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Which article(s) from the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights were violated in Portugal during the time it imperialized other places like Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau? Describe how it was violated.
How did King Loepold II set off an international scramble for colonies in Africa
The Powell Doctrine states that the U.S. should only take military action in situations where
How did the Great Society differ from the New Frontier?
Scholar George Fredrickson writes that racism has two components: difference and power. He explains:
“It originates from a mindset that regards “them” as different from “us” in ways that are permanent and unbridgeable. This sense of difference provides a motive or rationale for using our power advantage to treat the . . . Other in ways that we would regard as cruel or unjust if applied to members of our own group.”
How is Fredrickson’s definition of racism reflected in the history of imperialism?
Last Response: . This sense of difference provides a motive or rationale for using our power advantage to treat the . . . Other in ways that we would regard as cruel or unjust if applied to members of our own group < Doesn't actually answer the question.
How to Start the Answer: Fredrickson's definition of racism is reflected in the history of imperialism by ___.
Is there a possibility to end poverty?
In which year did the Agrarian Revolution take place?
How did the treaties of 1854 and 1855 impact the Ojibwe of northern Minnesota
Answer the following by drawing on the film (and for extra credit points - the secondary source by James Grossman, “The White Man’s Union” which provided some of the historical research for the film):
1. What caused the riot?
2. What did the migrants hope to find in the north?
3. How did the various characters relate to the union? Did they resist white supremacy? How?
Frank Custer
Heavy Williams
Thomas
Mr. Cheeks (Y, Urban League)
Miss Lila (letter writer)
Robert Bedford
4. Compare the experiences of Polish immigrants and black migrants at the packing house and with the union. Why was the union a "white man's union" and how did historical circumstance keep it that way making it difficult for black workers to join?
5. How did wartime change the relationship of the federal government with the packing houses, the union and the workers?
What two countries is this reading about? Why did the Europeans want to go to these countries?
