... to count the electoral votes and Hayes ended up winning. Freedman's Bureau - The Freedman's Bureau was set into place in 1865 to help the former slaves learn how to live free. They were fed, helped to find work, and educated. Settling The West As Americans made their way to the west they used what was called the Oregon Trail. It took ... it was cheaper to farm because they didn't need fences, and the land was cheaper. Homestead Act - In 1862 the Homestead Act was passed, providing 160 acres of public land free to any adult citizen or head of family who had lived on the land for five yea...

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... south depended on agriculture rather than industrialization because of the production of cotton. After the Cotton Gin was invented, southerners felt the need for more slaves to keep the "money-maker" of the south alive. The South was able to produce 7/8 of the world's supply of cotton. They also helped with the cultivation of tobacco, rice, and indigo. Therefore the need ... the south was eventually excepted in which slavery was prohibited forever from the Louisiana Purchase territories north of 36 degrees 30". Missouri and Maine were added to the list of free states to balance the repr...

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... the beginning years of the war, President Lincoln exercised his powers beyond what the constitution allows. However, Congress allowed for this because it was a time of war, and one decision-maker was thought to be more efficient and reliable because it took less time and dispute. The peace rallies, however, did not have any effect on the outcome or continuation of ... a while, this ideology worked because President Lincoln tended to avoid the issue slavery for his own reasons. Lincoln had a plan for gradual emancipation. Through the Confiscation Acts, slaves were declared free. The acts...

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... quot;Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass." This book was very interesting in many different ways. Especially the fact that he used education to set him free. In the 18oo's slaves being able to read was highly unheard of. Today many teens' especially African American teens don't understand how fortunate they are to ... had great assumptions that he was his father. As a young child Douglass always wonder why he wasn't able to know certain information about himself that the white kids were able to know. He felt like everyone should be able to have the same privileges. It wasn't until...

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... had visited the homes of pro- slavery men along Pottawatomie Creek. John Brown had also returned to Ohio and he took two trips to Kansas and planned to free slaves throughout the south. But In the end Brown was captured and found guilty of treason against Virginia and was hung. So his plan had not worked. ... used to be a house servant and then she worked in the fields. Harriet was always ready to stand up for anyone and anything. In 1844 she married a free black named John Tubman. In 1849 she had feared that she and the other slaves would be sold so she ran away. She had followed the No...

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... was later published in 1861. During the 1800s slavery was at its peak. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 takes place. This act traded Maine as a free slave state so that Missouri would be allowed to own slaves which gave slaves in the selected northern states their freedom. In 1821, New York gave freed ... happening since 1820. The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1863. This meant, " all persons held as slaves are, and henceforward shall be free" (Miller 1). Even though the document stated the slaves would be freed, it was limited in many ways. It only applied to...

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... . John Emerson in St. Louis. While under the control of Emerson, Scott traveled to Illinois and the Wisconsin territory, which were both considered free states. While in these areas of antislavery, Scott married Harriet Robinson and they had two kids together. While in these areas, Scott developed a sense of freedom and yearned for more. Upon arriving back in St. Louis, Dr. Emerson ... case to Mrs. Emerson but was given the opportunity to refile his suit. Three years later in 1850, the jury decided that the Scott's deserved to be free due to their years spent in the free territories. But...

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... early childhood in Boone's Lick, Missouri. His father died when he was only nine years old, which forced him into work without receiving an education. He was apprenticed to a saddle-maker when he turned fourteen, but left home for the Santa Fe, New Mexico area in 1826. Carson moved around Western America working as a fur trapper and hunter for 14 years ... ...

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... she spoke, Jo took off her bonnet, and a general outcry arose, for all her abundant hair was cut short- (174), Jo cut her one beauty and sold it to a wig maker to make money for her family when their father was ill. She is proud of her manly qualities that her other sisters detest. She believes that the absence of their ... ...

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... succeed. Halie Q. Brown made it possible for women to be able to work and actually get an education. Brown knew we didn't want to stay at home all day with kids cooking and cleaning. Due to her hard work and dedication she played an important role in the lives of African American women and their equality with men. To seek freedom ... towards Ohio to compensate their freedom from their masters on the slave plantation. The slaves would flee to Ohio because they knew the northern states were free from slavery. Despite the fact that they were free they still had to walk around with a card s...

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... . Everything was great until two years after the move. Abe's mother (Nancy) died from milk sickness (1818). In 1819 his father Thomas remarried. He married Sarah Bush, she had three kids. Abe loved his new mother. Then in `1830 the Lincoln's moved to Illinois. Abe was known for his great physical strength. In 1837 he moved to New Salem Illinois. While ... against the spread of slavery. He knew he couldn't outlaw it. He feared there would be too much violence from slave owners if he did. Many people urged him to free the slaves. They sent him petitions, newspaper editorials, speeches were...

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... short amount of years. The American dream found its roots from 1777 to 1783 when Americans fought for independence. (American Revolution) Men possessed the dream of living in a new and free country. The American Revolution ended two centuries of British rule and granted the desired freedom. (American Revolution) This occurred only because some possessed the dream of being ... free from British reign. Page 2 Another war ravished the countryside and divided the young country in two. The civil war was a four-year struggle that reeked havoc and deprivation across the ... things take prior...

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... the children in their own points of view is eerily similar to religious fervor as one of the Daughters of the Confederacy tells Horwitz: "You have to set [these kids] on the straight and narrow at an early age. Then, even if they stray, they'll come back to the faith.' I wasn't sure which faith she meant: the Confederacy or ... that points to a deep-seated hatred between white and black Southerners.  The complexity continues to arise when Horwitz travels through Alabama and encounters a classroom of black kids around sixteen and seventeen. When he interviews the kids what the Civil Wa...

