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    The Rise of Southern Politics Black and Black’s‚ “The Rise of Southern Politics”‚ outlines the transformation of Southern politics over 50 years as a significant contributing factor and development in Southern history. From the story we see the emergence of the Republican Party followed by the Democratic Party; both parties that has since caused a political battle for everything politics. Earl and Merle Black outline the slow‚ yet remarkable story of politics. The book tells a story of political

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    DBQ Ch.9 Analyze the circumstances leading to the Missouri Compromise. The expansion of the western borders and territories caused concern for the Northern states. First‚ the Southern states were extremely in favor of slavery. And second‚ the increasing population and expansion of territories in the Southern region made the Northern regions uncertain. They were afraid of the Southern states outnumbering the Northern states in the House of Representatives‚ leading to a shift of power in the

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    Poverty in Northern Kentucky is more common than most people would assume. My definition for Social Justice is promoting society to have equal rights economically‚ keeping human dignity‚ giving the people political and social rights‚ and making sure there is opportunity for our own society to succeed. By definition relates to poverty in Northern Kentucky because the community is suffering from poverty. Northern Kentucky has the highest poverty level in the tri-state area. This is an issue because

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    Average winning bid price According to collusion theorists‚ the mean winning bid price in the “rigged” market will exceed the mean winning bid price in the competitive market for each year in which collusion occurs. In addition‚ the difference between the competitive average and the “rigged” average tends to grow over time when collusionary tactics are employed over several consecutive years. Comparison of difference in mean winning bid price between Tri-county and surrounding area per year

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    Impact of Sectionalism

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    Impact of Sectionalism Sectionalism during the 1800’s- 1840’s‚ caused a grand impact on American politics and policies.  Sectionalism began to grow early in the 1800s‚ right after the War of 1812. As more factories were built‚ the South and the North grew further apart. When more people moved to the West‚ the country began to divide even more in this way. The north wanted and federal rights and the south wanted state rights. Each section wanted different things therefore caused problems in government

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    Hernando de Soto

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    Hernando de Soto was born in 1496 in Spain and died on May 21‚ 1542 in de Soto County‚ Mississippi.. He was a Spanish Explorer. His mission was to conquer and settle in the unknown territories. He participated in the conquest of Panama and took a role with the Spanish in the conquered of Peru. He lead the largest expedition that would later become the Southeast United States and the Midwest United States. He was made Governor of Cuba by Charles V. He lead an expedition from Spain to

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    Missouri Compromise

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    In 1820‚ the United States Congress passed the Missouri Compromise. Before it was passed the Northern states and Southern states had different ideas of the states. The North wanted to limit slavery‚ while the Southern states wanted more slavery. Missouri wanted to become a slave state in 1820‚ but the Northern states wouldn’t allow it. As a compromise‚ Missouri could be a slave state as long as Maine was added as its own free state‚ thus the Missouri Compromise. Along with these factors a rule of

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    Maria Hall Dr. Steven Berg Hist139 mw 09/15/2014 The Darr Mine Explosion of December 19‚ 1907 1907 was the worst year in the history of America for coal miner; over 3‚200 men lost their lives. Coal fueled the Industrial Age‚ and Pennsylvania produced the majority of it; producing over 100 million tons. Sadly‚ it also made the lives of coal miners and their families very hard. Miners were usually immigrant men and boys. The month of December saw three major explosions rock Pennsylvania and

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    Was Slavery the Main Cause Of the Civil War? There were many things that led to the Civil War. They were slavery‚ politics‚ and state right versus the federal government‚ expansionism‚ sectionalism‚ and economics. Historians argue over what the main cause really was that led to the Civil War since no one can really say for sure what it was. Slavery was the main cause of the Civil War. One of the main causes of the Civil War was the argument over slavery. Though slavery was not the only reason

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    What factors helped to promote America’s huge industrial growth during the period from 1860-1900? America had a huge industrial revolution in the late 1800"s. Many changes happened to our great nation‚ which factored into this. The evidence clearly shows that advancements in new technology‚ a large wave of immigrants into our country and new views of our government‚ helped to promote America’s huge industrial growth from the period of 1860-1900. Advancements in new technology clearly

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