and to examine longer-term trends. In 1900, Britain was coming to the end of the Victorian age, a period that had seen the country at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution and the expansion of Empire. Government intervention was light, and the economy had developed largely based upon the free market liberal heritage of Adam Smith (1723-90), and of Cobden (180465) and Bright (1811-89). As late as 1874, both Disraeli (Prime Minister: 1868-68 and 1874-80) and Gladstone (Prime Minister: 1868-74, 1880-85…
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and Trends Modern America Matrix: 1970s 1 Syllabus HIS145 Version 4 Modern America Matrix: 1980s WK4 3 Interview WK4 7 Modern America Matrix: 1990s to Present WK5 3 Terrorism WK5 8 All weeks 10 America and the World Presentation: Vietnam War WK2 4 America and the World Presentation: Nixon’s Détente and End of Vietnam War Wk3 4 America and the World Presentation: The 1980s WK4 4 We didn't start the fire presentation Wk 5 5 America and the World Presentation: 1990s…
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demonstrate their opposition to the system? November 25, 2009 Evaluate the impact of slavery on the economic and social systems of the South. November 26, 2009 How did the South’s reliance on a slave labor system restrict its ability to diversify its economy? November 30, 2009 Discuss how the American social reform movement evolved out of the Second Great Awakening. December 1, 2009 Why did social reformers view alcohol as the greatest threat to public morality in the United States? December 2, 2009…
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4)Which of the following statements concerning warfare in the European theater during World War II is most accurate? (Page Ref: 714) The war quickly turned into a trench warfare stalemate with both sides working to gain additional allies. *By the summer of 1940, most of France lay in German hands, while a semifascist collaborative regime ruled in Vichy. British resistance crumbled before the air assaults of Germany, and an amphibious assault knocked the British from the war. From 1939 on, the chie…
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preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s.[1] It was the longest, most widespread, and deepest depression of the 20th century, and is used in the 21st century as an example of how far the world's economy can decline.[2] The depression originated in the United States,…
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Chapter 30: The West at the Dawn of the 21st Century~. ----------------------------------- The 20th century movement of people: The Soviet communists’ forced removal of the Russian peasants and the Nazi’s deportations and execution of European Jews were only the most dramatic examples of this development. Many moved from the countryside to the cities. Other vast forced movements due to the government caused millions of Germans Hungarians, Poles, Ukrainians, Bulgarians, Serbs, Finns, Chechens…
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what Syria wanted * Beruit- capitol- was most thriving city in Meditteranean – culturally and economically- eventually fell to weak gov. * Made Lebanon one of most unsafe countries * Big civil war between different muslim sanctions * 1980’s many Americans were held hostage * 80’s US decided needed to have a presence here to stabilize the country and make sure violence didn’t spread to our ali Israel- we pulled out when 200 of our marines died in terrorist attack * Little by…
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Dutch settlers in New Amsterdam as early as 1612. Harvard College ran a brewhouse on campus in 1674, and the Harvard's first president was ousted because he failed to supply enough beer and food rations (5). Beer was valued so high in the Colonial economy that Harvard students were allowed to pay school tuition in wheat and malted barley. Students were rationed two pints of beer a day until the end of the 1700s when they stopped brewing. Many of the Statesmen had a love for beer. William Penn had…
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interests of women? 21. How did the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 change government policy towards tribes? -Returning political authority to the tribe and allowing them to own land collectively 22. What was the most profound and long-lasting effect of the New Deal on American politics? Chapter 25 1. What were the points of the treaty from the Washington Conference of 1921? -US proposed/obtained a treaty to prevent a naval arms race among major world powers, plan proposed reduction of…
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SS8 Unit 1, Part 1 Maturing of an Industrial Society: Second Half of the 19th Century A) Problems and progress in American politics 1) New problems created a changing role of government and the political system 2) Scandals, economic depressions, limitations of traditional politics resulted in reluctant change a) Civil Service replaced the Spoil System after the death of President Garfield b) misuse of government funds…
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