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The reason destiny is in there is because they were being led to the west witch what was called back then destiny because the west had gold and it was easier to get jobs also women had the same rights as men.

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the guide is the giant angel looking thing and the reason its called the guide is because  it guided people to the west

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The Donner Party was a group of migrants that were traveling West to California and got stuck in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the middle of terrible winter storm.  They got stranded and ended up eating some the members of the party.  This happened in 1846- 1847.

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All the Mistakes That Doomed the Donner Party

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John Brown was a rebel that fought to end slavery. He is also somewhat of a terrorist in his own right at this time. He ended up raiding Harper's Ferry in order to help end the institution of slavery. He wanted to take all of the weapons so the army did not have any. He was caught and put on trial where he was found guilty.

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Abolitionist John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), in an attempt to start an armed revolt of enslaved people and destroy the institution of slavery.

Born in Connecticut in 1800 and raised in Ohio, Brown came from a staunchly Calvinist and antislavery family. He spent much of his life failing at a variety of businesses-he declared bankruptcy at age 42 and had more than 20 lawsuits filed against him. In 1837, his life changed irrevocably when he attended an abolition meeting in Cleveland, during which he was so moved that he publicly announced his dedication to destroying the institution of slavery. As early as 1848 he was formulating a plan to incite an insurrection.

In the 1850s, Brown traveled to Kansas with five of his sons to fight against the proslavery forces in the contest over that territory. On May 21, 1856, proslavery men raided the abolitionist town of Lawrence, and Brown personally sought revenge. On May 25, Brown and his sons attacked three cabins along Pottawatomie Creek. They killed five men with broad swords and triggered a summer of guerrilla warfare in the troubled territory. One of Brown's sons was killed in the fighting.

By 1857, Brown returned to the East and began raising money to carry out his vision of a mass uprising of enslaved people. He secured the backing of six prominent abolitionists, known as the "Secret Six," and assembled an invasion force. His "army" grew to include 22 men, including five Black men and three of Brown's sons. The group rented a Maryland farm near Harpers Ferry and prepared for the assault.

On the night of October 16, 1859, Brown and his band overran the arsenal. Some of his men rounded up a handful of hostages, including a few enslaved people. Word of the raid spread, and by morning Brown and his men were surrounded. A company of U.S. marines arrived on October 17, led by Colonel Robert E. Lee and Lieutenant J. E. B. Stuart. On the morning of October 19, the soldiers overran Brown and his followers. Ten of his men were killed, including two of his sons.

The wounded Brown was tried by the state of Virginia for treason and murder, and he was found guilty on November 2. The 59-year-old abolitionist went to the gallows on December 2, 1859. Before his execution, he handed his guard a slip of paper that read, "I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood." It was a prophetic statement. Although the raid failed, it inflamed sectional tensions and raised the stakes for the 1860 presidential election. Brown's raid helped make any further accommodation between North and South nearly impossible and thus became an important impetus of the Civil War.

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Abolitionist John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), in an attempt to start an armed revolt of enslaved people and destroy the institution of slavery. Born in Connecticut in 1800 and raised in Ohio, Brown came from a staunchly Calvinist and antislavery [...]

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women's rights  : Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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women's rights  : Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Stanton was married to an abolitionist and she also became and active abolitionist in her time. She partnered or was friends with the Grimke sisters and William Lloyd Garrison in fighting against slavery.

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The Industrial Revolution was a time period when people made inventions to make life easier. Some popular inventions of the time period were: The Spinning Jenny, Cotton Gin and Hydro Power.Most inventions were made to make life better and more efficient.

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The Industrial Revolution | Mankind: The Story of All of Us (S1, E11) | Full Episode | History

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During this reform it was big push to have education for all kids regardless of economic background. Horace Mann was the person in charge of education reform and he also came up with a plan to train teachers in order to become teachers. So it was now going to be a little tougher to be a teacher.

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Meet Horace Mann

In 1796, Horace Mann was born into a poor farming family in Massachusetts. His experiences growing up in this environment greatly impacted his future approach to education. Because his family was poor, some of his educational opportunities were limited. Like many kids in rural America during this time period, Mann was educated in a one-room schoolhouse. These one-room schoolhouses often lacked the funding necessary for even physical maintenance, much less academic resources. This often resulted in an unorganized approach to schooling.

