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Journal Information AJS Review publishes scholarly articles and book reviews covering the field of Jewish Studies. From biblical and rabbinic textual and historical studies to modern history, social sciences, the arts, and literature, the journal welcomes articles of interest to both academic and lay audiences around the world. A substantial portion of each volume is devoted to reviews of the latest scholarly Judaica and to review essays on current trends in publishing. Members of the AJS Society receive the journal as a benefit of membership. Instructions for Contributors at Cambridge Journals Online Publisher Information The University of Pennsylvania Press exists to publish meritorious works that advance scholarly research and educational objectives. The chief task of the staff of the Press is to continue building a publishing program that is influential and innovative, a program that addresses the needs of scholars, teachers, students, professionals, and the broader community of readers. Rights & Usage This item is part of a JSTOR Collection. To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle. Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply. Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service. 16.Identify the statements that describe the Haymarket Affair.The Haymarket Affair isdescribed as an event that transpired in Haymarket Square in Chicago, IL. A rally washeld at this location to protest the killings of four strikers by police the day before, May 3,1886. “Near the end of the speeches, someone – whose identity has never beendetermined – threw a bomb into the crowd, killing a policeman. The panicked policeopened fire, shooting several bystanders and a number of their own force. Soon afterpolice raided the offices of labor and radical groups and arrested their leaders.” Thesocial image of the Haymarket Affair was exploited by employers to paint the entire labormovement as “a dangerous and un-American force, prone to violence and controlled byforeign-born radicals,” leading to the conviction of eight “anarchists” – six Germans andan English immigrant – punished by hanging four and imprisoning four with onecommitting suicide while a prisoner. The eight were referred to as the “Haymarketmartyrs.”17.Identify the statements that describe American westward expansion.Since the politicaland economic expansion of the west was “part of a global process,” indigenousinhabitants, (such as the Mapuche in Chile, the Zulu in South Africa, Aboriginal peoplesin Australia and American Indians), were “pushed aside, (often after fierce resistance), tobring large interior regions under the control of centralized governments. With the help offederal government intervention, Indian land by war and treaty was acquired, land wassold, territorial politics were regulated, and land and money were distributed to farmers,railroads, and mining companies. Public universities were also built by western states onland donated by the federal government. The active governmental assistance allowedfor the success of westward expansion well into the twentieth century in which “federallyfinanced irrigation systems and damns would open large areas to commercial farming,”making the West a place of “rugged individualism and sturdy independence.”Read the excerpt from the Speech of Chief Joseph of the Nez Percé Indians, inWashington, D.C. (1879).I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done. Good wordsdo not last long unless they amount to something. Words do not pay for my deadpeople. They do not pay for my country, now overrun by white men. . . . Good words willnot get my people a home where they can live in peace and take care of themselves. I What are Joseph's main complaints about the treatment of his people?What are Chief Joseph's complaints about the treatment of his people? Despite his view that all men are brothers, the white men do not treat Indians as equals. The white men do not keep their word to his men. Andrew Carnegie was an industrial giant of the Gilded Age.
For what did Saum Song Bo a Chinese American writer receive a solicitation letter for funds?Saum Song Bo, a Chinese man in the United States, published an open letter in 1885 to express consternation about being asked to donate to the construction of the Statue of Liberty's pedestal. The solicitation came three years after the Chinese Exclusion Act.
What do they reveal about the Spanish American conflicts in the Pacific and Caribbean?What do they reveal about the Spanish-American conflicts in the Pacific and Caribbean? America had victories in both the Pacific and the Caribbean. American forces made direct attacks on Spanish possessions.
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