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    The Cult Of Honor Summary

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    Cult of Honor ~ The Cult of Honor during this time period was a way in the south white males which meant the men had to protect women. It is significant because the men held more dominant powers and white women were submissive to this. De Bow’s Review ~ De Bow advocated created a journal which stood for southern agricultural expansion. It is significant because De Bow made this journal into a way for to advocate the southern economic independence from the North. Denmark Vesey ~ Denmark Vesey was

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    Eyejan Saadoon ALCE 1605 King and Chaplin 30 November 2010 The Cause of the Civil War The United States Civil War was the result of conflictive ideologies between the Northern states and the Southern states. The North was abolitionist and heavily developed while the South was poorly industrialized and strongly dependent on agriculture. More than being a social issue slavery was the basis of economy in the Southern part of the United States. The problem was not about whether slavery was morally

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    Nationalism is a political philosophy holding that the welfare of the nation-state is paramount‚ and attitude often strengthened when people share a common history‚ religion‚ language‚ or ethnic background. The term also refers to a group state of mind in which patriotism‚ or loyalty to one’s country‚ is regarded as an individual’s principal duty. In the 18th century‚ nationalism began to take form by scholars & poets who sought to find in ancient legends and songs‚ the soul of the nation. The cohesion

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    most migrants desired a better version of life than in the East. Pioneers desired security‚ often migrating in families and to places where they hoped to find familiar faces. (eg: created Vermontville in Michigan) ● Most settlers in the 1820s settled near rivers‚ as they depended on the transportation system of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Later‚ in the 1830s and 40s‚ the spread of canals would allow them to venture farther from rivers. ● Western society was characterized

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    Transportation Revolution The First Industrial Revolution that began in England with the textile industry around the 1780s was a major turning point in history. Some years later‚ it spread primarily throughout the western world‚ including America‚ having replaced the labor of men to the more organized and easier work in factories for less time and better pay. The Transportation Revolution was a beneficial part in creating the real America of today as it made the US a large and independent economy

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    Auguste Comte (1798-1857) * Credited as the founder of sociology * Stressed to apply Scientific Method to the study of society(s) * (Mental Mentality) Hands on Social Reformist but never personally applied his ideals Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) * Called the second founder of Sociology * Believed societies go from a lower form to a higher form. Societies change from “barbarian” to “civilized” * Spencer came up with the principle “The Survival of the Fittest” * (Mental

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    simple products or seafood from the nearby ocean. Many farms surrounded the seaboard ports. The growing conditions were not too favorable‚ as the fields were muddy most of the time. Seaboard ports were an essential part of the local trade. In 1820 we had at least one half million separate family economies trading with several thousand local economies. On small family farms‚ family members spent the majority of there time working to produce for there families own use. Each family farm was like

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    Termpaper Class: African American Study IV Subject: Analyzing the Fundamental Differences Between the Black Abolitionists and the White Abolitionists Movements Black and white abolitionists shared common assumptions about the evil of slavery‚ the "virtue of moral reform"‚ and the certainty of human progress"(1). Schor‚ Garnet‚1877‚ & Lanngston‚ 1989). This shared understanding provided "the basic for the interracial solidarity" and cooperation so vital in the crusade against slavery"(2)

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    Manifest Destiny Dbq

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    Between the years of 1820-1850 a tremendous amount of change occurred in the U.S.‚ thousands of people started to move to and populate the western territories of the United States in order to start a new life there. “Manifest Destiny” was a phrase coined by John L. O’Sullivan‚ which was the belief that Americans had the god given right to expand westward and spread their democratic ideals. Many believe Manifest Destiny was a positive movement that had many benefits‚ but it can be argued that it was

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    republicans. Southern representatives in congress kept voting against the Homestead Act because they saw it as an opportunity for the development of Free states that would tip the scale in the free vs. slave states. It was originally passed by congress in 1860 but then vetoed by President James Buchanan. After southern representatives left congress was when the act was then passed. The act motivated people to settle west by giving them the incentive of 160 acres of land. There was a small fee and after 5

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