The Roaring Twenties: A Time Of Great Advancement And Excitement
.... 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 cornet and trumpet solos with his Hot Five and Hot Seven from 1925-1928 and then with a series of big bands. His rhythmic feeling and unique combination of tension and relaxation inspired the word swing. This free, loose feeling of music that swings became the major feature of the swing era, which lasted until 1945. Later on in .....
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Jane Addams And The Hull House
.... 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 devise some educational enterprise that would build a bridge between European and American experiences in such a way as to give them both more meaning and a sense of education. The Hull House attempted to secure justice and opportunity in the work place for immigrants through the League for the Protection of Immigrants. This leagu .....
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The Causes Of The American Revolution
.... 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 became used to living their own lives. Slowly the colonists came together and formed their own government similar to the British government where they could make their own laws and decisions. The Colonists became independent from the British’s rule. As the British government saw the Colonists slipping from their grasp and tri .....
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Reasons America Declared War On Germany
.... 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 used in order to get the public to advocate entrance into the war. Cartoons were used widely, giving Americans the impression that Germany was horrid, thereby giving them more of a reason to wish to go to war. Also, exaggerated tales of the war were printed everywhere, helping to gain popular support. The propaganda was nee .....
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Andrew Jackson And The National Bank
.... 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
state-chartered banks which came to be called, “wild cat” or pet banks.”
This was a bad decision however because these banks’ instability and
failures created a nation-wide hysteria.
There was no limit on the circulation of bank notes and soon the
abundance of currency devalued it. With no choice, Jackson issued the
Specie Circ .....
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The Ku Klux Klan
.... 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
(many of these men were slave owners) and carpetbaggers were coming from
the North to take advantage of the southern people. They saw the
opportunity to set back the South to what it had been. The KKK soon began
to ride through political rallies of the carpetbaggers. People often fled
the rallies out of fear. Word quickly spread across th .....
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The Turning Point Of The Civil War
.... 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, without any
clue as to the whereabouts, intentions, strengths, or capabilities of the
Union Army of the Potomac. Unbeknownst to him, Meade was marching straight
for him with almost 82,000 men and, more importantly, a competent and
mission-oriented calvary commander in John Buford. The battle began on July
1, when some of General H .....
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The Whites Versus Native And African Americans
.... 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 southern was in Oklahoma.
Later in 1887, came the Dawes Act in which the government decided that the
Native Americans had to become farmers and land owners and give up the
Native American lifestyle totally. The Native Americans were coerced into
submission to provide a sense of security for the government leaders.
The African .....
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The Start Of World War 2 For The United States
.... 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. Roosevelts strategy to defeat the Axis was to
equip the nation, fight the Axis with ships, tanks, air crafts and other
war technologies.
The whole situation of Pearl Harbor started in 1940; the Japanese
forces were in China. The Chinese government leader, Chiang Kai-Shek and
his government fled to central China. To force .....
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The Battle Of Antietam
.... 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 troops advanced, driving the Confederates
before them, and Jackson reported that his men were “exposed for nearly an
hour to a terrific storm of shell, canister, and musketry.” About 7a.m.
Jackson was reinforced and succeeded in driving the Federals back. An hour
later Union soldiers under General Joseph Mansfield, counteratt .....
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William Clark's Slave York
.... 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
York because of his color.
Holmberg is the editor of a collection of letters that Clark wrote his
elder brother, Jonathan. The cache, found in 1988 in the attic of a
Louisville home owned by Jonathan Clark's descendants, provided the first
detailed look at York.
York had been William Clark's slave since both were boys. But York became
like a .....
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The Northwest Ordinance Of 1787
.... 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)
The Northwest Ordinance ensured the loyalty of the territories by
promising protection for them when they could not protect themselves and
ensuring them of eventual equality and self-government. (Northwest
Ordinance packet, 42-43)
The Articles of Compact of the Northwest Ordinance, differed from
the English system mainly in 2 way .....
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