Amr Sadek November 4‚ 2012 U.S. History In what ways did developments in transportation bring about economic and social change in the United States in the period 1820-1860? Development in transportation helped each area of the United States. Those areas were the South‚ North and the new west. Transportation helped each area develop economically and socially. Transportation helped by making the South making money by sending cotton to the north so they can manufacture clothes. This helped
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Causes of the French Revolution The French Revolution begun with a corrupt monarch‚ and ended with the death of thousands. In 1789 the bourgeoisie (middle class) and peasants finally revolted against King Louis XVI and nobility‚ citing various reasons as cause‚ including corruption and a failing economy. The people originally intended on instituting a constitutional monarchy‚ but ended up creating a National Assembly and abolishing social class. However‚ the revolution‚ despite best efforts‚ failed
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world and a huge reason is because of the United States government. The agreement under which the government had been operating since 1781 was the Articles of Confederation‚ but it was replaced by the Constitution in 1789. This change was required due to the need for a stronger Federal Government. It is astonishing that the Constitution‚ which was created by a group of brilliant leaders still prevails to this day and serves the purpose of running the government. These men created a government from
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railroads linked the most important Mid-West cities with the Atlantic coast. Railroads eventually opened the west and connected raw materials to factories and markets. A transcontinental 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
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people‚ and whatever governing was to be done should be by the people themselves. Taking this into account‚ a large debate arose of whether or not suffrage should be expanded. The State of Vermont was the first state to declare their support for expanding voting rights to all males. After many states followed Vermont’s footsteps‚ in 1821 New York State chairman Nathan Sanford supported the idea of revising the state’s constitution to possibly drop the requirement of a man to own land for the right
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compromise in the later years of the Ante-Bellum Period‚ specifically from 1820-1861‚ are crucial when speaking in terms of causes of the Civil War. Though the government and politics of such tried fiercly to reduce sectionalist tensions‚ in the end they were unsuccessful. Out of all the reasons- political and not- the four things within those years that strike most as failures of the government are the Missouri Compromise of 1820‚ the Wilmot Proviso of 1848‚ the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854‚ and the
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Within the context of the period 1689-1789‚ to what extent was the French Revolution mainly a product of economic distress? Taxation system • Governments benefit from a well-organized and efficient taxation system. The taxation system in France is best described as being diabolical‚ the taxation system was burdensome upon the middle class and the more prosperous peasants‚ given that the nobles were largely able to exempt themselves from it. • The fundamental fiscal problem in France was structural
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During the years between 1789–1792‚ the French revolution would change the country‚ through new development in its society‚ government and philosophy. Source A‚ a visual source‚ “1789 – Burden of the Third Estate”‚ depicts the three estates and the vast differences putting pressure on the struggling French society. The smallest and highest estate titled the ‘first estate’ is represented by a man dressed in a Mitre hat‚ Crosier and cross motifs to represent the church‚ like clergy and bishops‚ who
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to accomplish what they had set out to do‚ be free from England and tyrannical rule. The country was prospering from new found technology‚ although mainly agricultural‚ new textiles and merchants were finding ways to make money. The country was expanding and in some cities population was booming. Over the next decade more and more Americans would move west; however‚ the country would heed problems with money‚ politics and the natives. Nationalism was at a high point‚ but how high would it go before
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Explain why there was popular discontent in Britain in the years 1815 – 1820 Lord Liverpool‘s government took office in 1812. At this time Industrialisation had already started to take effect which in term meant that workers were slowly becoming replaced because of the new machinery that was coming forward. At this point luddites came forward who were against machines taking over people because they saw the machines as a threat to their living. A reason of discontent here was that the workers who
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