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Beeton’s primary source seemed to be more successful because it included more information on how people lived during the 1850s-1860s, what was expected of the women, and what the role of domestic servants was during this time period. On the other hand, A Guidebook Instructs Women on the Role of Mother, simply stated an idea that the author had about women pursuing an education.…

Lincoln Douglas Debates 1858: Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky which is known to be a slave state. Reading made him very smart and later became a lawyer and a political leader. Later on in his career he started running for president with a specific end goal to improve the nation. In 1858, Lincoln ran for Senate in Illinois against a great politician Stephen Douglas. They debated so people could take in each other 's thoughts. Douglas wanted popular sovereignty for the states. Douglas also…

Since the colonial days white southern settlers had dominated the economic gain in the United States with a concentration on farming and the dependence of slaves. There was such a demand for cotton that by the 1860’s Britain was importing more than eighty percent of its cotton supply from the southern states. The growing demand for cotton led to more enslaved labor. In the late 1850’s, cotton became so profitable that the Southern planters became arrogant. What they failed to realize was…

Although compromises on the issue of slavery sought to unite the North and South, it only delayed the imminent war. By 1860 it became clear that growing sectionalism would make compromise impossible. These sectional tensions were heightened by differing opinions on western expansion, stark differences between northerners and southerners, and the election of The Age of Manifest Destiny would unite Americans with the belief that God’s will destined U.S expansion. With it came the…

Chicago is known for having many neighborhoods and each one having individual cultures and identities. The city has more than 200 neighborhoods and 77 community areas and all of them have a deep history that when combined with the others, it creates the complex history of the city we know today. Each neighborhood has unique cultural aspects and historical landmarks, in which the city encourages tourist and locals to go and explore them in each neighborhood. In other words, Chicago sells and…

The Cotton Gin In the mid-19th century a war started that would change America forever. This was the civil war, a war in which the American nation was split into two nations who were divided over the practice of slavery. This war can easily be seen as the bloodiest event in America to date, so the machine that caused it is then the most threatening to American society. This machine is the cotton gin. At the turn of the 19th century America was growing both in geographical size and in economy.…

America from 1820-1860 exhibited many changes and featured conflicts from the optimistic point of view in society and the pessimistic view in society. During this time, people were inspired to improve themselves and society due to the Second Great Awakening, a revival in America which caused many to return to God and the church. The Second Great Awakening brought about people who believed in equality and were accepting of different races or the opposite gender and the disagreements arose between…

The North and South have always followed different paths and by the mid 1800’s the differences were even more pronounced. The North was becoming more industrial, dedicated to immigration, free labor and supported a federal government. Slavery was not common in the North and it was even banned in some states. The South’s agricultural economy was founded on slavery and cotton and they supported a government that allowed states to make their own rules. Southerners viewed the North and their views…

many more investments. Impacts of this kind of mining were numerous. Large amounts of timber, water canyons that flushed debris into public waterways, destroying fish and their habitats are just a few of the many impacts of hydraulic mining. Also, by 1860s the industry consumed over 1 million pounds of mercury annually, the production of which diffused toxic chemicals into the atmosphere. By the 1880s, hydraulic mining had transformed the riverine environment of Sierra and Sacramento Valley…

revolution in America had commenced. This period started in 1790 and ended in 1860, before the Civil War in 1861, moreover, historians also refer it as Market Revolution.…