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A DIFF
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AMERICAS IN THE 19TH CENTURY• During the 19th century,
immigrants fled to America to start a new life with new opportunities.
• Almost all the lands of the western hemisphere won their independence from European colonial powers during these times.
• The age of independence for the United States, Canada, and Latin America was a contentious era characterized by continuous mass migration and explosive economic growth.
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AMERICAS IN THE 19TH CENTURY
• The United States, Latin America, and Canada struggled to gain freedom in different ways.
• While the United States fought for their freedom, Canada gained theirs without war.
• The U.S. then struggled to build effective states.
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THE LITTLE ICE AGE• The Little Ice Age
was a small climatic change that dramatically disrupted society.
• Famines, crop failure, diseases were all results of the Little Ice Age.
• There has been no clear consensus on what causes this event but theories such as less radiation from the sun and less volcanic eruptions may have been the cause.
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FRONTIERS OF THE AMERICAS• The Louisiana Purchase
was the most important real estate deal in history.
• Jefferson succeeded to help extend the nation to a new horizon making the United States a world power.
• Although the U.S. was primarily interested in New Orleans solely, the distraction of France by Haiti lead to a major break through and deciding the fate of 40% of what is now the United States.
• In order to keep enemies out of North America, the British bank loaned money to the U.S. to help with the purchase.
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FRONTIERS OF THE AMERICAS• Prince Maximilian zu
Wied and Karl Bodmer took a historical journey through the American frontier in the west giving us documentation of native American culture in the 1830s.
• Maximilian gained trust from hundreds of Native Americans and Bodmer was able to give an accurate account and depiction of the American frontier 150 years ago.
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CROSSROADS OF FREEDOM
• Crossroads of Freedom, written by James M. McPhearson, gives a detailed account of the horrific events of the bloodiest day in American history.
• 6,000 American soldiers were killed in the pivotal battle as McPhearson paints the details of the events that lead to the battle and its aftermath.
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CROSSROADS OF FREEDOM• September 17,
1862: Union Confederate forces clashed near the village of Sharpsburg, Maryland.
• The Battle of Antietam remains the bloodiest day in American history with roughly 6,500 lives lost.
• The Battle of Antietam decided the fate of the Civil War.
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CROSSROADS OF FREEDOM
• Antietam turned the course of the war in favor of the Northern forces.
• the Confederates were typically 'winning'. The war until this point were also working on an allegiance with Britain and France.
• Had these alliances succeed, The Confederate states may have had the economic and military power to push on and win the war.
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CROSSROADS OF FREEDOM
• Battle of Antietam helped to sway Lincoln into signing the Proclamation of Emancipation.
• Lincoln gave the Confederate one last chance to rejoin the Union and keep their slaves.
• McPherson further examines how by the act of signing this proclamation, the entire focus of the war changed from a battle to simply reunite the country, to one based upon a moral imperative to free an enslaved people.