constitution banned the slavery. Henry Clay worked to make a compromise that would both satisfy the South and the North. With the support of Daniel Webster‚ a powerful senator of Massachusetts‚ Henry Clay presented to the Senate a series of resolutions later called The Compromise of 1850. In order to appease North‚ the compromise regulated that California be admitted to the Union as a free state. To please the South‚ the compromise proposed a new and more effective fugitive slave law. To appease
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Christianity served an important role in mobilizing and uplifting black people before and during the Civil Rights Movement. Christianity provided a means of freedom‚ hope‚ a platform for advocacy and activism since the first African slave reached the shores of what is now the United States. In slavery‚ Christianity was used as a method to keep slaves bonded mentally‚ however‚ slaves saw Christianity as something else. Slave believed that Christianity would bring them their freedom. Of course‚ under
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To what extent was religion a major issue for the combatants of the Thirty Years War? A series of wars in central Europe beginning in 1618 that stemmed from conflict between Protestants and Catholics and political struggles between the Holy Roman Empire and other powers. It ended with the Peace of Westphalia (1648). Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/thirty-years-war#ixzz38kVKtFWu Thirty Years War (1618-48). The Thirty Years War had its roots in the dynastic and imperial ambitions of
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World War I was the First World War and is considered to be the “War to end all wars” or the “imperialist war” but as a matter of fact it was the first modern war. Nationalism played the largest part of the beginning of the war due to nationalist conflicts between Russia and Austria-Hungary. Militarism played a huge part in the war because everyone was more than ready to fight and it was obvious. The toll that imperialism had on the war was that Great Britain had the most spread empire
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The Civil Rights Movement was a significant struggle in the United States that aimed to end racial discrimination and achieve equal rights for African Americans. It commenced in the twentieth century and many different kinds of protests‚ together with marches‚ and boycotts with some being peaceful and others being violent. Leaders like Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Rosa Parks‚ and John Lewis performed important roles in organizing and galvanizing people to fight for justice. Through their efforts‚ landmark
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Women during the civil war were a very crucial part of the lives of men and children. If it weren’t for women many people wouldn’t have been able to survive‚ let alone eat or enjoy life. Women helped to keep food on the table while husbands and sons were away. Women really enjoyed going to work while man were away because it allowed them to get out of their houses. Not only could they get out of their houses but they could gain new experiences in the workforce. Although‚ men did not like their wives
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When you think of the Civil War‚ what do you think of? Unionists‚ Confederates‚ slave owners? Do you think of African Americans? Probably not. Just like the Revolutionary War‚ African Americans played an immense role in entire war‚ yet many people don’t recognize them for that accomplishment. They were nurses‚ spies‚ cooks‚ soldiers‚ laborers‚ and heroes. African Americans were faced with mass racial prejudice even from abolitionist north‚ yet they chose to fight in order to abolish slavery for good
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In addition‚ there were some major Civil War laws of the Western Expansion‚ such as the Missouri Compromise of 1820‚ the Compromise of 1850‚ and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was an effort to conserve a balance of power between the slaveholding states and free states‚ by the U.S Senate and the House of Reps. The slaveholding states feared of being outnumbered in the Congressional Representation. They feared because they would lack the power to protect their interest
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What Role Did the Tet Offensive Play in Shaping the Outcome of the War? From a purely military‚ tactical point of view‚ the Tet Offensive was successful for the allied forces. By the end of the Tet Offensive‚ all Vietcong were expelled from each place they had invaded. However‚ the offensive was a dismal blow to the U.S. in regards to public support for the military actions in the Vietnam War. “By February 1968‚ the U.S. death toll in Vietnam had risen to more than 500 per week‚ and as the casualty
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Religion played a significant role in the wars during the period 1560-1648. Due to religious indifference fighting ensued as regions fought for their religion (Catholics vs Protestants) to be the dominant one. Leaders also forced their religion on their subjects which in turn caused the subjects to revolt. For instance‚ France saw a great increase of Calvinism that by the end of 1560s almost one-third of the elites joined the Huguenots (French Calvinists). Civil war broke out as both Catholics and
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