The term Uncle Sam was originally used as a despective term for American troops during the War of 1812. During that war, Samuel "Uncle Sam" Wilson, a businessman from New York, supplied the Army with beef in barrels. ... The Great Seal: The Great Seal was first used on the reverse of the one dollar Federal Reserve note in 1935. ... The olive branch and the arrows denote the power of peace and war. ...
Madison helped strengthen the armed forces, and defeated the British in the War of 1812 for the reaffirming of independence in America. ... He led the country through World War 1, fought for the League of Nations, established the Federal Reserve Board, and passed the first child and labor welfare laws. ... On another note, Gordon Bishop believes that the Democratic Party today has become the "Dumbocratic Party." ...
The war between Jackson and Biddle erupted in 1832, when Daniel Webster and Henry Clay presented Congress with a bill to renew the Bank of the United States' charter. ... Roots of Reform Many reformers wanted a perfected society: free from cruelty, war, intoxicating drink, discrimination, and slavery. ... Women could note vote, could be legally beaten, and could not retain property titles when she was married. ... National Literature Before the war of 1812, there was basically no true American literature besides political essays. After the war of 1812, American literature received a str...
The tax served its purpose in supplementing revenue during the Civil War and World War I, but continued taking from Americans" income in peacetime, allowing fewer dollars to be spent on goods and services. ... Prior to the Civil War, the vast majority of government funds came from tariffs on imports. The only exception was during the War of 1812, when blockades by the British, as well as the war being with the young country's number one trade partner, lowered income from tariffs. Government revenues were accompanied by funds from the sale of public lands, such as the Louisiana Territory a...
Notes: Alone among the Founders of the United States George Washington earned the title "Father of his Country" in recognition of his leadership in the cause of American independence. ... Notes: The Golden Gate Bridge links San Francisco with Marin County in absolute splendor. ... Notes: "The Statue of Liberty National Monument officially celebrated her 100th birthday on October 28, 1986. ... The Statue was placed upon a granite pedestal inside the courtyard of the star-shaped walls of Fort Wood (which had been completed for the War of 1812.) ... After 1901, the care and operation of...
He grew up in South Carolina and fought in the Revolutionary War at only thirteen. His entire immediate family, parents and siblings, died as a cause of the war, whether it was being killed in battle or death from disease. ... Currency differed by state, counterfeit money was everywhere, and state banks often issued notes without any gold or silver, the only trusted currency, to back them up. ... His attitude towards the Indians can consistently enough be seen back in the War of 1812, as not only did he slaughter them in battle but stole the land of those who had fought with him. ...
Even though official battles had been temporarily stopped, the "civil war" raged on as Patriots fought Tories in the towns of South Carolina, catching young Andrew Jackson in the midst of the fight. ... The boy refused, claiming his right as a prisoner of war not to be treated like a servant. ... During the War of 1812, General Jackson, with his troop of 2,500 men, was to march to Natchez, at the tip of the Mississippi, to prepare strikes on either Pensacola, Mobile, or New Orleans. ... Shortly after he had received the Old Hickory name came Jackson's greatest victory courtesy...
Nearly always in the implacable repetition of three fateful notes. ... And then breaks off again, with the appearance of those three fateful notes, the first dead end. ... And just changing one note can change the entire meaning of the piece. ... The music becomes militaristic and it struts and swaggers then keeps driving forward in a way that recalls Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. ...
The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. ... Efforts at compromise failed, and both sides prepared for war. ... Union men mainly believed the war was to emancipate the slaves. ... National Elections Beginning in the American Revolution and accelerating after the War of 1812, the people of the United States grew in their sense of country as an important example to the world of a national republic of political lib...
To Jensen supporting the troops means supporting the war, and this war is not something he supports. People blindly interpret supporting the troops as defending America's freedom yet the only war since 1812 though that comes even sort of close to actually threatening the safety of America's freedom is World War II, but even that's argumentative. So if America's freedom isn't in jeopardy then was war really the answer to the 9/11 terrorist attacks? ... The Hawks debated arguments against war, but ultimately realized that war was the only possible path. ... Jensen notes...
Jefferson further expounded on the Indians' ability to speak in his Notes on the State of Virginia: I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of many more prominent orators, if Europe has furnished any more eminent, to produce a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore when Governor of this State. ... In Notes, perhaps Jefferson's greatest scientific work, he listed the tribes with a fullness and precision that were uncommon of his era. ... William Apess, a Native American of mixed Pequot and white parentage who fought f...
During this time in Europe and especially in France, state-making the emergence of nationalism and the increase in secular political institutions transformed the European continent. Napoleon Bonaparte helped to overthrow the Directory, which held power from 1794-1799, and he helped transform France...
