Importance of Learning the History of History Kathryn Allen Instructor Carl Garrigus October 29th 2011 This paper is meant to focus on the importance of the facts and history that lead up to‚ and surround the history of a major historical event. It will show that there is more meaning to an event such as the Vietnam War if you are able to understand the culture‚ beliefs‚ and impacts that surround Vietnam prior to the war. This will allow for a better understanding of why a war took place and how
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1. Why does Andrew Jackson oppose recharter of the second Bank of the United States? He believes that the rich people of America have too much power within the government because of the Bank of the United States. He thinks that abolishing this Bank will create less of a separation between rich and poor. 2. What positive functions were served by the bank? What were some of the bank’s negative consequences? It is a fiscally responsible way to manage the United State’s money. It regulated currency
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shared the island of Puerto Rico. Now that we know what islands they settled on let us look at the areas on these islands that they concentrated on. The Tainos settled near the coasts or streams and rivers‚ for example Priestman’s river in Jamaica. Why? (a) Fishing was an important source of food: protein (b) They could easily get water for domestic purposes such as washing their utensils or bathing (c) They could get water for their crops (d) They could go swimming (e) It provided
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Social Studies and History are two subjects that are often confused when it comes to their subject matter. It is often felt that both refer to one and the same subject. Strictly speaking‚ it is not right to think that both are one and the same. They are indeed different. History is one of the social sciences. On the other hand‚ social studies refer to the studies made in the field of society and social behavior. Social studies refer to the studies made with an intention to promote social competence
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no longer literature or geography but maths and physics. Nevertheless‚ it cannot be denied that historic studying plays an essential role in our life as it builds up a basement for the society. Moreover‚ a child growing up without any idea about history may face up with plenty of serious problems. There are lots of reasons forcing people to pay less attention to olden times. For example‚ studying about dynasties or colonies brings no economic value at all; whereas‚ people could get loads of money
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feature of both the Advanced Subsidiary‚ Unit 2 and the A2‚ Unit 4. These units offer flexibility to centres with varying and diverse fieldwork resources and approaches but with a shared view that an element of out-of-classroom activity adds to the study of geography. Some topics have been designed to attract students to geography as a subject that addresses key ideas and debates in our world today. For example‚ Unit 4’s ‘The Technological Fix’ topic looks at our increasing reliance on technology and
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STUDY GUIDE FOR HISTORY 140B TEST #1 1. When the Civil War started‚ why did many northern Blacks rush to join the army? 2. How did the anti-slavery movement try to argue against the system of slavery? Name three of their arguments. 3. What was the top priority of the slaves at the end of the Civil War? 4. What were two of the pro-slavery arguments as presented by the proponents of slavery? 5. How did northern and southern whites differ on
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History (from Greek ἱστορία - historia‚ meaning is about an umbrella term that relates to past events as well as the discovery‚ collection‚ organization‚ and presentation of information about these events. The term includes cosmic‚ geologic‚ and organic history‚ but is often generically implied to mean human history. Scholars who write about history are called historians. History as well as ancient geometrical applications of history can also refer to the academic discipline which uses a narrative
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Topic 1 Investigating History • interpret and construct time lines • define the terms that describe historical periods of time • the terminology and concepts of historical time‚ including year‚ decade‚ generation‚ century‚ age‚ BC/AD‚ BCE/CE • sequence societies and events within specific periods of time • ask historical questions • distinguish between fact and opinion • draw some conclusions about the usefulness of sources including a website • examine differing historical perspectives
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In Peter Stern’s “Why Study History” document‚ he focuses on some reasons and ideas for studying history. Howard Zinn’s speech “Just War” gives some enlightenment on one of Stern’s many ideas‚ moral understanding. Moral understanding according to Stern is to acknowledge your own meaning of morality‚ right or wrong‚ by comparing past adversities and administering change for the better in the present and future. Zinn speaks about and argues that the act of war is unjustifiable and inhumane due to
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