Phillip Holland
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Answered a Question in Segregation and the Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement succeeded in ending segregation. Brown v. Board of Education ended segregation in schools and set a precedent for making segregation illegal. This opened up public... -
Answered a Question in Immigration and Urbanization
Immigrants have indeed transformed American society. Many cities have specific shops or even districts dedicated to cuisine from particular immigrant cultures. There are also cultural parades and... -
Answered a Question in The War of 1812
The new spirit of nationalism affected many parts of American life after the War of 1812. People moved farther West and took more land from the Native Americans. This led to calls for improved... -
Answered a Question in Colonial America
Indentured servants were used as an alternative to black slaves in colonial America. The indentured servants could not pay for their passage to the New World so they had to pay for their passage... -
Answered a Question in The Revolutionary War
The colonists did not entirely sever ties with Great Britain, as Great Britain continued to be the United States's chief trading partner after the American Revolution. The United States was... -
Answered a Question in Colonialism
The answer to this question depends on which country is doing the colonizing. In most cases, colonies benefited the nations who colonized them because they brought new sources of wealth to the... -
Answered a Question in History
Between 1890 and 1914, people agitated for better rights and more autonomy over their lives. Some people felt oppressed by their governments while others felt oppressed by their workplaces. Before... -
Answered a Question in History
Hamilton's financial plan involved tariffs to protect American industrialists. The US national government would take over state debt in order to tie the states closer to the federal government.... -
Answered a Question in History
While ideology was important as Americans wanted to spread their culture, economics were the driving factor in American foreign policy at this time. The United States overthrew the rightful queen... -
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The rise of the Plains farmer coincides with the end of the Civil War. Farmers moved West in order to take advantage of the Homestead Act of 1862, which granted free land to those willing to live... -
Answered a Question in Geography
Geography is very important to understanding culture. Places along the coast may have an oceangoing culture. Fish might be a major part of their diet. Many ethnic Portuguese dishes use fish. Fish... -
Answered a Question in The New Jim Crow
In many ways, mass incarceration is similar to other racialized social controls in the past. Black and Hispanic males are locked up more than any other age demographic in the United States. In many... -
Answered a Question in History
The federal government increased its role during the 1960s. The government passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and ended poll taxes. All of this was done by Democratic presidents even though most... -
Answered a Question in History
The development of gunpowder was arguably the greatest development of the Middle Ages. The Chinese had already developed gunpowder, but they primarily used it in fireworks and mining. Europeans... -
Answered a Question in Reconstruction
The nation achieved some of the goals. The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments passed, thus ending slavery and giving African Americans both citizenship and suffrage. As for Lincoln's... -
Answered a Question in History
The North had more industry and was thus a more favorable location for immigration from Europe. The increase in industry also led to more infrastructure, which fueled further demand for immigrant... -
Answered a Question in History
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is affected by all three branches of the federal government. It was passed by both houses of Congress and sent to President Johnson who signed the bill into law.... -
Answered a Question in The Articles of Confederation
One advantage of the government under the Articles of Confederation was that they provided more freedom than was enjoyed under Parliament's rule. They kept the new nation together during the... -
Answered a Question in The Revolutionary War
The Revolutionary War functioned as a civil war in the sense that opinions on the war split families in the colonies. Benjamin Franklin was an ardent Patriot; one of his sons was a Loyalist. This... -
Answered a Question in History
The Watergate scandal happened when FBI and CIA officials broke into the Democratic headquarters at the Watergate hotel and stole official papers pertaining to the McGovern campaign. When The... -
Answered a Question in Asian History
Early Chinese civilization was largely influenced by the Yellow River and its annual floods. The floods would sometimes become uncontrollable, until the Chinese developed a system of dikes and... -
Answered a Question in Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency
Roosevelt was an interventionist who used the military to demonstrate American might abroad. He sent the Great White Fleet around the world to signify that the American Navy was a powerful force... -
Answered a Question in European History
The Enlightenment led to rational ideas about government. Kings no longer ruled by divine right; rather, government was to be rational. For some people, this meant a rise in republican... -
Answered a Question in The New Deal
People had to give up a certain amount of freedom in order to ensure more freedoms for all with the New Deal. The New Deal ended speculative excesses by banks and Wall Street, with programs such as... -
Answered a Question in Abraham Lincoln's Presidency
Abraham Lincoln was president of the United States during the Civil War. Though he had little military experience, he pursued the war to the end, thus reuniting the North and the South. Lincoln... -
