DBQ-Green Revolution The Green Revolution brought about many causes in societies‚ some positive and some negative‚ due to new uses of technologies such as scientifically bred crops. Since the revolution started in 1945‚ the agricultural supply has gone up tremendously and farmers have benefitted (doc 1‚ 2‚ 6). Many cities‚ such as Punjab‚ India‚ state how the Green Revolution was extremely beneficial in multiple situations not just economically‚ however‚ other cities think differently‚ saying
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Caleb Aleshire Mr. Miller APUSH February 2‚ 2015 Native Americans DBQ (1877-1900) In the late 1800s‚ Americans were continuing to expand Westward as they “worried that the Northeast was overpopulated and that‚ as a result‚ the country would face the same problems as Europe—class conflict‚ poverty‚ and urban ills” (Document I). From 1850 to 1890‚ the Native lands ceded went from Midwest America to the Pacific Coast (Document A). This presented a similar problem that they had faced in the past with
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opportunities for people with disabilities. In the 1800s‚ it was considered generous that the disabled were segregated from society. Many were regarded as freaks or aberrations‚ and were consequently locked up in asylums and sanitariums. In the early 1900s‚ the Eugenics Movement began to grow‚ which specifically targeted people with disabilities. A multitude of disabled people were forced to undergo sterilization‚ in an attempt to prevent genetic imperfections. This clear violation of their civil rights
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Hitler and rearmament 1933-1939 The Treaty of Versailles cut Germany’s armed forces cut to a tiny proportion of what they had been during the First World War. During the 1920s the League of Nations tried to establish a programme for disarmament‚ but many countries were using rearmament as a way of staving off the Depression‚ especially after 1929. Nothing was done until 1932 when a World Disarmament Conference was called. Needless to say the conference was a failure with no country willing
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was ratified by congress on January 16‚ 1919 in which the selling and distribution of “intoxicating liquors” was banned. That was the start of what many called the dry decade in the United States. Norman H. Clark’s Deliver Us from Evil: An Interpretation of American Prohibition illustrates the struggles to make the dry decade possible and the consequences that followed it. The 235 page text describes how the Anti-Saloon League was determined to make prohibition possible and the struggles they had to
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America felt the need to move towards the idea of foreign policy from 1895 to 1920; their success was a combination of idealism and self-interest. Both were influential in the decision to venture outside of U.S borders. America expanded due to idealistic view such as: The White Man’s Burden‚ Religious motivation‚ a social contract with the Western Hemisphere and the Spanish American War. However‚ self interest offered more of a substantial force with America’s desire for a stronger Navy‚ foreign
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Dear Diary Journal‚ September 30‚ 1900 A couple of days ago‚ my mom bought me this journal for my 9th birthday. She had told me that this journal she had bought was pretty cheap‚ but I did not believe her. Most school utensils like pencils were way too expensive. But it’s not like I have time to be going to school or anything of that sort. I need to make money by working at the factory not wasting money
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*Dawes Act- was passed in 1887 and divided land for Indians to be conformed into the American society‚ named after its sponser Henry Dawes. *Booker T. Washington- Was an adviser to presidents. Created Tuskegee Institute for Vocational Training. *Jim Crow Law- Black segregation laws‚ allowed seperate but egual. *Plessy v. Furgeson- Landmark Supreme Court decision which ruled that as long as it is equal‚ it can be seperate. (Plessy bought train ticket and sat in white section
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Prohibition in America: A Lesson Learned? Infamous gangster‚ AL Capone‚ and many like him built their dynasty off a short period of time during United States history called Prohibition. Prohibition was a period where alcohol was not permitted in the United States‚ which lasted from 1920 to 1933. After the Revolutionary War‚ drinking was on the rise in the United States‚ and many orginizations were created to disuade people from becoming intoxicated‚ starting a new temperance movement (Lerner 96)
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In the late nineteenth century‚ around 1880-1900‚ many farmers were experiencing problems and threats to their way of life. The valid complaints of the farmers dealt with the money supply system in America and the large railroad companies. In 1892‚ the platform for the Populist Party was laid down. In this platform it is stated that “the national power to create money is appropriated to enrich bondholders ... thereby adding millions to the burdens of the people.” This is discussing the demonetization
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