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    The Democratic and Republican Parties can trace their roots back to the 1800s‚ but some of the most interesting stories in American political history spring from parties which enjoyed flashes of glory before fading away for good. The extinct political parties of the 1800s include organizations which were successful enough to put candidates in the White House. And there were also others that were just doomed to inevitable obscurity. Here is a listing of some significant political parties who

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    Between 1750 and 1850 was really the age of revolutions. Including the big changes in political revolutions like the American and the French Revolutions‚ there were changes in land use for agriculture‚ transportation and also warfare....also known as Industrial Revolution...this had revolutionary changes in the economic system and global balance of power. Revolutions have seen most of the world within a deep interconnected economic system. To begin between 1750 and 1850‚ most European colonies became

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    Sneakers In The 1800s

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    It’s amazing how an everyday item invented to protect feet has sold so well‚ it raised $22 billion in the year of 2013. The sneaker‚ dating back to the early 1800s‚ was one of the least expected items to achieve mass popularity. Sneakers have achieved immense popularity since they were first manufactured. Sneakers originated back in 1830. There are people who collect shoes known as sneakerheads. Famous people draw attention to these shoes. Over time‚ sneakers have received large amounts of exposure

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    Gangs In The 1800's

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    When the word “gang” is mentioned the first thought that comes to mind is a person wearing baggy clothes‚ a bandana across the forehead and tattoos all over the body. That is a stereotype. Obviously back when gangs were first initiated in the 1800’s they did not dress like that. Not all gangs are associated with colors‚ signs or names. A gang is defined as a group of criminals or a number of people forming a group (www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary). In fact the word “gang” actually originated from

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    Racism In The 1800s

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    public place. Such as: schools‚ military‚‚ housing‚ transportation‚ restrooms‚ water fountains‚ etc. If these rules were broken‚ the blacks would have to face punishment for entering places for whites only. These laws then followed the Black Codes in 1800-1866. Which had previously restricted the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of African Americans. By 1945‚ most southern states had been so successful in their application of Jim Crow laws that the vast majority of American blacks failed to move beyond

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    Education In The 1800s

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    century but in only the last three and a half centuries public education for the masses existed. Educators everywhere would argue that the system is efficient and is here to stay. However‚ to argue this is short sighted‚ education at the start of the 1800s was much different than today and education has dramatically changed overtime. To add to that‚ the technological age of the 21st century has changed the way students are educated. Easier access to information for research and papers‚ ability to communicate

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    c) The Compromise of 1850 d) The Underground Railroad A. 1852 B. 1854 C. 1850 D. 1831 A. The effect of Uncle Tom’s Cabin gave people a look at the lives of slaves and made it personal to the reader. Giving the North a greater sense of opposition to Slavery. B. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was put into place to allow the two territories to decide for themselves whether or not they would allow slavery. This led to Kansas being a free state. C. The Compromise of 1850 was 5 laws passed dealing

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    ________Most of the Louisiana Purchase was south of the Missouri Compromise line. Map 46 The Compromise of 1850 Use your textbook or map book to complete the following activity. Locate each area below on your map and label it with its name and the letter of the description. Two territories that could chose to become slave states through popular sovereignty according to the Compromise of 1850. First territory from the Mexican Cession to ask for admission to the nation. Territory set aside for Indians

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    king. Because of this‚ congress was continuously addressing controversial matters and providing answers that did not satisfy either one side or both. The early 1800s were full of the North and the South making many attempts at reconciliation that just fell short. Among those were the Missouri Compromise of 1820‚ and the Great Compromise of 1850. Other tempestuous attempts led to the Tariff/Nullification Controversy‚ anti slavery debates in congress‚ and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Whether it was one side

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    The rupture in the United States that the argument over slavery had made was far too deep and wide to be mended by compromises alone. During the early 1800s‚ Americans were optimistic about fixing the slavery issue by passing laws and bills that satisfied both the North and South‚ but they were proved largely ineffective. It seems that sectionalism had begun to overcome nationalism. Northerners tended to not only disagree with themselves having to comply with fugitive slave laws and with slavery

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