An analysis of American History 1865-1920
Wise 1 Angela Wise Mr. Silverberg College American History per 7/8 6 April 2010 With a single shot of John Wilkes Booth's pistol, one of the greatest Presidents that had ever served America was dead. With the Civil War barely over and with the country in a complete state of moral and political chaos, Abraham Lincoln's death could not have come at a worse time. The great leader, the brave revolutionary, the progressive politician, Abraham Lincoln was the man who held an ever-changing America together. The only candidate to lead America forward and leave the brutalities of the Civil War and of course slavery behind was now dead. As it was, Lincoln's death at Ford's Theatre could not have come at a worse time for the nation, the death of a national hero, when the people needed him most. His assassination marked the beginning of political chaos within America, and had unfortunately condemned the south to decades of isolation and the races to a long difficult struggle. With one single bullet, the soul was immediately ripped out of American politics and all the work of one great man nearly undone. Never before was a strong leader more needed to capitalize on this great opportunity for the country, than after Lincoln's murder. A man to carry the mantle for this new "free" America, a great leader to unite the people once again, a man to make America great. Unfortunately,
“Outwardly Strong but in Reality Much Weaker” – is this a fair representation of Britain after the Napoleonic Wars?
"Outwardly Strong but in Reality Much Weaker" - is this a fair representation of Britain after the Napoleonic Wars? To other nations Britain appeared to be the only world super power after the Napoleonic Wars but in reality was the nation, and more specifically its people, suffering? Britain's foreign policy was strong. It had a very strong navy and dealt with over sees matters with great power, but this strength seemed superficial to many Britons as a lot of the country were in a depression and many people were suffering greatly. Much of Britain's strength revolved around the Industrial Revolution. There cannot be a date set on the start or in fact the end of the Industrial Revolution but many people accept that its beginning was around 1750. The actual phrase Industrial Revolution is misleading as a revolution is an event that occurs quickly and brings around immediate change. The Industrial Revolution was a slow, gradual process. The Industrial Evolution would be a more apt name. The big expansion of Britain's industry took place after 1815. Many of the great 17th Century inventions, such as Hargreaves' spinning Jenny and Cartwright's power loom were put into practice and used on a mass scale. Before 1815 the power loom had not caught on but by 1835 England had 85000 of them in use. Factories were needed to house all of these machines so they were built.
Why was Ireland partitioned in 1922?
Why was Ireland partitioned in 1922? I am writing this essay to try to summaries a number of reasons why Ireland was partitioned in 1922. Some of the reasons even date back to the 16th century, and some are more recent. I will be exploring the religious and political differences in Ireland in an attempt to explain why it was partitioned. I will start off by looking at the long term causes. Some of the long term causes that led to Ireland being partitioned in 1922 were:- the Ireland catholic reformation- In the 16th century the Christian church in western Europe split into 2 sections, the protestant faith split away from the Catholic church, Henry VIII created the church of England, but Ireland still remained Catholic, so religious tensions in Ireland started to increase. Also during the rule of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) tensions between Catholics & Protestants grew and grew,Elizabeth also had a problem with Catholic Spain & Phillip II who sent the Spanish Armada, Elizabeth did not trust Catholics in Ireland, and encouraged Protestants to settle in and around Ireland, this was known as the plantation period, mainly all the protestants settled in the north of Ireland in an area called Ulster, this was because in the north there was much better land for farming and growing crops than in the south. And later on, William of Orange came along with his army and won the Londonderry
Battle of the Somme
Assignment 2 A) Source A proves to some extent that Haig did not care about the lives of his men to some extent. I say this because Haig believed that in order to win the war, men's lives had to be sacrificed. However this doesn't mean he didn't care about the lives of his men. Maybe he was too reckless when ordering his men to go over the top of the trenches in an attempt to gain land so suddenly. He was trained not to change tactics, so experience as a general taught him men had to die in battle. Haig wrote the source to justify reasons for the battle going wrong (justify the fact that people will die), the source was to be sent to the commanding officers on the status of the battle. "The nation must be taught to bear losses". This quotation from Haig in source A shows that Haig knew that mens lives where going to be sacrificed before the battle of the Somme had even started. He presumably warned the public in a newspaper that losses had to be taken in order to see the bigger picture. "No amount of skill on the part of higher commanders, no training, however good, on the part of officers and men, no superiority of arms and ammunition, however great, will enable victories to be won without the sacrifice of mens lives." This part of the quote shows that Haig is aware of how many options he has to win the war, however he acknowledges that mens lives will still lost no
Jack the Ripper - source related questions and answers.
