historical event? A good way to learn about a historical event is through good collection of primary sources. Mark Wasserman’s The Mexican Revolution: A Brief History with Documents is just that. It is a good academic representation as well as a good teaching tool; while it has it shortcomings overall, it is a good collection of documents for the time period it covers. To start, this book gives a good academic representation of the Mexican revolution because it uses a variety of sources.…
Most action for the Canadian Corps on the Western Front in the First World War took place between the locations for the battles of The Somme and Passchendaele. Referring to Document 1, in what two countries did Canada fight? Canada, fighting for the British, fought in the nations of France and Belgium. 2. a) From document 2, what inference can you draw about the objective of Germany’s Schlieffen Plan? The goal of Germany’s Schlieffen Plan was to defeat France as quickly as possible, thus…
indulgences. The printing press gave Luther a platform to spread his message and beliefs across to hundreds of thousands of people in Germany. According to Document D between 1518 and 1525 a third of all books were produced in Germany were by Luther himself. An example of what was published in a Lutheran Booklet are seen in woodcuts in Document E expressing the pope as the “money changer” Jesus chased out of the temple. With the popularity of such books, there was a backlash from the pope…
the Declaration of Independence (Commager, 1963). In that time the document was referred to “The Unanimous…
Mendoza Grajales: The Founding of St. Augustine,1565”, seems to be based as a dairy or document. The reason why I say it’s a document is because the writer states “I, Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, Chaplain of His Lordship, certify that the foregoing is a statement of what actually Happened.”. This passage was created in the July until September 29, 1565 by Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales. This document was written in Lanzarote Islands while Lopez stated “sailing brought us in sight of…
in filthy areas, cramped, with the view of a gray sky. They had harsh working conditions and women were mostly employed. The working class worked hard. Most employers were women, they were easier to maintain and being paid half what men earned. Document 9, shows a vivid image of the workers in an Industrial factory. Almost all pictured there are women. Even after a long day of work, women were expected to care and feed for their families. Children too, were put to work at a young age.…
In documents E and F the topic is discussed. Document E was a piece of German propaganda that depicts the british empire as an octopus that retracts the resources from the earth. The expansion of empires creates a fear that nations with less colonial holdings will ultimately be left out of control in the future. If england overtakes the world’s resources, its economy, navy, and military will grow strong. Germany will be left with table scraps and will become a second-class nation. In Document F,…
the Investigator should email the administrative staff member to notify her that documents are needed by the specified date (5 days after the interview date). 15. The Administrative staff member will provide a courtesy call (if number is provided) to the customer to remind them that the documents are due by the specified date and provide the customer with the agency’s fax number or times that they can drop off documents (2:30 PM-4:30 PM). 16. A log of courtesy calls made to each customer…
valleys, rivers, ponds, creeks and wetlands. Mesopotamia had the perfect geography to start a civilization. It had rivers, hills and plains. (Document 1-5) Mesopotamia was in the fertile crescent so the land was very fertile and good for farming. (Document 1-5) Mesopotamia had a good source of water that came from the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. (Document 1-5) They used this water to irrigate their farm lands and also as a source of drinking water. These are some of the reasons why…
land to sustain the citizens both economically and agriculturally. Document 1 depicts the variety of crops that the Mayans were able to spread as a result of their sea and land trade routes. As a result of ‘beast of burdens’ being indigenous to the area, the mayans were forced to carry goods by hand or boat. Second, the Incas developed their studies in astronomy as result of the creation of their ritual and civil calendar. Document 2 explains that the civil calendar had eighteen months adding up…