penitentiary and asylum reforms as she felt that criminals came from unstable families and wanted to rehabilitate them rather than punish them. She battled against the grant of public mental facilities which eventually won over in majority of the states in 1860. 7. Andrew Jackson – he was the first American president from the West‚ hero of the Battle of New Orleans‚ expedition against the Seminoles in Florida‚ congressman and senator in Tennessee‚ and first territorial governor of Florida. 8.
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between North and South‚ until the union collapsed. Even though the Compromise of 1850 was meant to solve the crisis‚ it only created more tension between the north and south. The main purposes of the compromise were to admit California into the union as a free state‚ and divide the Mexican Cession into two territories - Utah and New Mexico. The slavery issue in these states was do be decided by popular sovereignty. The compromise also proved for a Fugitive Slave Law‚ and banned the slave trade in
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Vanessa Bratcher Judy Graves History 358 13 October 2010 Bibliography of Clara Brown During the time of slavery many African Americans suffered from the harsh treatment of their owners. Clara Brown was one of the many slaves that experienced separation from her loved ones‚ forced into labor and abuse. Clara Brown was born into slavery in 1803 in Spotsylvania County‚ Virginia. Brown and her mother were separated from her father when they were bought by tobacco farmer Ambrose Smith. From the
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sectionalism caused westward expansion is an invalid statement. Westward expansion was truly an effect of a growing sectionalism in the country originating from events such as the Tariff of 1828 ‚ the National Bank‚ and the Missouri Compromise. Preceding the Missouri Compromise was the Tallmadge amendment. When the Tallmadge amendment was passed‚ the South was infuriated. The amendment decreed that the slave state of Missouri had to gradually free all of their slaves and prohibited any more slaves to
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AP US HISTORY Colonial History (1600-1763) 1. Separatist vs. non-Separatist Puritans – Radical Calvinists againstthe Church of England; Separatists (Pilgrims) argued for a break from the Church of England‚ led the Mayflower‚ and establishedthe settlement at Plymouth 2. Northwest Passage – believed to provide shortcut from Atlantic toPacific‚ searched for by Giovanni de Verrazano for Francis I in therace to Asian wealth 3. Conversion Experience – required of members of the PuritanChurch;
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men behind the Compromise of 1850‚ and in opposition to sectional quarreling. The bill was to establish the Kansas and Nebraska territories. He wanted to send an transcontinental railroad into the area to help increase the economic activity in his home state of Illinois and encourage settlement of the Great Plains area. Since no Company would build a railroad until the area had been organized‚ Douglas introduced the bill. The Kansas-Nebraska Bill showed a fallacy in the Compromise of 1850’s ideal
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In the mid-1800’s‚ many events occurred that increased sectional tension between the Northern and Southern states of the Union. These tensions ultimately resulted in the outbreak of civil war. One thing in particular that is considered to be a source of sectional discord is the U.S. Constitution. However the Constitution itself was not a source of sectional tension that caused the failure of the Union. The failure erupted generally from the issue of slavery. combination of the people in general and
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In 1834‚ Dred Scott‚ a slave‚ had been taken to Illinois‚ a free state‚ and then Wisconsin territory‚ where the Missouri Compromise of 1820 prohibited slavery. Scott lived in Wisconsin with his master‚ Dr. John Emerson‚ for several years before returning to Missouri‚ a slave state. In 1846‚ after Emerson died‚ Scott sued his master’s widow for his freedom on the grounds that he had lived as a resident of a free state and territory. He won his suit in a lower court‚ but the Missouri supreme court
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Jamar Day July 1‚ 2010 His 2111 Paper Prof McCray By the middle of the nineteenth century‚ the issue of slavery had caused a deep division between North and South. Slavery was an important part of the Southern way of life‚ and slave labor was a major aspect of the Southern states’ economy. Northerners opposed slavery yet were concerned that the political‚ economic‚ and conflict with the South over slavery could threaten a civil war between the two sides. The conflict intensified over the
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why they did not simply cross the river to the free state of Illinois as opposed to following the Mississippi River to the Ohio River originally but ending up travelling to Arkansas. However‚ Jim and Huck could not just cross the river due to the Compromise of 1850‚ and the fact that the incumbent senator of Illinois was Stephen Douglas. This ultimately forced them to travel South‚ and brought into view the possible realization that the ‘free’ states were no more free than the ‘slave’ states and the
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