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    Boston from 1850 to 1900

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    Brandee Meyer Boston from 1850-1900 There was no time in Boston that was most emphasized‚ than the 1850’s to 1900’s. In the city of Boston there were a lot of changes that had occurred between the second half of the 19th century‚ not only with the city but also with the people living in Boston. Boston has always been changing and in transition. Boston had changed majorly from being the merchant city to the industrial metropolis. The population of people went up about ¾ in 50 years of its

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    Comp. of 1850: The significance of this compromise was that it‚ like a number of other actions‚ was an attempt to refuse the tensions that were leading to the Civil War. It is also significant to write that the Compromise failed to do this to any great extent. The Compromise of 1850 was meant to be like the Missouri Compromise. It was meant to calm sectional tensions. However‚ it was not able to do this. It failed to calm the tensions largely because of the inclusion of the Fugitive Slave Act

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    Slavery In The 1800's

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    Slavery in the United States was the biggest conflict in the 1800’s. However‚ the people who owned these slaves and put them through horrific conditions lived lavish lives. These slave owners lived on acres of gorgeous land and created the culture of the South. Plantations in the 18th and 19th century shaped the culture in the South and this also affected the southern politics. Plantation owners varied from state to state and‚ very rarely‚ race. Many people don’t know what things took place in order

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    Manifest Destiny 11

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    Manifest Destiny (????- 1850) APUSH Final Exam Review Project By: Kailee Weiler and Alexa Vagnozzi Manifest Destiny In the 1840’s the people of America began to believe that they were chosen by God to control the North American continent. Thus it became a factor which drove them to look west and claim new territory. Not only was it a movement to spread political system‚ but it was also to spread a racially defined society due the “American race” as the superiority. Texas The Mexican government

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    In the mid-1800s‚ there was conflict surrounding the idea of slavery. This conflict led to a division of the nation and had a huge impact on the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln. Slavery was considered necessary in the Southern States‚ but as a united nation both the North and the South couldn’t have their way. The Northern States wanted to prohibit slavery‚ however the Southern States wanted to allow slavery. This led to many disputes‚ violent uproars‚ and protest throughout the nation. In 1854

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    Civil War Compromises

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    In the years leading up to the Civil War there were three major compromises that were passed and one compromise that was drafted but never voted on. The compromises covered are The Missouri Compromise‚ The Compromise of 1850‚ and Crittenden’s Compromise; which was never acted upon by congress. These three compromises tried‚ and failed to‚ deal with the increasing sectionalism between the north and the south over the issue of slavery from 1820 to 1861. At the time the compromises were written there

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    Chapter 18 - Renewing the Sectional Struggle‚ 1848-1854 I. The Popular Sovereignty Panacea The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War‚ but it started a whole new debate about the extension of slavery‚ with Northerners rallying around the Wilmot Proviso (which proposed that the Mexican Cession lands be free soil); however‚ the Southerners shot it down. Before‚ the two national parties‚ the Democrats and the Whigs‚ had had strong support from all over the nation;

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    U.S. History Test Notes

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    AP US HISTORY Colonial History (1600-1763) 1. Separatist vs. non-Separatist Puritans – Radical Calvinists againstthe Church of England; Separatists (Pilgrims) argued for a break from the Church of England‚ led the Mayflower‚ and establishedthe settlement at Plymouth 2. Northwest Passage – believed to provide shortcut from Atlantic toPacific‚ searched for by Giovanni de Verrazano for Francis I in therace to Asian wealth 3. Conversion Experience – required of members of the PuritanChurch;

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    Henan Province in 1847‚ the flooding of the Yangtze River in the four provinces of Hubei‚ Anhui‚ Jiangsu‚ and Zhejiang. Then two years later‚ a famine struck Guangxi. As a result‚ the flood and famine gave way to the catastrophic Taiping Revolution (1850-1864)‚ which devastated the land‚ uprooted the peasantry. The revolution disrupted the land and the peasantry politically and economically. Without the lands‚ farmers were unable to live anymore. The disaster and revolution killed most peasants‚ which

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    In the United States during the 1800s African Americans had a difficult lifetime experience. They had many ups and downs between the three american reconstructive amendments‚ Dred Scott decision‚ and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. African Americans fought a long time trying to gain their equality just like everyone else. One of the main things that is involved with this is the statement “all men are created equal” by Thomas Jefferson. It was clear that this statement was not true. The declaration

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