Unit Assessment Exploration Changes the World‚ Part 2 1. (12 points) The native population of the Spanish colonies declined by as much as 90 percent between 1519 and 1605. Why did the native population decline so dramatically? Include at least three reasons in your explanation. How did the Spanish government respond to the dramatic decline? THE SYSTEM WAS CRUEL AND THE INDIANS HAD TO WORK FROM MORNING TO NIGHTFALL THE NATIVED WERE TREATED TERRIBLY FROM SAVAGE BEATINGS TO NEVER-ENDING LABOR AND
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individuals must readmit God and Christ into their daily lives‚ and must reject the rationalism that threatened traditional beliefs. This movement encouraged people to search for salvation through faith and good works. The Second Great Awakening affected many people especially‚ White women‚ African Americans‚ and Native Americans but not White men. The Second Great did not affect White men as much as others. Most men moved far out west and were too busy working the land to be concerned with religion. Men
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The Long Road Still Traveled: The African American Struggle Toward Equality Cecil Cousins HIS204: American History Since 1865 Professor Gregory Lawson September 24‚ 2012 United States history was made on January 20‚ 2009 when Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th resident of the United States of America. It was a very chilly day in Washington D.C.‚ but a day that many would travel from around the world to witness. Some estimates say that there were over a million people in attendance
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significant change in American history. These acts of change specifically impacted African Americans freedom and their role in society. Africans were granted their freedom‚ right to vote‚ and own property. Hover this new “ freedom ‘ and opportunities were not much greater than before when slavery existed. Despite Reconstruction efforts African Americans faced even more discrimination than ever before. A political change that emerged from the Civil War was the fact that African Americans were
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schools for African-Americans‚ denied them equal educational opportunities. With this unanimous vote‚ de jure or state sanctioned racial segregation was ruled a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. This ruling paved the way for the Civil Rights Movement. The catalyst for this change was a third grade‚ Topeka‚ Kansas student named Linda Brown‚ whose desire was to attend a school that was closer to her home‚ but which happened to be white. In this report‚ I will take a look at the case‚ how it changed
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Discussion a) Interaction between Europeans and Natives in the New World The interaction between the first European settlers and the Natives began with the Spanish settlers headed by Christopher Columbus‚ the founder of America in 1492. The Spanish settlers are the first to settle down in the ‘New World’. The ‘New World’ inhabits more than two million Native Americans before the first European settlement. The early Spanish interaction with the natives is smooth remains calm and friendly. They understood
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Progression of African Americans The Historical History from 1865 to Present Ashford University Brendolynn Champlaie HIS204 American History Since 1865 Instructor Leslie Ruff January 4‚ 2011 African Americans had to endure so much just to survive‚ slavery‚ discrimination‚ violence‚ owning no property‚ not having equal rights‚ not even considered a citizen of the United States. Even with Emancipation of Proclamation‚ the Black Code they were not respected as truly being free. African Americans
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During the 1600 and 1700s‚ as European-Americans started to relocate and settle in the New World many Native Americans and Salves suffered from bullying‚ dehumanization‚ and violence. The Natives and Slaves did not just sit there and let the Europeans run all over them; they displayed many forms of Agency. Agency is a way to express your own opinions and act upon them. It is a way to stand up for what you believe in and can be expressed in many ways. Agency can be expressed through violence‚ protesting
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Outline A: How did economic‚ geographic‚ and social factors encourage the growth of slavery as an important part of the economy of the southern colonies between 1607 and 1775? I. Introduction Paragraph A. During 1607-1775 the beginning stages of the economy for the southern colonies was a time of desperately needed labor‚ known as the “starving time” as the Indian laborers were no longer passive to the strict demands being given‚ but became rather troublesome and aggressive to overtake. This
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In the time of the American Revolutionary War‚ there were many differences that influenced how our country turned out today. Most of the cultural differences occurred between the Native Americans and the Europeans that had newly settled in what is known today as America. Some of the most notable differences were those of religion‚ political‚ economic‚ and social. These differences divided the habitants of America in several ways and formed many bonds but also brought them to many moments of conflict
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