Vital domestic and foreign events have occurred in the 1790s and were both what helped shape American politics. There were domestic affairs such as the Whiskey Treaty‚ establishment of the first bank of the United States‚ Alien and Sedition Acts‚ and discussion of narrow and broad views of the constitution. Foreign events include the XYZ Affair‚ Jay’s Treaty‚ and Pickney’s Treaty. There were two political parties that were shaped by these and many other affairs: Federalists and Republicans. The Federalists
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Abolitionist DBQ In the United States from 1861 to 1865 the American Civil War took place over a disagreement between Northerners and Southerners of their interpretation of the Consitution and view on slavery. There were many factors that played a role in creating and helping the war start and end‚ and one specifically is the mass amounts of rebellions and abolitionists. The Abolitionist Movement‚ whose ranks were made up of whites and blacks‚ not only acted as a catalyst for the emancipation
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Daniel Webster- leading American statesman during the nation’s Antebellum Period. He first rose to regional prominence through his defense of New England shipping interests Zachary Taylor- 12th President of the United States; died in office (1784-1850) Fugitive Salve Act- provided harsh punishments for people who helped slaves run away. It also forced people living in free states to return run-away slaves to their owners. Transcontinental Railroad- railroad network of trackage that crosses
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was slavery through people’s reactions and actions to the Compromise of 1850‚ John Brown’s raid on Harper Ferry‚ and the expansion to the west. The compromise of 1850 was the first reason the Civil War was caused. The Compromise of 1850 was a solution to California’s wanting to enter the union and ended up upsetting the balance between slave and free states. On the website American Historama it says “The Compromise of 1850 was an attempt to smooth out the confrontation between the slave
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APUSH Test Review ch.9-15 1. Men took low-paying jobs as factory hands‚ construction workers‚ and canal diggers‚ while the women took positions as domestic servants in middle- and upper-class homes. They were accused of taking jobs and driving down wages. 2. Finney conducted emotional revival meetings that stressed conversion rather than instruction and discipline. 3. Both of the Great Awakenings were sparked by a declining church attendance; both included ’mass preaching’‚ preachers
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Ryan Casserly Mr. Ferretti APUSH 5 March 2013 1. Agricultural Adjustment Act The Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) (48 Stat. 31‚ enacted May 12‚ 1933) restricted agricultural production in the New Deal era by paying farmers to reduce crop area. 2. Tennessee Valley Authority An independent federal government agency in the US‚ created in 1933 as part of the New Deal proposals. Responsible for the development of the whole Tennessee river basin‚ it provides one of the world’s greatest
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Name Mrwan Otman_ Chapter 20 “Girding for War: The North and the South 1861-1865” I. the menace of secession A. What were the key assertions Lincoln voiced in his inaugural address of March‚ 1861? He said splitting the country up is not possible because geographic reasons. B. If/when the South seceded‚ what issued remained unresolved? How much national debt would the south take if they left? What would happen to runaway slaves? Europe would be happy if US split up and became
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Kibby 1 Pierce Kibby Thursday‚ February 28‚ 2013 Expansionism DBQ APUSH Expansionism Throughout American history‚ growth has always been present in industry‚ economics‚ technology and many other fronts. This of course began when the first European settlers of America came from England. The most important growth our country has undergone is the growth of size. Starting at a few settlements and evolving into a world power in just a few hundred years illustrates the rate at which
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Janos Lobb April 3‚ 2013 APUSH Outline Chapter 28 – Progressivism I. Progressive Roots a. The progressive movements started in the 1870s and the 1890s with two parties. One was the Greenback Labor Party and the other was the Populists b. Early progressive movements were trying to change the corruption of bigwigs and their companies. Many different people explained what had happened in books c. Early reformers tried to make changes by voting. Besides voting‚ high-minded
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