...1. The Gold Standard was the equivalence of the county’s currency in exchange for gold. For example, in 1933, the United States price of gold was $20.67. Domestically The Gold Standard regulated the quantity and growth rate of a country’s money supply, and internationally it determined exchange rates for participating countries as well. Because these exchange rates were fixed, this cause the price levels around the world to move together through an automatic balance-of-payments adjustment process. If one country was able to increase its production rate, this would cause a drop in prices, which would lead to more exports and the transfer of money from one country to another. The Gold Standard assured long-term price stability, but it also caused prices to be very unstable in the short-term. This is because of gold discoveries occurring around the world at unpredictable times. Many counties also did not follow the “Rules of the Game”, which caused the Gold Standard to be un-credible at times. 2. In 1834, the United States switched to the gold de facto and in 1900 the United States Congress passed the Gold Standard Act. The gold de facto, replaced a bimetallic system, which included the use of gold and silver. Gold was used throughout the years domestically, with examples like in 1933 when Roosevelt nationalized gold owned by private citizens and abrogated contracts in which the payment would be in gold. The Gold Standard broke down during WWI, when the value of gold was at half...
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...Background The Defeat of the Ottomans During World War 1, a British High Commissioner, Henry McMahon, convinced Hussein Ibn ‘Ali, the Ottoman governor of Mecca and Medina, to lead an Arab revolt against the Ottoman empire which was aligned with Germany against France and Britain. McMahon promised that if the Arabs supported Britain, the Arab areas that were ruled by the Ottoman empire would be supported by the British government. A British army officer, Thomas Edward Lawrence and Faysal, Hussein’s son, led an Arab revolt which defeated the Ottomans successfully. McMahon and Hussein exchanged a series of letters from 1915 to 1916. The Arabs claimed that in the letters, the British had promised that Hussein would rule as King over an Arab kingdom which included the land of Palestine. The Balfour Declaration In 1917, Lord Arthur Balfour, the British Foreign Minister, announced Britain’s support for an establishment of a “Jewish national home in Palestine”. This declaration is known as the Balfour Declaration. An Unfulfilled Promise A region was separated into two in 1921: The west of the Jordan river turned into the Palestine mandate and the Eastern side of the Jordan river turned into the Emirate of Transjordan, to be controlled by Abdallah, Faysal’s brother. Palestine became a united political area for the first time in modern history during this moment. Britain failed to fulfill their promise to make an independent Arab state throughout the separated region. Clashes broke...
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...APUSH DBQ #1 - Puritans The Puritans changed and influenced much of New England society in the 1600s through their religious belief that to be perfect was required in order to impress God. Originally a religious minority group from England, the Puritans started to migrate to America in 1620 in search of religious freedom. Despite facing religious persecution prior, they enforced their ideals on much of the New England population. A decade later, in 1630, John Winthrop became governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which he called a Puritan ‘city on a hill’. This became a model for other New England colonies to follow. Puritan culture was deeply focused on social connection, particularly religion, which they placed at the forefront of their...
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...There is no doubt that the Founding Fathers and colonists had multiple reasons for turning against the British government. They believed that the British were treating colonists unfairly. The British passed many tax laws that were detrimental to the colonists. Unfair Taxation, the intolerable acts, and most importantly the king did not address the concerns of the colonists. I can understand the point of view of the colonists, they had no say in how the taxes were collected and spent. Furthermore, acts such as the stamp act of 1765 taxed common goods such as newspapers, pamphlets, and cards. Moreover, Parliament was not willing to give colonists which considered themselves British subjects a seat in parliament. Consequently, in order to try and get parliament to listen, many riots, boycotts, and protests such as the Boston Tea Party occurred. It is easy to see why the colonists thought that taxes were unfair. However, some people believed that American colonists paid fair taxes since the government supported and defended the colonists. But, the British government, had Laws which taxed common goods and controlled their trade. Which in turn, caused the colonists to become alarmed and think that these laws threatened the right to govern themselves. Equally important, the intolerable acts were passed in Massachusetts as a consequence of many protests and disturbances that occurred. Britain thought that the riots were just isolated incidents in Massachusetts. Thus, the acts were...
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... There is a lot of things that you do not know about Israel and Palestinian conflict. In 1948, Israel declared independence as a new country in the region of the Middle East, also called Palestine. The inhabitants of that land were a mixture of Jews, Muslims, and Christians who had been ruled by the Ottoman Empire and the British Empire. After fighting the new country of Israel in a civil war, they spent the last 65 years being refugees in the Gaza Strip and West Bank without complete independence, but they are anti-semitisms, which means that they are against jews or Israelis. Nation is a large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting particular country or territory. Palestinians does not deserve to be its own nation. Palestinians wants to become a nation because then they can have a stronger defense force. According to Document 8, it shows that a lot of Israelis died from terrorism and Palestinian violence especially in 1948 and 2002. This shows that the Palestinians wants its own nation because they are attacking the Israelis and they are trying to take over the place and control. Another example, according to document 7, it shows that a Palestinian is throwing rocks at the Israeli defense force tank. This shows that Israel has a better defense force than Palestine, and Palestine want to have a stronger defense force. Therefore, Palestine want to become a nation it's because that after Palestine became a nation, they can have...
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