The Middle Passage was the name for the route across the Atlantic Ocean‚ where African people had been captured and were taken as slaves to the Americas in the 1500s. It lasted for more than 400 years. The slaves were taken to work in sugar‚ coffee and cotton plantations. This essay is about the living conditions that the slaves suffered on the journey‚ the food they were given‚ the punishments that were used to control them‚ and the death and diseases on the boats. There were two types of ways
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What was Rudyard Kipling’s attitude toward the British Empire‚ and how did he convey his message in his novella‚ The Man Who Would Be King? Kipling was a loyal imperialist. The India he portrayed was British India. Oppressed India subject to Britain’s colonial domination. He always thought that the British Empire had a right and responsibility to maintain India’s government. His attitude towards India was either condescending or oppressive. He also believed in “Noblesse Oblige‚” a French expression
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Sources One‚ Two and Three what impact did the Jim Crow laws have upon the legal and social lives of African Americans living in the Southern States? (300 words) The Jim Crow laws enforced racial segregation in the American south until the mid-1960s‚ which made black Americans socially and legally inferior to white Americans. These three sources show how these practices impacted their daily lives. Source one is the recollections of a black man about social strictures he was expected to follow unquestioningly
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The progressive era was the time of widespread social activism and political reforms that occurred across the country from 1890 to the 1920’s. During this era change was seen in many places from child labor reforms which led to law being passed to protect the children from dangerous working conditions to the the change in in women’s rights allowing women to vote nationwide. We see that during the progressive era people wanted change in child labor the US. The people who shed light on this problem
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New Orleans‚ the most powerful port on the Mississippi River‚ was first inhabited by Indians‚ explored and settled by the French‚ ruled by the Spanish for over forty years‚ regained by the French‚ and later sold‚ in the Louisiana Purchase‚ to the United States. Whoever controlled this influential port also controlled the Mississippi River‚ and the United States wanted and needed it. After years of negotiations‚ talks of war‚ and treaties‚ the Americans bought the entire Louisiana Purchase‚ a territory
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What should be done about the problem of texting while driving? The popularity of smart phones has had some unplanned and sometimes deadly consequences. A frightening number of traffic accidents are connected to driving while distracted‚ including use of smart phones while driving. These days‚ phones have gotten even more complex and we use them as the means for communication. Text messaging has revolutionized the way people interact with one another‚ but people continue texting while driving which
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and legal person A natural person is a living human being. This definition is meant to set a natural person apart form a legal person which is a group of people acting in a unified‚ often commercial enterprise but are considered by law to be acting as a single virtual individual. Companies‚ partnerships and similar entities are considered legal persons. Natural person start his or her life as unborn baby. Person‚ even if it is not born‚ has rights and duties as any other natural person. Unborn
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The "Iron Curtain" was a metaphor that Winston Churchill used to describe the dark times that had fallen on Europe. Much of Eastern Europe had fallen to Soviet Control‚ from East Germany and Poland to Russia. This had to do with the Cold War because the cold war was a rivalry between the USSR and the USA‚ which resulted in Western Europe being a part of NATO (US Allies) and Eastern Europe was part of the Warsaw pact (USSR). The iron curtain severed the ideologies of Communism and Democracy. Because
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decade following 1812 as the “Era of Good Feelings”‚ but was it actually something good. The Era of Good Feelings was during Monroe’s presidency‚ during this time period there were no major conflicts between political parties‚ because the Federalist party had disbanded and the Democratic Republicans were in power. America had just won the war of 1812 and everything had seem to be perfect‚ but not actually. I disagree with calling this time period the “Era of Good Feelings” because of the Panic of
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The actions and decisions Napoleon made during his rule over France give evidence that he was a tyrant. A tyrant is defined as a ruler who uses power unjustly or oppressively. Napoleon used his power in both of those ways. He not only limited who had power in society‚ but also controlled the church. By trying to monopolize all of Europe‚ it is shown how harsh Napoleon’s rule was and how tyrannical he really was. Napoleon limited who had power and rights in society in a few ways. Napoleon created the
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