History Answers

Who were the patriots in the beginning of the American Revolution? What were their core beliefs?

Write your response in three to four complete sentences.

1.   What made the Greek city-state a new form of political and social organization?

2.   What are the principal factors that contributed to the remaking of Greek civilization after the Dark Ages (c. 1000 BCE to 750 BCE)? How did Greek democracy emerge from this? What were the sources of power and strength of the newly emerged Greek city-states? What role did the Greek Olympics have in these developments?

3.   Why and how did democracy emerge in Greece? Why was the significance of Solon's democratic reforms? Why is Cleisthenes considered the father of Athenian democracy? What were the limits of Athenian democracy in terms of participation?

How do you think the Jim Crow Era he was living in impacted his ideas? 

Why Russian, Ukrainian, Polish peasants didn't buy McCormick's reaper?

Why did the circumstances in Europe after WWI lead to the rise of Hitler

Who were the Exodusters and what inspired them to leave the South? Were these factors a push or a pull for migration?

Describe the issues faced by some of the people who tried take advantage of the Homestead Act. 

How did the Homestead Act contribute to the settlement of the Great Plains?

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Was the American Revolution the result of a long struggle by the Colonists to gain their liberty, or was it more of a last resort to preserve long held American freedoms?