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    Antebellum Essay

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    Casandra Sobczak Period 7 Antebellum is a Latin term that means "before the war." Antebellum culture in America reflected the growing sectional crisis and was the time period before the American Civil War‚ which began in 1861. The revivalism that spread across the country during the antebellum era also gave rise to numerous social reform movements‚ which challenged Americans to improve themselves and their communities. Some of these social groups included women and slaves. The greatest reform

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    Antebellum Reform

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    There were many reform movements which took place during the 1800s leading up to the Civil War‚ a primary effect of these movements. Still‚ each different campaign had at least one aspect of similarity: their cause. Antebellum reform was motivated primarily by humanitarian goals due to the influences of evangelicalism‚ human morale‚ and democratic ideals. Religion played a major role in the lives of all citizens during the building and expansion of the United States into the West. Its greatest influence

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    antebellum outline

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    James Dean Ms. Hitchock USH per. 4 10/7/13 Thesis: The Antebellum period (1781-1860)‚ a time of heated debate and opposition‚ was not a time of expanded democracy‚ conflicting with the words of President Lincoln’s Gettysburg address‚ “by the people‚ for the people”. Although Antebellum period provided some democratic freedoms to some citizens of the American democracy‚ it was not a time where all persons in America were represented 1) TS: The Cherokees‚ a Native American tribe in the

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    The Antebellum Period

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    Women feared pregnancy and birth during the Antebellum era‚ contrary to the belief women hold in the twenty-first century. The physicians in the Antebellum South knew little regarding female reproductive health‚ and their ignorance resulted in many complications: puerperal fever‚ inability to breastfeed‚ and prolapse uterus. The fear was not only caused by after birth plights; slaveowners disregarded pregnancy and birth‚ heightening the previous fear. Owners forced slaves to work while pregnant and

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    Stopping the Repetition of the Past: Musings of Antebellum America Author Henry James has said that "it takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.” For over one hundred years slavery had crippled the African American people and aided the white man; however‚ when the Emancipation Proclamation was put into effect it would become a slow catalyst of change that would take over a century for the Civil Rights Movement to be at its pinnacle. Racial limits would be pushed‚ lasting tension

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    technological advancements in Antebellum America such as the cotton gin‚ the steamboat‚ and the power loom‚ but none changed Antebellum America more than the Erie Canal. The Erie Canal is considered one of the greatest technological advancements of its generation. The Erie Canal was not only impressive technologically but it also connected markets that otherwise were not connected‚ and it helped spark the Market Revolution. The Erie Canal led to massive changes in Antebellum America because it brought markets

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    Colonial America Dbq

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    The Thirteen Colonels of America have been working on this new idea of Democracy‚ while still under the British rule. The colonists in Maryland created the Assembly of Maryland‚ "Where in document 1‚ they created a law to protect ever form of Christianity and allow them to practice it‚" as well‚ "it prevents people of one form of Christianity from going out and attacking another person‚ who is practicing a different form of Christianity‚" (Citizen Legislators and Toleration). That was one of the

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    history during the Antebellum era saw many economic developments. Most historians that happen to be Economic Historians tend to say the period of the Antebellum era was between 1840s and the 1850s. Throughout this time many advancements in technology occurred as well as in the way people use that technology. Advancements in places such as the market economy‚ King cotton‚ textile mills‚ transportation‚ and slavery were just a few aspects that saw an advancement during the Antebellum era. This time period

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    DBQ - Democracy in Colonial America Essay Colonial America played a major role in the way America is run today. In this particular time period‚ America was just beginning to be its own country. Now that America was finally free from British rule it needed a government of its own. Democracy seemed to be the best option for the new government‚ but it was a little hard to switch to all things democratic immediately. Democracy was a work in progress in colonial America with democratic and undemocratic

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    The United States of America had not always been such an easy way of life Americans face today. Life in the post civil war south after America had gained independence they need a workforce that they simply did not have and so they had taken blacks as slaves. Even though this is not the most ethical way to recruit labor it was the cheapest and most efficient. Life in the Antebellum South can be considered a predecessor to the so called ¨social classes” between the whites and other minorities today

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