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... wood into steering wheels. It may seem like a boring task, but I can't get many other jobs being an unskilled African American. My grandfather was the reason for me living as a free black. He was born into slavery, and at the age of eighteen, escaped with three other slaves and settled outside of Philadelphia. His companions were caught and killed, so he ... left his wife and three kids to head to Canada. Unfortunately we have never heard from anyone whether he made it or not. His father was brought to a plantation in Georgia from the Ivory Coast. I think ... ...

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... Movement's success. The Brown v. Board Education was about Oliver Brown who wanted his third grade daughter, Linda Brown, to attend the good school where the white kids went. There were only four schools for black kids, while there were 18 for white students. In this case, NAACP wanted to allow the school system to become one by integrating blacks and whites in ... ...

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... because the diverisity of baseball is goin down the drain. I am sure that you, Mr. Sheridan, read how only 10% of todays players are african americans. And, how african american kids are turning to play basketball or football, instead of picking up baseball. It is just not fun to them anymore, nobody "loves it" like they once did. In conclusion, I feel ... the love of the game, or purity, has taken a step back form what it once was. Things change around the world and baseball is in that mode as of now. Kids today are finding better and more interesting sports to play than baseball. The ...

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... struggle for the right of self-government ensued, which resulted, on the fourth of July, 1776, in a Declaration, by the Colonies, "that they are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states; . . ."" South Carolina used these words to announce their secession from the Union, and they were not alone in their commitment to states rights. Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi ... states govern themselves. The presidential election of 1856 was the first election that truly divided the U.S. geographically North and South. Republican candidate John Fremont ran on the slogan of "Free ...

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... that particular state or territory decide if they wanted slaves and for the government to stay out of it. Second, the Wilmont position, Free Soilers, held that slavery should be contained and should not be allowed to expand into the new territories. Third, the Southern Nationalists position ... and proposed it as separate pieces of legislation. There are five main points of the compromise. First, California comes into the Union as a free state. Second, the remainder of the Mexican secession territory will be under popular sovereignty. Third, a border dispute arose between Texas and Mexic...

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... bad. Southerners compared it with the wage-slave system of the North. They said that the slaves were better cared for then the free factory workers in the North. Southerners said that slaveowners provided shelter, food, care, and regulation for a race unable to compete in the ... surge of democratic reform swept the North and West. There were demands for political equality and economic and social advances. The Northerners goals were free public education, better salaries and working conditions for workers, rights for women, and better treatment for criminals. The South felt these views ...

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... bad. Southerners compared it with the wage-slave system of the North. They said that the slaves were better cared for then the free factory workers in the North. Southerners said that slaveowners provided shelter, food, care, and regulation for a race unable to compete in the ... surge of democratic reform swept the North and West. There were demands for political equality and economic and social advances. The Northerners goals were free public education, better salaries and working conditions for workers, rights for women, and better treatment for criminals. The South felt these views ...

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... bad. Southerners compared it with the wage-slave system of the North. They said that the slaves were better cared for then the free factory workers in the North. Southerners said that slaveowners provided shelter, food, care, and regulation for a race unable to compete in the ... surge of democratic reform swept the North and West. There were demands for political equality and economic and social advances. The Northerners goals were free public education, better salaries and working conditions for workers, rights for women, and better treatment for criminals. The South felt these views ...

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... bad. Southerners compared it with the wage-slave system of the North. They said that the slaves were better cared for then the free factory workers in the North. Southerners said that slaveowners provided shelter, food, care, and regulation for a race unable to compete in the ... surge of democratic reform swept the North and West. There were demands for political equality and economic and social advances. The Northerners goals were free public education, better salaries and working conditions for workers, rights for women, and better treatment for criminals. The South felt these views ...

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... admonished for reading lessons C. Consequences of "literate Slave" 1. More grave than murder 2. Slave who reads poses danger to system II Escape from Servitude A. Identification 1. description: slave's likeness to free slave 2. Soliciting aid from free slave B. Train station 1. Disguised as sailor 2. Confrontation with conductor a. Douglass" gift to gab handy here 3. Hiding face from others who can identify him 4. Unexpected "help" from white man ... a. White man remains quiet C. Transfer in Delaware 1. Arrival in Philadelphia 2. Arrival in NYC a. Free man Frederick Douglass, an ex-slave...

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... . 1803 Abolititionist Movement- Abolitionists sought to end slavery. They were a varied collection of reformers, and often disagreed about how to accomplish their goal. Both white reformers and many free blacks were active abolitionists. 1807 Development of the Steamboat- This transportation made it easy to move goods upriver, mainly to the Mississippi. This was important because most of the cotton ... of 1850- The Compromise of 1850 was Congress's attempt to settle several outstanding issues involving slavery. It banned the slave trade, but not slavery in Washington, D.C.; admitted Calif...

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... . In 1819 Missouri wanted to enter the Union a slave state. At this time the 22 states of the Union were divided evenly 11 slave and 11 free. Northern states were afraid that if Missouri entered as a slave state it would give the south a majority in the senate. Southerners argued that since the ... Harriet Tubman. She guided many slaves to freedom. Another famous slave was Dred Scott. Dred Scott was a slave who had been taken to Illinois, a free state, then to the Wisconsin territory where slavery was outlawed by the Missouri compromise. His master then returned him to Missouri. Dred Sco...

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