our nation thought that without a new set of guidelines to run our country by‚ the young country would eventually break apart and the fighting
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