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    further extension of slavery into the territories B.Immediate emancipation of the slaves C.Repeal of Whig economic policies D.Restriction of immigration E.Acknowledgment of popular sovereignty as the basis for organizing federal territories 15.The Wilmot Proviso specifically provided for A.the prohibition of slavery in Louisiana Purchase territory B.the primacy of federal law over state-legislated Black Codes C.the abolition of the international slave trade D.the prohibition of slavery in lands

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    NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS LEA’s Series on Personal Relationships Steve Duck‚ Series Editor Bennett · Time and Intimacy: A New Science of Personal Relationships Canary/Dainton · Maintaining Relationships Through Communication: Relational‚ Contextual‚ and Cultural Variations Christopher · To Dance the Dance: A Symbolic Interaction Exploration of Premarital Sexuality Duncombe/Harrison/Allan/Marsden · The State of Affairs: Explorations in Infidelity and Commitment Emmers-Sommer/Allen

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    On 23 September 1862‚ Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck was appointed Minister-President and Foreign Minister of Prussia . Within nine years a new German nation state was created by the unification of the numerous independent German-speaking states in central Europe. The creation of Germany as a cohesive political and integrated country occurred on 18 January 1871 at the palace of Versailles in France. Following the military defeat of France by Prussia in the Franco/Prussian war‚ (July 1870 to January

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    Oscillations of Sensibility Author(s): Patricia Meyer Spacks Reviewed work(s): Source: New Literary History‚ Vol. 25‚ No. 3‚ 25th Anniversary Issue (Part 1) (Summer‚ 1994)‚ pp. 505-520 Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/469464 . Accessed: 10/02/2012 14:02 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit

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    Why did Judge Hall choose John Jameson for Celia’s defense? Given the impact of the slavery issue upon Missouri’s politics at the time‚ the Judge Hall hoped for the trail to be conducted as expeditiously and decorously as possible‚ in a manner that ran the least risk of arousing the ire of either camp. Judge Hall needed a capable attorney‚ one of considerable standing in the community. He needed an attorney with proven political sensibilities‚ one who had not participated significantly in the slavery

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    * Causes of the Civil War Long Term Causes * Social‚ Cultural Divide between North and South * Economic Divide between North and South * Political Divide between North and South: Collapse of Political System: Inability to Compromise * Slavery * Causes of the Civil War: Long Term Causes (from Colonial Times) * 1. Social and Cultural Divide between North and South * North: more urbanized‚ more diverse‚ more developed‚ more advanced infrastructure / transportation

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    Chapter 14: From Compromise to Secession I. Background A. At this time‚ the Mexican American War had just ended and the US had an equal number of free and slave states. The war ended in 1848. If you remember right‚ the Mexican American War left America with‚ through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Mexican Cession)‚ the former Mexican provinces of California and Mexico. Mexico would also‚ in subsequence of the treaty‚ recognize the Rio Grande as the Southern Border of Mexico. In return‚

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    The question of whether the Civil War was an ’irrepressible’ or a ’repressible’ conflict has been a central issue of debate. Causes of the war have been variously identified as: 1) conflict over slavery 2) states rights and nationalism 3) differences between an industrial North and an agricultural South 4) the mistakes of blundering politicians and extremists (the ’repressible conflict’ argument) 5) a combination of several different factors‚ with chance and circumstance playing their part.

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    p us history master terms Unit I Terms Bacon’s Rebellion-1676 - Nathaniel Bacon and other western Virginia settlers were angry at Virginia Governor Berkley for trying to appease the Doeg Indians after the Doegs attacked the western settlements. The frontiersmen formed an army‚ with Bacon as its leader‚ which defeated the Indians and then marched on Jamestown and burned the city. The rebellion ended suddenly when Bacon died of an illness.                                       John Winthrop-He

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    Afro Asian Journal of Social Sciences Volume 1‚ No. 1 Quarter I V 2010 ISSN 2229 – 5313 THE EFFECTS OF WESTERN CIVILISATION AND CULTURE ON AFRICA Dare Arowolo (Lecturer‚ Dept. of Political Science & Public Administration‚ Adekunle Ajasin University‚ Nigeria) ABSTRACT The central argument of this paper stems from the submission that colo nialism‚ slave trade and missionary are the platform upon which Western civilisation and culture thrive and are sustained. While insisting that Western civilisation

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