... prevented our country from being a place where all men are equal. During the colonial period, two economic systems were created and separated by free and slave labor. These differences would spark a series of future events that would create a chasm in the United States called sectionalism. Sectionalism divided our country through social, political, and economic differences. These differences would culminate during the ... ...

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... and socially. There was, however, an event where Jackson took a wrong turn. When South Carolina asked that all non-slave states make any anti-slavery papers and media that could spark a slave revolt illegal, President Jackson did nothing. Even more so when South Carolina asked that the Postal Service not transport mail that contained such anti-slavery documents through South Carolina ... ...

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... and socially. There was, however, an event where Jackson took a wrong turn. When South Carolina asked that all non-slave states make any anti-slavery papers and media that could spark a slave revolt illegal, President Jackson did nothing. Even more so when South Carolina asked that the Postal Service not transport mail that contained such anti-slavery documents through South Carolina ... ...

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... respective countries ("America and Guns" 16). Governments in other western countries usually make adjustments to their gun laws in direct relationship to violent incidents. Massacres like these don't seem to spark the same enthusiasm among politicians to change any gun control laws significantly. The fact is that in 1996 two people in New Zealand, 15 in Japan, 30 in Britain, 106 ... ...

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... ; an article that belligerently dishonored a particular sect of people. One man in particular blatantly stated that he would not print the article in his paper. He does not want to spark any unnecessary disputes among the students. Another man, without hesitation, replied that he would print the article in his paper, but running along side this opinionated article would be an ... ...

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... , without this change none of the other amendments would have been possible. This was the amendment that made it illegal to hold a person in slavery. This could be called the spark that started the fire, because after this blacks started to receive many rights that they had never had. But these new right didn't come without many hardships. The blacks might ... ...

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... and non-Muslims, [to decide] that he was a violent man, a man of war." (World Wide Web, 2003) This interview was soon after 9/11, and many Muslims were afraid it would spark a streak of hate crimes against them. Falwell's politics have also got him in some legal trouble. In October of 1987 Jerry Falwell was fined $6000 by the Federal Election Commission ... ...

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... claimed that Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield and other professional athletes received steroids from BALCO, a San Francisco-area nutritional supplements lab that is under federal investigation. The report helped spark a controversy as spring training opened, that has yet to die down. Bonds, Giambi and Sheffield repeatedly have denied using steroids. No athletes have been charged in the case, nor have ... ...

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... made the south feel as if it was being cheated out of this election. After Lincoln's election many southern politicians followed through on their threats of secession. This was the spark that started off the civil war. Everything else before had just been dead kindling that was building up to fuel the fire that we know as the civil war. In ... ...

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... to the kite, and attached to the wire a silk string with a metal key tied to its ends. Lightning struck the wire, traveled down the wet string, and made the key spark. Franklin's experiment showed that lightning is a form of electricity. The next two people who tried it were killed. One useful result of his discovery was the lightning rod. Lightning often ... ...

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... suddenly believe the U.S. should be a family and citizens should take pride in their country. My question to them is, why did it have to take these acts of war to spark your patriotism? In contrast to Hardens article, citizens should realize that America has been in wars before, and they have been in this type of situation, dealing with the different ... ...

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... changing parts. This allowed us to understand the Constitution and the things that were done to arrive at it. This was my favorite part of the class. I believe it help spark my love of history, because it made history come alive. Everyday, if the class worked and acted good, we were treated to thirty minutes to an hour of cartoons or ... ...

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