the Wall of DBQ in extreme weathers like -20 to -30 degrees‚ but the peasants and soldiers were doing for the greater good.The Great Wall of DBQ was 13‚170 miles long and it took lots and lots of years to complete. The Wall was built with a lot of curves and twists to cover difficult terrain that was the border‚ like mountains‚ hills etc. It increased trade and was used for protection from the Xiongnu. Did the benefits of the Great Wall outweigh the human cost. The Great Wall is DBQ of Worth it with
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The decade of the 1920s was a period of change. In Canada many famous and important events occurred during that time‚ for example Canada joined the League of Nations; The Indian Act was amended to give Canadian aboriginal peoples the right to vote; The Ottawa Senators won the Stanley Cup‚ defeating the Seattle Metropolitans. The discussed in the present essay is the first wave of feminism that was also taking place in that time. It was then that women openly realized that their political and economic
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Women in the late 1800’s were treated as second class citizens through the standards of equality‚ expectations‚ and usefulness. Freedom for women has been a long and tedious fight‚ but has had some success overtime. Women are still not treated as completely equal to men‚ but hopefully someday that will change. Women were treated as inferior to men and were not given the same equality that men were. Women did not have the right to vote. All men could vote at the time‚ even the different races.
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Do you know what they called a doughnut in the 1920s? A sinker‚ sounds kind of funny‚ but this is just a small change that happened in the twenties! There were many positive and negative changes that affected everyone. Some of the most important changes include the rights of women‚ the introduction and expedition of flight‚ and the stock market crash. First of all‚ rights of women changed exponentially. Women got the right to vote with the 19th amendment‚ this one right made the women feel so much
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the 1920 ’s Extremist? In the nineteen-twenties an organization was reborn called the Second Ku Klux Klan; the motives of the organization are very controversial. Being that some believe that the group was just an organization to protect the American way of life‚ and other view the Ku Klux Klan as a racist terrorist organization that was set up to persecute any minority that the KKK felt threatened by. One author to write on this was David H. Bennett and his article "Traditional Nativism ’s Last
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1920’s Slang Examples of popular slang phrases during the 1920’s: • Bees knees- used to refer to something that is positive/good • Gigglewater- alcohol • And how!- This phrase is used to show that an individual is agreeing with someone else • Baloney- used to address something that makes no sense • Bent- used to refer to someone that is over intoxicated • Bimbo- a strong tough guy • Cash- used to refer to a kiss • Dapper- the father of a known flapper • Doll- used to refer to an attractive woman
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During the 1920’s and 1950’s the US society was very different. The economies were different‚ men and women acted different‚ and even business were treated different. During the 1920’s there was a big difference between the roles of the women during that time with the jazz age and during the 1950’s with the more sophisticated age. Also during the 1920’s and 1950’s the ways of consumerism and how consumers viewed items was different. During the 1920’s women were reborn into giddier and spunkier
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AP US History Mrs. Norris 6th hour Sample DBQ Response to demonstrate document integration Prompt The 1920s were a period of tension between new and changing attitudes on the one hand and traditional values and nostalgia on the other. What led to the tension between old and new AND in what ways was the tension manifested The firestorm of the Great War revealed an American society rife with conflict and opposing values. Americans reacted to the legacy of the war with new political doctrines‚ contentious
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document in this group is document number one. This document states that a man has contracted a debt that they have to sell or rent their family. This is stating that slavery is good but there should be circumstances. This document is on the time period of 1792-1750 B.C.E. and is on the judgments of the Hammurabi. The author’s attitude towards slavery in this document is that they are completely fine with the thought of slavery as long as there are rules that should be applied to slavery. I disagree
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The Wilhelmine Period that helped force Germany and Europe down the Path to war in 1914 The Wilhelmine period (1890-1918) which will be discussed in this paper was led by German Kaiser‚ Fredrich Wilhelm II. During this period of time there is a multitude of situations that forced Germany and Europe down the path toward World War I (WW I) in 1914. There is not one defining situation and events that made WW I happen. It was a buildup of events over the past 50 years that resulted in one event that
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