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    World History Document-Based Essay In the late 1800s and early 1900s‚ imperialism was at its peak with innovation and expansion. In this essay‚ I will discuss the perspectives of the European imperialists and colonized people during the crucial time in history. The people in power during this era felt as though their efforts to develop and conquer certain lands granted in mutual benefit of the lands’ citizens. The colonized people‚ however‚ had different opinions. According to Joseph Chamberlain

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    and/or freedom is what most can call a revolution‚ and it’s true. That isn’t the only possibility though. The Revolution of 1800 was called a revolution because it was the switch from a federalist president to an anti-federalist president. It was an orderly transfer of power with no violence and no bloodshed. Some say that The Revolution of 1800 was misnamed. But the Revolution of 1800 was named a revolution in the way of how Jefferson handled first economic affairs and then judicial affairs in his presidency

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    The feudal system was a way of government based on obligations between the lord or king and vassal. The king gave large estates to his friends and relatives. These estates known as the fief included houses‚ barns‚ tools‚ animals‚ and serfs or peasants. The king also promised to protect the vassal on the field or in the courts. In return the nobles who were granted the fiefs swore an oath of loyalty to the king. The nobles promised never to fight against the king. They also had to give the king whatever

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    and gave birth to the modern independent nations of Latin America.(Latin American history) The early 1800s radically altered the history of Latin America. Spain had progressively colonized parts of South‚ Central and North America since the early 1500s‚ exploiting the region’s natural resources‚ decimating native populations and importing millions of black African slaves. However‚ in the early 1800s‚ independence movements across Latin America largely put an end to Spain’s Empire in the region.(classroom

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    plantation worker living in the 1800’s out in Hawaii‚ hunched over all day long with fresh blood dripping down his muddy hands. Slapping at stinging wasps‚ and soothing scars all day‚ he struggles to live. This is just another day in the life of a Hawaiian immigrant worker‚ struggling through life. To keep it short- these plantation workers don’t have it easy. “What is a Hawaiian immigrant plantation worker?” many may ask. These Hawaiian immigrant plantation workers‚ in the 1800’s‚ were foreigners that immigrated

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    You must submit to your husband‚ you must let him talk first and wait to put your input in until he has gotten settled in the house‚ and you must be ready for whatever his needs are; the roles of women in the 1800’s. In the play A Doll’s House author Henrik Ibsen wrote about a married couple named Nora and Torvald their relationship from the start had readers very uncomfortable and feeling emotions towards their dynamics. Nora shows that she has a secret side by going behind Torvalds back and getting

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    improve their working conditions‚ industrial workers came together to form unions in the late 1800s. Sequencing As you read about the increase of American labor unions in the late 1800s‚ complete a time line similar to the one below by filling in the incidents of labor unrest discussed and the results of each incident. • Describe industrial working conditions in the United States in the late 1800s. • List the barriers to labor union growth. Key Terms and Names deflation‚ trade union

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    The territorial expansion from 1800 to 1850 did not unite the nation‚ but rather tore it apart. The concept of Manifest Destiny had most citizens believe that the territory of the United States should extend all the way to the Pacific Ocean. Through the expansion of territory the issue of slavery between the North and the South did not unite the nation but rather split it apart. The territorial expansion can be seen as splitting the nation apart when Missouri was added to the nation from 1819-1821

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    as foreign policies. The U.S. obeyed the isolationist policy set by Washington during his administrative office until after the civil war with the growing need for new markets to sell their industrial products. The foreign policy developed by this need would eventually prove to be bad for the world as it solely wanted to expand American power for land and market. First of all‚ American foreign policies in the late 1800s were dominated by the same characteristic as all other European powers‚ imperialism

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    River‚ others called for the “new” black colony to be located in Mexico or South America‚ and others for the location to be in Africa‚ the land blacks originated from. In addition‚ during this period‚ some free blacks would petition the legislatures of their colonies for return to their homelands. In the early 1800s‚ Paul Cuffe‚ of Massachusetts‚ a free black shipping merchant‚ became an active participant in the colonization movement. Cuffe did not believe that blacks living in the United States

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