Frederick Douglass' Speech For Individual Rights
.... that even though all men are created the same way, they aren’t given the same natural rights. Black people do not have the same rights that were granted to them by the founding fathers of the United States, and there is no reason for the blacks to be celebrating the nation’s birthday. Frederick Douglass believed that no black man or woman should be satisfied until their whole race was treated like Americans, and not slaves. Until then the Fourth of July was a holiday which is not “theirs.”
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The Evolution Of The Monroe Doctrine
.... some sort of control in the Western Hemisphere. Spain was planning on reconquering its empire in the colonies, and Russia was attempting to colonize in the northwest corner of the North America. As result England wanted to join in an alliance with the United States in return for British aid in protecting the hemisphere from foreign colonization. However, the United States decided it wanted to maintain its independence won from England and to have no alliances with any other nations. The Monroe Doctrine .....
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The Progressive Era
.... these issues.
Illinois Factory Act. Passed in 1893 the act prohibited child labor and limited women's working hours. This act soon became a model for other states. During this time many children went to work full-time out of necessity. Wages in factories were low, they worked long hours in horrible working conditions. It took many years to get laws passed. The Illinois Factory Act was the first. State legislatures eventually passed laws banning or restricting child labor. It was not until 1938 .....
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The Roaring Twenties: A Time Of Great Advancement And Excitement
.... People went out to these lounges not only to enjoy a good meal, but to bask in it’s excitement and glory. At 10 o’clock, after dinner and socializing with the town folk, many would think that the night would be over but it had just begun! The men loosened their shirt collars, and the women took off their hats, it was time to boogie. It was time to swing.
Swing music is a form of jazz, which was first made popular by the first great jazz soloist, the amazing Louis Armstrong. He played vividly dramatic c .....
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Jane Addams And The Hull House
.... a center for a higher civic and social life that would improve the many social problems. She and many others with the same interests as her, worked among the poor, established art classes, discussion groups, a kindergarten, a coffee house, a library, and a gymnasium. She tried to invent a place free of ethnic racism and stereotyping. In a time when Americans were beginning to feel threatened by immigrants, Hull House embraced them and showed them the true meaning of American democracy. She wanted to devi .....
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The Causes Of The American Revolution
.... the American independence began with the first English settlements in the early 1600s. When the Colonists first settled in the “New World” they were both scared and excited to have this new place to explore. This new excitement opened up many doors for the Colonists because they were in a completely free territory with delayed communication from England. When the Colonists were given a taste of the free world they wanted more freedom and the ability to be able to grow.
The American Colonists be .....
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Reasons America Declared War On Germany
.... the American public. President Wilson chose to do nothing violent about them at first; however, after a similar incident took place; Germany’s naval policy instigated him to declare war on Germany.
Propaganda was necessary to declare war on Germany, since a war without the public’s support would not have fared well. Although Americans were certainly upset at Germany’s naval policy, it was not enough to prompt popular support for a declaration of war. Propaganda, such as political cartoons, was .....
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Andrew Jackson And The National Bank
.... the
bank when Henry Clay proposed it in 1832. Even though it was passed
through Congress, Jackson vetoed it claiming that it was unconstitutional
but it was declared constitutional by the Marshall in 1819 during the
McCulloch vs. Maryland case. This was one of many vetoes made by Jackson
under the executive branch. Even though the charter was vetoed it was
still valid for four more years and since Jackson abhorred the national
bank, he schemed to destroy it by pulling out funds and creating many
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The Ku Klux Klan
.... decided to use linens. They wore the linens over their backs
and put pillowcases on their heads. They also draped the linens over their
horses. The Ku Klux Klan was going to ride for the first time. In the
beginning, the men wanted to do nothing more than play pranks on people.
However, the people were more frightened than they were cheered up. They
soon realized what they could do with these fear tactics. The South had
turned into a place that was no longer theirs. The slaves were now free
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The Turning Point Of The Civil War
.... of Jeb Stuart's cavalry, a role in which he failed dismally
in the days and weeks leading up to Gettysburg. Lee decided to take the
offensive by invading Pennsylvania via Maryland in an attempt to end the
war quickly by threatening the Northern capitol and waging "total war" on
the Northern citizens. Unfortunately for Lee, Stuart's joyriding, Stuart
delighted in riding complete circles around the Northern armies and hence
all of the public recognition and attention, left him blind, with .....
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The Whites Versus Native And African Americans
.... was put into affect in
1868 which was enacted to reduce conflict between the pioneers and the
Native Americans. The government forced the Native Americans to reside on
reservations in which they could not leave without the permission of the
government agency created to oversee their safety. They had to live, hunt,
and survive living in a fixed boundary. The Medicine Lodge Treaty stated
that the plains tribes were confined on two reservations. The northern
reservation was in the Dakota Territory and sou .....
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The Start Of World War 2 For The United States
.... among the Allies. Germany, Italy, and Japan made up the alliance
known as the Axis. Six other nations joined the Axis later in the war. In
1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced the neutrality of the
United States after the war had started.
Roosevelt and other interventionists wanted to aid other Allied
nations in fighting the Axis. Isolationists opposed the U.S.aid to warring
nations. Roosevelt was then accused of steering the U.S. into a war they
were not prepared to fight. Roo .....
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The Battle Of Antietam
.... by the afternoon of September 15, both armies
had established new battlelines west and east of Antietam Creek, near the
town Sharpsburg. When Jackson’s troops reached Sharpsburg on the 16th,
Harpers Ferry having surrendered the day before, Lee consolidated his
position along the low ridge that runs north and south of the town. The
battle opened at dawn on the 17th when Union General Joseph Hooker’s
artillery began a murderous fire on Jackson’s men in the Miller cornfield
north of the town. Hooker’s t .....
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William Clark's Slave York
.... be the first black to cross the American continent. Yet
there are no coins or stamps with his image. There is one known statue of
York, standing on a bluff at the University of Portland, where he overlooks
the long Columbia River valley that stretches to the Pacific.
Holmberg says York was a valuable member of the expedition, helping smooth
relations with Indian tribes, hunting and sharing the burdens of travel
with men who otherwise may not have shared so much as a drink of water with
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The Northwest Ordinance Of 1787
.... to good government, and the happiness of mankind ,
education shall forever be encouraged”. Article 3 however did not specify
however if federal money would be given to the schools for use, nor did it
specify if African-Americans could attend schools with whites' and although
it the separation of church and state had been previously outlined, the
Ordinance did not mention if it was ok to teach creationism in schools.
These problems are still being debated on. (Northwest Ordinance packet,
40-41)
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