... power to bring about its destruction. Brown, with only eighteen men, five of whom were Negroes, attacked and captured the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, W. Va. on October 16, 1859. On October 18 he was overpowered by a small force of United States Marines under the command of Col. Robert E. Lee. Brown was captured, seriously wounded and thrown into prison. He was tried and ... convicted for "treason and conspiring and advising with slaves and other rebels and murder in the first degree" On December 2, 1859, Brown was hanged at Charleston. Women in ... the Abolition movement Women pl...

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... lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so." Confederate forces seized numerous federal forts within territory claimed by the Confederacy. Efforts at compromise failed, and both sides prepared for war. The Confederates assumed that European countries were so dependent on "King Cotton" that they would intervene; none did, and none recognized the new Confederate States of America. Hostilities began ... political values of the North and South. Pamphleteers North and South rarely mentioned the tariff, and when some did, for instance, Matthew Fontaine Maury and John Lothrop Mo...

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... The delegates came to the convention to re-write the articles because everyone was complaining that the government was too weak. The delegates ended up writing a new constitution instead of revising the old one. Several of the delegates were well known and influential people; James Madison (who is considered ... not. Moderates in both the North and South hoped that the slavery question was settled, at least for a while (Gallagher 2)". "In 1854 Stephen Douglas tried to placate the Southerners in the Democratic Party (qtd in Ferris 11)" when other new territories were being added to the Uni...

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... north there were not enough hot summer days or enough nighttime temperatures above a certain point required for growing cotton. The best study on this issue is by Charles Hart. As he read through the Congressional Globe from 1846 to 1861 he noted any Congressman who made a statement about the ... labors. So, if the economic depression of 1857 continued the South thought they could go it alone. This situation made for a one-issue Republican Party. By 1860 the Republicans called for a protective tariff, a specific RR Bill, Homestead Legislation, and for federal aid for internal improvemen...

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... to be nominated by the Illinois Republican Party. The decision was to be made at the Republican convention on June 16, 1858. After the convention, the decision was: Abraham Lincoln is the first and only choice of the Republicans of Illinois for the U.S. Senate as the successor of Stephen A Douglas.? ... president, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation. This ordered the release of all slaves who were not in previously set aside slave states. It went on to say that these released slaves would become normal citizens, having was slave all the rights that everybody else had. This document b...

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... Nominating Convention of 1860 convened in Charleston, South Carolina. Many northern democrats were weary of having their convention in one of the most pro-secessionist cities in the entire south. Stephen Douglass was the primary candidate for the democrats. Douglass apposing the federal slave codes kept much of the South from backing his nomination. Former Representative William Yancey of Alabama, ... part of the country to vote for Lincoln. This election saw four different candidates. John C. Breckinridge was a Southern Democrat, Abraham Lincoln was a Republican, John Bell was a Consti...

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... a poem called "Boes": "I waited today for a freight train to pass Cattle cars with steers butting their horns Against the bars, went by, And half a dozen hoboes stood on Bumpers between cars. Well, the cattle are respectable, I thought." (Hacker 46) After his hobo adventures, Sandburg paid his service in the ... 1918), Smoke and Steel (1920), and Slabs of the Sunburnt West (1922) (Byers 461). From 1926 to 1939, Sandburg devoted himself to writing a six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln (Byers 462). The Lincoln biography took a lot out of Sandburg so only during the winter months would...

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... it should be stopped from spreading. He didn't want to stop slavery in the states that already had it. He said this when debating with Senator Stephen Douglas, "I am not nor have ever been in favor of bringing about in any way social and political equality of the white and black races." ... bloodier than Gettysburg even. That was the day the battle of Antietam was fought. Over 6,000 soldiers died, many more were captured, or wounded. By the end of 1862, the United States seemed over. The Southern Rebels were very near Washington D.C., and England was talking about recognizing the Confed...

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... their cause. Individual abolitionists sometimes advocated violent means for bringing slavery to an end. Although black and white abolitionists often worked together, by the 1840s they differed in philosophy and method. While many white abolitionists focused only on slavery, black Americans tended to couple anti-slavery activities with demands for racial equality and justice. Some famous abolitionists are John Brown, ... the Mexican cession. Enactment of the Fugitive Slave Law as part of the Compromise exacerbated sectional tensions. The question of slavery in the territories exploded on...

