Jamarha Montgomery Mrs. Hill ENG _____ 6 March 2009 The Major Events and Breakthroughs of the Nineteen Seventies The nineteen seventies was a decade that experienced economic crisis‚ political struggle‚ feminism‚ and a rise of subcultures such as the hippies. These events reflected the rising power of baby boomers‚ which are babies who were born during the post WWII years‚ who have become adults and made up the majority of the population. Because of this‚ the decade became a reflection of baby
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immigrated to the New World‚ they were faced with an overwhelming frontier atmosphere and forced to adapt to their environment or perish. As a result‚ an Americanization occurred which made these former Europeans into Americans‚ who founded the concept of democracy and made the traits associated with Americans almost stereotypical (Turner). Despite the fact that Frederick Turner ’s essay‚ The Significance of the Frontier in American History‚ was warmly received at the World ’s Fair in Chicago of 1893
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as a key turning point? Jonathan Sokolov The Treaty of Versailles was a monumental stage in German history‚ helping to shape German history for arguably the best part of thirty years. It can be argued that the Treaty was the most significant event since the unification of Germany in 1890. The short term consequences were also highly prominent as over 300‚000 Germans fled to America in the years 1917-23. Moreover many Germans were aggrieved by the Treaty‚ this lead to public exploits (Kapp Putsch
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The French Revolution 1789 Louis XIV left a huge debt for France. After him came Louis XV who brought some peace but could not stop the debt from building up. He ruled for 59 years in a very lazy manner and lost the support of his people. He kept borrowing more leading to higher interest rates and also refused to economize accordingly to avert crises. Then came Louis XVI who married Marie Antoinette of Austria. She was made a general target by the public because of the deteriorating relations with
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Cara Resnick Professor Clarke U.S. History II March 20th‚ 2011 The Psychedelic Lifestyles‚ Opinions‚ and Major Events of the 1960s The 1960s was an era of peace among war‚ love among hate‚ and full of innovation. Some of the biggest events in history happened during this era such as President John F. Kennedy’s assassination‚ Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech followed by his assassination five years later‚ the first U.S. astronauts landing on the moon‚ the first Civil Rights
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Themes and Issues in American History September 27‚ 2006 1492-1789 The Indians were a hospitable and sharing race and sharing was part and parcel of their culture. They were not influenced by the frenzy of the day‚ capitalism and feudalism. Columbus was motivated by his quest for gold to pay his backers. Gold was the new currency of the day‚ better than land because it could buy anything. After the wholesale slaughter of the Indians with no gold to show for it‚ Columbus and the Spaniards
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The Thirty Years’ War The Thirty Years’ War from 1618-1648 was a major turning point in European history‚ seen from a military revolution‚ by gaining larger armies‚ a religious revolution‚ through Catholicism no longer being the predominant religion‚ and the rise of France‚ through becoming the dominant nation in Europe. There was a huge military revolution‚ when king Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden came into power during the Thirty Years’ War. Adolphus revolutionized the army in many ways. He organized
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------------------------------------------------- What were the grievances of the Third Estate in 1789? There were three national ‘estates’ in France‚ the First Estate made up of all clergy ranging from Archbishops to Priests and the Second Estate made up of nobility were the ‘estates’ that did not need to pay any tax at all. The Third Estate was defined negatively as everybody who did not belong to the first two estates including the bourgeoisie‚ the artisan workers and the peasants. With a
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States‚ the frontier was the term applied to the zone of unsettled land outside the region of existing settlements of Americans. In a broad sense‚ the notion of the frontier was the edge of the settled country where unlimited free land was available and thus unlimited opportunity. Being a frontiersman in the so-called Wild West‚ a cowboy‚ rancher or gold miner were idealized within American mystery. Mark Twain colorfully related that accounts of gold strikes in the popular press had supported the
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The Missouri Compromise of 1820 In November of 1818‚ Missouri petitioned Congress for statehood and ignited a controversy over slavery and a balance of power in the Senate that would span two sessions of Congress and threaten the dissolution of the Union and a civil war. Prior to the Missouri question‚ the Union had eleven Free states and eleven slave states‚ each with two Senators. The Missouri Territory‚ carved out of land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803‚ covered an expanse of land
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