1. Magna Carta [1215] (52): The Magna Carta was an agreement that insured protection of noble (feudal) liberties from usurpation by the King. The Magna Carta influenced the development of common law (legal precedent)‚ as well as constitutional principles (as seen in the United States Constitution). 2. Chief Powhatan (59): Chief Powhatan was the chief of Algonquian-speaking villages (Powhatan Confederacy) in eastern Virginia‚ chief of about 10‚000 Indians. Powhatan took 80% of the corn his people
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In the late nineteenth century‚ around 1880-1900‚ many farmers were experiencing problems and threats to their way of life. The valid complaints of the farmers dealt with the money supply system in America and the large railroad companies. In 1892‚ the platform for the Populist Party was laid down. In this platform it is stated that “the national power to create money is appropriated to enrich bondholders ... thereby adding millions to the burdens of the people.” This is discussing the demonetization
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U.S Constitution DBQ The Federal Government showed to be ineffective under the Articles of Confederation. The Government lacked power‚ with large state governments showing to be superior. The U.S Constitution proposed a new form of government. With the addition of three separate branches of government‚ being‚ legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial‚ the Constitution also created a stronger Federal Government‚ weakening state governments. As southern states with larger populations were against the
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DBQ: How Democratic were the Greeks? The country of Greece‚ in 507 BC‚ was established with the idea of democracy. It was meant to be ruled by the people with no leader with too much power. Democracy was introduced to have equality before the law. Throughout the history of Greece‚ many relationships and correlations were formed through democracy. Greek Democracy built relationships with the military needs and social class division of Greek City-States. In Greece‚ military needs were drastically
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The Alien and Sedition Acts were a series of four bills passed in June and July of 1798 that revealed the disagreements between Federalists and Democratic Republicans. The two parties debated over many things‚ such as foreign policy‚ the strength of federal government‚ and states’ rights. These debates defined the effort to decide our country’s future. Examples of the differences between Federalist and Democratic Republican views are the French Revolution‚ Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions‚ and the
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1920’s and 1930’s‚ most nations attempted to cope with the problems of the post-war economy and uncertainties‚ with the U.S. stock market crash exacerbating the problem. The war ravaged nations of Europe had become dependent on financial help from America; however‚ U.S. economic policies made it increasingly difficult for European nations economies to recover after the war. The Fordney - McCumber Tariff increased the duties on foreign manufactured goods by 25%. Intending to protect American businesses
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Global Warming DBQ Global warming has not been taken serious by the government. The world does not really take it as a threat. Cars pollute the atmosphere more and more every day. The temperatures keep rising‚ yet‚ the government still doesn’t believe it is taking place. (Document C) Global warming is not a game‚ it is something serious. Therefore‚ the world should be very concerned about it. Federal revenues have been rising over the last few years. (Document H) This means that there are more
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Name: _______________________________________ Period: _________ Date: ___________________ Ratifying the Constitution – A Document Based Question The following packet contains all the information you will need to effectively answer the question: What were the major arguments used by each side (the supporters and the opponents) in the debates over the ratification of the U.S. Constitution? After reading and analyzing the documents in this packet‚ you will be asked to complete a four-paragraph essay
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Samantha Aurelio 31 March 2015 APUSH Cold War DBQ During the time period pertaining to the Cold War‚ the foreign policies and ideas established by each president remained in effect despite social and political unrest. However‚ United States’ involvement in the eastern hemisphere‚ governmental influence in the nation and in the “hot wars”‚ and presidential diplomacy caused foreign policies and ideas to contain many similarities throughout the duration of the Cold War. Therefore‚ the United States
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Some women thought that the suffrage movement was unnecessary and too inconvenient to be dealt with right now‚ because American was in the largest war in its history (WWI). Men were off at war and women thought that America had a full plate and that suffragists were just causing problems. That our country in this hour of apparel should be spared the harassing of its public men in the distracting of the people from work for the war (doc. 6.) I believe the general public
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