Unit 1- American Revolution I. American Revolution A. Events and Ideas toward Independence !. Glorious Revolution a. Overall outcome was that the new King and Queen could have power if they uphold the English Bill of Rights 2. The enlightenment a. People can figure out human nature laws by using logic. 3. The Great Awakening a. renewed Christian faith b. both the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening emphasized individualism
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China has gone through major changes throughout the second half of the 19th century up till the early 20th century. The result of the Opium Wars opened up China to the rest of the world, which contributed to the fall of the Qing dynasty. The Wars struck a crippling blow to the Qing Empire and it demonstrated how weak China was compared to the European powers. The ailing Qing dynasty during the middle of the 19th century created opportunities for the European imperialists who were interested in crippling
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The ongoing US presidential campaign serves as a catalyst to polarize public opinion, as the insurrectionists step up their offensive in an unsuccessful attempt to unseat the incumbent Republican President. These events—from a century ago—share a number of striking parallels with the events of 2003 and 2004. The Philippine Insurrection of 18991902 was America’s first major combat operation of the 20th century. The American policy of rewarding support and punishing opposition in the Philippines, called
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Unit IV: Continuing Sectionalism, Civil War, And Reconstruction. 1853 To 1877 1. Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854 – A Bill introduced by Steven Douglas to organize the Nebraska territory. He hoped to build a transcontinental railroad making Chicago the terminus, but they could not do this until the Indians were cleared away and the land was in control. Nebraska would presumably become a free state due to the Missouri Compromise but to please the South Douglas argued that the territories should be
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The Cold War took place from 1945 to 1991. Although there wasn’t always actually battles happening during this time, the tension between the two main powers at the time, being Russia and the United States, was consistently apparent. The two countries, backing different political ideologies, raced across the world to the countries that had been left in disarray after World War II invasions. The Americans hoped to convert more countries to enter a democratic government, while Russia and The Soviet
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within that specific country can relate with * Point #1: the two cultures (the English and the French) that help create the foundation of this nation have been involved in a conflict with each other though out the history of the country. * Events such as the 1837 Rebellion, the Quiet Revolution and the late 20th century referendums all prove the negative tension between the 2 dominant cultures of Canada. * Point #2: the multiculturalism Canada is known for turns out to be one of the primary
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cost of the operation and vulnerability of the equipment in Rwandan airspace. Thus, the international community, and the US in particular, failed to take plausible alternative causes of actions that could have saved thousands of lives. This failure led the international community to reconsider their humanitarian intervention principles, and the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS) was established. The ICISS formulated a shift away from a “right to intervene” towards
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drain. Lead by the twice indicted president Omar al-Bashir, it has been plagued by genocide and war. Around 1955 the people of Sudan became fed up with the government and demanded
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Linking War Child to Globalization and the Marginalization of Refugees Throughout the year, there have been several discussions and research on various specific events that have all resulted with the displacement of a group of people from a specific region or country. The world labels these people as refugees, which has started a trend of marginalization and inequality of refugees. Refugees are unable to stay in their homeland due to economic, social, and political problems that are consistently
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Indian group concerned with the civil rights of American Indians. These three Ojibwa ex-cons were tired of the poverty and despair their fellow brothers and sisters were going through. Though Indians have always been thought of as a peaceful people, you can only get pushed so much until something is done. In the 1960s and 1970s American Indians became more aggressive with the civil rights movement taking place among African Americans, and took up their own stance on civil rights for the culture of the
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