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    The different status of the Indians had no effect on the law. During the seventeenth and eighteenth century‚ several rules were put into action to prevent slaves or servants from running away. For example‚ in Boston it was not allowed for slaves or servants to be out at night after nine without their owner‚ as was stated in the Boston news-Letter (“These are”). This led to the slaves not being able to walk around at night without being suspicious‚ making running away at night harder for both Afro

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    During the start of the transatlantic slave trade‚ African religious beliefs and practices were varied and large in number. A great portion of the continent had‚ for centuries‚ fallen under Islamic influence. Regardless of this diversity‚ there were some common threads across different cultural groups. For example‚ West African societies shared a belief in an omnipotent creator‚ a chief immortal among less powerful gods‚ to whom they prayed and made sacrifices. Through laws and customs honoring the

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    the Civil War and Reconstruction would see an increase in the roles of women in the United States. These roles would allow the women to provide for their families in more ways than staying at home and taking care of the children and house. Women would become contributors to both the household and the economy. The increased role did not mean that women were considered equal to their male counterparts‚ it would take decades for that to occur. This was the time of social movement and American women

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    Rather‚ his thinking centered around the pluralistic political system‚ as he tried to develop conceptual solutions to the dilemma that African Americans lived in a society with a majority political system that complicated any plans of African American self-empowerment. However‚ the colonial analogy would remain a powerful trope in his thinking‚ as he later on urged people to recognize that both the United States and Canada were colonial societies

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    to search for salvation through faith and good works. The Second Great Awakening affected many people especially‚ White women‚ African Americans‚ and Native Americans but not White men. The Second Great did not affect White men as much as others. Most men moved far out west and were too busy working the land to be concerned with religion. Men were not really looking for new religion but they were

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    The beginning of the Civil War erupted when the question of slavery coming to end came up in the election of 1860. Once the South caught wind of this‚ they became anxious and had to start thinking about the safety of their markets and what would be the best option if Lincoln were to take office and all of their biggest fears would come true. Once Lincoln won the election‚ South Carolina took action and was the first state to leave the union and following was Mississippi‚ Florida‚ Alabama‚ Georgia

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    emotions during 1939. This conflict was due to the second world war caused by hitler’s invasion of poland. Hitler believed in and was obsessed with the idea of “Pure” german race which he called the Aryans. He believe it was no way to accomplish this domination but to kill others. This tragic war caused nearly 50 million deaths and affected America politically‚ economically‚ and socially. America had no plans on getting involved with the war until December 7‚ 1941‚ when japanese aircrafts attacked a U

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    When analyzing the ways in which the Cold War manifested itself in the American psyche throughout the post-war period‚ the need to maintain order at stability at home are central. Beginning after WWII‚ Americans looked for a “return to normalcy” to cope with the losses of wartime; the results were magnificent—large economic boom following a short recession‚ massive consumer revolution‚ and advances in science‚ health‚ and technology. Together‚ this created an overall wave of optimism that provided

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    Freedom can be conceptualised as the “master narrative” of American history1‚ and often defines what it means to be an American citizen. However‚ when traced back to the War for Independence through to the era of Reconstruction‚ this was not always the case. Throughout American history‚ the meanings of freedom are not defined by one idea‚ but rather a collection of values2. This is seen in not only the ideologies but also the common boundaries of freedom: class‚ gender‚ and race. It is through these

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    World War 2 (WWII)‚ African Americans had an optimistic view of future race relations in the United States. As Patricia Sullivan mentioned in Movement Building During World War 2‚ blacks felt since they had labored in the factories to supply the war materials which facilitated in the winning of WWII and fought and suffered casualties on behalf of America just as whites had‚ they too should be able to receive the same rights as their white counterparts and work alongside them as well. The Civil Rights

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