The domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the family Bovidae and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over 300 distinct breeds of goat.[1] Goats are one of the oldest domesticated species‚ and have been used for their milk‚ meat‚ hair‚ and skins over much of the world.[2] In 2011‚ there were more than 924 million live goats
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Economics of Slavery during Civil War During the years before the Civil war‚ many northerners charged the slavery was incompatible with a rapid economic growth. There was clear evidence that slavery was profitable for individual planters. A number of people felt that slavery was wasteful and inefficient‚ that it devalued labor‚ inhibited urbanization and mechanization‚ thwarted industrialization‚ and stifled progress. Northerners associated slavery with economic backwardness‚ soil exhaustion
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civilians died during the course of the war (nps.gov [1]).It is a topic that is very well known‚ especially in the southern parts of the United States. Many people fought and died in this war because of the differing opinions of the southern and northern sections of the United States. Slavery was the most prominent of these differing opinions. Abolitionist movements were progressively becoming common in the North. They wanted put to death the primitive and inhumane practice of slavery. Robert Gould
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While the Old Testament verse Leviticus 25:44-46 was crucial in the biblical slavery debates‚ other verses were equally significant. A notable example being Exodus 21:20 which states “When a slave owner strikes a male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies immediately‚ the owner shall be punished.” Based on this verse southern proponents of slavery argued that the Bible’s acceptance of slavery was a given. In essence‚ if the Bible provided laws which regulated and allowed for the punishment
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share the Oregon Territory (The). This change lasted until 1846. The Oregon territory became the northern border of the famous Louisiana purchase. This territory was also referred to as the Red River Basin. 1819 Florida (Adam-Onis Treaty) During the American Revolution Florida was not owned by just one country. Many different countries‚ such as Spain‚ France and Britain‚ owned parts of Florida. After the revolution‚ all of Florida belonged to Spain. American’s wanted this territory. They
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Why did the expansion of slavery become the most divisive political issue in the 1840s and 1850s? After the depression of 1837 in the South and the Indian removal‚ Americans had expanded their territory further in the West by the 1840s. The expansion in the land inspired the expansion of slavery. In the 1840s and 1850s‚ this expansion of slavery became the most divisive political issue since it caused the Texas revolt‚ made James K. Polk win the election of 1844‚ and brought disagreements over the
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Understand the opening of the west. Montrell Simmons TB1 4/18/12 Westward Movement‚ the populating (by Europeans) of the land within the continental boundaries of the mainland United States‚ a process that began shortly after the first colonial settlements were established along the Atlantic coast. Despite those decades of continuous westward pushing of the frontier line‚ it was not until the conclusion of the War of 1812 that the westward movement became a significant outpouring of people across the
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Expansion of Government Power During the Civil War and Reconstruction Contrary to what I believed in the past‚ the United States federal government retained and expanded their power and authority during the years of the Civil war along with the period of Reconstruction. Through drafts and monitored elections‚ they exercised this power during the Civil War. Then‚ as Reconstruction began‚ they initiated other methods of increasing their authority over the citizens. Military was placed in Southern
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Mariel S Expansion of the Roman Republic In the late classical Mediterranean period‚ the Roman Republic‚ which later came to be the Roman Empire‚ had won many conquests. Through these conquests‚ the Roman Republic started to accumulate large expanses of land and its people were effectively integrated into a larger imperial system. Throughout this period‚ the people of the republic built a sense of stability and prosperity. The development of stability and prosperity in the Roman
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By: Justin Fedoruk 1. Domestication of the donkey‚ the horse and the camel. Globalization because this was not forced upon people‚ people created the idea. 2. Invention of the wheel. Globalization because the wheel was seen as something that would benefit people so people started embracing the idea. 3. Invention of sturdy watercraft. Globalization because sturdy watercraft was an idea that was accepted by the majority. You could now sail safer than ever before and people thought this was a good idea
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