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Separation of Powers
*Montesquieu described the separation of political power among a legislature, an executive, and a judiciary
*He based this model on the Constitution of the Roman Republic and the British constitutional system
*Checks and balances allow for a system-based regulation that allows one branch to limit anothe
*This helps everything be fair inthe courthouses
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Industrial revolution
*The main features involved in the Industrial Revolution were technological, socioeconomic, and cultural.
* In the period 1760 to 1830 the Industrial Revolution was largely confined to Britain.
* Germany, despite vast resources of coal and iron, did not begin its industrial expansion until after national unity was achieved in 1870.
*The textile industry, in particular, was transformed by industrialization
*Developments in the iron industry also played a central role in the Industrial -
Westward Expansion
*To Jefferson, westward expansion was the key to the nation’s health
*He believed the republic relied on the independent
*The Manifest Destiny began in 1840 and 40% of america lived in the trans-Appalachian West.
*The Missouri Compromise was in the 1820 butThe Missouri compromise did not apply to new territories that were not part of the Louisiana Purchase -
Abolotinist Movement
• The abolitionist movement was an event intended to end racial discrimination and segregation, and the emancipation of all slaves.
• The events that took place during the movement are small [parts that led up to the Civil War.
• African American’s tried to convince many people that they were human too, but many people still did not see whites and blacks equally.
• In December 1833, the American Anti-Slavery Society was formed. -
The case of Scott and Standford
*Blacks where not aloud to vote
*Scott sued for his freedom
*He was a landmark for the courthouse
*Dred Ford helped whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court
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Condederate states were formed
*These were in order to preserve slavery, states’ rights, and political liberty for whites.
*After 10 years the last condederate state was given to Georgia. this happened 5 years after the Civil War
*There was only $27 million worth of specie in the Confederacy, and money remained scarce.
*The Confederacy never won the loyalty of the black population
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Army of the Northen of Virgina
*Robert e Lee lead this army
*The Confederacy's main fighting force in the Eastern Theater
* Referred to has "Lee's Army"
*site of the War's most famous battles.
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Anaconda Plan
*The Anaconda Plan was a strategy to cut off or "stragnle" the confederate states, like and anaconda.
*It was developed by General Winfield Scott.
*In 1865, Robert E Lee became a leading figure in the war.
*One strategy Scott had was to blockade the entire South with the US navy closing all southern ports. -
Civil War Medicine and diseases
*During the Civil War, both sides were devastated by battle and disease.
*People in the Civil war didn't get to take a shower daily, and so this caused spreading of diseases
* Poeple were in closed together and so things spreaded easily.
*Doctors didn't know about germs, so they didn't wash their hands after caring for someone.
*These are just some of the things that caused the Diseses from the Civil War
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Sherman's March
*Sherman’s soldiers did not destroy any of the towns in their path, but they stole food and livestock and burned the houses and barns of people who tried to fight back.
*Sherman led some 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia.
*The purpose of this was the frighten Georgias population
*Sherman’s “total war” in Georgia was brutal and destructive
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/shermans-march
