James K. Polk, Democrat, was born on November 2, 1795 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later moved to Tennessee and became the 13th speaker of the House of Representatives in 1835 to 1839. He then served as Governor of Tennessee till 1841. Polk was also the “Darkhorse” candidate in the Election of 1844. He became the 11th President of the United States of America by defeating Henry Clay, from the Whig party, by promising to annex the Republic of Texas. This topic came from, previous president
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From an overarching context, this presentation was an analysis of the Appomattox meeting between Robert E. Lee and U.S. Grant that symbolized the end of the Civil War. This presentation was displayed by Dr. Elizabeth Varon, who is not only an expert in her field, but an accomplished woman on multiple accounts. Dr. Varon began her presentation with a general summary of the Appomattox meeting on April 9, 1865. As previously mentioned, the two leaders involved in this military agreement was the surrendered
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Theodore Roosevelt was not only our president but he was also an american war hero leading the rough riders in the Spanish American war. Before they recruited every one through volunteer the group was originally supposed to consist of men from native American territory such as New Mexico, Arizona, and Oklahoma. The group consisted of 1,250 cowboys, Indians, and college students. They participated in many important battles in the war. During the Spanish American war the Rough Riders got most of the
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The passage from the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass has many different rhetorical devices to construct an emotional and detailed story of Douglass’s life. Throughout the passage Douglass uses different stylistic elements such as diction, figurative language, and syntax to reinforce his rhetorical purpose of the passage. The silique of the third paragraph, helps Douglass to create a strained and questioning tone on the section when comparing himself “fast in his chains” to that of the
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population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war.” – Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln’s election, sectional differences over slavery, which resulted in seven southern slave states individually seceded from the United States to form what was known as the confederate states of America, and questions over state rights and federal
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The Battle of Gettysburg was a major battle of the American Civil War. Taking place during the midsummer of 1863 from July 1st to July 3rd, it saw Union and Confederate forces engage each other just outside the town of Gettysburg, PA. Ultimately, the Union Army prevailed against the Confederates, crippling the southern war effort for the remainder of the war; as noted by “Decisions at Gettysburg” author Matt Spruill “Never again would Lee have the capability to conduct strategic offensive operations”
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In March 1864, Abraham Lincoln brought in his best general, Ulysses S. Grant. Lincoln thought there was no way for him to get a second term so he brought in Grant to boost his chance at reelection. Bringing in General Grant was a bold move because, now Lincoln's chance at another term was in the hands of the new general. Things that came with a new general was the game plan, and how the things were gonna be approached. Ulysses S. Grant was a very strong hard nosed man who was determined to do anything
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Does freedom need to be won more than once? Yes because in some hard situations it will take more than once to earn your freedom. The quote that I chose was “Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation” written by Coretta Scott King, civil rights activist. People over the world has been trying to earn freedom from the past even from today. For my assignment I will be writing about some examples of freedom repeatedly won and why I chose that you will have to keep earning
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Edwin Booth and Robert Todd Lincoln were waiting at a train station. Robert just happened to be the 17-year-old son of the president at the time, Abraham Lincoln. The two were at a train station, waiting to buy sleeping cars. When the train started to move, Lincoln lost his footing, but Booth grabbed him by the collar and pulled him back onto his feet. After he was pulled back, Lincoln quickly began to express his gratitude to Booth. Edwin Booth didn’t realize
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Fredrick Douglass was a man that changed the way many viewed and saw slavery in the 19th century. Frederick Douglass, who is seen in source A, was born in February 1817 although his exact date of birth remains unknown. He was born on the eastern shore of Maryland to his mother, Harriet Bailey was already a slave when she gave birth to Fredrick Douglass, making him be born into slavery. He was separated from her at the early age of 7 years old. As a slave, Douglass was not allowed to have much of
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