The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were times of
crisis for Russia. Not only did technology and industry continue to
develop more rapidly in the West, but also new, dynamic, competitive
great powers appeared on the world scene: Otto von Bismarck united
Germany in the 1860s, the post-Civil War United States
grew in size and
strength, and a modernized Japan emerged from the Meiji Restoration of
1868. Although Russia was an expanding regional giant in Central Asia,
bordering the Ottoman, Persian, British Indian, and Chinese empires, it
could not generate enough capital to support rapid industrial
development
B. The Gadsden Purchase was the last major land acquisition prior to the Civil War. In 1853, the ten million dollar purchase made by U.S. ambassador James Gadsden completed the continental U.S. as we know it. Initially, the strip of land was viewed as necessary for the completion of a southern trancontinental railroad. Eventually, the Southern Pacific Railroad was constructed here.
Answer:
Explanation:
Four words.
They got the vote.
- It was not so much that they got the vote. It was how they got it.
- They were united.
- They were forceful.
- They were nonviolent for the most part.
- They were organized.
- They had terrific leadership.
- Their work was recognized, especially by Woodrow Wilson.
They saw in each other the same virtues and values that many had. They just weren't dishwasher to men's whims and freedoms.
They were no longer servants. They fought and bickered and men had little to fight back with except children. Some became flappers and exercised their freedom, and partied on. It was more acceptable to do that in the 20s.
<span> America was primarily seen differently by people in the south and in the north in the 1850s. Most southerners did not give much thought to slavery and accepted it as a way of life. In the north, movements were in place that opposed the extension of slavery.
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Answer:
C
Explanation:
Parliamentary democracy is where citizens elect the members of their nation's parliament. An example would be Great Britain.
Presidential Democracy is where citizens elect their nation's president.
Direct Democracy is where citizens can directly vote on their nation's policies and laws.
Representative is sort of like parliamentary democracy where citizens elect their state representatives.
