Even though unemployment rates were high‚ people did have jobs and some of them were not good. Workers who wanted to compromise with their employers would sit down at their workplace and protest. They would refuse to work until the settlement they wanted was reached. Lack of proper working conditions caused many of these protests (Document 7). In the case‚ Schechter vs
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The collection of documents about the Missouri Compromise in 1820 offer a rare insight into the significance of the changes to American society in the first part of the 19th century. • How did Thomas Jefferson understand the debate over Missouri and slavery? What‚ in his opinion‚ was the significance of the controversy? o What was his opinion of the resolution to the controversy? Thomas Jefferson understood the debate over Missouri and slavery as a “momentous question” (Jefferson). Jefferson uses
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The Missouri Compromise is commonly thought of as the beginning of American sectionalism‚ although the signs were visible long before 1819. The crisis solved by the compromise certainly alerted the South for the need for political unity in order to maintain its way of life in the face of a more populous North. Likewise‚ it alerted both regions to the political problems inherent in westward expansion. The Missouri Compromise did not create sectionalism‚ but it is important as the first possible signs
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2002 AP DBQ In the years following the War of 1812‚ the “Era of Good Feelings” evolved between the years 1815 and 1825. In the first half of this period‚ there was a strong sense of nationalism throughout the United States. However‚ political changes and economic differences between the states warped this nationalism into the sectionalism that divided the country into north‚ south and west regions. Celebrations of unity within the United States soon turned into disagreements concerning representation
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APUSH DBQ ESSAY From 1775 to 1830‚ the United States gained their independence and began their formation of a new country. During this period‚ the ideas of the Revolutionary War had an influence on the African Americans. A number of African Americans were freed but the institution of slavery spread due to social and economic reasons. Both the free African Americans and enslaved confronted and endure the challenges they faced as they fought for rights and equality. The Revolutionary War was a
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Kevin Li 1994 DBQ APUSH To what extent was late 19th century and early 20th century US expansionism a continuation of past US expansionism and to what extent was it a departure? Over the years the United States expansionism has experienced many different changes. The United States has expanded for many different reasons such as the economy‚ land‚ and even God. Expansionism is now a continuation of past United States expansionism but was more so a departure. The United States
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Missouri Compromise of 1820‚ the Compromise of 1850‚ and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was an effort to conserve a balance of power between the slaveholding states and free states‚ by the U.S Senate and the House of Reps. The slaveholding states feared of being outnumbered in the Congressional Representation. They feared because they would lack the power to protect their interest in property and trade. After much debate the law passed the Senate on March 2nd‚ 1820 and
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19th Century American Art America in the 19th century was constantly changing. Industry had its first main beginnings‚ slavery was an important issue‚ a war was imminent... many things were going on. As all of this was occurring‚ artists from all over started painting about it. The paintings are great representations of the era‚ as they truly show what everything was like during the time‚ albeit with beautiful landscapes and different viewpoints of the time. The art of the 19th century in America
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In 1941‚ Roosevelt and Churchill met to discuss the postwar world. The result was the Atlantic Charter. One of the provisions in this document that was introduced by Roosevelt was the autonomy of imperial colonies. Therefore after World War II‚ there was pressure on Britain to abide by the terms of the Atlantic Charter. When Winston Churchill introduced the Charter to Parliament‚ he purposely mistranslated the colonies to be recently captured countries by Germany in order to get it passed. After
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*Dawes Act- was passed in 1887 and divided land for Indians to be conformed into the American society‚ named after its sponser Henry Dawes. *Booker T. Washington- Was an adviser to presidents. Created Tuskegee Institute for Vocational Training. *Jim Crow Law- Black segregation laws‚ allowed seperate but egual. *Plessy v. Furgeson- Landmark Supreme Court decision which ruled that as long as it is equal‚ it can be seperate. (Plessy bought train ticket and sat in white section
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