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Harriet Tubman and her Extraordinary Life Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous African Americans, but her life started just as any other African American. She was born as Araminta Harriet Ross in Dorchester County, Maryland between 1820-1825. Her parents, Mary Pattison Brodess and Ben Ross, were both slaves on a plantation in Maryland. Tubman’s early life was full of hardships and labor. By the age of five she began her work on the plantation as a weaver. She was considered defiant and…

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates are a series of seven famous debates fought by Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in 1858. The debates were fought over the common issue of slavery. Slavery was either seen as a positive good for both white and black people, or as unhuman and sinful. Each debate lasted about three hours long and each politician spoke their thoughts bravely. The causes for these debates between the two men is a simple thing to understand. The causes were simply slavery and the issue…

The difference of race and ethnicity has been a major issue in our society for centuries. The problem can leave a deep scar in people’s lives. Since the slave trade in 1500s, the idea about racism has been created. Racism is when a person or a group of the same race believe that they are better than the other, which can result in discrimination and prejudice. In reality, for human nature to think highly about themself, and look down to those who is different to them is normal, at least in the…

If I could spend one day in the shoes of someone in a setting foreign to me, it would without question be with a constituent of the American Old West. Living in this time period would be gratifying because I appreciate how people fulfilled their share of the work in the community. This includes judges, merchants, and farm managers. Everybody had a role defined through their work. There was togetherness as well as individualism and freedom. Preferably, I would be a law enforcer experiencing…

Celeste Martinez Assignment 4 During his term, U.S. President James K. Polk oversaw the greatest territorial expansion of the United States to date. Polk accomplished this through the annexation of Texas in 1845, the negotiation of the Oregon Treaty with Great Britain in 1846, and the conclusion of the Mexican-American War in 1848, which ended with the signing and ratiication of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848. The annexation of Texas to the United States became a topic of political and…

One very prominent African American person that lived during the 1800's was Harriet Tubman she made a big impact for enslaved African's she helped in numerous ways and she is still vividly remembered today. She will be forever remembered for her actions, what she did was very inspiring and wonderful. She had achievements that could be beyond the reach of some people. She was a jack of all trades when it came to her and her achievements, she was a humanitarian, a participant in women's suffrage,…

After the Union won the Civil War and the Confederacy admitted defeat, problems arose of what the United States would become. With slavery ending, this would lead to conflicts of citizenship and rights. As well as what must become of the Confederate states and it’s people who had betrayed the Union. Not only would political conflicts would arose but as well as the economical situations being upheld after the war. The Joint Committee of Reconstruction simulation’s passing of the 14th Amendment…

You might be a hero to a sibling even to a friend but this hero is known for her heroic actions. Harriet Tubman was born 1860 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Harriet helped slaves escape through the Underground Railroad, which is series of tunnels that lead to safe houses and was used in the 19th century. The railroad lead to Canada so the slaves would be able to be free, since Canada didn’t have slaves. Harriet made 19 trips to the South and rescued 300 slaves. “Never lost a single passenger”…

The American Civil War The American Civil war was one of the bloodiest wars in American History, but one of the craziest things about this war was that it was a war between our own country. There are many reasons and causes that led up to the event known as the Civil War, some of them being that the north wanted to stop the act called slavery, which is when whites treat blacks terrible and make them follow commands and especially make them do hard work, if the order is not followers, they could…

Reasons For Causing The Civil War What made America`s South and North fight against each other? What caused the Civil War? The Civil War started in 1861 when the slave states of the South founded the confederate states of America under President Jefferson Davis. The northern states, under President Abraham Lincoln, were against slavery. In 1865, the Union defeated the southern states. The biggest reason to cause Civil War included the economic disparity and the different…