DBQ: Constitution Interpretation The Federalists versus the Democratic-Republicans Step 1: Think on the Prompt •“With respect to the federal Constitution‚ the Jeffersonian Republicans are usually characterized as strict constructionists who were opposed to the broad constructionism of the Federalists. To what extent was this characterization of the two parties accurate during the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison? •What is the descriptive word in the prompt? –“to what extent” is similar
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Parmveer Ratth October 11‚ 2012 DBQ: The Enlightenment The Enlightenment known by many as the Age of Reason was a turning point in history. Man people believe that without the Enlightenment‚ many of the laws‚ and rules would exist. For example the United States Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were greatly influenced by the Enlightenment. For example‚ John Locke‚ an Enlightenment
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Tribes have been forced to give up their land as early as the 1720s. Between the years 1721 and 1785‚ the Colonial and Confederation treaties forced the Indians to give up huge portions of their land. Successively‚ during Washington’s‚ Monroe’s‚ and Jefferson’s administration‚ more and more Indian land was being commandeered. The Washington administration signed the Treaty of Holston and other supplements between the time periods of 1791 until 1798 that made the Native Americans give up more of their
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The Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles was a controversial movement. As described in Hitlers words it is “the great villainy of the century.” (Mein Kampf). In Hitlers eyes the Treaty humiliated and further destroyed the economy in Germany. Germany had to admit complete responsibly for starting the war‚ also known as Clause 231‚ “War Guilt Clause.” He did not believe that Germany was at fault for the war‚ but instead blamed it on other groups such as the Jews and Communists. He wanted to
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Consequences of the Treaty of Versailles November Criminals The November criminals were the German politicians responsible for signing the treaty of Versailles. Hitler said this as propaganda to make the German citizens hate the Wiemar Democracy and there for turn to Nazism. He told them that the November Criminals betrayed Germany by signing the treaty. Spartacist Revolt The Spartacists were a group of communists named after Spartacus‚ who led a revolt of slaves against the Romans in
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The two big questions at the Treaty of Versailles were what to do with Germany‚ and what to do with the empire’s land. The Big Four consisted of representatives from the U.K.‚ France‚ Italy‚ and the US. The European leaders wanted money to pay for damages‚ the empire’s land‚ and revenge. Wilson wanted world peace‚ and had fourteen points to help him obtain world peace. One of the fourteen points was self-determination. This point was made to allow people to choose how they wanted to live‚ so there
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Austin E. Industrialization DBQ Identify the issues raised by the growth of Manchester and analyze the various reactions to those issues over the course of the nineteenth century. Thesis: Industrialization rapidly changed the city of Manchester during the nineteenth century. The city experienced both positive and negative effects as a result of being industrialized. The factories caused many health issues for Manchester as a whole such as polluting rivers and filling the air with smog. These
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position during the negotiations of the Treaty of Versailles. Unfortunately‚ by Germany signing the war guilt clause they were accepting the blame‚ which meant that they now had to accept the punishments and the resulting problems without complaint. This treaty then had detrimental effects on Germany’s political‚ economic and social condition‚ effects that led to long lasting upheaval and disorder throughout Germany. Many have gone as far as to say that this treaty was directly responsible for the tumultuous
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To a large extent‚ nationalism had a big significance towards the formulation of foreign policy. America began changing the ways things were running and eventually grew some of their own national pride. The United States had to go through treaties and wars just to receive some nationalism in their country. Thomas Jefferson couldn’t go to the Mediterranean because the Barbary Pirates would kill him. Jefferson would pay the pirates to not get attack. The Barbary Coast Pirates would invade ships that
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After the Bolsheviks came to power‚ Trotsky became the People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs and published the secret treaties previously signed by the Triple Entente that detailed plans for post-war reallocation of colonies and redrawing state borders. White Army propaganda poster depicting Trotsky as Satan‚ and portraying a xenophobic depiction of the Bolsheviks’ Asian supporters as mass murderers. The caption reads‚ "Peace and Liberty in Sovdepiya". Bolshevik propaganda portrait from 1918 depicting
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