Catherine Brown
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Answered a Question in History
Saint-Domingue, now the country of Haiti, was one of France's most profitable colonies in the eighteenth century. Wealthy French planters grew rich off of sugar, cotton, and coffee that they... -
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During the Era of Good Feelings, an economic transformation known as the Market Revolution occurred. During this time in the early nineteenth century, communication and transportation improved,... -
Answered a Question in Tuesdays With Morrie
In the book Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom tells of the time he spent with his dying former sociology professor, Morrie. While studying at Brandeis University, Albom took numerous sociology... -
Answered a Question in The Help
The shared use of toilets and bathrooms by black and white people is a recurring theme in The Help. Throughout the novel, Hilly Holbrook launches a legal crusade against shared bathrooms between... -
Answered a Question in History
While many tend to fault Herbert Hoover for doing nothing to address the Great Depression, he and Franklin Delano Roosevelt actually had similar approaches to the Depression. Hoover was president... -
Answered a Question in World War I
While there is no singular cause of WWI—it was a complex combination of many factors, including nationalism, international competition, and ethnic tensions in the Balkans—militarism played a large... -
Answered a Question in The Cold War
In 1947, US diplomat George Kennan sent a report to the US Secretary of Defense, advising him on US foreign policy, specifically in regard to the Soviet Union. In his report, Kennan outlined what... -
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The central issue and cause of the Civil War was slavery, but there are at least three other factors relating to slavery that helped lead to war, mainly involving arguments over the political and... -
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Before withdrawing from Saigon (the capital of South Vietnam) in 1975, the United States had never lost a war. US involvement in Vietnam really began after World War II. During the war, Japan... -
Answered a Question in The History of the Middle East
The Mandate System emerged after WWI as a way to divide the colonial territories of Germany and Ottoman Turkey after their defeat in the war. The system was created as part of the charter that... -
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By 1966 the US had become officially involved in the war in Vietnam. In 1964 the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, issued by Congress, gave President Johnson the broad power to use military force in... -
Answered a Question in Western Expansion, Manifest Destiny, and the Mexican-American War
The Mexican-American War resulted from years of disputes between the United States and Mexico over territory in present day Texas, California, and New Mexico. These disputes arose in large part... -
Answered a Question in Industrialization and Captains of Industry
After the Civil War, America experienced economic, territorial, and technological growth in what came to be the Second Industrial Revolution. The Second Industrial Revolution differed from the... -
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The Warren Court is the name given to the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren from 1953–1969. Chief Justice Warren led the Supreme Court in expanding civil rights and liberties during... -
Answered a Question in The Missouri Compromise
Slavery had been a national issue prior to the Missouri Compromise, but it reached a boiling point in 1819. In 1819, there were 22 states in the Union: 11 free states and 11 slave states. This fact... -
Answered a Question in Western Expansion, Manifest Destiny, and the Mexican-American War
Completed in 1825, the Erie Canal helped transform New York City into the economic center that it continues to be today. The canal links the Great Lakes and Buffalo to New York City and the... -
Answered a Question in History
The United States government is based on two basic principles: separation of powers and checks and balances. Separation of powers means that the powers and responsibilities of the government are... -
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Until the French Revolution, which started in 1789, French society was divided into three estates under the Ancien Regime. The First Estate consisted of the clergy, the ordained ministers of the... -
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Montesquieu, a French political philosopher, wrote The Spirit of Laws in 1748. The work focused on a comparison of different types of governments, and Montesquieu argued that the best political... -
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Henry VIII served as King of England from 1509-1547. He is most known for his six marriages and his changes to the Church of England. After taking the throne in 1509, Henry married Catherine of... -
Answered a Question in Theodore Roosevelt
The Election of 1912 featured Theodore Roosevelt, leading his newly formed Progressive Bull Moose Party, and Woodrow Wilson, leading the Democratic Party. Although he officially ran as a Democrat,... -
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The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, signed in 1848, ended the Mexican-American War. The US had declared war on Mexico nearly two years earlier, in 1846, over a dispute over Texas. Texas, which had... -
Answered a Question in Railroads and Conflict in the West
The rise of railroads in the decades following the Civil War (around 1865-1900) helped spur the growth of the industrial economy in America and also led to new settlement and commercial patterns as... -
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Women faced a variety experiences during the Great Depression, depending mainly on their socioeconomic status and race. However, the typical woman in the 1930s, if she was married, was married to a... -
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The Ottoman Empire was one of the longest lasting empires in history, spanning a territory from the Middle East to parts of eastern Europe and Northern Africa from 1299 to 1922 (worldatlas.com).... -
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During World War II, Singapore served as a major British naval base. Because they were British colonies, both Australia and India supplied troops to the British army, and many of them served in the... -
Answered a Question in James Madison
Due to more than just his Napoleonic stature, James Madison faced a tall order in navigating US foreign policy and foreign relations during his presidency. Britain and France had been at war since... -
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Despite the fact that many presidents during the "Gilded Age" of industrialization and captains of industry are referred to as the forgotten presidents, the government played a big role in... -
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The Revolutions of 1848 were political rebellions and upheavals across Europe. These revolutionary movements and protests were very similar to the Arab Spring that swept across the Middle East in... -
Answered a Question in The Middle Colonies
Many of the issues and tensions the New York colony faced stemmed from their historical background—before becoming an English colony, New York was settled by the Dutch. The Dutch East India Company... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
On the way home from the Halloween festival at school, Jem and Scout are attacked, and Jem, trying to save Scout, has his arm broken. Scout, knocked to the ground and unable to see due to her... -
Answered a Question in History
Both the Social Gospel Movement and Social Darwinism grew out of the effects of what is often referred to as the Gilded Age—the rise of industrialism and marked economic growth in the United States... -
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The Gettysburg Address, given by Lincoln over four months after the conclusion of the Battle of Gettysburg, represented more than just a dedication to the National Cemetery at Gettysburg. In his...