What forces or ideas motivated and inspired this effort to remake and reform American society during the Antebellum years? By: Amber Daniel During the pre-civil war period‚ the Antebellum years‚ there were forces that shaped and reformed American society‚ making today’s society the way it is. Anti-slavery movements‚ social reform ‚and women’s rights movements were all forces that remade American society during this time period. The fight for women and slaves along with social reform forever
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The steamboat craze happened during the turnpike craze. It was started by an engineer named Robert Fulton who installed a steam engine in a vessel that became known as the Clermont but was nicknamed Fulton’s Folly. One day in 1807‚ the little ship churned steadily from New York City up the Hudson River toward Albany which was 150 miles in 32 hours. The success was amazing. People could now defy wind‚ waves‚ tides‚ and downstream currents. Carrying capacity doubled. Keelboats went up the Mississippi
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Background Info: The Cold War between the US and the USSR was a long‚ complicated era of fear‚ tension‚ and animosity. Right after World War II‚ the U.S and the USSR started having ideological and political disputes over territories and ammunition. This became a full blown Cold War when Berlin was blockaded by the Soviets but was aided by America with an airlift. As Winston Churchill‚ prime minister of Britain‚ had said‚ an iron curtain had descended between the East and the West‚ communist and noncommunist
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OP Chapter 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform Section: The Romantic Impulse 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 5. Section: Remaking Society 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Section: The Crusade against Slavery 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 1. The first great school of American painters emerged in New York; Frederic Church‚ Thomas Cole‚ Thomas Doughty‚ and Asher Durand- which they also painted the spectacular vistas of the rugged and still largely unsettled Hudson Valley. 2. The first great
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“The 1950’s were an era of conformity and complacency.” Give reasons for either agreeing or disagreeing with this statement. The statement‚ “The 1950’s were an era of conformity and complacency”‚ is untrue to a certain extent. Though it is true that the post WWII America has the highest standard of living that no other countries can match‚ the 1950s‚ backed by the Second Red Scare‚ really had been a time period of tension and anti-communism. The 1950s‚ inspired by the Soviet nuclear spying
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1. Computer output which is displayed on the screen of a terminal without a permanent copy is called— (A) Soft copy (B) Hard copy (C) Hardware (D) None of these Ans : (A) 2. A storage device or medium where the access time is dependent upon the location of the data is called— (A) Serial access (B) Parallel access (C) Null access (D) None of these Ans : (A) 3. The set of computer programs‚ procedures‚ and associated documentation related to the effective operation of a computer system
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Antebellum America Transforming Antebellum America was the time before the Civil War‚ and it was full of minorities including women and African Americans. Both were abused‚ had little educational opportunities‚ were treated poorly‚ were looked down upon‚ had no right to vote‚ and were basically nothing but second hand help. These reformers would communicate the problems of the men running the society. They tried to reform America for more equality through several movements. These include the temperance
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1. In antebellum America‚ was the main source for “literacy and political discourse”? • In antebellum America‚ the main source for “literacy and political discourse” was printer and steam press. 2. How does the economy relate to literacy as suggested pages 1-2? • If the literacy develops‚ the economy will develop too. The development of the economy leads to earn more benefit and power. 3. What have past scholars/researches said about literacy? (p.2) • They said about literacy that literacy
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Technology Advances in Antebellum America The Era of 1800 to 1860 proved to be some of the most technologically advanced years of the 19th century. This Era saw a rapid technological change in communications‚ travel. Through these advances helped the United States grow and prosper. Communication was now possible from the most populated to the least populated areas of the country. Telegraph wires stretched from north to south and east to west. The introduction of the Pony Express allowed the
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America in the Antebellum Period: A Nation Both United and Divided Scott Willis Dr. Register History 201 12/11/08 Historians mark the year 1789 as the end of the Revolutionary period in America. Liberty had triumphed‚ and Americans under the leadership of a bright and resolute few‚ had fashioned a republic capable governing itself. Modern Americans tend to view the early years of the Republic with a sense of sentimental nostalgia. America had become a nation-- or had it? On the surface‚ this
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