The process of urbanisation is a central feature of Australian history. By 1900 over two-thirds of Australians were living in areas that were classified as urban. The growth of these cities was encouraged by various factors; the interaction and engagement of economic‚ demographic‚ political and social characteristics are definitely the key features that promoted the urbanisation of Australia. However‚ with the development of Australia came problems that people living in cities had to face. Environmental
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Nationalism‚ not sectionalism‚ was the driving force during the era of good feelings. Nationalism became the leading ideology of the American republic. While sectionalism proceeded in bringing the nation into turmoil and constant bickering among the politicians‚ as in the case with dealings leading to the Missouri compromise‚ nationalism was able to unite the nation into a headstrong body‚ led by an ever-increasing‚ more powerful central government. Nationalism‚ many can argue‚ was a guiding light
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Eli Whitney’s Effects on America Eli Whitney was one of the greatest inventors in American History. Eli Whitney’s invention of the Cotton Gin helped bring prosperity to the South‚ expand slavery‚ and lead to a civil war. Eli also is credited for popularizing the idea of mass production and interchangeable parts. All of Eli Whitney’s ideas changed the entire country and played a significant role in the history. Eli Whitney was born in Massachusetts in 1765. Eli worked in his father’s nail shop as
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Qing Dynasty COT Between the times of 1600-1914 the Qing dynasty experienced change from a great deal of power to a devastating decline. The Qing dynasty seized control of China in the mid 17-century. They adopted and retained the Chinese bureaucracy and Confucius beliefs. But their success did not last eventually after many reforms due to land distribution‚ examinations‚ and social inequality; the Qing began to lose hold on their once strong control. Events such as the Opium war and the Boxer
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actually applies to the growth of intense nationalism and not the political‚ social‚ and economic aspects from 1815 to 1825. Nationalism‚ which emphasizes the pride a person has for their nation‚ supported the label “Era of Good Feelings” but sectionalism showed differences in regions and therefore contradicted the label. The Battle of New Orleans was one of the reasons that lead to that strong nationalism where‚ during the battle American troops defeated the British troops who had been victorious
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1816 but the truth of this phrase is questioned. Many believe that the period after the war of 1812 was an "Era of Good Feelings" due to the nation’s gain of nationalism and expansion of the country‚ but it was also due to the growing sense of sectionalism and state issues. Following the War of 1812‚ the American people achieved an after-effect of winning a war called nationalism. With this new American pride they felt somewhat inferior or less than other‚ older countries such as that of Great
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INTRODUCTION The British opium trade in China started the world’s very first drug war‚ in the 19th century. Known as the Opium War‚ many people also refer to it as the Anglo-Chinese War. Opium is a preparation made from the juice of poppy seedpods‚ and used to produce heroin. The drug was mainly produced in and shipped from the East Indies to China by British merchants. This addictive drug had gotten many Chinese badly hooked by the early 1800s. In the 15th century‚ when opium was first introduced
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Democrats decided to come to an agreement that they felt would help avoid secession. The resulting Compromise of 1850 accepted California to be acknowledged as a free state‚ but strengthened the fugitive slave law and made no requirements for how other territories might address the slavery issue. This causing the Whigs to be incapable of successfully addressing the slavery issue after 1850. Their southern affiliates virtually all possessed slaves‚ though the northeastern Whigs represented entrepreneurs
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and books. He served for a time as a soldier in the Black Hawk War‚ taught himself law‚ and held a seat in the Illinois state legislature as a Whig politician in the 1830s and 1840s. From state politics‚ he moved to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1847‚ where he voiced his opposition to the U.S. war with Mexico. In the mid-1850s‚ Lincoln left the Whig Party to join the new Republican Party. In 1858‚ he went up against one of the most popular politicians in the nation‚ Senator Stephen Douglas
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In the 19th century‚ Manifest Destiny‚ which is the idea that the United States’ expansion was inevitable and justified throughout the continent‚ became prevalent and was used a way to validate the nation’s acquirement of new territories. The idea brought forth a sense of nationalism and led to the nation working towards expanding and laying a foundation for an empire. However‚ as the US made an effort in developing a dominating country‚ the nation became divided as conflicts regarding the spread
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