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Sojourner Truth was a Women's Rights Activist and a Civil Right's Activist. She was an abolitionist and a reformer. She was born in New York circa 1797 and got traded into slavery but eventually escaped in 1826.she joined the Northampton Association of Education and Industry in which was founded by abolitionists like herself. She gave a speech at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in 1851. The speech she gave was called "Ain't I a Women?". She is remembered as one of the leaders of the abolitionist movement.
http://www.biography.com/people/sojourner-truth-9511284
Kathryn Stietz

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An actual thing/result/concrete idea to emerge from this social issue

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An actual thing/result/concrete idea to emerge from this social issue

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Women being equal to Men and the end toward slavery emerged after the women demanded change. There was an Anti-Slavery Convention in 1840. The convention was run by mostly women but had some men that backed up the women in there movement to end slavery and also the Women's Rights Movement. Women tried to become more equal by wearing their clothes the same as the men. Amelia Bloomer was one of the first women to start wearing pants.

Kathryn Stietz

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What Parts of Society did Women Demand Change?

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What Parts of Society did Women Demand Change?

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Women demanded that there be a change in education. They reformed to open up schools for girls so that they could be properly educated. Women worked for health reforms. Elizabeth Blackwell was one of the first women to open an infirmary for women and children. Women demanded social change. Sojourner Truth went around the country preaching for abolition.

Kathryn Stietz

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Important person involved in the issue (Who, How did they impact the issue)

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The Explorer Meriwether Lewis was appointed by Thomas Jefferson to lead an expedition that would bring them to the Pacific coast. Lewis collected information about Native American tribes, plants, and animals. They started off with 50 soldiers and woodsmen, and the expedition later added a Native American Woman named Sacajawea, who served as an interpreter and guide. The expedition took 2 years and 4 months, and extremely useful information was recorded about the western territories.

Michael Wincentsen
http://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion

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Thing/Result/Idea that emerges from Westward Expansion

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Thing/Result/Idea that emerges from Westward Expansion

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One thing that came out of Westward Expansion was The Monroe Doctrine. Spain and Portugal wanted their Latin American Colonies back and Russia was starting to create trading posts in California. Many Americans wanted to get northern Mexico and  Cuba, so President James Monroe warned outside powers not to interfere with western hemisphere affairs and should not try to make new colonies. If they did, the US would consider it dangerous to peace and safety.

Michael Wincentsen

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WHO WAS AN IMPORTANT PERSON INVOLVED IN THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING?

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WHO WAS AN IMPORTANT PERSON INVOLVED IN THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING?

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Not one single person was involved, majorly, but more of a group of people. The group was known as the Calvinist Church. This church focused on reaching out to lay people. A lay person is someone who is part of the Catholic Church and they are ministers and alter servers, people who are actively involved in the church but not a Priest, Pope, etc. The new evangelical movement, placed greater emphasis on humans' ability to change their situation for the better. By stressing that individuals could assert their free will in choosing to be saved and by suggesting that salvation was open to all human beings, the Second Great Awakening embraced a more optimistic view of the human condition.

Leah Willenbring

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WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING?

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WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING?

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The Second Great Awakening marked a fundamental transition in American religious life. Many early American religious groups in the Calvinists tradition had emphasized the deep depravity of human beings and believed they could only be saved through the grace of God. Individuals could assert their free will in choosing to be saved and by suggesting that salvation was open to all human beings was stressed. The United States became a more Protestant nation than it was before. The Second Great Awakening also included greater public roles for white women and much higher African-American participation in Christianity than ever before.

http://www.ushistory.org/us/22c.asp

Leah Willenbring

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How did the US expand politically and physically?

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How did the US expand politically and physically?

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Physically, the population was growing, which shows that there were more and more people moving west. An example of political westward expansion was the Lewis and Clark Expedition, because it was government ordered and funded.

Michael Wincentse

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WHAT WAS A SPECIFIC RESULT OF THIS WAR? (MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR)

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WHAT WAS A SPECIFIC RESULT OF THIS WAR? (MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR)

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The specific result of the Mexican American War was "The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo" . Under this treaty, Rio Grande was declared the official US Mexican border, Mexico recognized the US annexation of Texas, Mexico agreed to sell California and the rest of its territory north of the Rio Grande for $15 million, and Mexico agreed to pay for all the damages that the war caused.

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http://bit.ly/1qZe90t

KODY HEIMERL

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Because religion was separated from the control of political leaders, a series of religious revivals swept the United States from the 1790s and into the 1830s that transformed the religious landscape of the country. Known today as The Second Great Awakening, this spiritual resurgence fundamentally altered the character of American religion.

Leah Willenbring

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Robert E. Lee was a staff officer during the Mexican American War. During this war he made a name for himself by finding routes of attack that the Mexicans left unattended because they thought they were impassable. He was soon promoted to Colonel, but his permanent rank would stay at Captain of Engineers until he transferred to cavalry in 1855. Robert E. Lee became a vital part of the American army, always finding new ways to defeat the enemy.

KODY HEIMERL

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HOW DID THIS WAR BEGIN? (MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR)

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HOW DID THIS WAR BEGIN? (MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR)

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Speculation of war started when Texas gained independence from Mexico in 1836. The US didn't really want then but neither did Mexico. The US thought about annexing Texas but Mexico thought otherwise. It was inferred that if Texas was annexed Mexico would declare war. Polk (newly elected) offered to purchase California and New Mexico, but Mexico rejected the offer. He then instigated a fight by moving troops into a disputed zone between the Rio Grande an the Nueces river. It all started on April 25, 1846 when Mexican cavalry attacked a group of U.S. soldiers in the disputed zone.

KODY HEIMERL