Zinn Chapter 12 1. Why might Teddy Roosevelt have thought that the United States needed a war in 1897? a. The United States was struggling politically and economically. It was believed that opening up markets overseas would relieve a lot of the problems that the United States was having in its depression. 2. In what sense was expansion overseas “not a new idea”? If it was not new‚ then why did it not begin until 1898? a. The Monroe Doctrine moved the US down south into the Caribbean even before the
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Page Number(s) 214-383 I. Benevolent Assimilation Proclamation President William McKinley justified the American occupation of the Philippines by issuing the Benevolent Assimilation Proclamation on December 21‚ 1898. The proclamation argued that Americans will take the duty of educating‚ civilizing and uplifting the conditions of the Filipinos‚ whom they called as their “little brown brothers”. McKinley reasoned that this would greatly benefit the Filipinos since they are still unprepared
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Wayne Bertram Williams: Atlanta Child Killer Police circulated this photo at the time showing victims of the Atlanta killings. Photo from CNN Forensic Fiber Analysis Case Study The best-known‚ if not the best-reasoned fiber case in American legal history involving fiber evidence issues is the Wayne Williams trial growing out of the famous Atlanta murders of twelve African-American males in 1979-1980. The Williams case involved all of the subjects still in controversy as we
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Evaluate the extent to which differing ideas of national identity shaped views of United States overseas expansion in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries‚ the United States began to prosper domestically and internationally due to America’s second Industrial revolution and their advancement towards becoming a World Power. America’s emergence as a World Power brought about ambitious ideas of imperialism as opportunities for America
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hydrogen ion when added to a solution‚ or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base (McKinley‚ Dean O’Loughlin‚ & Stouter Bidle‚ 2016). Bases are water-soluble and are harsh tasting compounds‚ that are capable of accepting a hydrogen ion‚ and are molecules or ions capable to take up a proton from an acid or able to give up an unshared pair of electrons to an acid (McKinley‚ Dean O’Loughlin‚ & Stouter Bidle‚ 2016). These two mechanisms together help the human body to stay balanced
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References: Bedard‚ P. (2010‚ January 25). Rick Santelli Gets Credit for Tea Party Movement. U.S. News and World Report. Retrieved from http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2010/01/25/rick-santelli-gets-credit-for-tea-party-movement McKinley‚ G. (2011‚ July 24). The Tea Party‚ Fools By Any Other Name. Retrieved July 24‚ 2011‚ from Topnewsreports.com website: http://www.topnewsreports.com/1234/july11/report020.html Santelli‚ R. (2009‚ February 23). CNBC’s Rick Santelli’s Chicago Tea
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If comparing the movie to current politics‚ much can be tied to the wicked witch. The witch has many of the flying monkeys which abide to all of her commands. Using this‚ the monkeys represent the US Congress in which senators and state representatives do what the president says. This further makes the house of congress seem like puppets on the larger scale. The monkeys also did not like the witch and they were excited when Dorothy melted her. This is analogous for the way the US is never pleased
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6 January 2013 Mr. Olsen Identify the sources and significance of Populism: Populists or people’s party members were part of this era’s greatest political insurgency. It evolved from the Farmers’ Alliance‚ where farmers across forty-three states banded together to remedy their condition. The people’s party not only attracted farmers but also included all the “producing classes.” Their lasting legacy comes from the populist platform of 1892 and also from the fact that populism came close to replacing
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Rushi Katragadda Don’t Know Much About History Chapter 5 1. What happened at Custer’s Last Stand? Battle between Native Americans and U.S. forces‚ as a result of actions made by George Armstrong Custer. One of the greatest conflicts between the two forces leading to the government to wage war against the tribes. Even though the Natives were only defending against attack they were called out as murderers. 2. What happened at Wounded Knee? This was the Natives last stand in the 1800s bringing an
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The Rise and Fall of Populism The Farmer’s Alliance In the 1880s‚ as drought hit the wheat-growing areas of the Great Plains and prices for Southern cotton sunk to new lows‚ many tenant farmers fell into deep debt. Lenders‚ grain-elevator owners‚ and others with whom farmers did business were angered. Depression worsened in the early 1890s‚ and some industrial workers shared different views on labor‚ trust‚ and monopolies. If the various alliances between the North
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