... a San Francisco paper announced the "annexation of the United States," (Cooke 218). "The country might take to the railroad as a novelty and a tourist fashion, but the companies saw it as a chain of missing links between the Great Plains and the people who would want, or could be urged, to settle it," (Cooke 229). The years 1870-1900 were a period of enormous growth in the United States. During these years, 430 million ... , and they gave new arrivals advice on where to settle and about the best methods of farming. The railroad enterprise was one of the most important aspects of the hist...

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The American Civil War The Civil War was a war of epic proportion. Never before and not since have so many Americans died in battle. The American Civil War was truly tragic in terms of human life. Some of the most exciting and important battles and events happened near the closing of the war. The war was beginning to end by January of 1865. By then the Union armies were spread throughout the Confederacy and the Confederate Army ... Weitzel arrived, he asked the President what to do with the conquered people. Lincoln replied that he no longer gave direction in military manners but went on to s...

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... . When folded up, it could be used as a desk, complete with compartments for stationery and writing supplies. Goode owned a furniture store in Chicago, Illinois, and invented the bed for people living in small apartments. Goode's patent was the first one obtained by an African-American woman inventor (patent #322,177, approved on July 14, 1885). Henson, Matthew A. Matthew Alexander Henson (Aug. 8, 1866 - March ... . Lawrence often painted scenes of ordinary life in vibrant colors and with a startling angularity. In 1946, Lawrence said of his philosophy of art, "My belief is that it is mos...

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... notions of aristocratic superiority and class divisions, was sure to fail against antimonarchist virtues and people fighting to secure their God-given rights. "History progresses toward modernity "and Britain embodied antiquity. The political and military leaders of England during the Revolutionary War period are the men who lost America. They were capable and significant individuals that, despite all their ... Virginia. Virginia was strategically important to the South as well as the North. It offered the possibility of a base of operations for the navy in the Chesapeake. It was also th...

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... people you had to deal with. Let me give you a example of this: The Union wanted equal rights for African Americans, but a lot of the southern states passed Black Codes. These codes were as close to slavery as they could get. Stampp is an expert in Civil War history and is the author of Indiana Politics during the Civil War, And the War Came, and The Peculiar Institution. He edited The Causes of the Civil War ... and was co-author of The American Experience. Stampp calls himself a revisionist and I agree and disagree with him about naming his views like ... outsider with European views, ...

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During the time of reconstruction after the Civil War, the railroad industry was maturing and expanding with a great force. The railroad industry had already existed be-fore this though; for instance, "the first regular steam-powered rail service in the United States . . . began in the genteel city of Charleston in 1830- (Abrams 325). Some of the major events in the business of railroads in the late 19th century were the construction of the ... , slowing expansion again. The construction of the railroads from the Midwest to the Pacific coast was a very noteworthy event in the short time after ...

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... be born to Daniel and Margaret. Growing up in the period that she did, Elizabeth was very fortunate to receive the outstanding education that she did since it was not as important to educate daughters as it was sons. She overcame ... from 1850 until the start of the civil war . It was after the civil war, that the movement suffered a setback. The main focus of political reform that dominated after the civil war was Black suffrage. This very much so influenced the struggle for women suffrage. The abolitionists, whom the women had fought for ... prevailed. Now that I have provided an ex...

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... controlled Congress, employing personal persuasion as well as patronage, and appealing to the American public with his stirring rhetoric, Wilson won passage of an impressive array of progressive measures. The Underwood Tariff Act (1913), the first reduction in duties since the Civil War, also established a modest income tax. The Federal Reserve Act (1913) provided for currency and banking reform. Antitrust legislation followed in 1914, when Congress passed ... in world politics in this country, with many leaders of this Isolationalistic policy very popular with the American people. This...

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... also held the position of Executive Secretary. During the World War I, Mr. Nash resigned as Executive Secretary to become active in the U.S. Army. Johnson was chosen to fill the vacancy and the title Acting Secretary was given to him. With the appointment of Johnson as Acting Secretary, and later given the permanent spot, he was the first Afro-American to hold the position making it the first time all ... trying to convince Congress to make it a federal crime to participate in lynchings (Ovington 237). Johnson even helped attorneys hired by the NAACP in a series of civil cases defending ...

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... the elected governor of the Pilgrims for 30 years. 6. Plymouth colony was not important in size or wealth, it merged with the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was however, high in morality and spirituality. C. The Bay Colony Bible Commonwealth 1. Separatist Pilgrims were the most extreme and dedicated of the Puritans. 2. Charles I dismissed the ... He questioned the legality of the royal charter, pointing out that the land belonged to the Indians, not something that can be granted by the king. Williams denied authority of civil gov't to regulate religious behavior. He fled to Rhode Island. G...

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... many important reforms were taking place. As the Arevalo government lost momentum through the late 1940s, his progress was becoming negligible and challenges started coming in from landowners, merchants and a sizeable portion of the military. Arevalo lacked a substantial group to build his democracy on, so his government began to drift without purpose. When the Guatemalan president helped the revolutionary Jose Figueres in the Costa Rican civil war of 1948 ... offering and countered with their own offer, leaving the two sides in complete disagreement and giving the United States a legit...

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... controlled Congress, employing personal persuasion as well as patronage, and appealing to the American public with his stirring rhetoric, Wilson won passage of an impressive array of progressive measures. The Underwood Tariff Act (1913), the first reduction in duties since the Civil War, also established a modest income tax. The Federal Reserve Act (1913) provided for currency and banking reform. Antitrust legislation followed in 1914, when Congress passed ... in world politics in this country, with many leaders of this Isolationalistic policy very popular with the American people. This...

