The Civil War
.... more than 170,00 Germans and more than 150,00 Irish. Many saw
their services as a proud sacrifice. The first officer to die for the
Union was Captain Constatin Blandowski, one of many immigrants who earlier
had fought for freedom in Europe and then joined Lincoln's army. Born in
Upper Silesia and trained at Dresden, Germany, he was a veteran of
democratic struggles - a Polish revolt at Krakow, the Polish Legion's
battles against Austria, and the Hungarian fight for independence. Some
nation .....
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The History Of Coca-Cola
.... he also penned the famous Coca-Cola logo in unique script. Dr.
John Pemberton sold a portion of the Coca-Cola company to Asa Candler,
after Pemberton’s death the remainder was sold to Candler. Pemberton was
forced to sell because he was in a state of poor health and was in debt.
He had paid $76.96 for advertising, but he only made $50.00 in profits.
Candler acquired the whole company for $2,300(Coca-Cola multiple pages).
Candler achieved a lot during his time as owner of the company. On
January .....
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The Writing Of The Constitution
.... directly elected by the people of the states based on the population ,
and an upper house elected by the lower house.The congress was to have
broad legislative power ,with veto over laws passed by state legislatures .
The President and cabinet would be elected by legislature. The national
judiciary would be elected by legislature , and their would be a "Council
of Revision" with power to veto laws of Congress.
Delegates from New Jersey , New York and Delaware did not agree to the
Virginia Plan due t .....
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Events Leading To The American Revolution
.... of the English crown. "I.That his Majesty's subjects in these
colonies, owe the same allegiance to the Crown of Great Britain that is
owing from his subjects born within the realm, and all due subordination
to that august body, the Parliament of Great Britain." This statement can
be used as a summation of the entire document that the Stamp Act Congress
had initiated. The statement depicts the colonists has having to be
submissive and servile in the view of Great Britain, this policy angered
the colo .....
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Colonists' Fight For Freedom From England
.... started their own special boycotts. The
Daughters of Liberty, a group organized by woman, held public spinning bees,
where they made Americana cloth. Paper, paint, and cloth were all made by the
colonists. A sense of unity was created with the help of the boycott.
The colonists' boycott of British goods paid off. In 1770 the British
government repealed the Townshend taxes on paint, paper, glass, and lead. The
only item that still had a Townshend tax was tea. This news calmed most
colonists. However, not .....
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Can The United States Justify The Civil War
.... ever exist in any part of the territory...". This was not well liked by
the South and eventhough it was given thumbs up many times in the senate, our
newly formed country was now bordered by fresh land. The Wilmot Proviso
underwent quite a bit of pressure so that compromises could satisfy each side.
The Compromise of 1850 was soon to follow but the real catch of the same
year was the Fugitive Slave Act. This act was invented so that the slaves of
slaveowners, who took them to a slave-free state on .....
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Critque The Efficiency Of Of FDR's Administration At Alleviating The Suffering Of The Great Depression
.... also helped
the economy, the people and the lending institutions in the long-run. The
FHA was incorporated into the new Deapartment of Housing and Urban
Development also known as HUD. The Office continued its role as mortgage
guarantor and widened it area of responsibilty to include mortgages lent to
the owners of multifamily dwellings and to public housing authorities as
well as individual homeowners.
Focusing now on another program called the SSA also called the Social
Security Administration. This .....
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Earthquake San Francisco- 1906
.... noticed that the San Andreas Fault
shifted a 250-mile long section witch tore roads and fences. Rivers,
roads and power lines were severed and not aligned with its surroundings.
A road across the fault ended up 21 feet north of the road to the east
same with the rivers and creeks.
The earthquake's most damage were in Los Bonas 30km east of the
fault yet there was little damage along towns to the east side of San
Francisco Bay such as Berkely, 25km east of the fault. And the capital of
California S .....
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Fort Pillow Attack
.... marched non-stop to Fort Pillow to begin their assault under the
command of General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Confederate sharpshooters
claimed the lives of several key Union officers during the morning assault
on the fort. The losses included the commanding officer Major Loinel F.
Booth, and his second in command shortly after that. These losses created
a complete breakdown of order and leadership among the Union troops within
the fort. (251) During the morning engagement, the gun boat the New Era .....
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America As We Know It Includes A Vast Network Of Representative Governments
.... school club or the state general assembly, a representative group
is always present. Democracy shapes America. One could view the first
democratic group responsible for today's freedom. This was the assembly
formed by George Yeardly (p.13). Perhaps, if the Virginia Company had not
instructed the governor to establish an assembly, the idea of democracy
might not have instilled into the minds of the colonists. Surely, without
this first appearance, it is questionable that an idea suppressed for
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African-American Troops In The Civil War: The 54th Massachusetts
.... 18, 1863, when it led the
unsuccessful and controversial assault on the Confederate positions at Battery
Wagner. In this desperate attack, the Fifty-fourth was placed in the vanguard
and over 250 men of the regiment became casualties. Shaw, the regiment's young
colonel, died on the crest of the enemy parapet, shouting, "Forward, Fifty-
fourth!"
That heroic charge, coupled with Shaw's death, made the regiment a
household name throughout the north, and helped spur black recruiting. For the
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Bacon's Rebellion
.... and social equality were denied to the farmers
by the local government.
The right to vote is a small but crucial part of the democracy. During
the first half of the 17th century the farmers on the plantations in Virginia
were not able to exercise their right to vote. The only people that were able
to vote during this time were the wealthy men who owned land. Overall the
colonists had not been treated fairly. They had been over taxed and denied
their voting rights. To them voting meant that the per .....
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Life In The 1900s
.... it if we had to live in the 1900's.
During the 1900's horses played a significant role in the everyday life. A horse
drawn carriage would bring a docter to the house of where a baby would be born.
A hearse was pulled by horses to the cemetery when somebody died. Farmers used
them to pull their ploughs while town dwellers kept them for transportation
around town. Horses puled delivery wagons for businesses such as bakery, dairy,
and coal company. Horses pulled fire engines through the streets in a fire
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Causes Of Civil War
.... Chicago to San Franciso. Douglas was a big believer in popular
sovereignity, where the people have the right to decide if they want to be free
of slave state, and he completely ignore the Missoure Compromise. The Compromise
of 1850 stated that should be equal number of free and slave states. The
Missouri Compromise said that any state above the latitude of 36 30' can not be
a slave state. "Bleeding Kansas" was where people were fighting over the issue
of slavery and cost many American Lives. The Califor .....
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The Civil War
.... in 1865, stated that "Neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude . . . shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to
their jurisdiction." It seemed democracy had triumphed by giving freedom to
slaves, but the amendment was not complete. It only stopped slavery, and made
no provisions for citizenship; therefore, blacks were still not considered
United States citizens. The fourteenth amendment was the democratic expansion
that fixed that problem. Originally passed to "put a number of ma .....
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