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    gradually built up the tension between North and South‚ until the union collapsed. Even though the Compromise of 1850 was meant to solve the crisis‚ it only created more tension between the north and south. The main purposes of the compromise were to admit California into the union as a free state‚ and divide the Mexican Cession into two territories - Utah and New Mexico. The slavery issue in these states was do be decided by popular sovereignty. The compromise also proved for a Fugitive Slave Law

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    Vijaynagar Debate

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    substantial part of the southern peninsula of India for almost three centuries under the various dynasties-sangam‚saluva.tuluva and aravidu. The nature of the Vijayanagar state or polity is a matter of intense debate with different scholars propounding different views. The debate primarily revolves around the characterization of the Vijayanagar state – 1) whether it was a centralised state or segmentary one 2) the role played by the nayakas in rendering the identity to the Vijayanagar state

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    Feminism In The 1800s

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    for women’s rights and equality of the sexes that originated earlier than what people today may believe. The earliest acts and ideas of feminism have been traced back to ancient Greece‚ but the most well-known time period that fueled the feminist movement can be traced down to the 1800s. Studies made by the Washington Post and Kaiser Family Foundation reveal that a group of Americans‚ today‚ do not understand the true values and ideals of the feminist movement. A majority of the people that voted

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    created to provide a faster and quicker ways to transport goods and people across the country. Theses new ways were going to replace sailing through the Atlantic Ocean to the other side of the country to transport goods. These new inventions started the period that would be known as the Industrial

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    1800s America

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    During the 1800s‚ many major changes happened in America‚ whether it be changes in the cultural makeup of the people‚ American culture of the time‚ or freedoms and rights for women and African Americans. Many people immigrated to America during this time period‚ and cities grew very rapidly as a result of it‚ which caused some problems. Many reforms of art‚ literature‚ and society took place too. Finally‚ thoughts and ideas about abolishing slavery and granting women equal rights took place. As you

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    Progressives In The 1800s

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    Riley Mangieri 12-19-15 Mr. Rauschenbach Grade 8 Progressives in the late 1800’s-1900’s Our nation lost its way during the Gilded Age (1870s-1920s). The Gilded Age was a term made up by Mark Twain due to him having a book called the Gilded Age‚ which satirized American society in the late 1800s. It was a time of government corruption‚ poverty‚ and awful labor conditions but it being covered up by big businesses‚ or “gilded”. Progressives were people

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    American Expansion

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    American Expansion American Expansion from 1800 to 1848 benefitted the nation but at great cost. Nineteenth century was a time of remarkable growth and expansion in America. It was the century when America had grown with the addition of Texas‚ Louisiana and the land added through the war with Mexico. It was the century marked by the migration of settlers to the West of the continent because of the gold rush and desire for novelties. The idea of Manifest Destiny spread quickly throughout the

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    Debate

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    Introduction DEBATING: A BASIC INTRODUCTION BEGINNER Let’s start at the beginning. Every debate needs a topic. This is a contentious assertion that forms the basis for the debate. For example‚ the topic might be “THAT IT IS BETTER TO BE SMART THAN TO BE KIND” or “THAT THE UNITED NATIONS HAS FAILED”. This book relates to a specific but common style of debate. It is the style used in most schools throughout Australia and in many other countries‚ at the Australian National Schools Debating Championships

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    Federal Expansion

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    What is Federal Expansion? Today people see this as something that they believe is a government trying to control what it is that they do‚ what most do not know is that it is something at makes things better. In order to get a somewhat better understanding we must first know what it means. So we look at the definition of Expansion meaning to increase something in size‚ and the definition of Federal “being a form of government in which a union of states recognizes the sovereignty of a central authority

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    about making people more noble‚ God-fearing‚ and erudite. Stemmed from the repercussion against the deist faith‚ Americans began pouring their time and energy into religious resurgences and reform movements. This uproar of religious groundswell sparked massive social reforms that amplified throughout the country. The idea that everyone can be saved‚ and everybody is worthy of salvation‚ heightened the interaction between one another through evangelism. Voluminous varieties of restructurings‚ all

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