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    a rich‚ compelling play full of historical lessons. The play entertains you‚ saddens you‚ and it may even anger you. However‚ the play also brings new perspectives and understandings of democratic politics‚ most notably in the scene The Election of 1800. I am going to start at the end of the scene when Hamilton chooses to endorse Jefferson rather than Burr. Hamilton has choice words for Burr in his endorsement of Jefferson when he says‚ “But when all is said and all is done/Jefferson has beliefs

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    The Women’s Rights Movement of the 1800s For many years‚ women have not experienced the same freedoms as men. Being a woman‚ I am extremely grateful to those women who‚ many years ago‚ fought against social standards that were so constricting to women. Today‚ women can vote‚ own property instead of being property‚ live anywhere and have any career which she may choose. One of the biggest reasons I have for choosing this topic was to find out what these women did to make a difference‚ not only

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    -In the early and mid 1800’s and since the early days of the United States’‚ different ways of life existed in the northern and southern portions of the country. -Each portion desired its principles to be spread to the new US territories. -The Northern United States‚ at the time‚ possessed a diverse economy consisting of agricultural and industrial fields. This region employed workers in these fields. -The Northern United States‚ at the time‚ possessed an economy based solely on a few cash crops

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    If you were living in the 1800s would you have been for or against Washington breaking away from Oregon? If I were living in Washington Territory in the 1800’s‚ I believe I would have been for Washington breaking away from Oregon and becoming a state. I select this position‚ because of the wide division of government philosophy‚ which the two regions possessed. Washington Territory was leaned more republican‚ Oregon‚ Democratic. The favoritism and federal funding (through railroad grants and other

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    A sense of unity filled the United States of America after they gained independence by winning the Revolutionary War. This sense of unity‚ however‚ did not last forever. Rather than having disputes with Britain‚ the United States began to have disputes among its three "sections" - the north‚ south‚ and west. Starting with the War of 1812‚ sectionalism began as a small rift but grew into a huge gap that separated the north‚ south‚ and west. The end of the controversial War of 1812 did not end sectionalism

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    The nineteenth century not only saw the progression of an Industrial Revolution that brought about economic‚ cultural‚ and structural changes but also a "Leisure Revolution" (See (Marcus 1974‚ Lowerson and Myerscough 1977‚ Bailey 1978‚ Walvin 1978‚ and Cunningham 1980). According to Cunningham‚ "there is nothing in the leisure of today which was not visible in 1880." This revolution in the ideology and practice of leisure had two distinct phases‚ that of 1700-1850 and that post-1850. The earlier

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    American Revivalism was a religious movement that came about in the 1820’s and was propagated by Charles Grandison Finney. Its purpose was to help impoverished‚ loathsome‚ or sinful people achieve salvation by repenting their faults‚ abstaining from sinful practices‚ and providing for the community. This movement was a precursor to institutionalized reform services such as criminal rehabilitation or homeless shelters. American Revivalism had an immense impact on many demographics‚ particularly women

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    “Two Similar Women of The 1800’s” During the time of the 1800’s women did not have many rights. Their main obligation in life was to marry young and take care of the house and the children‚ while the husband did all the physical things such as work and bring in an income. Women had very few rights during this time. It was almost like they were ruled by a man‚ that man being their husband. Although‚ in love with this man or just living the life of that era‚ they could not speak for themselves and

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    Why did the Conservatives loose the general election of 1945? The conservatives lost the general election in 1945 for a number of reasons some of which were the attitudes of many of the British after the war and the way the country had been run in the time leading up to the election. The labour party had gone from a party which people feared as being socialist to a party which during the war had shown was very much a balanced party which would not ruin the middle and upper classes and yet provide

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    How do you see progress‚ as a process that is beneficial or in contrast‚ that it´s a hurtful process that everyone at one point of their lives has to pass through it? At the time‚ progress was beneficial for the United States‚ but those benefits came with a cost‚ such cost that instead of advancements and developments being advantageous factors for humanity‚ it also became a harmful process in which numerous people were affected in many facets of life. This all means that progress is awsome to achieve

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