Who Were the Progressives? (ca. 1890s-1910s) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Even more energetic a sphere of historical controversy than that over the Populists is the historians’ argument over the Progressive movement. The Progressives were a heterogeneous collection of reformers. Active chiefly in the nation’s cities and the urban mass media (and in the legislatures of such states as Wisconsin and New York)‚ the Progressives carried out efforts
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During the 1800s there was no common black experience‚ as the lifestyle of African Americans varied depending upon the circumstances of which they were under. At this time‚ black people were commonly mistreated by white Americans. There was a portion of African Americans who were enslaved and a portion of them that were free. Given that those that were enslaved were to be considered the property of their white slave owners‚ slaves were subjected to much harsher conditions by them. Enslaved African
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Columbus had many reasons for voyaging out. In total he took four voyages to the “New World” each different and each with a different goal. He did run into some problems however. He faced natives who had never seen white skinned people before and he faced the dangerous crossing of the Atlantic. He had specific reasons for his motivation‚ he accomplished much and he dealt with those who doubted him in several ways. Generally scholars will say that the explorers of the new world were motivated by “God
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During the 1890s‚ the United States was expanding its territory and power internationally in the pacific and in Latin America. We slowly rose up economically as we made business alliances with other markets‚ and we rode up politically as we have been successful in battles and wars. Our motives for invading and expanding are examined as we examine our successes throughout the New Era and the World Wars. America had wanted to expand outward and was imperializing surrounding countries for economic and
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If I where President‚ hey that sounds like a one of kind question to me? I’ve always wondered what i would be like as a president. In this essay I will be presenting to you some of my one of kind presidential qualities. Now I understand that some people are a little shy at times when they get to new things. I play the trombone; I would build a program for students who have a desire in music. From experience I know that it doesn’t come to you in a day I’ve been playing for about three years
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One cause for the British to colonize and spread out around the world was the fact that they were the most powerful and the most able to. Britain had the best military‚ best navigation‚ and best economy in the world. So‚ Great Britain set out in search for natural resources and get them with the use of any means necessary to could help their country make money. The British had a theory though about how they could go into the natives land and basically do whatever they want like strip them of their
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One of the most unforgettable war in history caused an outburst of questions of the Japanese internment camps. During 1940‚ before the United States entered World War Two‚ they secretly helped the Allies‚ mainly the United Kingdom‚ through the Lend-Lease Act by transporting army supplies which were a hefty help for boosting morale. A year after‚ Japan aircrafts surprised attack Pearl Harbor and eventually lead the United States to join World War Two. On February 19‚ 1942 the Executive Order 9066
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to my country/colonies. The things that the soldiers at Valley Forge dealt with was crazy but if it meant freedom I would do what is necessary. Some of the soldiers at Valley Forge did not have shoes‚ most if not all of the soldiers were starving and for me if i do not eat I can get really mad. If you think about it if I get mad when not eating than you know that they were mad. Say if I was at Valley Forge and I was starving and smelt bad and had to sleep on beds made of straw on mud grounds with
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If I were a millionaire‚ I would have a plan to use the money in the best possible way. This is how I would go about it: First‚ I would give alms to the beggars in my town. I would particularly help the blind and the maimed beggars. I do not have an iota‚ of respect for the able - bodied ones. When this would be done‚ I would send for all my poor relations‚ and give at least a thousand rupees to each of them. I have a very poor relation‚ a struggling writer. I would give him five thousand rupees
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Important Developments in the Humanities During the Early‚High and Late Middle Ages The study of humanities allows us to explore the ways in which the changing concepts of nature and the individual differ in each historical period and helps us to characterize the important developments of each period. Examining specific works of the Middle Ages enables us to describe our views of the changes that occur and helps to explain how and why the concepts evolved the way they did. The Middle Ages provided
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