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Construction:
Goal: To construct a model of a steamboat. oooo
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Wood Glue |_ | :.....: | Queen of the _|
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Written Project:
Goal: To compose a Newspaper which conveys the ideas and beliefs of the
period.
Materials: 10 Articles from each member.
Articles must contain material which examines and reports the
events which occurred during the period.
Ex. Political Events- Bill of Rights
The Constituion
Scientific Events- Steam Power
Cotton Gin
Economic events- Hamilton's Financal Plan
Etc.
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Project Members: Sung Choi
Claire Fong
Howard Anger
Tung M.Wong
Teddy Perez 319K January 21, 1988
Mr.Mirer 35-32
(**- American Studies Final Essay -**)
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--//> Time Period: 1831-1870 <\\--
These 20 years were marked by earth shattering advances in Woman's
Rights, as well as, the Black liberation. Americans still depended on British
manufactured goods, although trade was stimulated by technological advances.
Immigration to America also played an important role on why our country is
what it is today.
The government was fully tried during this period. Consisting only of
men, women's rights were unheard of. But from the other side of the fence,
women wanted the equal amount of say and participation in the government, and
in everday life as well. In fact, most education for women was discontinued at
the eighth grade. They could own no property, and basically treated as
second-class citizens. In the 1820's and 1830's women actively worked for
equality. In 1848, a number of women attended a meeting at Seneca Falls, New
York, and at that meeting, adopted a list of grievances, which was modeled
after the Constitution. During that same year, Elizabeth Lady Stanton
inaugurated the Movement for Women's Rights. However, it took nearly 75 years
to accomplish the meetings prime objective, which was giving women the right
to vote. But do to their persistence and hard effort, women play an imporant
part in business, politics, medicine and science, as men do.
The issue of Slavery was also a prime topic for debate during this
period. Frederick Douglass, a black reformer, recognized the Seneca Falls
convention to be a "spirit of reform for all opposed groups, as well as, the
rights movement." Women also took part in the anti-slavery crusade, arguing on
topics such as living conditions of the Black slave, which was poor. Other
prominent figures in the Black liberation movement, were Nat Turner, who led
rebellions, and Harriet Tubman, who is best known for her "Underground
Railroad", which helped slaves escape from slavery. William Lloyd Garrison,
published The Liberator, an abolitionist magazine. And, in 1833, The American
Anti-Slavery Society was formed, thus showing the American spirit of banding
together against a common fault.
Although Americans still depended on British manufactured goods, the
introduction of immigrants as a labor force changed all that. They became the
fuel for the machine of a growing American industry. Innovations such as
canals, and railroads - stimulated trade, travel, and a sense of adventure.
Samuel Morse invented the telegraph, predecessor of modern communications. The
telegraph, greatly increased the rate in which news had travelled across the
country. Bringing our country closer together.
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--//> Time Period: 1851-1870 <\\--
During these 20 years, the American government, as well as, her people
were put to the extreme test. The Civil War, a war sparked by the tension of
states on the topic of slavery. A war where brother fought brother, friend
against friend, in a battle which held, not only the winners and losers, but
the fate of the country of what was to be.
The Constitution, which had not been radically altered recived 3 more
amendments. Amendment 13, The Abolition of Slavery, proposed on January 31,
1865 and ratified on December 6, 1865. President Lincoln's Emancipation
Proclamation, of 1863, had freed slaves in the Confederate states, this
amendment completed the abolition of slavery in the United States. Amendment
14, Civil Rights, proposed on June 13, 1866, and ratified on July 9, 1868. The
basic purpose of this amendment was to make former slaves citizens of the
United States and the state in which they lived. Additionally, this amendment
forbade the states to deny equal rights to any person. Section 2 of this
amendment also proposed a penalty for states which restricted voting in any
way, an was punishable by losing representation in Congress. Section 4, kept
officers who joined the Confederacy, from becoming officers again. Amendment
16, Negro Sufferage, proposed on February 26, 1869, and ratified on February
3,1870. This says that states are free to put qualifications on voting, but
could not hold voters back due to race, color, or creed.
Industry and technology resulted in overcrowded cities. The founding of
oil in Philadelphia drew people from the rural areas into the city and caused
inadequate housing and poor living conditions. The introduction of the
syringe, which allowed the better care of patients, helped to directly inject
lifesaving and healing medicines to fight diseases and sicknesses, which might
have been fatal. The invention of the typewriter, much like the printing
press, allowed the better production of literary materials and paraphernalia.
Right here in America, we were faced with a more serious aspect, socially
speaking. This was the Civil War (1861-1865). The cause of the Civil War was
due to the volatile matter of slavery. The North, which was industrialized,
and Presiden Abraham Lincoln, both wished to abolish slavery in the United
States. The South ,however, which had less factories, could not afford to lose
the slaves. Thus the Civil War broke out, the North versus the South, the Blue
versus the Grey, the Confederacy versus the Union, American versus American.
Eighteen year olds to 45 year olds were asked to join the battle, others were
drafted. The conditions for battle were poor. Good clothing and food were hard
to come by. The Civil War's outcome, was not only to determine whether there
will or will not be slavery in the United States, but what the United States
would become in the future.
In the foreign transactions of our country, we purchased Alaska from
Russia, under the Grant administration. This greatly increased the size of our
country, and would prove, later on, to be a good investment, due to its
abundance in oil. As early as 1846, William Seward of New York had
written,"Our population is destined to roll its resistless waves to the icy
barriers of the North."
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