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    Kansas played a big role in the Civil War before and after it became a state. While Kansas was becoming a state‚ there was an outrage on slavery in the United States. The Northern states fought for anti-slavery while the Southern states wanted to include slavery in the state. Kansas had many battles while in the Civil War‚ and the brave men of Kansas fought hard and long to protect their wives and children living with them in their state. Although many people were trying to make Kansas a confederate

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    Women took many roles in the Revolutionary War. Frome supportive jobs like nurses‚ cooks‚ and maids to do jobs like spies. Women did more than their share to help win American Independence. Deborah was born in Plympton‚ Massachusetts on December 17‚ 1760. She is the oldest of seven children of Jonathan and Deborah Bradford Sampson. Jonathan left his family and then moved to Maine. Her mother was in poor health and could not support her children‚ so she sent them off to live with various friends

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    Some boys who did not work attended schools such as grammar school. These schools were not any easier than working‚ however‚ and it did not provide money for the family so only the wealthy could afford to send their kids to schools. These schoolboys usually worked similar hours and had breaks for meals. Corporal punishment in these learning facilities was not uncommon. Teachers could punish children by smacking their bare butts with birch twigs or hold naughty boys down by their necks. The aristocratic

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    Christian Gomez Chs Professor Gomez 4/24/16 Roles of Women in the Mexican Revolution Women in the Mexican Revolution had many important roles and contributed in many different ways. One of the most popular roles women portrayed in the revolution were working as las soldaderas. Las soldaderas‚soldier women were those that not only fought in the front lines but also worked by being nurses‚ cooks‚ washers‚ and by performing all the jobs that the militia was unable to accomplish by themselves. These

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    their conquering expeditions. With the help of many Natives as translators were able to communicate with other natives. Many of these translators who aided the Spanish conquerors would petition the crown for certain privileges in recognition for their role in the Spanish conquest. For example Malinalli‚ or Malinche was sold by her mother to Hernán Cortés‚ a Conquistador‚ could speak Nahuatl which was spoken within the Aztec tribes‚ Mayan and later Spanish. Through her Cortes met Montezuma in Tenochtitlan

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    tribes and killing many people. They sacrificed their own people to appease a powerful God‚ murdering 30‚000 people in 3 days. Another example is the Spanish sending Conquistadors to enslave Natives‚ forcing them to make sugar‚ which was almost worth what gold was

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    fight for the rights of being able to have art‚ religion as one of the main significance during the time. The outcome that humanism had on the renaissance can be seen in the improvements of religion as well as the art that began to blossom. Humanism’s role during the renaissance can be seen as a motivational guide because it encourages creativity as well as one’s own religious views. To begin with‚ the advancement of humanism can be identified in the paintings made by artists during the renaissance times

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    party‚ listen to politics‚ and work. Over time the role women have played in American society has changed. The women during the wars had to overtake men’s jobs when the men had to participate in the wars. The Industrial Revolution was only the start of women changing their roles and becoming more independent. Family life soon became a dual effort with the men also showing the loving relationships than just discipline and women beginning to work. The role of women changing led to several changes later

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    The industrial revolution was undoubtedly one of the most important events in the formation of the contemporary world. Sparked by the agricultural revolution of 1750 and 1880‚ the industrial revolution would transform Britain‚ and later the whole western world‚ into powerhouses of metal work‚ mining and industry. Beginning in England in around 1760‚ the revolution would continue well into the nineteenth century and bring around crucial inventions‚ such as steam pumps and railways. Crucially‚ the

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    When Union forces began recruiting and training‚ Butler encountered a problem‚ many of these men knew only domestic and field work and even more of a bigger problem‚ they were illiterate. Butler appointed Lt. Col. J.B. Kinsman and Eaton as chief of a Department of Negro Affairs; this meant that they were to serve as aids to persons who gave secular and religious instruction to blacks in Virginia and North Carolina. In March 1863‚ Secretary of War Edward M. Stanton‚ ordered the beginning of the systematic

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