AP US History Mrs. Norris 6th hour Sample DBQ Response to demonstrate document integration Prompt The 1920s were a period of tension between new and changing attitudes on the one hand and traditional values and nostalgia on the other. What led to the tension between old and new AND in what ways was the tension manifested The firestorm of the Great War revealed an American society rife with conflict and opposing values. Americans reacted to the legacy of the war with new political doctrines‚ contentious
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“A people without the knowledge of their past history‚ origin and culture is like a tree without roots” - Marcus Garvey. The Harlem Renaissance was a period of time in which racial pride and culture were thrust away in favor of a more traditional style of art. However‚ during this time‚ racial pride was best expressed through folk art via the means of relatable structure‚ understandable word choice and everyday subject matter. Common poets of the time chose not to imitate the formal and restrictive
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American civil rights leader‚ Malcolm X. He was a major 20th-century spokesman for Black Nationalism. Malcolm X was born as Malcolm Little on May 19‚ 1925‚ in Omaha‚ Nebraska. His father was a Baptist minister and was an outspoken follower of Marcus Garvey who was the Black Nationalist leader in the 1920s who advocated a "back-to-Africa" movement for African Americans. Malcolm X started working as a shoeshine boy‚ soda jerk‚ busboy‚ waiter‚ and railroad dining car waiter in Boston while he was living
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they now had to compete with them for jobs. It was a time of lots of prejudice‚ leading to the meaningless deaths of many. Despite many African Americans moving up North to try and improve their lives‚ some did not support this integration‚ like Marcus Garvey‚ a powerful leader. In the
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APWH STUDY GUIDE 28 Read pages 650-657‚ the introduction to Unit VI. Notice the 3 “triggers for change” and the elements of change and continuity. These are not included on the quiz. READ “Descent into the Abyss: World War I and the Crisis of the European Global Order‚” pages 638-685 28.1 Your first quiz will be on the second class day after spring break. No homework is assigned for spring break. Read “The Coming of the Great War” and “A World at War‚” pages 660-669. VOCABULARY
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The ocean. Unpredictable yet calming‚ universal yet unique. It is a place that holds the unknown within the known. It’s complexity and creases of age‚ embody the qualities of both our known and unknown pasts. Our history. While the oxford dictionary defines history as the study of past events‚ particularly in human affairs‚ my recent further analysis of our past and present world has entirely dismantled the idea that history can be defined by a statistical record of events‚ dates and figures but
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Chapter 1: The Roots of the Black Bourgeoisie 1. According to the perspective of E. Franklin Frazier‚ the “Black Bourgeoisie played an important role among American Negros for decades. Frazier’s study led him to the significant of “Negro Business” and its impact on the black middle class. Education was a major social factor responsible for emergence of the Black bourgeoisie. 2. By fact‚ the net total number of the free Negroes in the first generation topped out at 37‚245 with an estimated accumulation
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How effective was the early civil rights movement in advancing black civil rights in the period 1880-1990? Before‚ 1880 the black slave was part of the American culture. It continued to be part and parcel of life beyond the 19th century and into the 20th. However‚ the need for change became more apparent and the rise of black Civil Rights grew. Progress‚ at times rapidly advanced but was mainly slow and many suffered great hardships for the cause‚ such as Martin Luther King. He is quoted as saying
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philosophies as a result of their personal experience in a Jim Crow nation that legalized and institutionalized discrimination. Malcolm Little was born May 19‚ 1925 in Omaha‚ Nebraska. His father Earl Little was a Baptist preacher and a follower of Marcus Garvey. His mother‚ Louise Norton Little was a housewife and took care of Malcolm’s seven brothers and sisters. Due to Earl’s involvement in civil rights activism‚ Malcolm’s family had to move a few times because they were threatened by the Ku Klux
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documents Marcus Garvey’s speech he delivered at Liberty hall on November 2nd 1922. In his speech he is calling all the Negroes of America to not stand for the repression and racism that was running rampant through America at that time. It is an interesting and important read because his ideals and actions he wanted to put in place were much more radical than others of his time. Most of the activists for black rights at the time were arguing for more equality and less racial barriers. Garvey thought
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