RAÚL MUÑOZ RODRÍGUEZ CORREO - E: irokuoiraul@yahoo.es rmunoz62@alumno.uned.es COMMENTARY TEXT Proclamation of the Irish Republic‚ 24 April 1916 “Proclamation of the Irish Republic” was one of the more important aspects in the Easter Rising. It´s a historic – circumstantial text. In order to maintain secrecy the Proclamation of the Irish Republic was printed out on a hand press a few hours before the Rising. It was produced in two sections and due to the shortage of lettering‚ the
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All three primary documents discussed about slavery‚ emancipation proclamation‚ union and the new society that founding fathers promised to create in the beginning. Samuel Cox was a congressman from Ohio who knew slavery was evil but thought having the emancipation proclamation would not unite the country. He believed that this proclamation would divide the country more‚ disturb the economy and cause trouble for lower class white workers at war. On the hand‚ Hannah Johnson‚ who was a free slave and
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called the Compromise of 1877. The Compromise of 1877 was a deal made by the Republicans and the Democrats. The deal was that the Democrats would agree to give Hayes the victory in the presidential election he had not clearly won. In return‚ the new president agreed to remove the remaining federal troops from the southern states. He also agreed to support appropriations for rebuilding levees long the Mississippi River‚ and to give huge subsides to southern railroads. The compromise opened the way
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The first line is referring to the Emancipation Proclamation. President Abraham Lincoln issued this particular doctrine on January 1‚ 1863. The doctrine declared‚ “All persons held as slaves… [within the rebellious states] …are‚ and henceforward shall be free”. The Emancipation Proclamation was limited in various ways; for example‚ it only applied to certain states that had seceded from the Union‚ leaving slave states untouched that were “loyal” to the government. The doctrine also exempted parts
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North and South were clashing with‚ “irreconcilable differences of principle‚ and bleeding from wounds within their own household” on June 13‚ 1860‚ only a year before the civil war commenced. Compromises worked to diffuse tensions early on; however as ideas like popular sovereignty came into play‚ compromises were no longer effective. Cultural and economic differences between the North and South continually intensified until finally reaching a climax in 1861 when the civil war started in earnest.
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Senator John Crittenden‚ offered the Crittenden Compromise as a last ditch effort to end the Civil War. It‚ like many other compromises before it‚ tried to make a compromise between the North and the South about which United States territories should and should not have slavery. The Compromise of 1850‚ and the Missouri Compromise were two previous compromises that had been passed that dealt with slavery in the United States. The Crittenden Compromise proposed that the United States take the boundary
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foundation of the New World‚ compromises and negotiations kept the nation as one. However‚ until the mid-19th century‚ America attempted to solve their disputes through compromises‚ but due to their constant issues of slavery‚ compromises were no longer supportive. During 1820-1860‚ several reasons in the political views on slavery eventually led to the termination of compromise. Henry Clay‚ the Great Compromiser‚ generated the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 in order to maintain
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CElaine Church History 151 Midterm #1 The Compromise of 1877 The Compromise of 1877 marked the dawn of a new era in American History. Most events after the compromise‚ decades down the road‚ are direct results of the compromise. Specifically blacks were most affected by this. Rights they were promised when they fought with the north in the civil war were gone. The rights were not taken away per say‚ but simply not enforced. The compromise that most likely saved the nation from breaking back
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When the Constitution was being written‚ adjustments had to be made along the way. These adjustments came in the form of compromises and were made in order to try and please everyone involved. Among considered plans were: the Virginia Plan‚ the New Jersey Plan‚ the Connecticut Compromise‚ and the 3/5’s Compromise. Each of these were very important to the creation of the final draft of the Constitution. James Madison‚ the Father of the Constitution himself‚ divulged the Virginia Plan. He wanted
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The Compromise of 1850 After the war with Mexico‚ there was a lot of unsettled business to take care of. Such as that should the territory gained from the war allow slavery‚ or should it be declared free? Or maybe the inhabitants should be allowed to choose for themselves? Also‚ California had recently petitioned Congress to enter the Union as a free state. Should this be allowed? Ever since the Missouri Compromise‚ the balance between slave states and free states had been maintained; any proposal
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