Q.1. What can you learn from Source A about the murder of Polly Nicholls? [6] From Source A, I can learn a lot about the murder of Polly Nicholls, but I can not find out about who was responsible and their reasons for murdering Polly Nicholls. It was on the newspapers in the local area and the media were taking full advantage of it; this source that has been in the East End Observer is a good example. Most people in the East End of London were very shocked with this murder as well as the murder which took place before Polly Nicholls murder which was the one with Martha Tabram. The two murdered women had links between them; both women were prostitutes and the cutting on them was brutal and extreme. The "extraordinary violence" on the bodies' shows that the murders were being committed by someone who knew what he was doing and who was "a demented being". No clear motive for the murders was discovered. The only link the police could find was that both of the women that were murdered were prostitutes, but that still left many possibilities open. Since the women that were killed weren't robbed, the evidence they had wasn't enough to make any form of judgement. Q.2. Does the evidence of Source C support the evidence of Sources A and B about the Ripper murders? Explain your answer. [8] All three sources (A, B & C) support each other to some extent, because they all tell you about
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Describe how the Jews were discriminated against in Germany in the years 1933 to 1939. Adolf Hitler came into power in Germany in January 1933; he had a growing desire to create a superior race, called Aryans (white, blonde hair and blue eyes). At that time Germany has a cross section of races living within it, Hitler wanted to 'purify' Germany and the only way he could do that was by getting rid of the inferior races, like Jews (whom only made up less than 1% of the overall German population), to allow his superior race to prosper. The Enabling Act that followed in March allowing Hitler and the Nazis to establish the needed policies in order to 'cleanse' Germany of the Jews as they did not need to seek approval from the Reich, at this time Hitler became dictator of Germany gaining control of every aspect of German life. The way the Jews were seen and treated got worse with time and the more power Hitler obtained. The first real anti-Jew violence started on April 1933, with an official one-day boycott of Jewish shops, lawyers and doctors across the whole of Germany. This was in due to the fact that Joseph Goebbels believed the Jews were spreading horror propaganda which was damaging Nazi Germany's reputation. On the day at 10.00am SA members stood in front of Jewish businesses stopping people from entering. They painted the yellow Star of David on the door and held signs
In the time period of 1840-1895, commonly known as the American west, pioneers set off to the west of America to set up homes there
The Problems of Living in a Newly set up Town in the West In the time period of 1840-1895, commonly known as the American west, pioneers set off to the west of America to set up homes there, with the promise of free land, and the image of 'streets paved with gold' in their minds; Americans were more than willing to pack up and find their fortune. However, moving west was not as easy as most had anticipated, and many families perished on the journey over alone, not to mention the living conditions when they arrived. As more and more families began migrating west, the discoveries of gold brought along many big businesses, and a mass increase in people hoping to make money. This meant that towns needed to be set up to accommodate all of these people. As well as ordinary living towns, ranchers and miners needed to set up cow towns and mining towns for there workers. New laws were continuously being passed to encourage this, as U.S government wanted to make the west a part of the U.S.A as quickly as possible. Homesteaders had a right to claim land if they moved to the west, and land to build a town could be bought cheaply, resulting in towns being set up literally overnight. The mass amount of people migrating to set up towns would cause some inevitable problems. One of the problems with setting up a town in such a small amount of time was that there was a serious lack of law
Aeroplanes - are they good or bad?
Aeroplanes Essay (good or bad) Aeroplanes have been with us for a while now and we use them as a transport vehicle. They were first Designed and successful flew by Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright (as known as the Wright Brothers) in December 1903, see image on left. The first flight was an altitude of 10 feet, 120 feet and landed 12 seconds after takeoff. After making two longer flights that day, the Wright Brothers sent this telegram to their father, instructing him to "inform press." Earlier in 1900, Wilbur Wright wrote to a French aviation pioneer (Octave Chanute) and expressed the belief that "flight is possible to man, and I feel that it will soon cost me an increased amount of money if not my life". Though out the years of having the airplane they have brought good and bad to the world but first of all I am going to talk about the bad things it has brought to the world. To start of with I will talk about 911 where two aeroplanes crashed into the two tallest towers in the world (as known as the twin towers). The aeroplane was used a weapon in this example (and for very bad use) they have also been used to drop bombs on other countries. I don't know why they do it but I think its just stupid. If I was part of the government I would 1.) Only sell aeroplanes to people with a special licence. 2.) Have a security Device on the aeroplane were it could automatically over ride
Is there sufficient evidence in sources A to B to explain why people have come to Britain since 1880?
History Coursework - Multicultural Britain - Q1. Is there sufficient evidence in sources A to B to explain why people have come to Britain since 1880? No there isn't sufficient evidence in sources A to B to explain why people have to come to Britain since 1880 because in each of the sources we have to use our own knowledge to fully understand each source. Source A Source A tells us that it is the May laws which were passed in 1890, but only really enforced eight years later. The source tells us that Jews may only live in towns and they cannot own land, if they did live in the countryside or own land they would be expelled from there homes. The source also tells us that they will only be able to live and work in certain areas and that they cannot own mines or work as miners. Jews were also limited in number at school and university to 5% of all students. The laws denied Jews the chance to train as or become lawyers. Jews also were not allowed to hold Government jobs. The source also tells us that under these new laws nearly 1 million Jews will be expelled from there homes. The source doesn't tell us why the Jews left Russia and came to Britain, or the reason for the source to be written or who the source was written by. We do know from our own knowledge the affects of the laws and why they came to Britain. We know from our own knowledge that Jewish farmers had to become
Olympics More Than Just A Sport
In the 21st century, today we look at the Olympic Games as much more than just a sporting event, especially since time has moved on and we have so much understanding for the games. For the British Museum in London I'm going to prove that "The Olympic Games are more than just a sporting event". In my exhibition I'm going to look at five main areas that could be seen as using the games to show some historic moments by using the Olympics as a platform for boycotts, racism and to raise awareness on certain issues that proves the Games were and still are more than just a sporting event. Pierre de Coubertin (see to the right), founder of the Modern Olympic Games said "Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport." As well as then going on to say "Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort." This is how he wanted the Olympic to be, a place where understanding of other races were respected and all sport and medal achievers won because of their own effort and not with the help of anything else. As the years went on, and more Olympics took place the world saw what Pierre didn't want to happen. To show the Games were used and still are used to raise international significance I am going to look at four main areas, these being Racism, Terrorism, Cold War, as well as the recent Olympic Games, Beijing 2008. I have chosen these topics because
