John C. Calhoun: The Other side of the American Dream Slavery was the foundation of the antebellum South. More than any other characteristic‚ it defined Southern political‚ cultural‚ and social life. It also united the South as a section different from the rest of the country. John Caldwell Calhoun of South Carolina was committed to both state’s rights and slavery as seen as the South’s only protection from destruction by the industrious North. John C. Calhoun‚ the South ’s recognized intellectual
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must expand our borders in order to keep the country running upright. Also‚ the Americans believed that the United State‚ being one of the strongest of the nations‚ had a need to become even stronger. This is shown in the "manifest destiny" of the 1840’s. Apart from the similarities‚ there were also several differences that included the American attempt to stretch their empire across the seas and into other parts of the world. Throughout history‚ the United States had come off as a nation that
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to come to America. They most likely came because they heard of the riches of America. The gold rush started 1848 which brought millions of people. Most likely my ancestors came to mine gold in West Virginia. The Irish also came to America in the 1840s. They also heard of the riches of America and came over to mine‚ but they also had other reasons to come over. In 1845 the Irish began the Great Famine or also know as the potato famine. Potato were a major crop during this time. Potato blight killed
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population was scattered throughout the state. The immigrant tide swelled because of large numbers of Irish fleeing the potato famine of the late 1840s and Germans fleeing the political conflict of their homeland about the same time. As a result of the Gradual Emancipation Act of 1780‚ the 3‚737 African American slave population of 1790 dropped to 64 by 1840‚ and by 1850 all Pennsylvania African Americans were free unless they were fugitives from the South. The African American community had 6‚500 free
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How did the second great awakening change the US – for the better or worse or both‚ that influence it religiously‚ socially‚ politically‚ economically‚ intellectually and if so how? The number of conversions to Christianity were surprisingly high this led to the church becoming A major source of power in society.(political) Men women ages 15 to 30 were converted (social) Presbyterians Methodists and Baptists (religiously) By the 1820s that evangelism Had become the most powerful Force in America
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The Latin American Independence (1807-1824)‚ political and military movement that ended colonial rule by Spain and Portugal over Mexico‚ Central America‚ and South America and gave birth to the modern independent nations of Latin America.(Latin American history) The early 1800s radically altered the history of Latin America. Spain had progressively colonized parts of South‚ Central and North America since the early 1500s‚ exploiting the region’s natural resources‚ decimating native populations and
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During the 1830s and 1840‚ New England was getting a more modernized economy. This region of the country started to make things in factories rather than by hand. The machines made their work more efficient because it was faster and easier to produce goods than ever before. The workers in these factories were unmarried women between the ages of fifteen and thirty from the middle class. The fact that women were working in the factories caused conflict because it challenged a woman’s role in society
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primary weapon‚ but they often came in handy for hand to hand combat and low ammunition situations. Some of the popular swords used in the Civil War include the Model 1832 Foot Artillery Sword‚ Model 1832 Dragoon Saber‚ Model 1840 Light Artillery Saber‚ and the Model 1840 Army Noncommissioned Officers’ Sword. The second largest technological advance in the Civil War was the Minie Ball which was used through the entire war. The bullets technology advances lead to greater accuracy‚ and more damage
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Sir Henry Parkes Sir Henry Parkes‚ politician and journalist‚ was born on 27 May 1815 in Warwickshire‚ England‚ youngest of the seven children of Thomas Parks‚ tenant farmer on Stoneleigh Abbey Estate‚ and his wife Martha‚ née Faulconbridge. Forced off their farm in 1823 by debt‚ the Parkes family moved to Glamorganshire and about 1825 settled in Birmingham‚ where Thomas was a gardener and odd-job man. Henry’s formal education was in his own words‚ ’very limited and imperfect’; he briefly attended
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Opium war From the 18th century Asia became a victim of European imperialism. By the 19th century Britain had acquired control over India and Burma and France controlled indo-china and the Dutch gained stronghold in Indonesia. By this time USA along with other European nations began paying serious attention towards eastward nations like china and Japan. Their aim was to open these Asian nations as a field for their economic expansion. Predominant in trade between the western countries and
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