National Literature Before the war of 1812, there was basically no true American literature besides political essays. ... By 1820, literature could finally be supported as a profession. ... Most of the time, the new immigrants were treated horribly by the Americans. ... The Factory System and Market Economy British inventors perfected a series of machines for the mass production of textiles in 1750. ... America was much slower to embrace the machine than other countries in Europe. ...

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In addition, the Church of Christ in Christian Union preached a strict moral code which forbade drinking, dancing, movies, swimming, swearing, popular literature, and moral injunctions against violence and war. ... On September 12th, the Division engaged the enemy for the first time in the St. ... Fearlessly leading 7 men, he charged with great daring a machine gun nest which was pouring deadly and incessant fire upon his platoon. In this heroic feat the machine gun nest was taken, together with 4 officers and 128 men and several guns. ... Because the Church of Christ in Christian Union cond...

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States Rights The South argued that each state had the right to secede–leave the Union–at any time, that the Constitution was a "compact" or agreement among the states. ... Previous regional independence movements such as the Greek revolt in the Ottoman Empire, division, and division in the Latin American political map, and the British-French Crimean triumph leading to an interest in redrawing Europe along cultural differences, all conspired to make for a time of upheaval and uncertainty about the basis of the nation-state. ...

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