Letter From Birmingham Jail
.... advocate of nonviolent resistance to racial oppression. As a Baptist minister King knew better then to use violence to fight against the oppression. But this did not mean he would stop from voicing his opinion about the problems that were present. One example of the problems that Dr. King tried to bring to the peoples attention in an attempt to fix it was the “law” that all the African Americans could sit only at the back of the bus and not the front, something that was abolished after Rosa Louise P .....
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Attempts To End Slavery
.... Virginia to Massachusetts. Gradually, other northern states had followed, providing for the abolition of slavery. However, after the cotton gin was introduced to the economy, instead of eliminating the need for slavery, it actually had the opposite effect—the south now needed slavery more than ever. In addition, before Missouri joined the union, many northerners opposed the idea of Missouri becoming a state because it would allow the expansion of slavery and also give them an advantage in the senate. In t .....
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The Trail Of Tears
.... fought side by side with Jackson. After a treaty in 1814 was forced upon the Creek Indians, the Cherokees filed claims for their losses. There was no promise that their claims would be acknowledged. In the end, this alliance would bring about one of the most devastating betrayals the Cherokee Nation would know – coming in the guise of Andrew Jackson.
Andrew Jackson demanded the concession of twenty-three million acres of land to the United States. The Cherokee Nation, however, owned four million ac .....
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The Constitution In The 1850's: Unity Or Discord
.... Even though this outraged antislavery people, after five months of debating, the bill was passed. This did not defuse the slavery issue, but split Kansas between the North and South. This helped push the United States closer to the Civil War (Grolier, Kansas-Nebraska Act).
Peculiar Institution was an "euphemistic term that southerners used as a pseudonym for slavery"(Dictionary, 241). John C. Calhoun defended the "peculiar labor" of the South in 1828 and the "peculiar domestic institution" in 1830 .....
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Mexican-American War
.... the territory in the North as, “an unnecessary war that had been thrust upon Mexico by a land-hungry United States.”
The Mexican War started when Mexican soldiers, “shed American blood on American soil.” When the Americans heard of this, General Stephen W. Kearny commanded his army to take over the city of Santa Fe. They did so without even having to fire a shot because the Mexicans already evacuated the town before the U.S. troops got there. After this first happened, many other fights for territori .....
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United States Enter War!
.... Wilson has responded to this by breaking off diplomatic relationship with Germany. Things have gotten even worse, the tension is what has grown the most between these two countries. This is due to a recent cartoon that was included when the American newspaper published the German foreign minister, Arthur Zimmermann. The British had gotten the note and passed it on here, to the Americans. This telegram included Zimmermann proposing a deal with Mexico. It was understood that Zimmermann had propose a deal th .....
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Assimilation Of The Native Americans
.... their cultural traditions, they have survived and in fact, have prospered and continue to prosper in the present day.
Colonization
During the colonization period of the 1800’s, settlers started to fill up Britain’s western colony. The gold rush enhanced the popularity of the colony and the settlers became preoccupied with its wealth to deal with themselves adapting to the rights of the Natives and instead were pushed aside and European assimilation began . The settlers were told of the ex .....
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The Sixties - Years Of Hope, Days Of Rage
.... from Chicago to join an interracial movement of the poor to support his theory. Todd Gitlin was publisher and editor of the “underground” newspapers. He voiced his democratic opinions to all who would listen and gave numerous speeches against the war of Vietnam. He went to conferences, walked many picket lines, and traveled to Cuba in 1967, where he shared his views and beliefs. During the Democratic Convention in 1968, police were called, tear gas was thrown, and armed officers used objects of fo .....
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The Disadvantages Of The South During The Civil War
.... new immigrants came to the North. This made the numbers of the Union Army much higher than the numbers of the Confederate Army.
The South’s economy was more agricultural, based around the institution of slavery. The North’s economy was more industrial. The North could supply their army with clothes, food, and firearms much easier than the South could. The North had more industries and supplies. The Union had approximately 1,300,000 industrial workers compared to the Confederacy’s 110,000. The .....
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The History Of The Black Panther Party
.... formed by Huey P. Newton, an African American who grew up in Oakland.
After the 1966 assassination of black leader Malcolm X, Newton gathered some longtime friends, including Bobby Seale and David Hilliard, and drew an outline for the organization. At first, it was named the “Black Panther Party For Self-Defense”, but it was shortened to the “Black Panther Party”.
The founders created a list of 10 wants and beliefs of the Black Panther Party known as “The Ten Point Platform and Program”, including a wan .....
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The Salem Witch Trials
.... witches, the girls named three women. On Feb 29 warrants were issued for Tibuba, an Indian Slave, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne. These women were the first three to be accused. Tituba confessed to practicing witchcraft and to seeing the devil. She claimed the devil would appear to her "sometimes like a hog and sometimes like a great dog". She also testified that there was a conspiracy of witches at work in Salem. This marked the beginning of the Salem witch-hunt that would plague Salem residences .....
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A Slave's Life
.... was to stay for some time. Not even a century later between ten and eleven million Africans were sent to the United States to serve as slaves, about forty percent of southern population was made up of slaves. When all of these Africans arrived the legal status of them was poorly defined, and some managed to become free after a period of time, much like the indentured servants. But in the late 1600’s the colonies decided to enact laws that regulated the slaves. The most important regulation at the .....
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The Stamp Act
.... by Britain. Grenville tried to be cautious in putting the law into effect. He discussed the matter with agents of the colonists and gave them time to suggest alternatives. He also allowed to colonists to give out the stamps themselves.
The act specified that a stamp must be put on deeds, liquor licenses, mortgages, law licenses, almanacs, and playing cards. The tax was basically levied on all legal and commercial documents and printed materials.
Although this was an unfair to the American colon .....
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The Events Connected To The Louisiana Purchase
.... Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman to draft the Declaration of Independence.2 The greatest achievement of Jefferson's first term as President was the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. He died at Monticello on July 4, 1826, on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Another important man involved in the Louisiana Purchase was Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Corsica on August 15, 1769.3 Napoleon was the fourth child of Charles Bonaparte and of Lititia Née Ramolino.4 On .....
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The Actions Of The Puritans Were Hypocritical
.... go back the Church of England or face execution. Many Puritans choose to go to the New World. In the New World they felt they could practice religious.
The Puritans did not like other religions. They were very strict in there religious beliefs. Those who wanted to be a member of the government had to be a member of the Puritan religion. And that included the right to vote. You had to be male, own property, and part of the Puritan religion. The Puritans considered religious desinners and people .....
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