Mann, however, had an advantage. He was not only intelligent, he was also determined. Through a dedicated effort, Mann was able to gain admittance to Brown University at the age of 20. While at Brown, Mann began to hone the skills that would be necessary for his future as a social reformer. At Brown, Mann focused on law and politics. He increased his interest and spoke out on the importance of education as a vehicle for social advancement.

He preached the importance of philanthropy and the importance of a government that truly represented the needs of the people. It is these values that thrust Mann headfirst into fighting for education. For Mann, education was a means of social justice.

After graduating from Brown, Mann would go on to serve the government in many ways. He would be elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1827 and would serve until 1833. He would join the Massachusetts Senate in 1835 and serve until 1837. In 1837, he became the secretary of the newly formed Massachusetts State Board of Education.

He would go on and serve at a national level as a member of the House of Representatives in the late 1840s and early 1850s. Much more could be said of Mann's political power, but this video will focus on his impact on education. His newly found platform as a member of the State Board of Education would help him project his ideas into a public space.

The Common School Movement

While there are many important contributions to society made by Horace Mann, perhaps none are more significant than his contribution to the Common School Movement. The Common School Movement was a movement beginning in the 1830s that involved a push for a tax-funded, well-developed, state public education system.

In 1837, when Mann was the secretary of the State Board of Education in Massachusetts, education was in about the same shape it was when he was a child. Poor farm children still found themselves in one-room schoolhouses with little governance or organizational structure. Mann knew this had to change.

Mann's approach to changing education focused largely on changing the professional conversation regarding education and in changing the way teachers were trained. In 1838, he founded a biweekly journal called the Common School Journal. This was Mann's way of getting his ideas to those teachers who were already in the field. He promoted democratic ideals and the necessity for academic rigor.

As another part of Mann's approach to reform education, he also founded what were known as normal schools. Normal schools were schools attended by teachers in order to establish pedagogical norms and standards. Mann believed that better teachers would result in a better schooling experience. He also believed that teacher training was lacking and that a more unified approach should be used. The normal schools were his approach to improve teacher education. These schools were rooted in what is commonly described as Mann's six guiding principles of education.

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In 1796, Horace Mann was born into a poor farming family in Massachusetts. His experiences growing up in this environment greatly impacted his future approach to education. Because his family was poor, some of his educational opportunities were limited. Like many kids in rural America during this time period, Mann was educated in a one-room schoolhouse.

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the dismal swamp is a swamp that slaves used to go to get freedom the reason slaves would go there is because it was so misty and dark it was a great hiding place for the slaves it also had water so the slaves didn't dehydrate.

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Inside the Historic Swamp Refuge for African-American Slaves

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The Mexican American war started due to conflict between the two nations and over the state of Texas. They had fought from April 1846 to February 1848, so for almost two years they were fighting for the beliefs of Texas. The war ended in 1848 due to the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.

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Uncle Tom is a book that Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote about how bad the slaves were treated.

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Abraham Lincoln was an american lawyer who was the 16th president.He served form 1861 to 1865 when he was assassinated. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 15th 1865. Abe led the Country through the Civil War and now has a memorial in Washington D.C. Abe was born on February 12th in 1809 and died on April 15th 1865.

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The battle of Shiloh was one of the first major battles of the Civil war.The battle was held on April 6th/7th in 1862.

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Slave trading involved transporting slaves to slave traders to auction off in America. This went on from the 16th century to the 19th century. Those enslaved and transported were from mostly the central and western parts of Africa.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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The battle of the Alamo was started on February 23 1836. It was a pivotal event in the Texas revolution. Following a 13 day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar,
, killing most of the Texians and Tejanos inside. Santa Anna's cruelty during the battle inspired many Texians and Tejanos to join the Texian Army. Buoyed by a desire for revenge, the Texians defeated the Mexican Army at the Battle of San Jacinto, on April 21, 1836, ending the rebellion.

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The Treaty of Canandaigua is one of the first treaties signed between Native American nations and the U.S. Also known as the Pickering Treaty, the agreement was signed in 1794 between the federal government and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, or the Six Nations, based in New York.