Chinese Civil War

Chapter 18 Big Question: Expansion westward was inevitable and would have happened regardless of the outcome of the Mexican American War. However, as Americans moved westward and new states were formed, the question of the expansion of slavery was prominent. Wealthy slave-owners in the South were determined to expand west into California, and were by no means planning on leaving their slaves in the east. To them, their slaves were property and they saw no reason why they should be forced to…

Following the civil war, the railroads towards the west helped in opening up a lot of land for settlement and economic development. White settlers traveled from the East to farm, ranch, and mine. Along with the white settlers, African- Americans made their way from the south to the west for economic development. Even the Chinese who worked on the railroads traveled to the west furthering its diversity. Settlers from the east changed the face of the “Great Plains”. Buffalo and cattle that lived…

were even above others so much that they did not have to prepare their own food or labor for their own benefit. As a result of this American Exceptionalism mentality along came slavery, the abuse of the Native Americans and the exclusion of the Chinese. The people who established the colonies lived a great example of a statement made Richard Cohen in his article The Myth of American Exceptionalism. The quote “We live among each other, often blissfully ignorant of religion or ethnicity”…

The Imperial Palace and Forbidden City are two sinister sounding names for the Chinese royal palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is the largest and best preserved palace in the world today. Fourteen emperors in the Ming dynasty and ten emperors in the Qing dynasty along with their royal families and some chief government lived in the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City was started in 1407 and completed in 1420 by Emperor Yongle (a.k.a Chengzu) in the Ming dynasty. Emperor Yongle moved…

influential people like this are the reason why the Black Panther Party for Self Defense was created. The Black Panther Party for Self Defense is the most influential African American militant organization. Creation of the Party was a direct reaction to the Civil Rights Movement that was already in full swing for about a decade before their Program came to life. The Black Panther Party was influenced by Martin Luther King's peaceful approach but they took his approach in a negative way. They…

various of cultures that helped shaped a unique foundation. Why did the Chinese immigrate to The Mississippi Delta and what lead to their amazing contributions in The Mississippi Delta? Why was the Chinese able to strive in the business industry? The Chinese immigrated to The Delta in an attempt to flee the wild harsh conditions in the west. In the west, the Chinese faced discrimination and dangerous working conditions. The Chinese worked for super cheap wages and often treated considerably…

advanced region of the globe since the early firearms were invented by the Chinese before the Europeans perfected them. Indeed, the earliest known formula for gunpowder is found in a Chinese work dating from the 800s. This allowed the Chinese to apply it to warfare through producing a variety of gunpowder weapons among them rockets, bombs, mines, and rockets before inventing the firearms. Together with the Japanese, the Chinese continued using firearms throughout the following centuries as the…

they were treated like objects because of their natural differences. The inhumane treatment of Africans led to the American civil war, one of the bloodiest wars that had an influential impact on history. After slavery was abolished, similar situations like slavery occurred during the railroad construction and industrialization. The owners of the railroad employed Chinese, Mexicans and Irish to work hard labor for an incredibly small amount of of money. They initially refused to hire Asians at…

Taiping rebellion was a cruel and merciless war lasted for 14 years during the middle of the 18th century of China. The leader Hong Xiuquan was the son of a farmer and desiring success under the ruling of Qing. However, he eventually decided to fight against Qing imperial force after four times of failure in the imperial civil examination. He dreamed that he is the son of God and came the under the influence of Christian missionaries. He believed that his destiny is to save the people from…

Awakened from Dreams: A Book Review In the book, Liu Dapeng describes a number of themes about Chinese history and at the same time gives the issues of daily life of the Chinese society. In the book, Dapeng describes how the Chinese society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was organized and lived. To do this, Dapeng presents the way the society was living in the guidance of the Chinese values such as the Confucianism set of values. The text presents a portion of the diaries of…