Liu 1 Isabella Liu Social Studies February 12‚ 2014 The Presidency of Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson served two terms as the President of the United States. In those two terms‚ he helped to mold the Democratic party‚ and stayed steadfast to his beliefs in many political showdowns‚ such as the Nullification Crisis‚ the Indian Removal Act‚ and the Bank Wars. Jackson’s determination and stubbornness won him loyal followers and admirers‚ but also many enemies. From the time of his victories in the War of 1812
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railroad was completed in 1869 in Promontory‚ Utah. On March 3‚ 1820‚ The Missouri Compromise bill‚ written by Henry Clay‚ is passed by the United States Congress. This legislation allowed slavery in the Missouri territory‚ but not in any other location west of the Mississippi River‚ the current southern line of the state of Missouri. The state of Missouri would be admitted to the Union‚ under this compromise‚ on August 10‚ 1821. On July 10‚ 1821 the territory of Florida is taken by the United
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Early life Main article: Abraham Lincoln’s early life and career Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12‚ 1809‚ to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln‚ two uneducated farmers. Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin on the 348 acre (1.4 km²) Sinking Spring Farm‚ in Nolin Creek‚ three miles (5 km) south of Hodgenville‚ in southeast Hardin County‚ Kentucky (now part of LaRue County)‚ an area which‚ at that time‚ was considered the "frontier." The name Abraham was chosen to commemorate his grandfather
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10/21/13 7:23 PM 1. Economic and social differences between the North and the South. With Eli Whitney ’s invention of the cotton gin in 1793‚ cotton became very profitable. This machine was able to reduce the time it took to separate seeds from the cotton. However‚ at the same time the increase in the number of plantations willing to move from other crops to cotton meant the greater need for a large amount of cheap labor‚ i.e. slaves. Thus‚ the southern economy became a one crop economy‚ depending
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Andrew Jackson and his supporters have been criticized for upholding the principles of majority rule and the supremacy of the federal government inconsistently and unfairly. The validity of this statement varies in the cases of the re-charter of the Bank‚ the nullification controversy‚ and the removal of the Native Americans. In the case of the re-charter of the bank‚ the statement is not valid. He did uphold the principles of the majority rule and not of the supremacy of the government. The bank
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gained popularity‚ they could publish anti-slavery poems and stories. 4. Why does Lincoln in the “House Divided” speech believe the pro-slavery side was winning regarding the expansion of slavery in the territories? Why does Calhoun in opposing the Compromise of 1850 think the South was at a disadvantage? Because starting the new year of 1854 found slavery excluded from more than half the States by State Constitutions‚ and from most of the National territory by Congressional prohibition. Four
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1. 601. Federalists opposed the acquisition of Canada because A) there were too many French there. B) Canadian business would prove too competitive. C) it was too agrarian and would give more votes to the Democratic-Republicans. D) they believed that the Canadians could never become Americanized. E) too many Indians lived there. C 2. 602. During the War of 1812‚ the New England states A) supported the United States’ war effort. B) lent more money and sent more food to the British army than
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John Brown was born on May 9‚ 1800‚ in Torrington‚ Connecticut‚ in a Calvinist household. John’s father‚ Owen‚ worked as a tanner and zealously thought slavery was wrong‚ along with the rest of his family. When John was twelve‚ he was traveling through Michigan and saw an enslaved African-American boy being beaten‚ which haunted John for the rest of his life. Which led John to becoming an abolitionist‚ ultimately ending slavery‚ and that was going to be initiated by raiding Harpers Ferry. Harpers
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American Civil War is true‚ because slavery was very controversial and became the symbol of disunion. First of all‚ in document A‚ Senator John C. Calhoun states‚ “I have‚ Senators‚ believed from the first that the agitation of the subject of slavery would‚ if not prevented by some timely and effective measure‚ end in disunion.” Senator John C. Calhoun also states‚ “The agitation has been permitted to proceed‚ with almost no attempt to resist it‚ until it has reached a period when it
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