Answered a Question in Woodrow Wilson's Presidency
Roosevelt is best known for creating the modern National Park Service and creating many national parks in the Western United States. Roosevelt also signed the Food and Drug Act and the Meatpacking... -
Answered a Question in The Declaration of Independence
One audience for the Declaration of Independence was the American colonists. In the document, Jefferson lays out the argument for forming a new nation. He lists the goals of the new government—this... -
Answered a Question in Secession and Civil War
The North had international legitimacy. Other nations recognized the North and could provide trade and credit. The Confederacy, on the other hand, never received international recognition. While... -
Answered a Question in American Imperialism
The United States became an imperial power during the late nineteenth century in order to spread American idealism and commercialism. Thanks to the works of Alfred Thayer Mahan, which stated that a... -
Answered a Question in The Farewell Address
Washington urged the new nation to stay away from foreign entanglements. The new nation had a very small military and could not stand up to a European-style war. Washington was aware of the new war... -
Answered a Question in The Cold War
The first item should be the Yalta Conference. At Yalta, Stalin agreed to enter the war against Japan if he received major concessions in Eastern Europe. Roosevelt hoped that he could negotiate... -
Answered a Question in History
The American Revolution was not about democracy so much as it was about restoring self-rule for the colonies. The colonies had enjoyed a large measure of self-rule during the era of salutary... -
Answered a Question in Renaissance and Reformation
The Renaissance was very important for stimulating European interest in the Americas. New advances in sailing and navigation led to sailors being brave enough to leave the Mediterranean and... -
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Many people in the Southern colonies sought to make money and then go back to England where they could enjoy their riches. At first many young men came without families, but families eventually... -
Answered a Question in The New England Colonies
Both colonies were similar in that they were largely populated by English people. There are key differences, however. New England was populated by families who belonged to the Calvinist Church. The... -
Answered a Question in History
The breakdown of the world order between the two world wars was likely if not inevitable. The end of WWI saw the destruction of the Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian Empires. France and... -
Answered a Question in Social Change in the Nineteenth Century
Before the Civil War, most of the South allowed slavery. The slaves were viewed as necessary in order to provide labor for the large plantations. A small number of individuals controlled most of... -
Answered a Question in History
England underwent a time of internal religious strife as Henry VIII left the Roman Catholic Church in order to start the Church of England. This led to the persecution of Catholics and seizure of... -
Answered a Question in O. Henry
When one reads about the "glum-faced" man, one thinks that he is the prisoner, and the well-dressed one is the officer. The officer, Mr. Easton, knows Miss Fairchild, another speaker, from their... -
Answered a Question in Reconstruction
Both Douglass and Lincoln wanted to end slavery with the end of the war. Lincoln's view on this subject changed during the war as he used the Emancipation Proclamation as a war measure. Douglass,... -
Answered a Question in American Revolution
The main source of conflict was Parliament's insistence on closely regulating American commerce after the French and Indian War in 1763. While Parliament had always passed laws concerning the... -
Answered a Question in The New Deal
The concept of freedom was different at the start of the New Deal. Insider trading was still legal on Wall Street. Farmers were free to grow as much food as they wished, though they took their... -
Answered a Question in History
Reconstruction was a dynamic period in American history. Politically, Republicans made massive gains as people associated the Democratic party with secession, though many urban areas, such as New... -
Answered a Question in The New England Colonies
Both the Chesapeake and New England colonies faced extreme mortality in their early days of settlement. The settlers of Jamestown faced malaria and yellow fever as they settled too closely to... -
Answered a Question in History
Both the New World and the Old World influenced each other heavily in what is called the Colombian Exchange. Diseases such as smallpox wiped out entire villages of Native Americans—around ninety... -
Answered a Question in History
It was a good time to be English during the Elizabethan era. During this era, Shakespeare created many of his famous plays, thus making England a cultural center recognized by all of Europe and... -
Answered a Question in Social Change in the Nineteenth Century
One reason were that political rallies were entertaining as well as informative. Campaigns were often occasions for the community to get together and attend a party as well as become informed on... -
Answered a Question in The Harlem Renaissance
Hughes wrote many poems, but one of his most famous ones is "A Dream Deferred." The poem, published in 1951, refers to the dream of racial equality, something that did not exist in the United... -
Answered a Question in European History
Britain initially did not want to annex Cameroon, since it thought it already had enough colonies in West Africa. Britain also considered Cameroon to have little in the way of resources and the... -
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The Gilded Age and the Roaring Twenties were known for their extreme income disparity. During the Gilded Age, the captains of industry controlled most of the wealth of the United States while urban...
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