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    Election of 1824 Jackson – president v.s. popular man JQ Adams Against general Jackson 土耳其 Clay no result pass to congress Jackson with army against politics (J.Q. Adams work with Clay) > Clay become secretary of state Jackson won the popular‚ but does not matter = According to Jackson and is supporters the election of 1824 was known as the A) Corrupt Bargain *Election of 1828 Jackson predict that he will won Jackson vs Adams Jackson won On this day in 1806

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    out during these compromises and gave the South what it wanted for minimal returns. The three main compromises of the 19th century‚ the compromises of 1820 (Missouri) and 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 each were ways for the south to gain more power so that eventually‚ it could secede. First‚ the Missouri Compromise of 1820 established the slavery line that allowed slavery below it and forbid slavery above it. It also gave the South another slave state in Missouri and the

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    home‚ hearth‚ and virtue” (Nolan 571). The women listed above knew they had to go beyond established stigmas‚ and stretch their boundaries to fit into the literary canon. Works Cited Brown‚ Matthew D. "Reading and National Identity: 1820-1860." Cultural History of Reading. Westport: Greenwood‚ 2009. 97-131. Print. Flint‚ Kate. "Reading Practices." The Woman Reader 1837-1914. Oxford: Clarendon‚ 1994. 187-249. Print. Gilding‚ A. L.."Preserving Sentiments: American Women’s Magazines of the

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    Struggles of African Americans. Sherzel George ETH/125 September 23‚ 2012 Samantha Morris African American Struggles I have chosen to write about African Americans. I have also chosen to write this letter to a friend who I want to understand the struggles and accomplishments of the African American race we have descended from. Dear Barry‚ I am writing this letter to you on behalf of my African American ancestors and myself. This letter is to inform you of the struggles and accomplishments

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    confidentiality. Correspondingly in the early 1800’s‚ society deemed sex talk as confidential and urged others to discuss sex purely for procreation. Therefore from 1820 to 1860‚ the era became known as “Early Victorian True Love” where sex was perceived as an act of true love triggering reproduction and not pleasure. However‚ from 1860 to 1892 an era identified as “Late Victorian Sex-Love” was established and sex converted into desire and economic gain. Consequently‚ in 1892 different interpretations

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    began to rely on slave labor to continue their requests for numerous amounts of cotton‚ reducing the amounts of immigrants transported to Southern farms.  Developments in transportation brought about social change in the South in the period 1820-1860 by putting in stricter slave codes. Due to the increase in transportation‚ white plantation owners increased their need for slave labor on the cotton farms‚ putting stricter slave code policies everywhere in the South. If the South was going to survive

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    The reform movements that occurred between 1820 and 1860 were changes to society that had positive and negative impacts. People in the North were against slavery while others in the South supported slavery. The temperance movement was widely supported although there were few who smuggled in alcohol through various methods. Although these movements were evenly split amongst Americans‚ the prison/asylum movement had the complete support of the people. They wanted the mental hospitals to administer

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    By the 18th century colonial caourts/legislatures racialized slavery creating a system of slavery exclusive to Africans and people of African descent. Slavery was very controversial in the politics of the united statesfrom 1770 through at least 1860‚ becoming a topic of debate in the drafting of the constitution. Slaves resisted through rebellion (Nat Turner) and

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    advances of the Industrial Revolutions? INVENTORS • The role of woman in middle-class families changed from _____ _____ to _____ _____during the Industrial Revolution. INCOME PRODUCER‚ INCOME CONSUMER THE ECONOMIC REVOLUJTION: 1820S to 1850S  The Economic Revolution was the beginning of the Industrial Revolution: o Transportation: Canals and Railroads- First canal was the Erie Canal o Communication: Samual

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    Urbanization A. Real Wages. Service pay records from govt. wage data from factory records‚ household surveys and budgets‚ adjusted for price indicies‚ but not really true purchasing power. 1. Substantial increases only after 1820. But from 1820-50 real wage increased est. 155% 2. Problems with real wage indices as a measure of the standard of living. Disamenities of working in factory and crowded urban area. B. Consumption. Mokyr (1988)

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