Dorothea Lynde Dix was mainly known for taking a stand for the treatment of the mentally ill. She saw that the mentally ill were living in inhumane living conditions‚ being kept in jails because of their illnesses‚ and felt that there needed to be a change. During a time where women did not even have the right to vote for their president‚ Dorothea Dix was able to convince several states to provide proper funding to build over thirty hospitals for the mentally ill across the United States. She believed
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Evan Katsounis History 11/10/14 Stephen Douglas Essay Stephen Douglas Stephen Arnold Douglas was born in Brandon‚ Vermont in 1813. He left New England at the age of 20‚ and moved to Illinois. He was an important factor in creating the Illinois sector of the Democratic Party. He became increasingly popular with southern farmers who had migrated north. He used his enthusiastic working ethic‚ and his gifted speaking skills to become elected to the House of Representatives
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whether or not slavery should be able to expand as the country expanded westward into the Louisiana Territory. In 1820‚ the tension was temporarily resolved with the Missouri Compromise which allowed Missouri to enter the nation as a slave state and Maine as a free state. This retained the balance of power between slave and free states by keeping the number equal‚ however with the expansion of
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in Jewett’s stories is where they take place. Most of her stories take place in the New England area‚ but some don’t specify the location. Because “Looking Back on Girlhood” is an account of Jewett’s childhood‚ it is clearly set in her home state—Maine. Also‚ “The
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Was Slavery the Main Cause Of the Civil War? There were many things that led to the Civil War. They were slavery‚ politics‚ and state right versus the federal government‚ expansionism‚ sectionalism‚ and economics. Historians argue over what the main cause really was that led to the Civil War since no one can really say for sure what it was. Slavery was the main cause of the Civil War. One of the main causes of the Civil War was the argument over slavery. Though slavery was not the only reason
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designed by the Swede‚ John Ericsson‚ who presented the prototype to Gideon Welles. On its deck‚ it had a round‚ rotating turret that housed two Dahlgren Guns. The ship was first launched‚ with a joyous crowd‚ on January 30‚ 1862 (The Story of the USS Monitor). To start off the war‚ the Confederacy barely even had a navy. At first‚ all that the South’s navy had to do‚ was to break through the iron grip of the Union blockade. However‚ attempting to run the blockade was risky‚ and required very fast
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Since the early 17th century‚ the English migrated to America for a variety of reasons. The promise of treasure‚ religious tolerance‚ and plentiful lands‚ lured gold-seekers‚ Puritans‚ Protestants‚ unemployed farmers‚ indentured servants‚ and younger sons (who had fallen victim to laws of primogeniture)‚ to the land mistakenly named the Indies. English migration to the Chesapeake region spread over nearly a century‚ whereas voyagers to New England arrived within a single decade. One would think
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Both the New England colonies and the Southern colonies seemed as though they might be the same. They both started out with the majority of people being from England‚ they were both in the New World‚ and they were both ruled by England but‚ as time went on this theory was proven wrong. The New England colonies and the Southern colonies had many common characteristics but these two regions were very different geographically‚ politically‚ and socially. Geographically the New England colonies were
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I got the chance to interview a senior who goes to Casco Bay High School. His name is Zack and he’s been at Casco bay since freshman year and this is his 4th and final year at Casco Bay. He’s pretty tall and has short-ish red hair. When my whole class met up with seniors to interview I went and found him and everybody and their partner scurried off to start their interview. We went over to a big carpeted area called the great space. We went over to to a corner of the room I grabbed a comfy padded
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Abraham Lincoln once stated‚ “Nearly all men can stand adversity‚ but if you want to test a man’s character‚ give him power.” One key term in Lincoln’s statement is adversity‚ which defines as a state of serious difficulty‚ misfortune‚ or tragedy. In his utterance‚ power stands as another important term‚ which means political control‚ authority‚ or influence over an area or people. Across the board‚ Lincoln hints that power changes a man more than hardship does. Furthermore‚ Lincoln implies in his
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