Slavery had always had its critics in America‚ so as the slave trade grew‚ so did the opposition. The slave labor enabled the colonies to become so profitable‚ that in 1660 England’s King Charles the second established the royal African company to transport humans from Africa to America. When England finally outlawed its slave trade in 1807‚ America relied on its own internal slave trade. By 1860‚ millions of slaves were still moved and sold in the colonies‚ but no new slaves were imported into the
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The United States: A Work In Progress On November 5‚ 1768‚ George Washington sent a letter to James Madison‚ which addresses the need for a stronger government. In that period of time‚ citizens of the United States felt a sense of insecurity about what their country was turning into. As Washington says in his letter‚ “We are fast verging to anarchy and confusion... ‘Leave them to themselves‚ and their government will soon dissolve’‚ Will not the wise and good strive to avert this problem?” George
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How did September 11‚ 2001‚ affect the United States and the world? September 11‚ 2001 is a day that will never be forgotten by Americans‚ it is to this day‚ the worst terrorist attack in the history of the United States of America. The attack on the World Trade Center affected millions of Americans. This attack brought safety concerns to the top of the United States list of problems. After this attack‚ the U.S. implemented many new safety and security procedures as a result of the terrorist attack
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Starting around 1870 imperialism amplified and is a major cause of World War I due to the actions and emotions associated with imperialism. Imperialism was the practice of one or more nations trying to control another nation or people‚ thus reducing or even eliminating their sovereignty. While not all the Great Powers and Serbia hold equal blame‚ each country felt or stimulated imperialism from 1870 until 1914. To start‚ England believed that the sun never sets on her empire‚ thus she believed in
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How the Enlightenment Affected the United States “[A]ll men [...] are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights‚ that among these are Life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” (“Declaration of Independence”). Many may recognize this popular quote from the Declaration of Independence. What many may not know‚ however‚ is that Thomas Jefferson‚ the author of the Declaration of Independence‚ borrowed this idea of “Life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” from John Locke‚ an Enlightenment
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was considered an armed camp‚ and its politics were taken over or dominated by two rival alliances. When a United Germany was created‚ it disturbed the balance of power in Europe. Due to the fear of Germany‚ it encouraged France and Russia to form an alliance in 1894. Moving closer to World War I (WWI) Europe experienced faster and efficient economic growth and encouraged the ideas of Imperialism and Nationalism. Europe then later began to threaten the stability of multi-ethnic empires‚ especially Austria-Hungary
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Imperialism is‚ by definition‚ the extension of rule or influence by one government‚ nation or society over another; manifest destiny is the belief held by many Americans in the 1840s that the United States was "destined" to expand across the continent. This belief of "destined expansion" was nothing new to America’s leaders for their vision of the United States when they first established it was that of a nation that stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The American people themselves had
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Slavery impacted the United States overwhelmingly politically and socially‚ from the Revolutionary War through the Civil War. The most significant effect was to riven American political culture into two progressively opposing parties until the transformations exploded into a Civil War. As a contributory cause to the Mexican American War‚ and ultimately to the Civil War‚ slavery would be impacting federal policies in Westward expansion. Much of the industrial development (structure of factories to
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Program Lesson Welcome to History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism. This document contains everything you need to teach the sample lesson “Toward Independence.” We invite you to use this sample lesson today to discover how the TCI Approach can make history come alive for your students. Contents Letter from Bert Bower‚ TCI Founder and CEO 2 Benefits of History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism 3 Program Contents 4 Student Edition: Sample Lesson 5: Toward Independence
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Before the Third World War began‚ Judgment was nothing more than a company trading illegal arms. It was born from the underground but it penetrated the concrete when war erupted. You can offend anyone in times war unless that someone has the ability to provide your enemies with the technological advantage you so grievously needed. It took thirty years before the major countries realized the war had gone on long enough. They started using nuclear weapons‚ biochemical concoctions‚ and world threatening
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