1750-1850: A brief survey Great Social Thinkers Inventions 1750-1800 1752 1755 1757 1758 1761 1769 1774 1775 1784 1785 1791 1792 1794 1796 1799 * Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod. * Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary * John Campbell invents the sextant. * Dolland invents a chromatic lens. * John Harrison invents the navigational clock or marine chronometer for measuring longitude. * James Watt
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From 1800 to 1810 the bodices were becoming smaller‚ ending under the bust to achieve a high waist that defined the silhouette. THE necklines were low‚ and the sleeves were long and short. Most dresses generally opened in the front‚ they would use pins or drawstrings to close it. The skirts of the dresses had side openings‚ if any at all. White was the most popular color and little tripping was applied. The fabrics used were lightweight and had embroidery and details. For outerwear they would wear
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Americans Versus Slavery Some families are divided over what to eat for dinner‚ but imagine a nation divided over its different perspectives on life. In the 1800’s‚ when cupcakes were first invented‚ Americans were fighting over bigger things than what flavor cupcake they wanted. In other words‚ the whole American nation divided over one issue‚ slavery. During the Civil War‚ slavery changed many people’s thoughts about others and the government. Ultimately‚ during the nineteenth century‚ slavery
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The Industrialization of American began in the early 1800’a when Samuel Slater brought new manufacturing technologies from Britain to the U.S. and founded the first U.S. Cotton Mill in Massachusetts. However‚ the period following the civil war changed the industry immensely‚ especially due to the creativity of American Inventors. Innovations in transportation such as the rail road‚ the size of the American market due to the use of an abundance of raw materials‚ and incredibly versatile inventors
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The creation of the negro baseball leagues was a big advancement for the African American culture therefore‚ helping break down racism and spread a wider acceptance in the community inside and outside of baseball. Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play major league baseball during the modern era. Before he signed to the Dodgers‚ baseball in the black community was considered just a pastime and not a career. Integration into professional baseball was unfathomable. Looking through all
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The Armistice of 1850 With the belief of their young country’s “manifest destiny”‚ and victory over Mexico in the Mexican-American War‚ the United States of America conquered most of the western portion of their continent. While obtaining large territories of land through victories from warfare and at the cost of bargained prices‚ this proud nation found itself with an immense crisis sitting within the palms of their hands. As the improvement of the United States came through territorial gains
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The Compromise of 1850 was effective for the southern states even though California was a slave free state in 1849 when California joined the union. (1) Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois managed to push this agreement for California to enter the Union as a free state but there were concessions made to slave owners about other acquisitions. (1)With this result the people in the southern states felt a relief of tension and a cause for celebration. This gave the southerners the right to retain
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THE COMPROMISE OF 1850 A little after the Manifest Destiny‚ the U.S. faced a series of troubles of sectional balances over whether or not the land acquired should be free or slavery states. The Compromise of 1850‚ proposed by Senator Henry Clay‚ included measures that dealt with the land acquired specifically from the Mexican War. Until 1845‚ it had seemed likely that slavery would be confined to the areas where it already existed. It had been given limits by the Missouri Compromise in 1820 and
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Jonathan Sacelaris Professor Crider HIS 173-01 April 1‚ 2013 The Successful Compromise of 1850 The Compromise of 1850 was a successful negotiation regarding the discord between the slave owners in the South and the opponents of slavery in the North. The Compromise of 1850 included a series of five acts‚ which were aggressively debated within Congress‚ based on the dispute of slavery. Congress hoped to end the strife between the North and South by reaching an agreement that would ease tensions
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Compromise of 1850 The Compromise of 1850 was made in 1850‚ to help the problem of California being turned into a free or slave state. In order to please the North‚ it proposed California would be admitted as a free state and the slave trade would be abolished in Washington D.C. In order to please the South it proposed that Congress would not pass laws regarding slavery for the rest of the territories won from Mexico‚ and Congress would pass a stronger law to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves
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