Julie Giaimo DBQ Going back to 1619‚ Africans were bought to America and sold to Americans as workers. It wasn’t long before slavery became a controversial issue. Over the course of almost two and a half centuries the debate of weather to continue or abolish slavery went on. The supporters and the abolitionist had their arguments on how they viewed slavery‚ and the government played their part too. Those who supported slavery were for the most part southerners. Senator John C. Calhoun states
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DBQ In a period of 55 years‚ from 1775 to 1830‚ many African American slaves in the United States gained their freedom‚ while in other parts of the US slaves were rapidly increasing‚ faster than ever seen before. The reason for the simultaneous increase and decrease of slaver lies in the African Americans’ involvement in early American wars‚ the decisions of certain slave owners‚ and the spirit of equality among slaves and freemen alike. The cause of an expansion of slavery is due to the rapid
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CIVILIZATIONS OF THE AMERICAS DBQ This task is based on the accompanying documents. Some of these documents have been edited for the purpose of this task. This task is designed to test your ability to work with historic documents. As you analyze the documents‚ take into account both the source of the document and the author’s point of view Historical Context Between 300 and 1500‚ three advanced civilizations developed in Central and South America. Ruins from the Mayan civilization remain
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Grant Benick 10-16-14 AP World AP World History Free-Response Questions (DBQ) Buddhism was founded in India in the sixth century B.C.E and was brought into China by the first century C.E. Gradually winning converts‚ the fall of the Han dynasty in 220 C.E caused a period of political instability and disunity. There is the Buddhist who support Buddhism and praised the Buddha as their god. However‚ there were some people who are against Buddhism and didn’t like it as a religion so they went against
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of a perfect society versus that of an unpleasant society. In captivating a large portion of the human race‚ the theory is a huge topic with authors who also want to voice their opinion on the matter. One of these authors being the writer of The Awakening‚ Kate Chopin. Through her writing‚ Chopin expresses her view by taking on the aspect of the female social class‚ and of how different it is treated within the two theorized sociological settings. During her time‚ Chopin was part of a highly
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Vietnam DBQ The Vietnam War began in 1956 but the United States campaign began in the early 60’s. The Vietnam War heightened social‚ political and economic tensions in the United States with events such as the Gulf of Tonkin incident‚ the Kent State massacre‚ and the war powers act. Then the drafting started. James Fallows describes how he witnessed fresh graduates from high schools were being drafted (Document F). Mr. King Jr. was very upset as he learned about the racial statistics about the
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Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening expresses the difficulty of finding a woman’s place in society. Edna learns of new ideas such as freedom and independence while vacationing in Grand Isle. Faced with a choice to conform to society’s expectations or to obey personal desires for independence‚ Edna Pontellier realizes that either option will result in dissatisfaction. Thus‚ Edna’s awakening in Grand Isle leads to her suicide. Edna’s awakening occurs during her family’s vacation in Grand Isle. It is
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Outline for 1996 DBQ 1. Opening paragraph: In 1860 through 1877 was a time of change and social development as the United States of America was freshly out of the civil war. -Fluff‚ facts‚ when the civil war started ended. -Thesis the ways in which the social change mounted to form a revolution would involve (List the documents main reasons) (Doc. C‚ D‚ E‚ F‚ G‚ I) 2. Body paragraphs: 1. Condone what the information says in documents C/D on how the black man can be trusted with a gun
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DBQ The Industrial Revolution had both positive and negative effects. These effects changed the world and the way of living. Some negative effects were pollution‚ diseases and crowded tenements. Some positive effects were cheaper products more jobs. For example in document 1‚ 2‚ and 3 it shows the change in manufactory which help speed up production and have more available job opportunities. How the factories got better and faster machines. Like the steam engine help transport and trade stuff quicker
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effects of the Revolution in the period from 1775 to 1800. Notes from Mr. Williams: This essay was g iven to 2 nd period APUSH on their first in - class essay. Included were 10 documents (if interested in seeing them‚ please come into class). The DBQ writer needed to take ideas and topics from the documents‚ and ADD significant outside fact and analysis. Notice that this writer does a complete job. He/she deals with the entire question (deals with extent) and answers the question from economic
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