The early planters of America's south, for instance, were staunch believers in their right and need to expand this fair country's borders when they took over and started settling and planting in the Florida territories. This move, having no political permission, is an example of the arrogance early settlers had toward the concept of expansionism and shows their belief in this "manifest destiny" by taking the land they believed was theirs. ... The Puritans departure from Britain and later the Louis and Clarke expedition; these are all earlier forms of this philosophy. ... Europeans...

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African Americans were found mainly in the North and South, while Native Americans were sprinkled all over the United States. ... There is a huge concept of "diversity" in American History. ... The Native Americans disguised themselves in the image to look like the Americans or the white people. ... Throughout it's history, American slavery has evolved and changed. ... In the early eighteenth century slaves made up more than seventy percent of the population in only South Carolina, and those slaves lived on holdings of more than twenty-five (Kolchin, 31). ...

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History In the 1860 presidential election, Republicans, led by Abraham Lincoln, supported banning slavery in all the U.S. territories, something the Southern states viewed as a violation of their constitutional rights and as being part of a plan to eventually abolish slavery. ... In Kansas Territory, years of pro and anti-slavery violence and political conflict erupted; the Congressional House of Representatives voted to admit Kansas as a free state in early 1860, but its admission in the Senate was delayed until January 1861, after the 1860 elections when Southern senators began to leave. ...

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Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. ... History In the 1860 presidential election, Republicans, led by Abraham Lincoln, supported banning slavery in all the U.S. territories, something the Southern states viewed as a violation of their constitutional rights and as being part of a plan to eventually abolish slavery. ... These four doctrines comprised the major ideologies presented to the American public on the matters of slavery, the territories, and the U.S....

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Throughout the years, slavery has played a dominant role within the Cherokee Nation, inevitably affecting thousands of African Americans, American Indians, and Europeans alike. ... The purpose of this research is to outline a brief history of slavery within the Cherokee Nation, key conflicts, and the resulting outcomes. Before Europeans journeyed to North America and brought African slaves with them, Africans and Native Americans actually had a lot in common. ... However, there is a history of slavery long before white men stumbled upon the Americas. ... Early on in the Europeans settlement,...

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African Americans have been fighting for their rights for decades. The African American civil rights movement changed everything. ... The revolution was a complicated battle because Americans were fighting for equality, yet America had slaves. ... The Freemasons created a whole new place for African Americans. ... With this organization, African American masons challenges the hypocrisy of white Americans by demanding self-respect and equality. ...

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The 19th century witnessed the birth of two monumental movements in American history: Abolition of Slavery and Women's Suffrage. These two movements both sought to secure the American promise of liberty and equality for all people. ... The Awakening sparked a critical concept; that through religious efforts and moral reform, America could possess a perfect society. ... She was said to be the first African-American woman to deliver a public speech. ... With women actively helping disenfranchised groups who affected by the social changes in the early 19th century, their involvement in the ...

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The 19th century witnessed the birth of two monumental movements in American history: Abolition of Slavery and Women's Suffrage. These two movements both sought to secure the American promise of liberty and equality for all people. ... The Awakening sparked a critical concept; that through religious efforts and moral reform, America could possess a perfect society. ... She was said to be the first African-American woman to deliver a public speech. ... With women actively helping disenfranchised groups who affected by the social changes in the early 19th century, their involvement in the ...

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Frederick Douglass was the leading spokesman of African Americans in the 1800's. ... He founded an antislavery newspaper, wrote several autobiographical books, and helped recruit African Americans for the Union army during the Civil War. ... Frederick Douglass is one of the most important people in American History. ... Another custom in slavery, probably also out of deference to the feelings of the white wife, is to part children from their mothers at a very early age. ... Dougalss said "I see, in the exclusion of the colored man from the Sixth Avenue Rail cars, the cruel and maligna...

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Indeed I must confess that much of my early research was confined to biographies of Lincoln, examinations of his presidency, and his speeches and letters. ... Also there are those who believe that certainly Lincoln took this step with its military applications in mind, but also was making an attempt to put an end to an evil institution that had thrived in America for too long. One such example is Mark Krug, author of The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It. ... He made it clear even early in his career that he was opposed at least to the spread of slavery. ... Perhaps the best...

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The American Colonization Society was founded in 1817. It led antislavery protests during the early 1800's. ... Nat Turner - Nat Turner, a black slave and preacher, led the most famous slave revolt in United States history. ... More whites died during the rebellion led by Turner than in any other in the nation's history. ... The mob returned the following day and burned the hall, which had been inaugurated only three days earlier, to the ground. ...

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The 1831 slave narrative The History of Mary Prince is indeed a multi-layered text. ... In many ways, her impact on history mirrors that of the myriad abolitionist women active during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. ... By the time of the History's publication, a substantial number of organizations were founded that protested slavery in England. ... African-American studies scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., explains the slave narrative in these terms: The Black slave narrators sought to indict both those who enslaved them and the meta- physical system drawn upon to justify their...

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The early settlers of Appalachia, the North American Indians, thrived in this environment. ... Appalachia was occupied by Indian societies at least as early as the Archaic Period" (Drake 4). ... One of the few wars fought in North America was the Civil War. ... Country folk and African American slaves mainly formed the regiments. ... The history of Civil War continues to be marked by these terms. ...

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