thinking brought about change in the nation‚ such as antislavery‚ anti-secession‚ and rebellion. With the Civil War‚ Reconstruction‚ and several newly added amendments to the Constitution‚ America was undergoing what could be referred to as the second American Revolution. The Civil War left a great impact on the nation. President Lincoln stated that he had no intention of interfering with slavery but the south had no actual right to secede from the Union. When South Carolina was the first state to secede
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Unit 13 Notes Chapter 38: The Eisenhower Era Korean Armistice 1952; Eisenhower visited Korea shortly after winning the presidency; waited 7 months before resorting to nuclear warfare; Koreas compromised until 38th parallel Army-McCarthy Hearings 1954; McCarthy attacked the Army as Communist; Army attacked him on television for 35 days; McCarthy’s downfall Jim Crow Segregated blacks from whites Emmett Till 14 year old black who vacationed in Mississippi‚ allegedly whistled at a white
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Child beauty pageants boost self-esteem‚ allows girl’s to make meaningful friendships and is just a sport that teaches girls how to win and lose gracefully. Pageants in the past were about your waist line and how great of a wife you would be‚ recently pageants have been transforming. These contests are not just about which girl looks the best in a swimsuit‚ the judges now crown for who could answer a question on any subject and give a well-informed answer in almost an instant. For example‚ in 2014
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ratification of the 14th and 15th amendments African Americans had almost no rights‚ and not to long before the 14th and 15 amendments were passed they were slaves. Even after the African American’s were freed they still had almost no rights‚ and in the south almost nobody recognized the few rights that African Americans did have. It was not until the 14th and 15th amendments were passed that African Americans started getting basic rights that all people should have. Before the 14th and 15ty amendments
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PLANNING Introduction Issue: Debate has erupted in Australia over these beauty contents as pageant organisers prepare to bring these events to our shores. Text type: Opinion Piece Source: The Age Date: May 4‚ 2011 Author’s name: Nina Funnel Contention: Argues that the bizarre world of pageantry is fake and fictitious. Headline: Sugar and Spice. But all things nice? Tone: Logical‚ strong‚ polished yet slightly colloquial tone Target Audience: Middle aged working mothers
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United States to give birth to their baby‚ do this because they want their children to have better opportunities as an American citizen. That baby is an American citizen and the fourteenth amendment is applied and used because it says “born or naturalized” and that baby was born in America. The fourteenth amendment is needed in the Jim Crow South because the way African Americans were treated in the past was horrible. The citizenship test was made for them to fail especially since most of them did
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The fourteenth amendment covers equal protection as well as due process. One of the most influential amendments that is still playing a huge role even today in the court system is the equal protection clause. This clause which states in section 1 “No State shall… deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” In section 5‚ the Amendment establishes the federal civil rights legislation: “The Congress shall have power to enforce‚ by appropriate legislation‚ the provisions
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1. This document was written between the years of 1796 to 1809‚ during which Napoleon Bonaparte was the military commander gaining popularity. The document starts in 1796 when Napoleon was a commander of the army‚ he began explaining with the conditions that they were fighting in and talks about wanting a change‚ and the document ends in the year 1809‚ with Napoleon explaining his strategies to make his army look larger than what it was (SWT‚ 117&119). 2. This document has four different parts to
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In response to the scramble for Africa‚ Africans had actions spurring conflict with Europeans‚ reactions to Europe’s actions during colonization‚ and actions of peaceful accord. Many African kingdoms‚ who had governed themselves before European colonization‚ were against the colonization of their lands under other European countries. Based on an African Ashanti queen’s account‚ in document six‚ it is clear that the colonizing Europeans had very little respect for monarchies already in place (Doc
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Period 3 APUSH Chapter 8 Summary Right after the battle at Lexington and Concord‚ around 20‚000 men‚ specifically Minutemen‚ surrounded Boston‚ clearly outnumbering the British troops. With high hopes that the English King would address the Americans’ grievances‚ the Second Continental Congress decided to meet in Philadelphia. They‚ however‚ had no concrete intention of being independent from Britain. To make sure that their voices were heard‚ they sent a second list of their grievances to Parliament
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