expansion known as the Market Revolution‚ there were also geographic‚ demographic‚ and technological involving transportation changes that occurred between 1815 and 1860. These changes impacted the Americans significantly on the way how they viewed themselves and their society. The major characteristics of the National Market Economy of 1860 was that it supplied economic contributions throughout the south‚ west and the Northeast. The Market revolution had benefitted the Americans through all the changes
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Gabrielle Sollecito September 31‚ 2012 Mr. Simone APUSH Alexander Hamilton’s plan for a National Bank created controversy in our country. The argument was whether it was “constitutional”. Despite warnings from George Washington two political parties were created. Hamilton led the federalists and Jefferson led the Democratic-Republicans. After the War of 1812 our country entered an Era of Good Feelings in which there was only one political party‚ the Democratic-Republicans. Only
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things that caused a resurgence of nationalism during the 1820s. America was expanding‚ money was being made‚ transportation was getting better with new roads and bridges and the country was prospering. Having just defeated Britain again made it possible for the Americans to feel a sense of pride. The westward movement‚ expansion of population‚ agricultural prominence and some of the leadership led to Americans moving forward during the 1820s. The nation was at a high peak and although had some problems
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“The Atlanta Compromise Address” Booker T. Washington‚ considered today as one of the most influential and respected African American figures‚ was born into slavery and was later freed by the revolutionizing effects of the Emancipation Proclamation. His charismatic and peaceful personality along with his role in philanthropic acts‚ politics‚ and negotiations soon turned him into a source of admiration shortly after the end of the civil war. He worked for the coexistence of blacks and whites
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on the other hand‚ was determined to count slaves into their population due to the high proportion of slaves in the southern region of the country. Without the support of the South‚ the ratification of the Constitution was doubtful‚ so the 3/5 Compromise was written. Article 1‚ section 2 of the Constitution states that “population for the purposes of representation and taxation would be determined by adding the whole number of free people‚ including indentured servants‚ plus 3/5 of all slaves”.
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Reconstruction Era The Reconstruction Era of the 1860’s began before and continued well after the Civil War. The plans were designed to bring the union back together. Today some historians argue that reconstruction failed. Lincoln‚ Johnson‚ and the Radical Republicans‚ all had ideas and plans of how they wanted to bring the union back together. They all worked diligently to get their plans‚ laws‚ and proclamations into action. President Abraham Lincoln’s plans consisted of a Proclamation of Amnesty
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The execrable path to freedom It was simply a low wage job‚ cleaning‚ cooking and beckoning to there owners needs. They owned there own property where there families live and attended the local churches every Sunday. With time they had freedom‚ agreements to be released from indentured servants and free with rights. Indentured servants were quite scarce and expensive and the issue of equal rights presented a major challenge to developing slave states like Virginia. Indentured servants slowly became
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The Compromise of 1850 was an effort to pacify the rising tensions between the north and the south. The issue of slavery was becoming a problem that none could overlook. This bitter rivalry was heating up even more so after the Mexican-American war. America won substantial amount of land‚ which stretched all the way to Mexico City. This land would give the south a grand portion of political power‚ surpassing the North. Henry Clay‚ supported by President Fillmore‚ created a compromise with the purpose
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Compromise of 1877 The compromise of 1877 was a few promises that were made by the Republics to the Democrats. Among these promises were to remove military from South‚ Appoint a Democrat to cabinet ‚ and Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river. But the promise that affected the Environment and Geography was the promise for federal money for construction of a railroad and levees on the Mississippi river. That promise would require a lot of steel which would contribute
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Chapter 14: From Compromise to Secession I. Background A. At this time‚ the Mexican American War had just ended and the US had an equal number of free and slave states. The war ended in 1848. If you remember right‚ the Mexican American War left America with‚ through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Mexican Cession)‚ the former Mexican provinces of California and Mexico. Mexico would also‚ in subsequence of the treaty‚ recognize the Rio Grande as the Southern Border of Mexico. In return‚
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