The Turbulent Sixties
.... generation aided
the struggle to protest against and attempt to end the war. The most
popular song to be considered an anthem against the war efforts was called
"Blowin' in the Wind," written by Bob Dylan in 1962 while he was living in
New York. The song is centered around racism and militarism, two main
focal points which were principal in many early sixties protest songs
(Pichaske 58). Dylan used conventional symbols to blatantly state his
point; a white dove representing peace, flying cannon balls de .....
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The Reasons Why The South Went To War
.... of 1850 did
pleased both sides. The Compromise included admitting California as a free
state and interstate slave trade to be abolished which went in favour of
the North. The Compromise also went with the South when it included
stricter fugitive slave laws and New Mexico and Utah were created without
slave restrictions. A book called, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was also published
at this time emphasising the evils of slavery. This added tension between
the North and the South. The compromises seemed to hav .....
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The War Between The States
.... Gilbert Whilden. The births of two
more sons, Richard Furman in 1826 and William Gilbert in 1828, would
complete the family, making seven children in all. Young Charles' roots
ran deep into the soil of the lowcountry. His Whilden ancestors had
settled in the Charleston area in the 1690's, and an ancestor on his
mother's side, the Rev. William Screven, had arrived in South Carolina
even earlier, establishing the First Baptist Church of Charleston in 1683,
today the oldest church in the Southern Baptis .....
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The Women's Rights Movement (1848-1998)
.... equality.
Though countless women fought the many battles for women's rights only a
handful stand out in peoples memories.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born in 1815 and died in 1902. During
the eighty-seven years of her life she accomplished many goals and over
came numerous obstacles. Elizabeth attended Emma Willard's School in Troy
where she obtained her education to the fullest extent possible for girls
in those days. She was a suffragist and Quaker abolitionist. In 1840 she
wa .....
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The Truman Doctrine
.... being
threatened by Soviet-supported rebels seeking to topple the government and
install a Communist regime. The Soviets were also making extreme
territorial demands especially concerning the Dardanelles.
A direct influence of this Doctrine was, of course, the Marshall Plan.
The Marshall Plan was designed to give aid to any European country damaged
during World War II. It tremendously helped ravaged European nations such
as Italy and France. By helping them economically, the Marshall Plan
indire .....
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The Boston Massacre
.... off-duty jobs, which meant they would be taking away
jobs from the Boston laborers. Many times when the soldiers left their
barracks and were walking about the town, carried large clubs, for the
purpose of assaulting the people.
Many would say that the colonists had every right to be mad and
irritated. But what about the soldiers. They were just taking commands
from the country that they are defending and fighting for. To them they
were just doing the right thing. But we all know that they went to .....
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Lincoln's Battle With His Cabinet
.... considered himself the President's superior,
and blandly offered to assume the executive responsibility. He entered the
cabinet with the thought of becoming the power behind the 2 Presidential
chair and openly opposed Lincoln's control of the Union. This made
Lincoln's position as Chief of State exceedingly difficult and hindered his
communication and control of the military. As time passed, however, Seward
recognized Lincoln's capabilities and gave him complete loyalty (Simmons
174). This could not be s .....
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The 1960's
.... they said, "tune in, turn on, drop out." you know why the nation
celebrates Martin luther king, jr.'s birthday. all of the social issues
are reflected in today's society: the civil rights movement, the student
movement, space exploration, the sexual revolution, the environment,
medicine and health, and fun and fashion.
The Civil Rights Movement
The momentum of the previous decade's civil rights gains led by rev.
Martin luther king, jr. carried over into the 1960s. but f .....
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Women Of The Civil War
.... of Bull Run, and the Peninsular campaign
of May-July 1862. She undertook at least two intelligence missions behind
Confederate lines “disguised” as a woman. She deserted in 1863. After
leaving the army, she worked as a nurse for the United States Christian
Commission. A short time before her death, she petitioned for a veteran's
pension. Two years later the pension was granted to her by Congress.
Some women did not dress up as men to fight. Southren women in
New Orleans despised the Yanke .....
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Robber Barons Or Captains Of Industry
.... a year with interest. It was this incodent that taught
Rockefeller just how powerful capital was. Rockefeller earned his fortune
in the oil industry. It was also in the oil industry that he earned his
title of robber baron. Rockefeller is known for his oil monopoly which at
once controlled 95% of the world oil market. His oil business started with
refining. Rockefeller knew that oil drilling was very expensive and he
figured that he would let some one else spend millions to blindly drill
into the gr .....
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The Battle At Chancellorsville
.... trusted that his
troops could defeat the Confederates as they tried to escape his trap.
On April 29, Hooker's cavalry and three army corps crossed Kelly's
Ford. His columns split, with the cavalry pushing to the west while the
army corps secured Getmanna and Ely's fords. The next day these columns
reunited at Chancellorsville. Lee reacted to the news of the Federals in
the Wilderness by sending General Richard H. Anderson's division to
investigate. Finding the Northerners massing in the woods arou .....
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The Women's Civil Rights Movement
.... She
organized the Woman's Rights Covention of 1747. She was a leader in the
fight for women's rights to own property and for divorce laws more
favorable to women.
Lucy Sten, who was the first woman in Massachusetts to earn a
college degree.
Susan B. Anthony. She devoted her life to the temperance movement,
(against alcohol) and the abolition cause (against slavery). She fought
for women and black males to have the right to vote. She was arrested when
she attempted to vote in Rochester, New York l .....
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The Boston Massacre
.... The purpose of the Boston Massacre was to try to make liberal and
moderate people become radicals. It was really an accident and the radicals
tried to use propaganda and turn something small into something big. The
British soldiers were accused of Murder and manslaughter. To represent them
was John Adams, a relative of Samuel Adams. Adams wanted the trial to get
over and didn't want the truth to come out. The Boston Massacre and
misleading visual representation by Paul Revere could have been one .....
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The Bay Of Pigs Invasion
.... upon. Seven people were killed at Libertad and forty-seven
people were killed at other sites on the island. Two of the B-26s left Cuba
and flew to Miami, apparently to defect to the United States. The Cuban
Revolutionary Council, the government in exile, in New York City released a
statement saying that the bombings in Cuba were ". . . carried out by
'Cubans inside Cuba' who were 'in contact with' the top command of the
Revolutionary Council . . . ." The New York Times reporter covering the
story alluded .....
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American Exceptionalism
.... This thereby entices a further opinion
regarding exceptionalism in America to emerge that encompasses both sides.
The definition of American exceptionalism is as ill defined as the
philosophy itself, stemming from centuries of writings that convey more of
an overtone than a tangible explication. Yet, Lipset has no trouble
asserting that American exceptionalism takes the form of "liberty,
egalitarianism, individualism, populism, and laissez-faire," all
characteristics of Americans, from the revolutionar .....
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