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... already had homosexual feelings found themselves in a situation with other like-minded people, away from the ever watchful eye of judgmental families and churches. Another factor in the development of these significantly homosexual cities involved the ban of gays from the United States military following World War I. After receiving a dishonorable discharge, they were literally just dumped off and left in a port city, often with no money ... marriage equality to their constituents. (ProCon.org) During the last 20-25 years, a new social culture has developed and has found themselves unde...

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... New York. Five months later in January of 1906 the "Niagara Movement" was formed. The name derived from the site of the meeting place-the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. (They were prevented from meeting on the U.S. side.) Its objectives were to advocate civil justice and abolish caste discrimination. The downfall of the group was attributed to public accusations of fraud and deceit ... felt could lift the coffin lid off his people. DuBois gave the white conservative elements of the NAACP fits because of his scathing commentaries. World War I had dramatic affects on the lives of Black fo...

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... refusing to move to the back of the bus, occurred in 1955. These important racial decisions led to the Civil Rights Movement. Economically and socially, America was better than it had been in years. The economy was booming, unemployment rate dropped to 5% or less for the decade. This was much lower than the 15- 25% unemployment rate that had occurred five to ten years before, during the Great Depression. Government ... . It followed the end of the war in 1946, until 1964 when the birth control pill became widely accepted. The Fifties was an important time in history. It was a time where ...

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... order to fund it. Also, the public's attitude toward the war was filled with disillusionment and loss of morality. Writers at the time, such as Scott F. Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemmingway, termed this popular public sentiment as the "Lost Generation". The term was used to describe the generation of men and women that came of age either during the war who were "lost", ... because they were taking away jobs from American citizens since they were a cheap source of labor and their cultures were inferior to that of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestants. Also, people were also concerned with the pol...

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... the whaler Acushnet from New Bedford to the South Seas. By June of the following year the Acushnet landed in the Polynesian Islands, and Melville's adventures in this area became the basis for his first novel, "Typee" (1846). This novel is the reputed story of his life among the cannibalistic Typee people ... a dozen poems of distinction, most of them brief and the outgrowth of his travels or his musings on the events of the Civil War. It can be argued that his last published prose work,  The Confidence-Man, is the first modern American novel. Without doubt, it is an ... The process o...

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... provided jobs for thousands of people. People were needed to dig the canals, run the boats, lay railroad tracks, and run the trains. The people doing these jobs were all selling their labor and buying goods with the money they earned. This process helped to solidly establish the market economy that was becoming characteristic of the United States by the Civil War. The building of roads, canals ... on issues concerning their rights. The Agricultural Revolution really came about because of both the Population and Transportation Revolutions, but it still had important effects on the country...

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... acquire gold and silver. The colonies were very important to mercantilism because they ... the Catholic Church or the Anglican Church. They broke off and formed several religious groups including Puritans. The Pilgrims were separatists. 4. Political Reasons: - People wanted more representation in government and more civil ... during the American Revolution, and a musician. He started the first public library, police and fire department, and post office. He signed the Declaration of Independence and wrote Poor Richards Almanac with witty quotes. Literature (religious or historical) - Will...

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... freedoms as absolutes. Capitalism played important roles as to how the American economy was a century ago. At the turn of the century a hundred years ago, the whole concept of producing goods changed. Now that machinery could be made to serve the role of humans, skilled labor wasn't needed greatly. From this, hundreds of thousands of people flocked to the cities to work in factories. ... near Oil City, Pennsylvania, increased his profit. During the Civil War he served in the War Department under Scott, who was in charge of transportation for the military and a government telegraph serv...

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... in the shortest amount of time because of this. However, port cities such as Boston became some of the most important trade centers and harbors in North America. Due to the poor production of food in New England, trade became the most ... farmers made enough money to eventually buy land. During King Georges War, Middle colonies made tremendous profit selling needed grain for the British and colonial troops that fought in the Caribbean. After the conflict, poor grain crops in Europe made Middle colonies ... people to successfully run. To do this, slavery was instituted on the grandest sta...

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... has influenced many events in American history. Also they have quite a large amount of influence on government issues. The founders of the NRA were William Conant Church and George Wood Wingate, both fought for the Union in the Civil War. In August of 1871, William Church thought that an association should be established in order to promote and encourage rifle shooting. (Sugarmann) Church thought that ... supported this bill and it soon became law. Gun control regulations got even tougher during the Johnson administration. The Gun Control Act of 1968 was soon established.(Sugarmann) Th...

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... attractive feature; emigrants believed it was a land that truly had social equality and class distinctions were blind and no one had a title. Yes, this is what emigrants understood about America during their long journey, but was it as they thought it would be? Usually not. Scores were disappointed with what they thought they would have and what they never got. Though ... that descended upon them. Early immigrants were initially welcomed into the work force. After the Civil War reconstruction of major cities and railroads required workers and America was willing to welcome this influx o...

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... "the mystery girl." Louise's rebellious nature also came shining through. The dean of women's studies cautioned the female students against doing anything that offense could be taken from. Louise upon hearing this felt that it violated her civil liberates and openly flaunted drinking and smoking in the local ... honor, and Paul and Louise where the right type of people who attended these types of events. Whatever happened between the two of them it was quick and intense. In July, Jack was called away to Europe to cover the impending war he and Louise pledged their love ... them together,...

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... the edge of a "New Frontier," JFK told the convention, a phrase that was to resonate throughout the campaign. The Cold War was a dominant issue during the campaign for the presidency. JFK accused the Republicans of having allowed a "missile gap" to grow between the United States and the U.S.S.R., warning that the Soviets had pulled ahead in the nuclear arms race. Feeding his argument was the fact ... the Cuban Missile Crisis opened the way for negotiations between the two superpowers on the subject of arms control. On August 5, 1963, in one of JFK's principal foreign policy successes, th...

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