HIST C121
Western Governors University
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Task 1 |HIST C121 :English Colonization and the Road to Revolution:Latest Updated Solution
Political Motivations for English Imperialism 
The political motivations for English Imperialism are political power through 
resource accumulation. Queen Elizabeth I was being influenced by political pressure to 
gain and maintain a superior political status with their rivals. They were envious of riches 
that Spain, France and Denmark were gaining from their colonies in the 
Americas. 
These new lands had an abundance of tradeable resources like animal pelts, 
gold, and 
silver, which were bri...
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Task 2 |HIST C121 |The Early Republic and the American Civil War| Updated Solution
Partisanship and Politics 
The reason for the rise of partisan politics in the Early Republic is primarily the 
growing differences in how early leaders thought their government ought to be 
structured. Disagreements on whether to adopt the Constitution was the first 
divisive debate creating a political partisanship between the Federalists and the 
Antifederalists. Despite being unified in the idea that there should be no division 
into a party system, clashes over policy on how to pay off nati...
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Task 4 | HIST C121 |The Making of Modern America|Updated Solution
Causes of the Great Depression 
The Great Depression, characterized as one of the most severe economic 
downturns in history, arose from the convergence of multiple factors during the 
1920s and 1930s. One major cause was the flawed economic policies and practices 
that characterized the era. In the 1920s, there was a period of excessive speculation 
and overleveraging in the stock market. This led to a speculative bubble, causing 
stock prices to soar to unsustainable levels. Consequently, the ...
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Task 3 | HIST C121 | Reconstruction and the Age of Imperialism|Updated A+ Score Solution
Reconstruction 
A1. Education. During the Reconstruction era, African Americans embraced their 
newfound freedom by pursuing education, a critical aspect of their liberation. 
Previously prohibited from learning to read and write under slavery, they eagerly 
enrolled in newly established schools after the Civil War, with an estimated 0.6 
million attending by 1877. Education provided them with the means to engage in 
community politics and take on leadership roles alongside their white peers, wh...