Examples Suppose you are taking a course on 19th-century America‚ and the instructor hands out the following essay assignment: Compare and contrast the reasons why the North and South fought the Civil War. You turn on the computer and type out the following: The North and South fought the Civil War for many reasons‚ some of which were the same and some different. This weak thesis restates the question without providing any additional information. You will expand on this new information in the
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During the election of 1860‚ Abraham Lincoln’s election had been seen as threat to the South because majority of the states had wanted to keep their institutions of slavery. South Carolina and 6 other states had first seceded from the Union in 1861 since they did not come to terms with Lincoln being president. Four more states had seceded following the Fort Sumter battle in 1861‚ joining the Confederacy. Although they had left‚ there had been four states that had remained in the Union which were
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be sent out of the city‚ sent to workhouses‚ or transported out of the country” (Zinn 42). The majority of lower-class people were forced into serving those of a higher-class with no pay. Like the involuntary servants of the slave rebellion in the 1700’s‚ these people who had to suffer substandard treatment would not stand for it. Their uprising began with Bacon’s Rebellion‚ “joined by slaves
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Freedom. Is that not what everyone wished for during the 1700s‚ especially the slaves and women? The Sons of Liberty wanted to get away from Britain’s rule‚ ordinary men craved for freedom from the mother country’s endless taxing‚ but women and slaves had the least independence even in their own country. White people looked at African Americans as animals and half human. Women could not even own land‚ much less vote. Although men played a big part during the war‚ slaves and women helped shape the outcome
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Between 1880 and 1930‚ despite heavy restrictions on immigration‚ millions of people from Eastern and Southern Europe emigrated to the United States. As they settled into the urban cities‚ native-born and second-generation American citizens saw these immigrants and their foreign values and behaviors as a threat and thus sought to “Americanize” and assimilate them into the mainstream American society. However‚ Americanization in the eyes of the native-born was different from how immigrants understood
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The Presidential Election of 1860 was the drive that caused the American Civil War to take place. The date of the election was November 6‚ 1860. The candidates were Abraham Lincoln for the Republican party‚ John Breckinridge from the Southern Democratic party‚ John Bell from the Constitutional Union party‚ and Stephen Douglas from the Northern Democratic party. Abraham Lincoln ended up winning the election. The South did not favor Lincoln‚ so when he was elected the southern states decided to secede
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Rebellion Against the British In the 1700s there was growing anger with the British because of the taxes being raised. They passed acts that included the Currency Act and the Stamp Act. The colonists were justified in rebelling against the British government because the colonies had multiple problems with the British rule. The colonies believed that the government was taxing them unfairly and they didn’t like the fact that one family was running the government‚ and the government was not giving them
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South America South America is a continent located in the Western Hemisphere‚ mostly in the Southern Hemisphere‚ with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by
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Introduction The continent of South America has about one-eighth of the Earth’s land surface‚ situated between latitudes 12°N-55°S and longitudes 80°-35°W; no other continent has a greater latitudinal span. Eighty percent of its land mass is within the tropical zone‚ yet it extends into the subantarctic. The extensive zones of temperate and cold climates in the vicinity of the Equator‚ in the Andes‚ are unique. The land area of about 17‚519‚900-17‚529‚250 km² is under the jurisdiction of 13 countries
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most renowned rulers of Great Britain. Ruling throughout the 1800s‚ Victoria was a beloved queen and empress. She made many reforms to the government. The most significant actions that happened during her reign was her marriage‚ the Victorian Age‚ and the multiple acts to improve life in England. During her rule‚ Queen Victoria had married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg. This marriage would shape Queen Victoria’s political views‚ as Albert had a huge effect on her. He coaxed Victoria to end child
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