would blame as the cause of the civil war the issue of slavery. This is understandable; many people in the U.S. at the time were against slavery‚ going to far as to help runaway slaves escape to the free north. But‚ while slavery at face value was a major factor‚ international politics and economics played a major role. Several factors‚ including the election of Lincoln‚ the raid on Harper ’s Ferry‚ the Dred Scott decision‚ and‚ most importantly‚ the fugitive slave law‚ contributed to the growing
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African American women. Additionally‚ there have also been many unknown “paving the way” accomplishments by African American women such as Linda Adams Hoyle‚ the first African American woman to graduate from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) in 1968. Also‚ Jackie Blackwell‚ Linda Turner‚ and Marguerite Scott were three of the First African American women to graduate from Virginia Tech‚ in 1970‚ after Linda Hoyle. In those decades it was difficult going to school for women in general‚ but
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vs. the national government the union split into rivaling sections ultimately leading to the Civil War. The debate over slavery and the provisions relating to it in the Constitution was a heated one at the Constitutional Convention. The issues of the slave’s rights as either men or the property of their owners‚ the future of slavery in new territories‚ and the abolition of slavery and emancipation of slaves were never solved but rather a compromise made. The compromise was in return for the South’s
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The role of the black woman in black literature has changed throughout time in several ways. In the past several women in‚ black literature was perceived as dark‚ submissive characters‚ as time progressed‚ the black female began to evolve into a stronger being. Black woman in Black Literature were many a times against the elements of society. “A Raisin in the Sun” depicts few issues black woman in literature faced throughout time; they faced issues such as skin color within their race of gender (light
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In the years leading up to the Civil War there were three major compromises that were passed and one compromise that was drafted but never voted on. The compromises covered are The Missouri Compromise‚ The Compromise of 1850‚ and Crittenden’s Compromise; which was never acted upon by congress. These three compromises tried‚ and failed to‚ deal with the increasing sectionalism between the north and the south over the issue of slavery from 1820 to 1861. At the time the compromises were written there
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Historians still have diverse opinions about women and the war; historians such as Arthur Marwick support the reward theory‚ which states that women were rewarded with the vote after their vital impact on the war effort. Evidence promoting this point like the “Women’s Land Army” shows that the government wanted to honour the women taking up jobs even though these were just woman farmers. For women the war sparked a social revolution. On the other hand historians such as Paula Bartley and Martin
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Blacks and the Vietnam War Vietnam War was one of the wars fought during the cold war era. This war was fought between the U.S.A and Vietnamese army‚ Vietnamese being supported by the Soviet Union and other communist allies. The war as initially fought by small units in the form of guerilla war against the non-communist forces in the region. At times it became more conventional warfare in which large units were committed to attacking the non-communist forces. U.S.A and the South Vietnam fought the
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The Civil War Summary The American Civil War‚ 1861–1865‚ resulted from long-standing sectional differences and questions not fully resolved when the United States Constitution was ratified in 1789. With the defeat of the Southern Confederacy and the subsequent passage of the XIII‚ XIV and XV amendments to the Constitution‚ the Civil War’s lasting effects include abolishing the institution of slavery in America and firmly redefining the United States as a single‚ indivisible nation rather than
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in 2014 but inspired by the 1970’s Black Panthers. This article speaks more about how the women in the Black Panthers were treated‚ one individual that Perkins (2014) speaks about is a woman named Marlene Cummins. Cummins was in the Black Panthers movement in Queensland back in December 1971. Perkins (2014) decided to write about Cummins story to help answer the questions. In the article‚ Perkins (2014) wanted to really know what went on to women in the Black Panther community. So she felt the only
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The intelligence of black women in America is underestimated in the media: On the news‚ they are portrayed as angry‚ and not having or not worth having emotions. It is less often to find the media talking about the powerful role that these women play in the society‚ where their work is named after other people. They are never represented as mothers or supportive friends in their communities‚ but rather as things that might bring trouble to life. The movie “Hidden Figures‚” as the name hints they
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