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... wrong and that he did not feel that it could continue in the United States. He made this attitude publicly clear during his famous debates with Stephen Douglas. "A House divided against itself cannot stand. I believe that this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not ... McClellan was so timid in his confrontations with the Confederate Army was because he was unwilling to open the road to abolition by crushing the rebels. "On the peninsula in Virginia George McClellan, commanding the greatest number of those battalions in a slow advance, saw the voices ag...

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... man that wanted to change American society his name is Martin L. King, a civil rights leader involved in helping his fellow African Americans. King made a contribution to America by saying his "I have a dream speech-, that changed America forever. Five years later King was assonated in 1968, although he died he made the American dream ... day. Throughout his career, Armstrong spread the language of jazz around the world, serving as an international ambassador of swing. His profound impact on the music of the 20th century continues into the 21st century. Basically entertainment was and st...

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... deal with incoherent individuals, be patient, work with a team of subordinates, make sound, logical decisions in the absence of information, and communicate effectively, both orally and in writing (Durgin 2). These interests and abilities may not seem as significant now, but in the future they play an important role when choosing to become a psychiatrist. People become ... a large amount of training: Psychiatric training begins with the completion of a four year college degree, and continues with a four year medical school education. This is followed by a four year advanced graduate medi...

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... political parties and the development of the basic geographical characteristics of today's U.S. politics. The first presidential election was held in 1789, with former commander George Washington elected unanimously by the first Electoral College. Washington sided with those who advocated increasing the strength of the central government, who had formed the Federalist faction. Supporters of increased federal power sided ... parties arose in the farming areas west of the Mississippi River. The West had remained Republican in most presidential elections following reconstruction, but Northea...

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... and innovative. Conflict seems to progress through four stages: potential opposition, cognition and personalization, behavior and outcomes. Stage I, potential opposition, is defined by the presence of one of three conditions that create conflict. The three general conditions are: communication, structure, and personal variables. The communicative source ... to utilize problem-solving skills, but if the team does not agree on a method to be utilized then the best method of problem solving will fail. Definitive roles should be clearly defined and agreed upon by every team member. It is cr...

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... marvelous idea for this carving was inspired by Doane Robinson, who was Secretary of the South Dakota Historical Society (Presnall 15). Robinson proposed the idea to Senator Peter Norbeck. Both of these men strived for an attraction to put South Dakota on the map, they believed this monument would be the ... the mountain? Borglum and his son, Lincoln, ventured off into the Black hills with a state forester by the name of Theodore Shoemaker (St. George 13). The three of them traveled for days on end in search of the perfect spot for the grand monument that was soon to be called Mount ......

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The same passion that built the United States of America ended up ripping it apart. A minor skirmish that started by accident, exploded into the deadliest battle ever fought on U.S. soil. Two American armies face-off in a small Pennsylvania farm town, Gettysburg, in what is the bloodiest and arguably ... and is almost impenetrable as long as the troops stay in formation. The Union troops mostly stay in formation except for a section on the fishhook which is led by Major General Daniel Sickles. Against orders, Sickles moved his 3rd corps too far forward which broke the fishhook formation and l...

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... of my brethren---with what success, and with what devotion, I leave those acquainted with my labors to decide" (Douglass 80). In the later 1840's, Douglass protested against segregated seating on trains by sitting in cars reserved for whites. He had to be dragged from the white cars. Most railways eventually dropped their unethical policies, but the 6th Avenue Railway in New York ... was the most stubborn. New York City's privately owned streetcar lines discriminated against blacks, requiring them to ride on the outside platforms of the cars, or restricting them to specially designated ...

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The Day Lincoln Was Shot List of Characters Note: All ages are as of April 14, 1865 Lincoln Family Abraham Lincoln- assassinated on April 14, 1865 by John Wilkes Booth at age of 56- 16th President of the U.S.A.-thought it was likely he would be assassinated and face a violent death- hated for being a "negro lover", but loved ... 1872 of natural causes Frederick Seward-assistant Secretary of State- took his father's place in the cabinet when his father was injured- severely beaten by Paine with pistol-suffered mortal wounds John F. Parker-Lincoln's personal body guard on night of assassinatio...

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... man army to defend Vicksburg. The city was heavily entrenched and all aporoches towards it were excellent for defence. While Grant concentrated on Vicksburg, the rebel army that fought at Shiloh was now called the army of Tennesee and lead by Braxton Bragg, a harsh disciplinaran with a knack for attarcting enemies. Bragg went to Chattanooga to merge with a small army under E.K. ... Smith. Together they invaded Kentucky, outflanking Buell and inflicting 12,000 causlties to the spread out soliders in Kentucky. Nonetheless both men delayed taking Louisville by installing a Confedrate gorvn...

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