The “Great Leap Westward” refers to the settlement of Tennessee‚ but it was more like the great journey over mountains‚ surviving Indian territory and an expedition down the river in hopes of building a new life. As the first settlers moved west from Virginia and North Carolina‚ they faced more struggles than just a leap westward. The men‚ women and children that survived definitely had a reason to make Tennessee the best place to live. Once they faced and overcame these obstacles the state of Tennessee
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Expansion of the Panama Canal & Heartland Barge The Panama Canal enables the ships sailing from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean (and vice versa) to save time and fuel by avoiding the travel around the tip of South America. The savings in time equal half of the time previously taken by ships to do the same. The size of ships that are used in shipping containers has drastically increased due to the container revolution. To enable the new and bigger ships such as Maersk Triple E Class to
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When you think about what has changed between now and the 1800’s there are endless possibilities to mention. Most of the time however these changes have been for the better. When you come across something that hasn’t changed much one can’t help but wonder why. The similarities between institutionalism now and in the 1800’s are eerily similar. “In the 1830’s jail was an all purpose solution for a lot of issues” (Campbell‚ 2014). Intentional or not I still feel like this is still the case. The
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In the 1800’s the production Industry developed on an extensive scale and the mechanization of industry resulted in the abuse of children who were forced to work in terrible conditions in factories‚ mines and mills. The poor treatment of young employees brought attention to the issue of child labor. The sources above are a few examples of the severity of working conditions for children in the 1800’s. Although they all discuss or represent child labor‚ the pictures offer a different view of the issue
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settlers‚ the US government expanded westward. However‚ American expansion did not demonstrate progress because each expansion moved America further from its ideals and more towards Britain’s flaws. Progress is movement towards a goal. But America was not moving towards its underlying goal; instead Americans forgot about it as they buried it under their desire to accomplish the manifest destiny and to become a more powerful nation. Under the excuse of manifest destiny‚ the US fought with Spain
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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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people were starting to decide that slavery was a terrible institution and needed to stop in America. There were multiple ideas on how to stop slavery and continuing through the 1800s the debates over slavery changed and became more widespread. Congress was a big factor in altering the debates and nature of slavery in the 1800s. In 1808‚ Congress banned the importation of slaves into America. This restricted the growth of slavery‚ making it a lot harder for slave owners to get large amounts of slaves
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“from about 1800 to 1950‚ medical training was largely received through an individual apprenticeship with a practicing physician” and not through university education as is do it in the present (p. 87). In the United Stated (U.S.)‚ during the preindustrial era‚ the American medicine was falling behind compared to the medical education‚ medical advances and research in Europe. Additionally‚ medical procedures in the U.S. were primitive and lack a scientific base to support them. “By 1800‚ only four
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increased profoundly. The two times of this immigration can be separted into the "old" and "new". These movements differed not only in the people that were immigrating but for different political‚ social‚ and economic reasons as well. The early 1800s saw the earliest wave of immigration: "Old Immigration". These settlers generally came from western and northern Europe‚ mainly England and English territiories. Other settlers were slaves that were immigrating to work on plantations in the south.
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The mysterious election of 1800 The election of 1800 was one of‚ if not‚ the most mysterious and most exciting presidential elections in the history of the United States. The election was a great clash of powers between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans who believed the winner could possibly set the path of America’s government‚ possibly forever. The Democratic-Republicans believed if the federalists won they would destroy the republic‚ and get rid of liberty that the American people
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