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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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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A. Key Events and Issues: " Latin American revolutions - Throughout the 19th century British‚ Spanish‚ French‚ and Portuguese colonies were fighting for their independence. As Secretary of State and later as President‚ John Quincy Adams dealt with how the United States would respond to these revolutions without angering European powers. The United States chose to stay out of the affairs of these Latin American countries for that very reason. " First Seminole War - After the War of 1812‚ General
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discipline slaves who had misbehaved‚ but he treated his slaves so well that very few tried to escape. Clay was the Speaker of the House when the Missouri Compromise was written. At that point in his career‚ Clay believed that gradual emancipation would succeed in every slave state in the union. Therefore‚ Clay supported the Missouri Compromise because he thought that Missouri would eventually adopt a policy of gradual emancipation‚ and slavery would be eradicated from the United States. Unfortunately
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Although events leading up to the Civil War had been going on for some years‚ the Civil War was not inevitable; the war was the result of extremism and failures in leadership of both the North and the South. A widespread of political‚ social‚ and economic factors was all contributors to the splitting of the North and South. State rights‚ controversy over slavery‚ and differences in economic systems pushed the North and South into a bloody battle. The Civil War started due to the differences between
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rebuffed in their efforts to coordinate a united Southern response and focused on how their state‚ by itself‚ would react. They came up with the South Carolina Exposition Also known as Calhoun’s Exposition‚ Was written in December 1828 by John C. Calhoun‚ then vice president under John Quincy Adams and later under Andrew Jackson The document was a protest against the Tariff of 1828‚ also known as the Tariff of Abominations. The document stated that if the tariff was not repealed‚ South Carolina would
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and Virginia Resolutions. Also‚ they supported their case by arguing that the Constitution allowed them individually as a state to nullify federal laws for the whole union. They published “The South Carolina Exposition” which was written by John C. Calhoun‚ the Vice
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Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Hardin County‚ Kentucky to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Thomas was a strong and determined pioneer who found a moderate level of prosperity and was well respected in the community. The couple had two other children: Abraham’s older sister Sarah and younger brother Thomas‚ who died in infancy. Due to a land dispute‚ the Lincolns were forced to move from Kentucky to Perry County‚ Indiana in 1817‚ where the family "squatted" on public land to scrap
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Cheyenne Smith Coach Ikerd World History 2 February 2013 John Tyler-10th President Have you ever heard of the accidental president? Well that is exactly what John Tyler was. He was our 10th president of the United States. He started out as the vice president to William Henry Harrison‚ the 9th president. From what I know‚ Tyler was a pretty alright president. He was very good in foreign affairs and a very good speaker. Many people supported Tyler once he joined the Whig party. There are many
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1. Corrupt Bargain In the 1824 presidential election‚ there were five Democratic – Republican candidates. Andrew Jackson won 43% of the popular vote and John Quincy Adams received 30%. Jackson won 99 electoral votes and Adams won 84. Even though Jackson had more votes‚ he did not receive the majority. Adams chose Henry Clay as secretary of State and Clay persuaded House of Representatives to vote for Adams. Andrew Jackson loses. Jackson wins next election‚ brought up Corrupt bargain. Saw as cheap
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