America’s historical preference for independence and self-determination. 9. The Filipinos Correct Answer: cooperated with Americans to drive the Spanish from their islands during the Spanish-American War. 10. United States Secretary of State John Hay’s Open Door policy Your Answer: guarded against the partition of China into foreign colonies and the consequent loss of American trading opportunities. 11. During the early nineteenth century‚ some Americans urged abolition of the foreign
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John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath tells the specific story of the Joad family in order to show the hardship and oppression suffered by migrant laborers during the Great Depression. It is an excellent example of how the corporate and banking elites chastised farmers by shortsighted policies meant to maximize profit even while forcing farmers into destitution and even starvation. The novel begins with the description of the conditions in Dust Bowl Oklahoma that ruined the crops and instigated
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A study guide for our Puritan Unit. Answer the following questions in complete sentences and submit to turnitin.com before the end of class. Puritan Plain Style 1. Describe the characteristics of Puritan Plain Style. a. The main characteristics of Puritan Plain Style are that it was very straightforward‚ and it did not really have to be too deep. Also‚ it did not use many figures of speech and it was very simple writing. 2. Compare and contrast the main themes of “To My Dear and
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Manhattan project Original research at Columbia in Manhattan‚ in 1942 to develop the atomic bomb‚ secret 1920s Diplomacy We became more isolationist‚ we gave large loans to Germany so they could pay debt to France and Britain who would then pay the US (Dawes Plan) Isolationism Neutrality Act: we didn’t want to enter the war Good Neighbor Policy Principle was that of non-intervention and non-interference in the domestic affairs of Latin America. Reinforced idea that the United States would
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there was hysteria over finding communist‚ much like the Puritans‚ who were obsessed with finding the devil and his servants. The first act in The Crucible depicts the values‚ fears‚ and actions of the Puritans in Salem who thought the devil existed amongst them. One value the puritans held above all other values was to be very religious. The Puritans thought they had to prove to their neighbors they were the chosen ones because the Puritans believed those chosen to go to Heaven were already picked
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The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ is a play portraying the life of the Puritans in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ during the 1600s. The Puritans were a community that had a far-fetched idea of perfection‚ and had an unjust church. They believed that everyone had to be pure in order to be perfect. Men had to dress and act the same‚ women had to dress and act the same‚ and almost all fun was forbidden and considered witchcraft. The Puritan’s society was strongly influenced by religion. Their importance of religion
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In the History Court’s trial of John Brown‚ the jury found him to be guilty. John Brown was deemed guilty of being morally unjustified for an insurrection. This insurrection was the killing of several slave owners and their families‚ and the starting of a slave uprising. The Prosecution made several key points. Their first witness‚ William Wilberforce‚ was able to nonviolently stop the slave trade in Britain. Through his use of nonviolence‚ many people followed him. William stated that it was worth
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MOODY FAMILY MUSEUM EXHIBIT HISTORY. This exhibit traces the history of early Texas banking and the involvement of the Moody family of Galveston in the expansion of that industry. Colonel William Lewis Moody began the family’s banking heritage by serving as president of the National Bank of Texas‚ which was the second bank established in the state receiving its charter on March 6‚ 1866. His son‚ W. L. Moody‚ Jr.‚ continued the family tradition with the founding of City National Bank in 1907 and
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“Puritans Way of Life” The puritans were a very fearful‚ strict and highly religious people. This is explained well in Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible"‚ and in Jonathan Edward’s "Sinners in the Hands of on Angry God". These traits in the society had positive effects and negative. Fearfulness had it’s positive tolls on the society. They feared the worst things to happen to themselves and to the community. By fearing many things they were very well prepared ‚ they took extreme
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early 16th century‚ a ship reached Cape Cod shores and out stepped a large number of puritans that today‚ to the average American‚ they would be called pilgrims. When one thinks of the pilgrims‚ they will think of how they were one of the first people to colonize on the East coast and of the men and women who feasted with the Indians nearly 400 years ago. Despite the time difference between the two cultures‚ puritan and contemporary American society are similar in regards to our laws and punishment
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