enforced whittled trade down to almost nothing (Document A). Americans had hit some 60 Japanese cities with out High Explosives and incendiary bombs (Document B). Japan was quickly on the path to destruction. Of course‚ the Allies ignored this for the reason that dropping the atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki would intimidate Russia. Had they truly been considering saving more lives and bringing a quick end to the war in Japan‚ they would have simply waited them out without
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By the 1750’s‚ Americans began to query their involvement with the British Empire by establishing their own identity and unity as Americans. The colonist began to see a strong display of British oppression. Taxes and the different Acts‚ such as the Intolerable Acts caused the colonists to believe that it would be better if they were separated from their mother country. Colonists also felt that some of their rights and liberties were being taken away by the British Empire. By the eve of the revolution
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place were very crucial in this time period. One of these was the South Carolina Declaration of Secession‚ which was introduced in December of 1860 right before the Civil War began. In this document the government of South Carolina provides its reasons for it seceding from the United States‚ such as the North’s disregard for the Constitutional rule supporting slavery‚ and this was a big step for the formation of the Confederacy (Doc. A). Another major political move was when African Americans petitioned
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Ethnic Conflict DBQ Over the course of the years world history has continued to change. New conflicts are constantly developing. In order to keep these conflicts under control special foundations and laws such as the United Nations and the Declaration of Human Rights have been founded. Despite the creation of the United Nations and the issuance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights‚ conflict has continued in the post-World War II era. The attempts at keeping peace have and have not been
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beliefs‚ he sees the hard work Indians go through to get large quantities of silver that have been taken out and he hates it. Wang Xijue from document 3‚ a Ming dynasty court official‚ The respected elders of Wang’s home district explained that the reasons why grain is cheap despite poor harvest in recent years is due entirely to the scarcity of silver coin‚ and as the grain prices fall less land is put into cultivation. The court official is against silver trade because the people of his home district
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Imperialism is when one country dominates or takes over another. Great Britain rapidly grew in the 19th century. India‚ Asia and parts of Africa joined with them to help expand their territory. Some reasons countries wanted to imperialize other countries is because‚ of things such as raw materials‚ military expansion‚ and to have a balance of power. There were many different causes to British imperialism‚ some being political‚ social or economic. Great Britain’s rule had both positive and negative
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Global Warming DBQ Global warming has not been taken serious by the government. The world does not really take it as a threat. Cars pollute the atmosphere more and more every day. The temperatures keep rising‚ yet‚ the government still doesn’t believe it is taking place. (Document C) Global warming is not a game‚ it is something serious. Therefore‚ the world should be very concerned about it. Federal revenues have been rising over the last few years. (Document H) This means that there are more
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challenges. Perhaps the largest disadvantage they met was disunity. Until the National American Women Suffrage Association was formed‚ there was no single group devoted to getting voting rights for women. Different groups had different methods and reasons that sometimes contradicted each other. Also‚ in many cases‚ African American women were excluded from these groups
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Imperialism DBQ Between 1898 and 1914‚ the United States had many strategic‚ economic‚ and ethnocentric motivations for practicing Imperialism. While America was imperialist mostly for strategic reasons‚ strategic and economic factors often coincided‚ and America’s motivations almost always had undertones of ethnocentrism. During this time period‚ American imperialism was most prominent in the Caribbean. One major example was when the U.S. intervened in Cuba to help liberate them from
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"DBQ" In 1929‚ the United States Stock Market crashed‚ heralding the tumble into world-wide depression. President Hoover tried to pacify the people by telling them it was temporary and would pass over. But a new figure rose out of the people‚ promising he would do anything and everything he could to restore their lives. In 1932‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to the presidency‚ and his new policies would soon sweep over the country. Roosevelt’s responses to the problems of the Great Depression
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