Chapter 15: Historical Research Answers to Review Questions 15.1. Define historical research. Historical research is the type of research that examines past events or combinations of events to arrive at an account of what has happened in the past. 15.2. Why would a person want to conduct historical research? Historical research is conducted to • Uncover the unknown‚ • Answer questions‚ • Identify the relationship that the past has to the present‚ • Record
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When the English were colonizing North America‚ they brought with them their laws. Being from the British Common Law system‚ the settlers understood how that system worked‚ so they modeled their own government using Common Law. In the 18th century‚ when the Union was formed and the colonies became states‚ they kept their Common Law governments. However‚ the Articles of Confederation set forth to establish one supreme court‚ being the federal court. Article III of the U.S. Constitution states: ’The
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1. What are historical explanations? Historical explanations are another term for ultimate explanations which are concerned with the entire existence of a group of organisms as opposed to just the explanations of a specific individual. 2. How are Freudian concepts historical explanations? What mistake do such explanations make to manufacture an immediate cause of behavior? Freudian concepts are historical explanations because of the use of childhood experiences as explanations for adulthood behavior
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Conduction Through A Thick-Walled Tube This problem is important in the process industries‚ but we do need to make the distinction between thick and thin walled pipes. In general thin walled pipes can be considered by the previous analysis – but assuming that the pipe wall is effectively unwrapped so that it looks like a flat plate‚ with the process fluid on one side and the ambient condition on the other. The situation for thick pipes is‚ however‚ more complex. [pic] The figure shown above
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Historical Recurrence "A favorite theory of mine to wit‚ that no occurrence is sole and solitary‚ but is merely a repetition of a thing which has happened before‚ and perhaps often”(Twain). This quote from a famous writer‚ Mark Twain‚ talks about how he believes that history can and does repeat itself. Mark is saying that everything takes place for a reason and has occurred sometime before in history. This idea of history repeating itself is present throughout the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
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Here is a paper on Historical Report on Race Historical Report on Race Nigel Faison ETH/125- Cultural Diversity June 24‚ 2012 Tiff Archie Axia College of the University Phoenix Historical Report on Race Dear‚ John Doe I am writing you this letter to let you know some of the struggles of African Americans throughout history. It is my sincere hope‚ that this helps you to understand the people of my race better; furthermore‚ I hope that it answers any questions that you may have had
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What is T. S. Eliot’s View on Historical Sense in "Tradition and the Individual Talent."? Eliot writes about "historical sense" in "Tradition and the Individual Talent." He writes that the historical sense "involves a perception‚ not only of the pastness of the past‚ but of its presence" and it is "a sense of the timeless as well as of the temporal and of the timeless and the temporal together‚ is what makes a writer traditional." In this essay‚ Eliot does not describe "traditional" as old-fashioned
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The historical inaccuracies of Pearl Harbor were significant compared to the actual events. The movie romanticizes war and fighting in general for purposes of entertainment‚ where in reality the attack was violent and a gruesome experience. It was geared towards romanticizing the movie by having a love story involved then the actual war. In the movie it shows the sun high in the sky when the attack was done on Pearl Harbor but the Pearl Harbor attack took place on Sunday morning which makes this
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Kevin Tran Social Studies 10.1 08/05/14 Historical Globalization Globalization is something that has evolved greatly over time‚ bringing prosperity to people and countries while bringing destruction to others. Globalization has caused many changes in the world‚ from the spread of cultures‚ technology‚ and medicine to the loss of cultures‚ resources‚ and lives. In each source a different aspect is highlighted‚ the first source is about imperialism where African countries were conquered
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linguistics) is the use of )C to represent ungrammatical or non-occurring forms. Outside of historical linguistics‚ an asterisk is used to indicate ungrammatical and non-occurring forms; but since in historical linguistic contexts an asterisk signals reconstructed forms‚ to avoid confusion )C is used for ungrammatical or non-occurring forms. xvii Phonetic Symbols and Conventions It is standard in historical linguistics to use> to mean ’changed into’‚ for example: *p > b (original p changed into
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