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    The election of 1860 was one of the most controversial times in American history‚ and there were only four main candidates. The candidates included Abraham Lincoln‚ who was a Republican‚ Stephen Douglas and John Breckinridge‚ who were Democrats‚ and John Bell who was a member of the Constitutional Union. All had a disagreement about the topic of slavery‚ which was an important issue in the colonies. Little did they know that this controversial topic would cause states to begin seceding‚ forming another

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    African-American Civil Rights Movement Your Name Course/Number Due Date Instructor Name Abstract An exploration of the Civil Rights Movement‚ as perceived by Fannie Lou Hammer‚ Lyndon B. Johnson‚ Rosa Parks‚ and Martin Luther King‚ Jr. African-American Civil Rights Movement In the early 1960s‚ leaders of the African-American political movement traveled to areas of high oppression. Their intent was to secure equal opportunities for African-Americans. These political leaders were called “African-American

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    In 1860 and 1861 eleven of the southern states declared their secession from the Union creating the Confederate States. This act caused widespread conflict and the Civil War followed quickly after. The Southern states were led to secede from the Union by many different factors‚ including the question of slavery‚ the election of Abraham Lincoln‚ and the “right of self government.” In 1850‚ John C. Calhoun asked the question‚ “What is it that has endangered the Union?” in his speech "The Clay Compromise

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    |Name |Justice Gray | |MLA Citation |Obama‚ Barack. "American Rhetoric: Barack Obama -- Speech to the Nation on Passage of New Health Care Reform Bill ." American Rhetoric: | | |The Power of Oratory in the United States. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 30 Sept. 2011. | | |.

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    Reconstruction Era The Reconstruction Era of the 1860’s began before and continued well after the Civil War. The plans were designed to bring the union back together. Today some historians argue that reconstruction failed. Lincoln‚ Johnson‚ and the Radical Republicans‚ all had ideas and plans of how they wanted to bring the union back together. They all worked diligently to get their plans‚ laws‚ and proclamations into action. President Abraham Lincoln’s plans consisted of a Proclamation of Amnesty

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    basis clear for the analysis of impacts of the counterculture movement on American English‚ some concepts and relevant researches are discussed in this chapter including the manifestations of the counterculture movement‚ causes of the counterculture movement‚ characteristics of American English and previous studies in this field. 1.1 The Counterculture Movement The counterculture movement is an influential cultural movement in American history. It was launched by the frustrated youngsters from the

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    The American Indian Movement existed for 500 years without a name‚ It was founded in Minneapolis‚ Minnesota and it has been 30 years since its formal history. It has been seen that it has caused many great many changes to their community and that’s why they say "formal history" because it has existed for 500 years. The american indian movements leaders are Dennis Banks‚ Clyde H‚ Eddie Benton Banai and George Mitchell. The movement has changed policy making organizations that have served and helped

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    even more of an impertinence‚ increasing in the Southern economy. Though efforts to save the union were ever present‚ they were out weighed by the sectionalist sentiments brought upon by divisions among societies in the North and South‚ societal reforms in the North‚ involving the North in runaway slave issues‚ the idea of nullification‚ political differences‚ and the increased population and influx of antislavery immigrants in the North‚ creating two extreme sectionalist viewpoints that could only

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    The African-American Civil Rights Movement During the frail moments in history there are times to be seen as a great movement. One of those moments in the history of America was the African-American Civil Rights Movement. This movement came by storm with different views on how civil rights should be fought. With the extremism of Malcolm X or the prolific voice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. There were key court cases Brown v. Board of Education and the world wide known Rosa Parks. This action by

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    Anarchism in the Early American Labor Movement Anarchism‚ not in the sense of lawlessness‚ but in the sense of noninterventionist governmental policy and activity‚ has a colorful history in the United States. It has enjoyed periods of welcoming and periods of scorn by every class of people and for widely varied reasons. It is embraced by free market economists and by the socially liberal‚ favored in part by both major parties and wholly endorsed by the Libertarian Party in the U.S. today. In the

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