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- March 1917
- Secret telegram printed in the United States newspaper that outraged the United States |
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| Lincoln Goal in Waging War Against Confederacy: |
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Lincoln wanted to end slavery and Confederacy*
* I am not positive if this is the answer. If you find a better one, please tell me! |
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| Cause of Stack Market Crash That Caused the Great Depression: |
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-crashed October 14, 1929
-thousands of investors tried to sell their stocks
-by noon, stock markets lost $9 billion in value
- Caused by overproduction. decline in world trade, unequal distribution in the nation's wealth, and the poor were unable to but the consumer's goods |
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-Proposed by Henry Clay
-Became a law in September
-Five main points:
1. California would become a free state.
2. The rest of the Mexican Cession Territory would be divided into two territories: Utah and New Mexico Territory
3. Texas agreed to give up it's claims in Mexico, federal Government would pay the debts.
4. Outlawed slaves in D.C.
5. Created a better fugitive slave law |
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| Advantages of the North at the Start of the civil war: |
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- large population
- many factories
- many ship yards and
- they had the railroad |
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- Presidential election between Hays and Tildon that had to be that had to be determined by a special commission
- Hays won by one vote
- Democracy agreed to accept Republican President if they promise to remove the troops from the South, and Rep. President had to appoint a Democratic to the cabinet |
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| Journalists who exposed bad news about the society and who influenced voters and politicians to call for a reformation (change) |
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| Invested money in a steelmill after working at a railroad company. He expanded his business by buying his competitors when the steel prices were low. He produced more steel than all of Great Britian. Was vertical integration. he donated $350 million to charity |
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