nonviolent protests occupied much of the public eye and many civil rights organizations‚ a more radical Black Power ideology emerged among younger activists. Black Power emphasized racial pride‚ self-reliance‚ and self-determination to uproot racism (Gadsden‚ 2/27). Within this context of radicalizing movements‚ activists challenged local forms of oppression‚ which in turn played a vital role in advancing the civil rights movement on a national scale. Localized
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eLearning/Scottsdale Online Learning Week 12 05.02 Southern Slavery: "The Peculiar Institution" 05.03 The Kindling of Abolitionist Spirit Ch. 10‚ Sec. 1 05.04 Texas Annexation and the Mexican War Ch. 9‚ Sec. 3 & 4 05.04.01 The Mexican Cession‚ Gadsden Purchase and Arizona Week 13 05.05 "High Noon" for the Union Ch. 10‚ Sec. 2 & 3 05.06 Hello‚ President Lincoln; Goodbye‚ South Carolina Ch. 10‚ Sec. 4 05.07 Module Review and Exam Week 14 06.00 Module Introduction and Checklist 06.01 Civil
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unpopular‚ in part because many Northerners objected to what they saw as a war to expand the slavocracy. In 1848‚ the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican American War and added more than 1 million square miles‚ an area larger than the Louisiana Purchase‚ to the United
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The conclusion of the Mexican-American War by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 signaled the start of a new era for the United States‚ a period of crisis and growing division between the North and the South. The failure of the Wilmot Proviso provoked tensions between Northerners and Southerners within the Democratic party‚ division which in turn influenced the creation of the Free-Soil party. United under a bipartisan platform centered on the containment of the “peculiar institution” of slavery
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In 1803‚ President Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory of Louisiana from the French government for $15 million. The Louisiana Purchase stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to New Orleans‚ and it doubled the size of the United States. To Jefferson‚ westward expansion was the key to the nation’s health: He believed that a republic depended on an independent‚ virtuous citizenry for its survival‚ and that independence and virtue went hand in hand with land
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IN THE SUMMER of 1964 student activists from the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) went to Gadsden County‚ Florida in an effort to convert the old plantation county in the heart of the Florida panhandle into a bastion of CORE’s Southern civil rights crusade.(1) Before the summer ended‚ the students would be bombed‚ beaten‚ and arrested by white authorities and vigilantes. Despite these obstacles‚ CORE activists helped over 3‚500 local residents register to vote and take part in the 1964 presidential
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The entire concept of Manifest Destiny was created by the New York journalist John. L. O’ Sullivan. It meant that America’s fate was to possess or expand across the entire North America; it was undeniable and just waiting to happen. This is the point where many people started traveling west‚ for many purposes. It is true that America did acquire much land from expanding‚ but at what cost did we obtain it? I believe that America did not have the proper incentives while fulfilling its "destiny" and
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1607 Jamestown Va founded Virginia company founded by Captain John Smith. 1620 Mayflower Compact Plymouth founded 1619 House of Burgesses founded 1628 John Winthrop 1622 John Rolfe 1630 MA Bay Colony founded by John Winthrop 1632 Pequot war starts 1634 Maryland Colony founded 1636 Thomas Hooker and Roger Williams expelled 1637 Anne Hutchinson expelled 1638 Pequot war ended 1651 Navigation Act 1649 Maryland Toleraction Act 1639 Fundamental Orders of CT 1675 King Philips War
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Andrew Jackson: Conqueror of Florida In the early 1800’s‚ Spain had little control of their territory south of the border of the American border‚ Florida. Indian tribes often raided towns in Southern American‚ then back to Florida to safety. America’s new mission was to seize Florida from Spain in order to protect itself from further attack. It seems that the tough and volatile Andrew Jackson was the only one to do it. Jackson’s nickname‚ Old Hickory‚ was fitting. Hickory was long held as the
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flagpole my entire life. I was drafted out of high school. The only time I ever spent away from this farm was when the government sent me off to fight in Vietnam. I earned the right to fly that flag. A few years back‚ my boys asked if they could fly the Gadsden Flag under it. I let ‘em. I kinda liked the idea of remindin’ anyone who cared to notice that we didn’t appreciate the taxes and regulation. I was actually proud of my boys for it. I thought it was sign that I done a good job raisin’ ‘em up with a
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