Study Guide I. United States Civil War: causes‚ course‚ and effects a. Cotton Economy and Slavery i. Cotton is King ii. Conditions of enslavement 1. “peculiar institution” of slavery frowned upon for a long time iii. Abolitionists 2. Underground Railroad a. Network of secret routes and safe houses used in helping slaves escape to free states b. Harriet Tubman i. Also known as Moses
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4. The Causes of Major Revolutions: Latin American Revolutions: 1. People from all classes are discontented. Mexico had political and economic stability‚ but at expense of farmers and laborers (only select few had wealth). 2. People feel restless and held down by unacceptable restrictions in society‚ religion‚ the economy‚ or government. Since 1876‚ President Porfirio Díaz/the dictatorship severely restricted the prospects of Mexico’s middle classes for political and economic advancement
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out to be this great war that we must learn about‚ but once we do‚ we soon find out that it was just a string of very small events that led to such a big and preventable war. The three biggest causes of WWI are the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the Balkans‚ and Militarism. The leading cause of the beginning of WWI was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. It happened in June 1914 by a group that went by the name of the Black Hand. With a failed first attempt to kill him and his
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Shavell‚ S.‚ 2000. The economic theory of public enforcement of law. Journal of Economic Literature 38‚ 45–76. Rosen‚ H.S.‚ 2005. Public Finance‚ Seventh edition. McGraw-Hill/Irwin‚ New York. Schneider‚ F.‚ Enste‚ D.H.‚ 2000. Shadow economies: size‚ causes‚ and consequences. Journal of Economic Literature 38‚ 77–114. Shleifer‚ A.‚ Vishney‚ R.W.‚ 1993. Corruption. Quarterly Journal of Economics 108‚ 599–617. Slemrod‚ J.‚ Bakija‚ J.‚ 2004. Taxing Ourselves: A Citizen ’s Guide to the Great Debate over
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Abstract Psychologists‚ sociologists and criminologists the world over have long debated the various causes of delinquency. This paper focuses on some of the causes the have been and are considered viable from a theoretical and practical perspective. Some of these theorists point to the seminal experience of a childhood trauma especially child abuse‚ either of a physical or sexual nature. Others indicate that race‚ gender and socio-economic conditions (especially poverty) are of prime importance
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peace or job opportunities not available to them in their homeland. Sometimes emigrants move to countries with big cultural differences and will always feel as guests there‚ conserving their original culture‚ traditions and language. Such situation causes the conflict between the native and the newer and results in an uncomfortable situation for the "foreigners"‚ because they are to adapt to living conditions sometimes new and strange to them. Like the other people I thought over emigration. When
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In hopes of survival‚ many people began to leave everything behind like what they had and moved to small cities and country sides in hope of fleeing from the Black Death. Fathers abandoned their children‚ wives and children abandoned their dad/husband‚ one brother to sister. Some fled to villages‚ others to villas in order
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English Composition II Nick Taylor (2008) A Short History of Great Depression‚ American-Made In this article author is describing factors that cause Great Depression. The Great Depression also so-called New Era was the time in United States history when in October 29‚ 1929 the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell close to 23 percent and U.S market lost form $8 billion to $9billion in value. This was one of the series losses during that time. The unemployment rates rose every month and wages fall
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What Causes Deviant Behavior In 1980‚ an Illinois jury convicted John Wayne Gacy for killing 33 young boys and men. Sarcastically‚ after his conviction‚ the infamous killer‚ also known as “The Killer Clown” said “I should have never been convicted of anything more serious than running a cemetery without a license” (Berry-Dee‚ 2011). Obviously‚ something intrusively wrong resonated in Gacy for him to make such a statement that negated the intensity of his actions. Gacy buried the majority of
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CHAPTER 17&18 OUTLINE STUDY GUIDE Bryan Marchena I. The Columbian Exchange and its Effects A. Cultural Diversity 1. The peoples of the New World lacked immunity to diseases from the Old World. Smallpox‚ measles‚ diphtheria‚ typhus‚ influenza‚ malaria‚ yellow fever and maybe pulmonary plague caused severe declines in the population of native peoples in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies. Syphilis was the only significant disease thought to have been transferred from the Americas to
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