The American Revolution was a difficult time in history for all people involved. When studying the revolution it is easy to recognize the political and military actions taken by men‚ while ignoring the roles of women. Women faced danger in their own homes at the hands of soldiers from both armies. A smaller but vital group of women were those that took an active role in the war. These women showed great courage by performing undercover work that their gender allowed them to do. Additionally‚ women
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limited blacks to contribute in political matters. Along with disenfranchisement‚ there was a widespread of segregation in the South. The South sustained the law of “separate but equal”. Many schools‚ hospitals‚ and bathrooms have separate facilities for blacks but they lack the quality. It was a society built that whites had the upper hand to be more of a “dominant race”. If African Americans sought to fight the system or refused the behaviors of southern life then violent threats would arise
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one of the great American poets and also an archetypical example of a cryptic‚ tortured artist. (Ramey‚ 173) Emily Dickinson was born in 1830 in Amherst‚ Massachusetts. (DiYanni‚ 909) Much of her life attributed and affected how her poetry was written and edited by herself. Four major parts of her life‚ as I see‚ affected her culture and her writing. Emily Dickinson’s isolation‚ her spirituality‚ her fascination with death‚
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3. Analyze the ways in which the cold war affected the political development of European nations from the end of the Second World War in 1945 to the construction of the Berlin wall in 1961. From 1945 to 1961‚ the cold war affected the political development of European nations by causing the formation of the Iron Curtain‚ which was the division of a free‚ democratic West and a totalitarian East. Socially‚ NATO and the COMECON were established‚ which formed the west and east into different blocs.
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throughout the colonies. Life as a slave is hard to explain if you weren’t a slave yourself. Frederick Douglass is a runaway slave‚ he escaped slavery in 1838. He wrote his autobiography‚ Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ an American Slave‚ in the 1844 and was published spring of 1845. In the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ an American Slave‚ he explained his life a slave and other encountered and of course everything he had witnessed while being a slave‚ also how slavery impacted
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in the South. Southern landowners needed more labor to help with farming so they started to use slaves. The use of slaves also helped their economy because farming was the basis of Southern economy. Slavery first began in the Jamestown Colony. Slaves in the colonies were laborers‚ artisans‚ drivers‚ etc. But there was violence between races as slaves rebelled. When slaves revolted colonists had them severely punished which showed that they would do anything to keep control over their slaves. Indentured
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After WWI‚ Germany was a democratic republic country called the Weimar Republic from 1919 to 1933. During this period‚ a myriad of political and economic factors allowed for the increase of the Nazi influence. In January 1933 Hitler was able to rise to the center of German political arena and became the Chancellor. Losing WWI was the dominant factor affecting the political and economical conditions of Germany after 1919. As a defeated country in WWI‚ Germany was forced to accept the Treaty of Versailles
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closer to a nation. British colonies wanted the Indians to change into Protestant Christianity which was a worry for the Church. When the colonies became stronger‚ more people in Britain began to move to America. The survival factors of American was the Great Awakening Religion was really important to English colonies. That is why different groups‚ the Puritans and colonists in New England‚ wanted freedom and independence and economic factors made them rely on England. To them‚ America was a place
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and was the worst stock market crash in the history of the United States‚ due to its extent and long term effect. It was the start of a 12 year depression. How did it affect life in America in the 1930’s? Firstly‚ anyone who brought stocks in 1929 would almost never get their money back and would have to wait most of their life if they did. After the 1920’s‚ many people were earning less money than they needed to have been earning as it was‚ and the majority of them had put money on Wall Street
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How did the number and condition of women affect family life and society In New England‚ among Southern whites‚ and among African Americans? The number and condition of women affected the values and lifestyle of the community the women were in. In New England‚ the women were plentiful‚ emphasizing a family life and a town-like‚ sharing community. The opposite is found in the south‚ where women were rare and people typically kept to themselves or their own families only and tended to their expansive
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