Seven Reasons for the Expansion of the American Empire 1. World Markets (McKinley’s) a. 1865 US export $400 million dollars’ worth of stuff b. 1890 US export $1.6 billion dollars’ worth of stuff 2. Capital Investments a. 1870 zero investments in world markets b. 1900 $500 million investments in world markets 3. Protection a. Stronger military i. 1883 - US navy 1. USS Atlanta‚ USS Boston 2. Naval bases 4. European Example a. Franco-Prussian war yields Germany b. Germany‚ Great Britain‚ France‚ Italy
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the President’s staff to take the heat off of the President. He comes up with the brilliant idea to create a false war with Albania. "Why Albania?" "Well‚ what do you know about Albania?" "Nothing." "Exactly." He hires top movie producer Stanley Motts (Dustin Hoffman) to help him with the story and details and to use the endless amount of visual tricks available to them. They create a short grainy news footage piece of a young girl running from her village holding a kitten. She is in fact an actor
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I grew up by a lake. My family helped build the lake back in the 1800s but we no longer live on it‚ we sold our part back in 1960’s. We knew several people that lived on the lake that would let us use their lots to swim‚ fish‚ and just have a good time. I took my friends there often and I had a few birthday parties there. It became a common hang out for me and my friends. It became a sunday afternoon hangout for us. It became a good place for us to spend time with each other. I distinctly remember
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Off Shore Drilling My topic is on off- shore drilling. It refers to the discovery and development of gas and oil which lie underwater through drilling a well. This content will tell you the pros and cons of this event and what it’s doing to our community. We’ll know what off-shore drilling is suppose to do for our economy in this review. I’ve started out my research with and branched off of it to and clicked on “Just how dangerous are oil rigs.” (secondary source) On April 20‚ 2010
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Watching news on TV every day we can notice a huge crowd of refugees trying to leave their country because of the difficult political situation. They are running from their lives hoping to find a better one somewhere in Europe. But not all of them are lucky to find a good place to stay. Most of the refugees live in the refugees’ camps where conditions are terrible. It’s hard for us‚ people living in peaceful county to imagine their living conditions: big‚ overcrowded and cold room with adults‚ teenagers
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Saint Philip Neri was born in Florence‚ Italy‚ in the year 1515. He was the oldest son of Francis Neri and Lucretia Soldi‚ both descendants of Tuscan families. He was kind hearted as a kid and soon became known as Philip the Good - "the good Pippo." As a child‚ he studied philosophy and later he took a comprehensive course in theology. With fourteen companions‚ he created the Confraternity of the Most Holy Trinity for looking after pilgrims and convalescents. The members met for Communion
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words. Last winter I visited the Rembrandt exhibit in Raleigh at the North Carolina Art Museum. It featured the largest collection of Rembrandt paintings ever presented in an American exhibition. One of the most famous paintings was “The Suicide of Lucretia”. That is the painting I just described to you. That girl’s death led to a revolt that overthrew the monarchy and established the Republic of Rome. Rembrandt took great strides to express Lucretia’s mental feelings. It showed her family honor‚ virtue
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APUSH 21 Nov 2013 Ch. 10 & 11 #2 Essay Question American Reform movements between 1820 and 1860 reflected both optimistic and pessimistic views of human and society. Assess the validity of this statement in reference to reform movements in THREE of the following: education‚ temperance‚ women’s rights‚ utopian experiments‚ penal institutions. (1988) The United States has seen change come and go over time. From the Great Awakening in the 1730s to the Technological revolution of the 20th century
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THE GREAT REFORM ACT In 1832‚ the British Parliament made huge changes to the electoral system of Wales and England. Elected Members of Parliament had control over specific boroughs‚ some overseeing a handful at the same time. During the reform‚ 56 boroughs located in the two countries were disenfranchised – or deprived of voting rights – while 67 new constituencies were added. The franchise’s property qualifications were expanded to include not just large landowners but small‚ tenant farms‚ and
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groups with wide social perspectives. f. Seneca Falls- early 1840s- “Temperance Reformation”- a more limited‚ but extremely popular reform cause dedicated to promoting abstinence from alcohol. g. Nation’s best-known woman reformer- Lucretia Mott i. Well known antislavery orator- Elizabeth Cady Stanton h. The reforming women of Seneca Falls‚ grouped together on behalf of social improvement‚ had found in the first
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