In the early 1500s, slaves were taken from West Africa to the Americas through Badagry and around 550,000 African slaves were exported to the Americas during the American Independence period in the year l787. ... Less than half a million were sent to North America, but most of the slaves were sent to South America and the Caribbean. Slaves were brought to America on the Triangular trade, in which ships went to three trading routes, Africa, America and Europe. ... In 1619, the earliest slaves, which were sent to North America's colony of Jamestown, Virginia helped with the production of ...

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Later America plunged itself into a war with North Korea to protect its neighboring South Korea, this was possible through the United Nations Security Council and although many Americans lost their lives, we created a bond with the South Koreans. ... Kennedy sent 16,000 American military "advisers" to Vietnam. The southern based republic of Vietnam was in desperate need of help against the Viet Cong, which was the Communist funded North Vietnamese. ... He increased the United States troops and started a plan to bomb the North Vietnam area. ... He thinks that only America can achieve global pea...

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The Compromise of 1850 infuriated the South, as it greatly tipped the scales in favor of the North. ... The struggle between the North and the South over Kansas threw the territory into chaos. ... The South paralleled her situation to that of the thirteen colonies prior to the American Revolution. ... The seven states formed their new government, the Confederate States of America before electing Davis as president. ... During the late 1850s, sectional struggles mounted, contributing to the widening schism between the North and the South. ...

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The Compromise of 1850 infuriated the South, as it greatly tipped the scales in favor of the North. ... The struggle between the North and the South over Kansas threw the territory into chaos. ... The South paralleled her situation to that of the thirteen colonies prior to the American Revolution. ... The seven states formed their new government, the Confederate States of America before electing Davis as president. ... During the late 1850s, sectional struggles mounted, contributing to the widening schism between the North and the South. ...

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The Compromise of 1850 infuriated the South, as it greatly tipped the scales in favor of the North. ... The struggle between the North and the South over Kansas threw the territory into chaos. ... The South paralleled her situation to that of the thirteen colonies prior to the American Revolution. ... The seven states formed their new government, the Confederate States of America before electing Davis as president. ... During the late 1850s, sectional struggles mounted, contributing to the widening schism between the North and the South. ...

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Adams and Congress had to prepare for war; meanwhile the French seized American ships. ... American commerce was severely damaged when the Embargo Act was passed, which seemed to be his only flaw in his first term. ... Henry Clay, a strong advocate of the "shift in Republicanism", he pushed the American system as an answer to both questions. ... Slavery was outlawed above the latitude line of 36 degrees 30 minutes north. This crisis emphasized the Southerners commitment to slavery and the North's resentment of the southern political power. ...

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It was the site of several decisive battles during the American Revolutionary War. ... North Carolina has 100 counties. ... South Carolina seceded from North Carolina in 1729, before the War of Independence. ... Tennessee is a place where originally three groups of Native Americans lived: Cherokee, Chickasaw and Creek. ... Wisconsin is known as "America's Dairyland". ...

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This made Native Americans subject to the same laws and gave them the right to the same privileges and responsibilities of other Americans. ... Native Americans had their sovereignty taken without consent. ... The idea of "difference " was becoming un- American. ... Native Americans played a big role in WWII. ... I doubt very much if there's a European or Asiatic country who are very much if any poorer than our own Navajo Indian tribe and none of them who need help any worse, and they owe their obligations to us North American Indians First. " President Truman tried to silence the people...

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Pre-Civil War rights for black Americans. ... The 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America B. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America C. ... In addition, many people in the north were becoming tired of the Reconstruction effort in the south. ... The ratification of the 13th Amendment was a major milestone in American history for both white and black Americans. ...

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The post-Reconstruction period in the Deep South was characterized by violence and racial hate crimes, masked under a facade of "this-is-how-it's-been, this-is-how-it'll-always-be" from the South, and ignored by the North which had other problems to deal with. ... Those times called for a catalyst to action in the South, a necessary infusion of innovation and spirit from the North, manifesting itself in the Freedom Summer movement during the summer of '64. ... The context in which the movement occurred was one of deep-rooted racism codified into disenfranchisement laws against A...

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What makes this even more amazing is that his entire portion of the popular vote came exclusively from the north. ... It was shortly after this election that the American Civil War between the North and South began. ... The Americans then called for a change. ... Many Americans have mixed feelings about parties. ... Other Americans favor political parties and take part in it. ...

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Throughout the history of the United States of America the intense and controversial view of "equality" has been a hot topic. ... As a human being and especially as a citizen of the United States of America, I believe that civil rights are a very intricate part of our existence. ... Black (not of Hispanic Origin), Hispanic such as Mexican, Cuban..., American Indian: people of North America. ...

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Small farmers, laborers, mechanics, and many other Americans struggling to better themselves looked to Jackson for leadership. ... In 1790 Jackson was appointed as North Carolina's prosecuting attorney. ... Henry Clay called Jackson's Native American policy a stain on the nation's honor. ... Its stock was held by investors in America and abroad and by the U.S. government. ... Jackson left a distinct mark on Americans during his reign of President. ...

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Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1808, Johnson grew up in poverty. ... Constitution, and it guaranteed civil liberties for both native-born, naturalized, Americans, and prohibited any state from "depriving citizens of life, liberty, or property, without due process". ... The state of Tennessee was the only one to ratify the amendment when others from Johnson's camp refused it, which then made moderate voters in the north begin leaning toward radicals. ...

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A young African-American man named Jimmie Lee Jackson who was shot to death. ... Moynihan stated that the impact of slavery continued psychological and social effects on black America. ... The interceding practices of the EEOC implied the new phase in the evolution of American liberalism. ... He was portrayed as very incompetent because of the lives and money America lost during the war. ... In the north, racial desegregation was creating problems because minorities were being hired over white middle class citizens, who felt that this form of "reverse discrimination" was unfair. ...

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Vallandigham's anti-abolition and anti- New England views received the applause of three elements of Ohio's diverse population: Irish-Americans and German-Americans who feared emancipation would release a flood of cheap and competitive labor upon their communities and southern "uplanders" that brought their anti-Negro prejudices with them.# As a supporter of state's rights and slavery, he helped form the Peace Democrats. ... He gained a reputation as a critic and obstructionist, Republican congressmen paid less attention to his speeches and comments.# Vallandigham was dubbed ...

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At the young age of thirteen during the American Revolution he served as an orderly Colonel William Richardson Davie, carrying messages. ... After studying law and becoming a member of the Bar in North Carolina later he moved to Nashville Tennessee. ... This show of American strength made Americans feel proud after a war filled with military defeats. ... People liked him because he was normal person who grew up in America. ... This was used to protect the American people from a development of a long-standing political group by removing long-term office holders. ...

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From another angle, however, Jacksonianism appears as a political impulse tied to slavery, the subjugation of Native Americans, and the celebration of white supremacy "so much so that some scholars have dismissed the phrase "Jacksonian Democracy" as a contradiction in terms. ... Its origins stretch back to the democratic stirrings of the American Revolution, the Antifederalists of the 1780s and 1790s, and the Jeffersonian Democratic Republicans. ... In the West, the seizure of lands from Native Americans and mixed-blood Hispanics opened up fresh areas for white settlement and cultivation ...

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In addition, many Americans, including a sizable number of Republicans, believed that American society had lost its moral fiber. ... The American people blamed Republican presidents for causing this economic downturn and chastised the government for not responding to the needs of the people more quickly. ... Nixon lied to Congress and the American people about his involvement. ... Black and Black (2008) further solidifies this argument and states that 35% of voters in America are racial minorities. ... The reason as to why this did not benefit racial minorities was because in the South, privat...

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