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    Important People 1700s 1. Jeffrey Amherst (1717-97): he led the British attack in 1758 on Louisburg. After the war‚ in 1763‚ Amherst was appointed Governor of Virginia. 2. Jonathan Edwards (1703 –1758): Jonathan Edwards studied divinity at Yale College before taking the pulpit in Northampton‚ MA. His sermons and writings embraced the idea of Free Will‚ along with a firm confidence in God’s righteousness. The sermons and writings of Jonathan Edwards helped to shape the course of Protestant

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    cinching the noose tighter and tighter with each passing day‚ until the rebels died or starvation or surrendered‚ whichever came first.” This text shows me that and makes me feel the want that the Yankees had for the war‚ how much they wanted to win. Grant and his men were deliberately planning on killing the

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    America businesses were popping up and men would be walking away filthy rich. But what defines a man to be a hero? Is it how much money he has‚ the way he grew up‚ what he did for others‚ or dying for his country? Andrew Carnegie was no Ulysses Grant but he was also not Vanderbilt‚ Carnegie gave back to his country with the riches he earned. We cannot look upon Carnegie as being the child with the silver spoon in his mouth growing up. He was poor growing up and was business savvy which is how

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    On April 14‚ 1865‚ just five days after Lee surrendered to Grant on the steps of the Appomattox Court House‚ a Confederate sympathizer by the name of John Wilkes Booth would change the course of U.S history for eternity. John Wilkes Booth fired one bullet and killed the sitting president‚ Abraham Lincoln; a much believed man and who would be dubbed the nickname "The Great Emancipator".1 Americans who heard that president Lincoln was shot and killed were in dismay about the loss of their leader and

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    Post-Civil War and Growing Pains Chuck Jones History 105 Dr. Rogers April 26‚ 2013 During the Post-Civil War era (1865-1900) there were several reconstruction periods as well as a widespread Western industrialization occurring. After the war it seemed as if the entire country had to press the “reset” button and literally start afresh. There was a break down in the south after the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves‚ Gen Custard destroyed cities‚ and what seemed to be a booming economy

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    confederate General Braxton Bragg seven miles south of Chattanooga at Chickamauga Creek. Bragg’s army defeated Union forces and forced the Union army back into Tennessee. But Bragg did not follow up on the Union retreat. By November 1863‚ General Ulysses Grant had arrived with more troops and recaptured Chattanooga‚ forcing Bragg to retreat south to Dalton. 1864-Battle of Atlanta The battle was going on before July 22‚ 1864‚ but the main battle of Atlanta was on July 22‚ 1864. Continuing

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    ” (5) Expanding land would give many opportunities allowing many to fulfill their dreams. On the other hand‚ many rejected the Mexican-American war because it portrayed the United States aiming at the conquest of a vulnerable nation. Ulysses S. Grant said‚ “It was an instance of a republic following the bad example of European monarchies‚ in not considering justice in their desire to acquire additional territory.” He felt that over expansion was dangerous for the country because it is following

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    They propose that kicking them out will solve our immigration problems. However‚ a better solution is to grant limited amnesty to illegal immigrants. What is amnesty? Amnesty is a general pardon for anyone who has committed any crime against the government. The offence these immigrants have committed is entering illegally into the country and remaining here. The first reason why we should grant amnesty to illegal immigrants is to help their families. Some of these immigrants work in the United States

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    Missouri Compromise = A series of agreements passed by congress in 1820-1821 to maintain the balance of power between slave state and free states Monroe Doctrine = A policy of U.S. opposition to any European interference in the affairs of the western Hemisphere‚ announced by President Monroe in 1823. Nationalism = A devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation. Cult of domesticity = A belief that married women should restrict their activities to their home and family. American system/plan

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    Lincoln’s Ten-Percent Plan: 1863–1865 Events 1863 Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction 1864 Congress passes Wade-Davis Bill; Lincoln pocket-vetoes it 1865 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse Congress creates Freedmen’s Bureau Lincoln is assassinated; Johnson becomes president Key People Abraham Lincoln -  16th U.S. president; proposed Ten-Percent Plan for Reconstruction in 1863; assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865 Andrew Johnson -  17th U.S. president;

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