I believe that Kansas got put on the map as a state. When Meriwether Lewis and William Clark went on a journey to explore the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean to find a trade route ( pg 74). They found Kansas and when the journey was over they talked about how lush and beautiful Kansas was. That drove other explorers to go check it out. The two other explorers said it was a desert. That sparked a lot of interest in the state‚ getting everybody interested in Kansas. The U.S. heavily benefited because
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Conflicts widened between the North and the South as two sides collided in every event before the Civil War. The North and the South were very different in many ways. They were known as two different countries because of their cultural and economic differences. The disagreements between the North and the South aggravated the separation that was soon to follow. When the North gained the control of the government‚ the South seceded. The North was industrialized and had many factories. It also included
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helped to shape‚ advance‚ and rebuild the United States around the Civil war took place in the 1800s. This was known by many as The Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution was the beginning of the shift towards factories‚ industries‚ and machine produced goods. The Industrial Revolution called for new tools‚ technologies‚ as well as changed ways of transportation and communication. All of these new inventions would improve how work was able to get done and the way Northeastern society functioned
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The North took victory in the civil war against the South. The North had several of advantages when it came to defeating the other side.The blockade. As the war progressed the blockade of Southern ports slowly became more effective‚ closing the ports and thus cutting off the vital supplies needed to fight the war. This includes medicine. The South had to rely on Europe even more so than the North for supplies with which to fight the war so by eliminating more and more ports into which the supplies
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speech‚ he made a bet in the belief that he might satisfy both sides: abolitionists and people who did not support racial equality and recruit as many votes as possible so that he could win the election.
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Tubman is a great example of an extraordinary women in women history because of her actions that have affected our present lives. She served in the Underground Railroads during the 1850’s. But not many know how she escaped slavery around 1849 and she also helped the Union during the Civil War. To them she helped cooked‚ was a nurse‚ she helped spy for the Union‚ and she was the first women to lead a military expedition. She and Colonel James Montgomery planned a raid to free the slaves in the plantations
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Kevin Fenner Explanations for Why the Civil War Started All though the most deadly war in American history is thought to have been fought over slavery‚ the great Civil War was really a conflict of many differences. The North and South had many differences not only with slavery‚ but voting equality‚ different economic resources‚ and their own ideals on the powers of the federal government. The economy was by far the biggest issue that caused the union to break apart‚ but moral issues certainly
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The war (Civil War) between the North and South was a major war that included more than 100‚000 troops. North and South had to turn to their neighboring countries to find more men willing to fight with them. Both started to developed strategic plans. The south wanted their independence and the North wanted to preserve their Union. Believing that a time for negotiating has passed Lincoln believed the North had to physically conquer the Confederates to gain control of the South. The North had more
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The Civil War and Reconstruction era could easily be seen as a revolution considering it brought about significant change in American history. These acts of change specifically impacted African Americans freedom and their role in society. Africans were granted their freedom‚ right to vote‚ and own property. Hover this new “ freedom ‘ and opportunities were not much greater than before when slavery existed. Despite Reconstruction efforts African Americans faced even more discrimination than ever before
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The Man on the Penny The man on the penny was definitely had a lot more worth than just one cent. Born on February 12‚ 1809 Abraham Lincoln came into this world‚ but little did he know he would make a difference. Abraham was a wise man or as some may call him “Honest Abe.” He was the 16th president of the United States and he was known for strengthening federal government‚ and modernizing the economy. Not only was he just the man on the penny and the president he also was a self taught Illinois
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