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    sitting in history class listening to my instructor’s normal lecture of American history one day‚ I take to notice a few of my classmates sneakily texting‚ doodling in their textbook‚ picking at their nails…In general‚ not even trying to look like they are paying attention or remotely interested. Why this fails to surprise me is because most individuals find history bland. However‚ little did my peers know history isn’t a burden of rocks on the memory‚ but a brilliant radiance on the soul. History is an

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    Great Depression DBQ Essay Imagine this. You wake up one morning in the year 1929‚ in your luxurious‚ pricey mansion. You then make your way downstairs to eat that nice big breakfast. Then you kiss your family good bye and head off to your fancy job. You come home that evening and suddenly you’re flat broke. Meaning all your money and life’s savings vanished. Unreal right? Well it was real for hundreds of families on October 29‚ 1929. The day the stock market crashed and when

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    During the 1600’s‚ waves of Puritans immigrated to the New World‚ colonizing in the area of Boston. In contrast to Chesapeake region’s inhabitants‚ the Puritan settlers did not come for economic interests‚ but rather for a desire to create a more “pure” society of Christianity. The Puritans had a huge impact on the way the New England region developed. By organizing their society based on their desire to have a government of theocracy‚ the Puritans made sure their values and ideas had a major influence

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    During the Great Depression‚ the Stock Market crashed.This caused an economic slump in North America and Europe‚ which quickly spread to a world wide depression. The government obviously had to respond. The crash caused hardships with the public. There was poverty and hunger and many complications. Unemployment was one of the complications during the Depression. Unemployment skyrocketed from 1929 to 1936 from almost 4% to 23%. There were twice as many African- Americans unemployed. Many couldn’t

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    The Great Depression was the largest economic crisis in the history of the United States. During this time there was an outbreak of poverty that swept the nation. There were many economic‚ social‚ and political changes during this time. Although this was a difficult time‚ the government was able to create job opportunities and projects to end the Depression. During the Great Depression many people lost their jobs and homes. Because of the loss in profit and the raise in taxes many people’s homes

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    The Great Depression was an economic downturn that began in 1929. The long term causes of the Great Depressions were the overproduction of farms and the instability of banks. Hoover was elected in 1928 and he believed in rugged individualism‚ the economy had natural cycles‚ and a do nothing approach. Hoover not stimulating the economy by putting money into it and providing jobs prolonged the Great Depression. FDR was elected in 1932 and he created the new deal‚ which was a series of government

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    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Document B Source: Clubb‚ "An Unfortunate Wait" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Document C Source: Virginia Durr Reflects on the Depressions Lessons‚ ca. 1930s Have you ever seen a child with rickets? Shaking as with palsy. No proteins no milk. And the companies pouring milk into gutters. People with nothing to wear and they were plowing cotton. People with nothing to eat‚ and they

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    The Great Depression was one of the biggest turning points in American history. Not only did it change the spending habits of U.S. citizens‚ but it changed how the government controlled the economy. New laws and acts were put into place that helped prevent something like the Great Depression from ever happening again. During the 1920s‚ America’s economy was extremely prosperous. Businesses were producing mass amounts of products‚ and because wages were high‚ consumers were buying them. However

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    The Great Depression DBQ Historical Context: The Great Depression in the United States started in 1929 when the stock market crashed. The depression last over ten years and had long-term social‚ economic‚ and political effects on American society. Task: Using information from the documents and your knowledge of United States history and government‚ answer the questions that follow each document in Part A. Using your answers from Part A you will write an essay (Part B) in which you will be able

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    An AP U.S. History Document-Based Question (DBQ) Packet What is a DBQ? {Material borrowed from Collegboard.com} The AP U.S. History test consists of a multiple-choice section and an essay section. There are three essays to answer on the test‚ one of which is the DBQ. The DBQ an essay question that requires you to answer the question using the sources provided. You are given a mandatory 15-minute reading period at the beginning of the free-response section‚ and most of that time is

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