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    Terror Justified? Do you think it is your right to freedom of speech‚ beliefs‚ etc.? How would you feel if your country didn’t protect you because your beliefs differ from theirs? The Reign of Terror began in 1789. The French Revolution was all about making a new government that allowed people to have freedom. The Reign of Terror was not justified because the methods were too harsh‚ human rights were invaded‚ and when Robespierre died so did all his accomplishments. The methods in 1789 were too harsh

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    John Davison Rockefeller was born on July 8‚ 1839 and he would soon take the world by storm (“John). He and his five siblings were born into a humble‚ middle-class family in Richford‚ New York (“John). His mother‚ Eliza‚ was a devout baptist and her sole purpose in life was to raise her children‚ as designated by his father‚ William (“A). William Rockefeller was a traveling salesman and it is thought that this is where John learned the rules of the trade. At the age of 19‚ Rockefeller and one

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    To what extent was it justified to characterize the industrial leaders of the late 19th century as either “robber barons” or “captains of industry”? Document A Q: How is the freight and passenger pool working? W.V.: Very satisfactorily. I don’t like that expression “pool”‚ however‚ that’s a common construction applied by the people to a combination which the leading roads have entered into to keep rates at a point where they will pay dividends to the stockholders. The railroads are not run

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    history‚ yet none have been as ruthless as the American industrial revolution. The American nation was switching its interests from its agrarian roots to a more modernized attraction to technology and industry. A group of men stepped forth from the masses to lay claim to the many facets of this changing world. They became leaders of their own fields of business‚ providing the driving force behind economic and industrial change. The leaders of this revolution formed alliances with one another‚ so

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    < Labor Unions: Were They Justified? > In the late 19th-century‚ a new theory in the field of business and production was emerging. Most commonly known as ‘Social Darwinism’‚ it was a parodical twist of the Darwin theory of natural selection‚ or the ‘survival of the fittest.’ The corruption and the dark sides of business were accepted as a natural process‚ and was not questioned or intervened. In a full-fledged Industrial Age‚ the average American citizen had to try his best to rise from his

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    To what extent were Hitler and Stalin similar? Hitler and Stalin were both cruel dictators around the time of WW2‚ but to what extent were these two men similar? Firstly they were both dictators throughout WW2; however they were both of different beliefs. Hitler was a fascist and Stalin was a communist‚ however they were both such extreme versions of these beliefs that they were‚ in many ways alike. Starting with childhood‚ Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th 1889 in a small Austrian town called

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    The Civil War started April 12‚1861 with the attack on Fort Sumter. It was a war fought to preserve the Union and to free the slaves in the South. The North was more justified then the South for fighting the civil war because president Abraham Lincoln was trying to abolish slavery and bring the Union back together. The South was trying to keep slavery because without it there would be no one to pick the cotton‚ and that at the time was how the South made money. The civil war began with the attack

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    who say the colonists were not justified for breaking away from the British because of the war they fought for the colonists. However the colonists were justified because the king violated the colonists rights‚ put the colonists in economic parallel and punished them instead of listening to their needs. Through The Enlightenment and the Great awakening the colonists realized that the king was neglecting their God given rights and became outraged. The king passed laws that were not in favor of the

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    this and‚ even back to when it was first starting out‚ the people were like mules. The colonists that slaughtered hundreds and thousands of Native Americans (oops!) were complaining about their ex girlfriend Britain all the time. They thought they were the victim in every scenario‚ when in reality‚ they were just being ignorant and only cared about themselves! Now‚ there has been a debate (not really) if the colonies were justified in going to several wars with Britain or not‚ and my answer is no

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    Isabel Kliethermes Prof. Paton HIS101/United States History to 1877 6/16/2024 Were the Coercive Acts Tolerable? The Coercive Acts‚ also known as the Intolerable Acts‚ were a series of disciplinary laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774. The Intolerable Acts triggered outrage in the Thirteen Colonies‚ leading to the First Continental Congress and eventually the Revolutionary War. Many argue that rebellion was justified‚ however. Due to the Quartering Act‚ the Administration of Justice Act‚ and

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