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    The Second Industrial Revolution took place in Europe and America from 1850 until 1914; the revolution brought the use of petroleum for electricity and the mass production of steel. Though it brought great things for the upper/middle class people‚ the Second Industrial Revolution affected the working people negatively. Most of the workers got sick or died because of the harsh chemicals they worked with for up to 16 hours a day. Factories got bigger which meant more jobs were available‚ so people

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    Samori Touré ( 1830 – 1900 ) African military leader. A Muslim‚ he began to amass a personal following in the mid-1850s‚ establishing a military base on the Upper Niger. By 1870 his authority was acknowledged throughout the Kanaka region of the River Milo‚ in what is now eastern Guinea. By 1880 he ruled a vast Dyula empire‚ from the Upper Volta in the east to the Fouta Djallon in the west‚ over which he attempted to create a single Islamic administrative system. His imperial ambitions clashed

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    Chartism was a working-class political movement calling for the extension of the franchise that emerged in the mid-1830s. Motivated by a sense of ‘betrayal’ by the actions of the Whig government and the impact of a deep economic depression between 1837 and 1842‚ it saw political reform as essential if the living and working conditions of working people were to be improved. The power of the spoken and written word played a central role in Chartism and the foremost demagogue of the movement was Feargus

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    passed after Civil War. First Voting Rights Amendment Abolitionism: The militant effort to do away with slavery. It had its roots in the North in the 1700s. It became a major issue in the 1830s and dominated politics after 1840. Congress became a battleground between pro and anti-slavery forces from the 1830’s to the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln: Alamo: in 1835‚ Americans living in the Mexican state of Texas fomented a revolution. Mexico lost the conflict‚ but not before its troops defeated and

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    Europeans to move to the west coast of America from the east are very important to the history of our country. The first white Americans to move west were the mountain men‚ who went to the Rockies to hunt beaver‚ bear and also elk in the 1820s and 1830s. In 1841‚ a wagon train pioneered the 3‚200 km-long Oregon Trail to the woodland areas of the northwest coast of America. In 1844‚ 1‚500 settlers made the dangerous journey westwards. That same year‚ a few farmers managed to cross the Rockies into

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    Motives of European conquest to America- land‚ trade‚ missionary: A series of wars began between Christians and Muslims. They were fighting for control of the area of Southwest Asia called Palestine. This area contained Christian shrines and holy places. Land: each noble ruled a piece of land and hoped to rule more. Strong rulers were able to unify nearby lands. Purpose of the American colonies in eyes of Europeans- Mercantilism: mercantilism is guided by economic principles. Governments held

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    Eugène Delacroix was largely indifferent towards politics for the greater portion of his life. He admitted‚ forth willing‚ to be bored by politics. However‚ by July 1830‚ the political crisis in France became hard to ignore. Battles for liberty‚ which were left over from the Revolution‚ bloodied the streets of Paris. After Louis XV’s execution in 1793‚ France struggled to form a functioning Government. In 1814 Louis XV’s brother‚ Louis XVIII‚ was summoned from exile in England to rule. The principles

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    Throughout the long reign of Queen Victoria‚ which began in 1837 and ended with her death in 1901‚ Britain changed from a rural‚ agricultural country to an urban‚ industrialised one. This involved massive dislocation and radically altered the nature of society. The Victorian achievements were immense‚ with ‘England being a pioneer: its economy and technology‚ its social and living standards‚ its political organisations‚ its way of thinking about man‚ nature and religion‚ and its role as the core

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    - Why did Mexico promote American immigration to Texas in the 1820’s ? Issue 2 – Why would Americans want to move to Mexico in the 1820’s in the first place? Issue 3 – Why did the Mexican government ban immigration and slavery in Mexico in 1830? Issue 4 – Why was Santa Anna so hated by the Texans? Issue 5 – Why was the Battle of the Alamo so important to the Texans? Issue 6 – Why did Jackson decide not to annex Texas? Issue 7 – Why did the annexation of Texas cause such intense

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    election of 1824 was a vivid example of a primary change in our nation’s presidential political system and its effect on the economy. During this time‚ there existed a single Democratic- Republican Party. Consequently‚ under the notion of sectionalism‚ there subsisted five individual candidates from each region. Preceding the election‚ candidate Andrew Jackson‚ being a former United States Senator and war hero‚ gained tremendous support. Meanwhile‚ his main adversary‚ John Quincy

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