Between the years of 1900 and 1920‚ reformers and the national government partially brought reform to a national level due to economical‚ political‚ and social interruptions. The period of social activism and political reform in the United States was known as the Progressive Era‚ however society still needed reforms even after that period. Theodore Roosevelt became our president after William Mckinley’s assassination‚ however his enforcements and actions weren’t accidental. He successfully enforced
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Using the following documents‚ identify and analyze at least three major reasons for the persecution of individuals as witches in Europe from the late fifteenth through the seventeenth century: It was extremely easy to be accused of being a witch in the fifteenth‚ sixteenth‚ and seventeenth century. During this time period‚ Europe was going through many changes such as the Protestant Reformation‚ the Catholic Reformation‚ the Scientific Revolution‚ and the consolidation of many national governments
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Spain and France both wanted to expand to gain more land‚ get new resources‚ and to search for ways to get more power. The resources that each country wanted were different as well as the ways they attempted to get the resources. Each country had their own strategies to try and obtain the resources they were going after. Competition between countries led to countries attempting to gain land quickly. Spain and France were not the only countries trying to expand in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
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Imperial Rome vs. Han The Classical Period was a time where large‚ land-based empires were developed. The leaders of these empires were met with many questions on how to control their territories. While both the Han empire and Imperial Rome exercised political control over their empires through government structure‚ they differed in their organization of bureaucrats and their reliance on slavery. Both the Han and Imperial Rome exercised political control through similar government structure. The
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“The Passage‚ Extension and the Terminal of the Chinese Exclusion Act” By: In the 1840’s the discovery of gold in California blew up extremely‚ in the way that many people believed they could make a fortune by finding gold on their own; to be exact it was January 24‚ 1848 when James W. Marshall saw something that appeared to be shiny -near Sutter Creek Coloma‚ California- in which‚ unexpectedly‚ it turned out to be gold. At the time of his discovery Marshall was overseeing construction
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Segregation of African Americans had been present in the United States since the early 1600s. In the midnineteenth century‚ African American leaders have proposed many different theories and methods to address the injustices posed by the white majority on to the black population. The individuals who led the fight against this discrimination were Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois‚ who took completely different approaches in order to deal with this unfair treatment of African Americans. Booker T
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After World War I‚ European countries were devastated. Europeans were disappointed in their old governments; they felt that they had failed them by causing the war and catapulting them into a depression. Destroyed‚ they turned away from democratic governments and supported communism and fascism simply to avoid democracy. Others were intellectually lost and desperate for leadership. The government encouraged the people’s support by instilling irrational fears amongst their citizens and promising to
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For years after the Berlin Conference‚ various European powers raced to occupy and colonize land in Africa. It was a time of growth for Europe‚ but what was it for Africa? Africa’s fate was being decided for it by the European invaders. Not all AFricans just stood by and watcher‚ however. There was a wide range of actions and reactions to the Scramble for Africa from the Africans themselves‚ from giving in peacefully to attempting to fighting back with all of their might. Many Africans were afraid
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The printing press was transformed by Johann Gutenberg‚ a German goldsmith‚ and more than 8 million books were printed in Western Europe between 1456 and 1500. This invention had an effect with the Protestant Reformation. It not only furthered the knowledge of geography‚ but it also expanded knowledge throughout the countries and whether you were wealthy or poor‚ printing made books available to the general public. By 1560‚ many people were either Catholic‚ Protestant‚ or mixed (Doc. 5). Non-Catholic
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The Mongols: How Barbaric Were the “Barbarians”? The Mongols were a militaristic‚ nomadic group that conquered many lands and forged the Mongolian Empire. They were known for their brutality and laws‚ but they also had positive impacts on the territories which they conquered. The Mongols had some very barbaric practices but like other conquerors‚ it was likely to show dominance over the conquered. More importantly‚ they were strong leaders who aided in the growth of the economy as well as diffusion
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