... 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 ... 1895. He spoke in Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, Indiana, Scotland, England, Ohio, Maine, Canada, Connecticut, and mostly in New York and Pennsylvania, for that was where he could reach the largest liberal audiences. In 1855, talk of his speeches aroused the natio...

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... resistance to the draft, especially in Catholic areas. The great draft riot in New York City in July 1863 involved Irish immigrants who had been signed up as citizens to swell the vote of the city's Democratic political machine, not realizing it made them liable for the draft. At ... south along the Mississippi River. In April 1862, U.S. Naval forces under Farragut ran past Confederate defenses south of New Orleans. Confederates abandoned the city, which gave the Union a critical anchor in the deep South. Naval forces assisted Grant in his long, complex campaign that resulted in the ......

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... home. There was much evasion and overt resistance to the draft, especially in Catholic areas. The great draft riot in New York City in July 1863 involved Irish immigrants who had been signed up as citizens to swell the vote of the city's Democratic political machine, not realizing it made them liable for the draft. At least 100,000 Southerners deserted, or about ... and became a key base for further advances south along the Mississippi River. In April 1862, U.S. Naval forces under Farragut ran past Confederate defenses south of New Orleans. Confederates abandoned the city, which gave th...

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... south and not to give the north any land without a fight, even though such an act would spread out his thin resources; New York alone had more production than the whole south. For most of the war Davis and a grab bag of advisors and secrataries of various ... attack McClellan rather than submitt to attrition and eventual deafeat by numbers. After a sucessful confederate cavalry raid, McClellan advanced to the south of the city coming within16 miles of Richmond. The following day Lee attacked McClellan. After seven days of constant battle and manuvuer, Lee had forced the union ... only ...

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... the United States, including the loss of slaves. In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and of the Independence of the United States, the ... to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except Parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. Johns, St. Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans), Mississippi...

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... be seen with Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. The women organizers: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, were members of the First Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. All of these women were self-identified Abolitionists, of Seneca Falls, and had privileged knowledge of the Underground Railroad. In 1849, Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery and over the next ... engaging in other forms of civil disobedience to publicize the suffrage cause. In 1916, NAWSA president Carrie Chapman Catt unveils her "winning plan" for suffrage victory at a convention in Atla...

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... economic base. In 1860, the South was still predominantly agricultural, highly dependent of exports to a world market. According to historian, Gene Dattel, Slave-produced cotton brought commercial ascendancy to New York City, cotton was the driving force for territorial expansion in the South and fostered trade between Europe and the United States. In fact, she says, "cotton productivity, no doubt due to ... ...

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... be seen with Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. The women organizers: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, were members of the First Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. All of these women were self-identified Abolitionists, of Seneca Falls, and had privileged knowledge of the Underground Railroad. In 1849, Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery and over the next ... engaging in other forms of civil disobedience to publicize the suffrage cause. In 1916, NAWSA president Carrie Chapman Catt unveils her "winning plan" for suffrage victory at a convention in Atla...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate