1786‚ the legislature appointed a commission to find a site for a permanent‚ centrally located capital. The commission purchased 1‚000 of land near Galphin’s old trading post. It named the new city “Louisville‚” to honor King Louis XVI of France for his help in America’s Revolutionary war. From 1796 until 1808‚ Louisville served as the capital. The issue of slavery had divided the Baptists and Methodists into northern and southern branches in the mid-1840s. The war itself had split other denominations
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Reconstruction has changed the United States tremendously‚ the historic period was a period after the Civil War. It was the effort to unite African Americans and whites‚ establish privileges to former slaves‚ and establish citizenship to African Americans as well. However‚ the Reconstruction Act was a triumph as it created new Amendments and new constitutions for confederate states. It came to an end which brought about different issues‚ for example‚ segregation and Jim Crow Laws were in full effect
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During the reconstruction period a huge change shifted in the south and that was the freeing of the African American slaves. Of course they slave owners didn’t agree with this decision so after the reconstruction period the angry white southerners who had power in the south before the civil war slowly gained their power back. Once of the things to take place was the denying blacks the right to vote by harder for them to be eligible. The whites decided to create literacy test since it was clear that
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Reconstruction was a period of time where many challenges were faced‚ during the years 1865-1877. On the one hand‚ some argue that African Americans deserved to have freedom in America. On the other hand‚ however‚ others argue that Southerners didn’t agree with giving African Americans their freedom. Reconstruction changed america because the KKK‚ expansion of railroad‚ and the thirteenth Amendment ended slavery. The KKK is well known for the amount of hate that they had for African Americans during
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2 Chapter 8 1. To what extent did you geography encourage Greeks to venture into the Mediterranean Sea? Greeks ventured in the Mediterranean Sea because Greece has a lot of islands and they are a Peninsula 2. In what ways did the colonies serve as links between Greece and the larger Mediterranean region? They are all on the coast they are all close to the Mediterranean. 3. What would have been the economic and political advantage and disadvantages of each? The economic
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Opportunities for Hong Kong as an offshore center for RMB Objective: Background: Analysis: Able Recommendation Conclusion: Trend Definition: According to the IMF‚ International Monetary Fund‚ an Offshore Financial Center (OFC) can be simply defined as any financial center where offshore activity takes place. However‚ there are more specifications. OFC is a center where the bulk of financial sector activity is offshore on both sides of the balance sheet‚ where the transactions are initiated
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Diabetes in Relation with Depression in Women Have you ever wondered how diabetes has affected millions of women in the U.S.? Diabetes has been around for many years and is a chronic physical health problem and can lead to death and many‚ many more chronic illnesses over a woman’s lifetime. One of the major problem of having diabetes is that it can lead to depression. Depression had been diagnosed in many women and will continue to be diagnosed. Diabetes was discovered in 1910 by Sir Edward Albert
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This file of ENG 125 Week 1 Reading Assignment includes: Reading Reflection English - General English Reading Reflection Reading Reflection In two to four double-spaced pages (excluding title and reference page)‚ analyze one of the literary works from this week’s readings‚ by completing the following: Explain why the literary work captured your interest‚ using terms and concepts from the text to support your explanation. Describe one of the analytical approaches outlined in Chapter 16‚
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Sumner. May I quote William Shakespeare’s Hamlet; “We know what we are‚ but know not what we may be.” With that being said‚ the concept of reconstruction is fraught with great difficulty. We simply must begin with disorganized and discordant elements‚ despite the embarrassment of the fact that we differ among ourselves over the mode‚ manner‚ and means of reconstruction. We all agree that the rebel region is out of their proper relation with the Union; and that the sole object of the government in regard
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Reconstruction started to go down the hill when Grant wanted to start building and fixing many things throughout the United States. Grant wanted to fix things such as old factories‚ railroad tracks‚ homes‚ and build more business on the open land across the United States. When all of this construction went on across the US‚ the country started to face a big problem in money causing reconstruction to somewhat fall. In 1876 President Ulysses S. Grant’s time as president was up. Therefore‚ the new president
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