Comic Outline/Storyboard Block 1-Shay’s Rebellion The first block shows people fighting in court due to Shay’s Rebellion. Shay’s Rebellion brought debates over the constitution. People were fighting about Shay’s Rebellion because they were unhappy. They were unhappy because they believed they were not getting the freedoms they deserved. Shay’s Rebellion got its name after a guy named Daniel Shay. He was a farmer who refused to pay taxes on his land because he believed he should not have to. So‚ when
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viewed African Americans as lower human beings which justified slavery. "The 1850’s was a time of attempted compromise when compromise was no longer possible." This quote best describes this time period‚ because Americans were trying to compromise their views to prevent a large conflict‚ but there were many events which made a compromise impossible. The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the Compromise of 1850. This act required that authorities in the North had to assist southern slave catchers to retrieve
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Final Examination Study Guide Notes: 1. Bring a blank examination booklet to the examination. I will exchange your booklet for one from my supply as a precautionary measure to prevent cheating. 2. You may answer the questions in any order—just make sure you mark each question clearly. 3. You will have 80 minutes to complete the exam. You should try to spend approximately 40 minutes on the essay and 8 minutes on each identification question. Part I: Essay Question (50 points)
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Sectionalism relied on controversy over the institution of slavery in new territories‚ and thus the slavery itself was more the cause of sectionalism. New land granted after the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo made the disagreement over slavery show itself‚ though it was still evident in the North-South religious divide over abolition caused by the Second Great Awakening. As the US took in its new Western lands‚ the Underground Railroad passed slaves to freedom‚ inflaming the North with righteous anger
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The years 1815-1825 were a time period of unification and sectionalism. The term “Era of good Feeling”‚ can be applied to Nationalism‚ but not the idea of Sectionalism. At this time we had no political parties‚ giving political icon’s the ability to discuss objectives freely with one another. With the North being a free state‚ and the South being a slave state‚ it caused tension between the two areas‚ debating if slavery was the “right” thing to do‚ or if slavery was the “wrong” thing to do. United
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adjusting their clothes to the change of their action‚ the more people would criticize them at the point of their dresses rather than their political arguments. Such women’s struggle with their fashion and women’s empowerment is remarkable in 1820 to 1860. Those period was the “ Respect for Feminity‚” and people demanded women to be pious‚ faithful‚ obedience‚ and homely. Moreover‚ women held the duty to do the domestic
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students and casual readers as well as historians and scholars due to not only being a mere 127 pages but also because it drives its points home. He gives a wonderful summary of the territorial debates in Congress starting with the Missouri Compromise then the Compromise of 1850 and finishing at the notorious and disastrous Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. One could argue that this book in short is a greatly abbreviated
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As the nation continued to enlarge‚ Americans would cite many economic‚ political‚ cultural‚ and historical arguments to justify U.S. territorial expansion. Politicians‚ literary figures‚ educators‚ newspapermen‚ and religious leaders contributed to the whole new idea of Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny implied that God gave the Americans the power to move west and spread its protestant religion‚ capitalist economy‚ and democratic-republican political system. The term became known in the summer
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Sense Peace of Paris Declaration of Independence Articles of Confederation: strengths and weaknesses Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Land Ordinance of 1785 Shay’s Rebellion The New Jersey Plan The Virginia Plan The Great Compromise The three branches of government under the Constitution Which branch of government is
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Is there a tension between politics and sentimentalism in Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) Harriet Beecher Stowe. Stowe’s novel‚ Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ on the surface is a very sentimental novel due to the prevalence of tragedy and sadness‚ evoking strong emotional responses from its readers. But‚ it is more than just a sentimental novel because it also holds important insights about the morality underlying the institution of slavery in 19th century America. The sentimental stories therefore draw attention
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