South Carolina

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ) IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS ) COUNTY OF GREENVILLE ) FOR THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ) Carl Ameche, ) ) C.A. NO.: 2016-CP-23-999999 Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) COMPLAINT Margie Congden, Leroy Congden, ) (JURY TRIAL DEMANDED) and Maple Meadows Campground, ) ) Defendants…

A poll revealed that most Americans today believe the initial cause of the war was due to states’ rights versus federal rights, cultural differences between the north and the south, but once again not slavery. Ken Burns explains that generations have grown up with symbols of the civil war that misinterpreted the actual occurrences of the civil war. Popular films such as Gone with the Win, and Birth of a Nation both involve the…

leaking faucet rather than a raging river and in the last seconds of his life his heart yearned for the family he once knew. He remembered his journey. He once was a small boy named Johnny, who was born in 1945 to a large family, near Greenville, South Carolina. There were four other boys and two girls. At age three old his youngest sister was born. His parents never gave him much attention, the older children raised him. John grew into a young man of insignificant stature, in both his physical…

land west of the Mississippi in order for them to retreat the southern states. When the Indians failed to believe such offer, Jackson rounded up an army of 7,000 and ordered them to drive the Indian tribes westward. While some Indians fled to North Carolina, others fled towards what is now known as Oklahoma and in route, many of them lost their lives. This became known as the Trail of Tears. By the end of the 1830s, the vast majority of all Indian tribes had ceded their land east of the…

was to become an OBGYN. I participated in medical summer programs at Duke University, North Carolina Central University, and UNC-Chapel Hill. I was fascinated with it. Then I got to college and I learned of a world with limitless opportunities and I realized that side of healthcare was not my passion. The summer after my freshman and sophomore year I was able to intern with GNO Healthcare in North Carolina the first summer, and Los Angles the second summer. These opportunities opened my eyes to…

harbor, South Carolina. It was originally constructed as a coastal garrison, Fort Sumter is most famous for being the place where the first shots of the civil war. On December 26, 1860, six days after South Carolina seceded from the Union, Army Major Robert Anderson abandoned the indefensible Fort Moultrie. He secretly relocated companies E and H of the 1st U.S. Artillery to Fort Sumter on his own initiative. He thought that providing a stronger defense would delay an attack by South Carolina…

effects of the tariff on u-s-history.com, “Western support for increases could be obtained only by agreeing to include an increase on duties for the importation of certain raw materials. When the West was accommodated, the New Englanders objected. The South under any circumstance was opposed to protectionism. In short, no one was really pleased with the 1828 “tariff of abominations.” The article explains that New England was originally in need of higher tariffs for protection against…

innocent, it was meant to protect the North’s growing industrial impact, reserving it the most room to prosper. It tended to be more taxing (bad dum tiss!) on the South, deterring trade with potential businesses John C. Calhoun, senator from South Carolina, argued the his state had the right to nullify this tariff. In 1832, South Carolina called for a special state convention…

Fort Sumter is a fortification of an island located in Charleston Port, South Carolina. Originally constructed as a coastal garrison in 1829. Fort Sumter is most famed for being the location of the first shots of the Civil War (1861-65). U.S. Major Robert Anderson occupied the fort in December 1860 despite the fact that the fort was still under construction. Following South Carolina’s withdrawal from the Union, initiating a standoff with the state’s militia army. When President Abraham Lincoln…

In 1848, the first women 's rights convention took place in Seneca Falls, New York. Three hundred women attended the convention to achieve equal rights in society. As an illustration women in the 1840’s couldn’t vote, own property, have custody of their children after a divorce or even share the same religious rights as their male counterparts. Thus, leading to the Seneca Falls Declaration. The Seneca Falls Declaration shared a similar style to the Declaration of Independence except that it…