During the settlement of North America there were many people who crossed cultural borders becoming cultural brokers. Three such people were Isabel Montour‚ Samson Occom and Susannah Johnson. These three possessed strong language skills or the ability to learn new languages quickly‚ this was perhaps the most important skill needed to cross cultural borders and communicate with “outsiders.” Another necessary skill was a complete understanding of their culture and the cultures of other groups.
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I agree with the nuclear optimists that nuclear proliferation will make international politics more stable and less war prone. Since nuclear weapons are classified as weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)‚ more specifically as true WMD (Baylis pg 386)‚ I believe states that possess nuclear weapons will be reluctant to use them against states who also possess nuclear weapons‚ out of the fear those state will retaliate with their own nuclear weapons. The use of nuclear weapons poses risk to a state that
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proportions that many could not even pay their taxes or other debts and had to sell their farms for no profit to themselves.” During this time‚ the government did little to help small business owners or farmers. To add more factors leading into the problems that caused the depression‚ Calvin Coolidge‚ the president at the time‚ was not helping the economy either. Debby Meyer states in “Lesson 10 The Depressing 30’s‚” that “[Coolidge] reduced government spending‚ cut taxes‚ and left the budget deficit a fraction
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statements of that time‚ 2 percent of the American workforce was unemployed” (Brinkley 568). Things were so tough in the US; laws were made that only allowed one member of a family to hold a federal civil service job. The book identified many problems that caused the global depression‚ I think the principal cause was debt. The Roaring Twenties created an attitude which led to the mindset of
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Mrs. Mallard’s Death What caused Mrs. mallard’s death ? Well what caused mrs. mallard’s death was her husband’s life. So back in these times women had no say-so at all. Women could not do what they wanted‚ they could not tell someone how they wanted things to be done‚ they were just nobody. They had to do everything the “men” told them to do. Men were superior than women in those times. Women had no identity and no place in the world but to attend to their husbands needs. So Mrs.Mallard
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What caused the civil war in 1642? A civil war is when a war breaks out in the same country. The reason why the civil war broke out in England in 1642 was because the king and parliament could not agree on anything. In the political side of things the war broke out because of short and long term things. In the short term that parliament wanted to control England’s army but the king said he should because England’s monarch usually controlled the army. The other short term reason was‚ in 1642
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August 6 of 1945 USA dropped the world’s first atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This bomb killed around 166000 people and was called “Little Boy”. This atomic bomb changed Truman’s attitude. There are people that think that the war was caused because the bomb encouraged Truman seek confrontation with U.S.S.R. When Truman had the bomb his attitude at the conference became aggressive and of confrontation. He also changed from pro-Soviet advisors to anti-communist advisors. And finally he
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There were many factors that caused the Great Depression‚ with the crash of the stock market bringing chaos‚ but not necessarily causing the entire Depression. The ‘start’ of problems‚ which would later cause this severe economic crisis‚ dated back to the early 1920s. Some of these problems included the shrinking of farm incomes and industries‚ overproduction of goods‚ the gap between the rich and the poor‚ the credit crisis‚ and many more. As the Depression grew closer and jobs became unnecessary
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said as they put the rope around his neck‚ “I regret nothing! I will not admit to being a witch I am a full puritan and will not lie.” Than they pulled out the stool from underneath him and it broke his neck he died a quick but unjust death. What caused the people of Salem to turn on one another? There were a lot of settlers to travel from Europe to the new world among these people there were the puritans who are going to cause pandemonium in there village very soon. In Salem‚ Massachusetts‚
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being taught live in the south: state’s rights. However‚ despite what many believe‚ the Civil War that took place from 1861 to 1865‚ truly happened in a time span of many more years‚ and had a multitude of causes. While most ideas happen incessantly‚ only a certain few influence people to instigate a war so cataclysmic as the Civil War. Some ideas that might have affected the beginning of the Civil War are stated in Ayer’s What Caused the Civil War?‚ “The ‘North’ and
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