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    Abraham Lincoln

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    February 12‚ 1809 – April 15‚ 1865) was the 16th President of the United States‚ serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional‚ military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union‚ while ending slavery‚ and promoting economic and financial modernization. Reared in a poor family on the western frontier‚ Lincoln was mostly self-educated. He became a country lawyer‚ an Illinois state legislator‚ and

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    Precivil war

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    PUT ALL YOUR ANSWERS IN COLOR 140B Pre-War‚ Civil War Review Outline THE CIVIL WAR The Civil War in America a.k.a. the _________________‚ had two inseparable issues to resolve: 1) 2) 1779 American Education System - __________________________________ designed a plan for the ___________ and ____________of a natural ________________that would ________________ but not supplant the aristocracy of _____________ and ______________. A ___________________ would select these natural

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    On April 14‚ 1865 our 16th President Abraham Lincoln at age 56 was assassinated by 26 year old John Wilkes Booth. In Washington D.C. roughly about 10 P.M. President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head at ford’s theater. The assassination happened because John Wilkes Booth and his supporters did not agree with what freedom Lincoln had planned to give to the African Americans. African Americans during Lincoln’s presidency stood held under slavery in the confederate southern states and free in the

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    Why Did So Many Jamestown Colonists Die? In May 1607‚ about 110 Englishmen arrived off the coast of Virginia. It was going to be the first permanent English colony in the new world. The first years of settlement were not easy and many of the colonists kept on dying. Many of the colonists died that they almost failed as a colony. There are many reasons why they died; the main reason was from diseases‚ the lack of food and fresh water‚ and their bad relationship with the Powhatan Indians.

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    Pilgrim fathers

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    losing their cultural identity‚ the group later arranged with English investors to establish a new colony in North America. The colony‚ established in 1620‚ became the second successful English settlement (after the founding of Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ in 1607) and later the oldest continuously inhabited English settlement in what was to become the United States of America. The Pilgrims’ story of seeking religious freedom has become a central theme of the history and culture of the United States. The

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    In the early years‚ Jamestown nearly failed due to the area in which the settlers chose to place their new settlement and the Virginia Company. Colonists set foot in North America in 1607‚ “the colonists established Jamestown on a site they chose mainly for its easy defense” (Hewitt‚ & Lawson‚ 2017‚ p. 46). The Englishmen were only looking out for their best interest in choosing a place that was easy to defend. These new colonists probably did not realize their mistake at first in placing Jamestown

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    the colonization of the south was a chance to have religious freedom‚ to find gold and to have good trade. For some it was a getaway from the debt that they had collected over the years as well for the poor. The south was established in the year of 1607 by Virginia. It was soon followed by Maryland‚ the Carolinas and Georgia. From these opportunities‚ three social groups were created. These were the Great Planters‚ Yeoman farmers‚ and Frontier Families. These groups made up the social and economic

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    Abraham Licoln Outline

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    Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln presidential outline I. Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12‚ 1809 and died on April 15‚ 1865 II. State: Lincoln was born in the state of Kentucky‚ and ran for president in Illinois. III. Educational and Occupational background: Abrahams step mother‚ Sarah‚ encouraged Abraham to read. It was while growing into manhood that he received his formal education (an estimated total of 18 months) a few

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    Dr. Thompson Notes

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    History 1010 Notes 1st Test Jan 10- Exams structure/Europe on the Eve of Colonization (Thompson) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Questions: What factors existed in the age of Christopher Columbus that explains why European countries explored and colonized in the "New World"? Which European countries first exploited and colonized in the western hemisphere? Why was it that European countries did so and not countries

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    Dr.Shane

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    The articles that will be disused in this essay are as followed “Report on conditions in the south (1865)” and “Reconstruction (1865). The articles have connections to the progressive reform movement. The conditions in the south were dreadful when congress asked for the current conditions during 1865. The progressive reform movement was placed during that time so that many of these problems would go away such as the dreadful conditions in the south. The congress had these reports in mind

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