Expansion westward seemed perfectly natural to many Americans in the mid-nineteenth century. Like the Massachusetts Puritans who hoped to build a "city upon a hill‚ "courageous pioneers believed that America had a divine obligation to stretch the boundaries of their noble republic to the Pacific Ocean. Independence had been won in the Revolution and reaffirmed in the War of 1812. The spirit of nationalism that swept the nation in the next two decades demanded more territory. The "every man is equal"
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Chartism‚ British working-class movement for parliamentaryreformnamed after thePeople’s Charter‚ a bill drafted by theLondonradicalWilliamLovettin May 1838. It contained six demands: universal manhoodsuffrage‚ equal electoral districts‚ vote by ballot‚ annually elected Parliaments‚ payment of members ofParliament‚ and abolition of the property qualifications for membership. Chartism was the first movement both working class in character and national in scope that grew out of the protest against the
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In the Industrial Revolution‚ humans—western Europeans at first—learned to exploit coal and steam energy to mass produce goods with machines and to sell them worldwide. The Industrial Revolution began with production of textiles and eventually spread to other areas of manufacturing‚ as well as to farming and food processing. In the later nineteenth century‚ industrialization occurred on a large scale in metallurgical‚ chemical‚ and electrical industries. Once begun‚ it could not be stopped. The Industrial
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country wouldn’t support and vote enough for the democrats so when he campaigned he told the people that he will listen to them and do their wishes and wants. He wanted to do this because the people before him in office did a horrific job of this. 1824 was the first election Andrew Jackson ran for but it was decided by the U.S House of Representatives and Jackson didn’t gain the title
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Quincy Adams‚ the presidential election of 1828 was highlighted by the split of electoral votes in New York and Maryland. Andrew Jackson had swept through the west‚ gaining every single state‚ and even got Pennsylvania. The winner from the election of 1824 by the ‘corrupt’ bargain‚ John Q. Adams‚ had gained the support of all the northeast states. However‚ the real surprise was the split electoral votes in Maryland and New York. The northern states loved Adams because he favored elites and their manufacturing
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Newgate novel From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search The Newgate novels (or Old Bailey novels) were novels published in England from the late 1820s until the 1840s that were thought to glamorise the lives of the criminals they portrayed. Most drew their inspiration from the Newgate Calendar‚ a biography of famous criminals published at various times during the late 18th and early 19th centuries‚ but usually rearranged or embellished the original tale for melodramatic
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Introduction “Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” is a well known play and musical capturing the audience’s attention as to what can happen behind closed doors. I will be reporting the background context of the musical and how Victorian life could influence the storyline and characters. I will cover historical‚ social‚ political‚ economical‚ cultural and technical aspects of the musical. “Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (which I will now refer to as “Sweeney Todd”)
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spoil system was to -reward political supporters with public office REVIEW The Wilmot Proviso stated that -slavery would not be allowed in the land taken from Mexico Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written by -Harriet Beecher Stowe The corrupt bargain of 1824 refers to the deal made between -John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay What state did not attend the 1787 Philadelphia convention? -Rhode Island One purpose for the Declaration of Independence was to -explain to the rest of the world why the colonies
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Jefferson’s first term was a very successful presidency. He had a more quiet approach‚ preferring a small government. The focus was that individuals would have more liberty by granting freedom to those arrested under the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. He also avoided military conflict as much as possible. Wanting to expand the nation he would form alliances with the Native Americans‚ doubling the territory. Everything was going well‚ debts and taxes were reduced too‚ and people were happy. However
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“we serve it” which is great because not everyone likes hunting through a menu searching for what they want‚ or worse‚ the menu doesn’t contain what you would like. The new restaurant‚ which opened in February‚ is in a lovely building from about 1824 that has been home to many restaurants. The building gives “Italiano” a number of small‚ charming dining areas: a nook with a table for two‚ a front room with four tables and a narrow space between the door and the bar with one long table for 8 to
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