What motivated Americans to move west and what was their motive? Different Americans were motivated by different reasons to move west. Ranchers would move to more land in the west to raise cattle‚ particularly Texas and Kansas. These cattle ranchers would then ship their cattle back to the Eastern states to sell. They sold for much higher prices back east. The expansion of the railroad made it possible to easily transport the cattle east. Farmers were motivated because they could get free land
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yesterday I was reading an article “What Keeps Students Motivated to Learn?” by Katrina Shwartz. She talked about how teachers should give students projects they’re interested in. Gramann a student that Shwarts talked to stated “that if teachers give broad guidelines for projects and then have students do something they’re interested in it will bring students along the whole time.” I agree with with Gramann but at the same time I feel conflicted because no matter what there will always be students who
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To be or not to be Motivated That is the Question Simmarie Nicole Carrillo University of phoenix Abstract “Tom I am so hungry‚ I could eat a horse! Me too!” replied his little brother Chris. What is the motivation behind the children’s remark? What is there incentive? It is simple hunger is there motivation‚ while food is the incentive. However‚ could it be more such as biological factors that correlates with the source of motivation? Have you ever thought about
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Casandra Sobczak Period 7 Antebellum is a Latin term that means "before the war." Antebellum culture in America reflected the growing sectional crisis and was the time period before the American Civil War‚ which began in 1861. The revivalism that spread across the country during the antebellum era also gave rise to numerous social reform movements‚ which challenged Americans to improve themselves and their communities. Some of these social groups included women and slaves. The greatest reform
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Women feared pregnancy and birth during the Antebellum era‚ contrary to the belief women hold in the twenty-first century. The physicians in the Antebellum South knew little regarding female reproductive health‚ and their ignorance resulted in many complications: puerperal fever‚ inability to breastfeed‚ and prolapse uterus. The fear was not only caused by after birth plights; slaveowners disregarded pregnancy and birth‚ heightening the previous fear. Owners forced slaves to work while pregnant and
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James Dean Ms. Hitchock USH per. 4 10/7/13 Thesis: The Antebellum period (1781-1860)‚ a time of heated debate and opposition‚ was not a time of expanded democracy‚ conflicting with the words of President Lincoln’s Gettysburg address‚ “by the people‚ for the people”. Although Antebellum period provided some democratic freedoms to some citizens of the American democracy‚ it was not a time where all persons in America were represented 1) TS: The Cherokees‚ a Native American tribe in the
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time between 1800 and 1860 contains contrasts depending on place in America. Between the North and South lay differences in economic and political factors. This Antebellum period was one that caused disagreements over how best to help the economy‚ the extension of slavery‚ and relationship between states and the federal government. These ideas were the framework for the cause of the Civil War. This essay will address the numerous variances between the North and Confederate South before the war.
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What forces or ideas motivated and inspired this effort to remake and reform American society during the Antebellum years? By: Amber Daniel During the pre-civil war period‚ the Antebellum years‚ there were forces that shaped and reformed American society‚ making today’s society the way it is. Anti-slavery movements‚ social reform ‚and women’s rights movements were all forces that remade American society during this time period. The fight for women and slaves along with social reform forever
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history during the Antebellum era saw many economic developments. Most historians that happen to be Economic Historians tend to say the period of the Antebellum era was between 1840s and the 1850s. Throughout this time many advancements in technology occurred as well as in the way people use that technology. Advancements in places such as the market economy‚ King cotton‚ textile mills‚ transportation‚ and slavery were just a few aspects that saw an advancement during the Antebellum era. This time period
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Hasti Sharifkhani Professor Pryor 9/10/14 Learning to Read: pg. (189) 1) What motivated Malcom X to educate himself is that while he was spending 7 years in prison he educated himself and became a discipline of Elijah Muhammad‚ founder of the nation of Islam. Many people think that he went to school far beyond the eighth grade. But this impression is due entirely to his prison studies. He argues that Bimbi was the first person that made him feel envy of his stock knowledge. He also explain
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