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    AP® UNITED STATES HISTORY 2012 SCORING GUIDELINES Question 4 Analyze the origins and outcomes of the intense cultural conflicts of the 1920s. In your response‚ focus on TWO of the following. Immigration Prohibition Religion The 8–9 Essay • Contains a clear‚ well-developed thesis that addresses the origins and outcomes of the intense cultural conflicts of the 1920s regarding two issues. • Develops the thesis with substantial and specific relevant historical information related to two issues. • Provides

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    life he dedicated to the advancement of civil rights for blacks. King had many influences that are well known to others such as his wife and friends‚ Gandhi and his non-violent approach to change‚ the Presidents especially LBJ‚ but what about the Ku Klux Klan? The KKK were a white supremacy group in the United States of America thats goal was to stop the advancement of black rights‚ and to do so often times would commit heinous crimes against blacks and whites that tried to help blacks. While some people

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    Reliability of the Media Growing up in America today means being exposed to numerous half truths. These are readily found on the television‚ newspapers‚ radio‚ and movies. The truth is hardly ever told in its complete form. Take for instance the local news broadcast‚ we watch it and take it for truth. We tend to give credibility to these newscasters based on the fact that they are representing major broadcast stations. These stations are supposed to be reliable and credible sources of

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    Race: a socially constructed category of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important. Racism: the belief that one racial category is innately superior or inferior to another. In today’s society‚ the relation between race and racism go hand in hand‚ even though they are completely different. Minorities are victimized every day because of the color of their skin‚ hair texture‚ and facial features. Primarily‚ people tend to see only three racial categories:

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    and fail to accomplish during Reconstruction? What contributed to their successes and failures? 6. Why was the Ku Klux Klan founded‚ and how effective was it? It was established by anti modernists. They believed that things were better in "the good old days" before the Civil War‚ and not only in regard to Blacks; they also felt that a woman’s place was in the home.The Klan was effective in systematically keeping black men away from the polls‚ so that the ex Confederate gained political control

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    Reconstruction Essay The time from 1865 - 1877 was called the Reconstruction period.  Abraham Lincoln started planning for the reconstruction of the South during the Civil War‚ he wanted to bring the Nation back together as quickly as possible and in 1863 he offered his plan for Reconstruction which required that the States new constitutions prohibit slavery. In January 1865‚ Congress proposed an amendment to the Constitution‚ which would abolish slavery in the United States.  On December 18‚ 1865

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    The silent film I chose to watch “The Birth of a Nation” is a 1915 American drama‚ directed by D.W Griffith‚ produced by D.W. Griffith and Harry Aitken‚ co-written by D.W Griffith‚ T.F. Dixon J.R. and Frank E. Woods‚ and was based on the novel and play “The Clansman” both by T.F. Dixon J.R. It was originally released on February 8‚ 1915 and was presented in two parts‚ separated by an intermission‚ as it is over three hours long. The film follows the lives of two families in Civil War era America

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    set in the state of Mississippi‚ 1964. In this film‚ Parker shows that he feels sorry for black people‚ by strongly portraying the levels of racism and injustice towards negroes‚ which was implemented by white people (the Ku Klux Klan in particular) within the state. The Ku Klux Klan was a group of white people who believed that negroes were filth‚ and that they didn’t deserve to live equally among white people: “We want beautiful babies‚ not ones with brown faces”. They conveyed their message through

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    Out of all the vast and prolific writers of modern history‚ Mark Twain has been renowned as one of the greatest American authors of the country’s history. He is specifically credited with weaving many of his own experiences into his novels. In fact‚ by using the richness and vividness of his own memories‚ he truly assembled a universe in his mind that he could relay expertly with his words on paper. However‚ in his second book‚ Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ Twain does not only use the memories

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    Blacks in the USA in 1945 were not considered as equal; the treatment of people was based on their skin colour‚ a practice that had been going on for many years before‚ even after the Reconstruction of society after the Civil War in which the blacks were "liberated" from slavery. In theory‚ blacks were free to work and live where they wanted‚ but the figures at the time told a different story: by 1960‚ around 17% of the workforce of "white-collar" workers‚ i.e. professional‚ technical‚ administration

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