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In the late 1830s, John Deere and his competitors improved life for farmers by introducing |
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the “singing plow” with a wrought iron moldboard and hardened steel cutting edge. |
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By 1840, Cincinnati had become the nation’s center for |
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hog slaughter and pork packing. |
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Southerners commonly referred to slavery as their |
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“peculiar institution.” |
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Industrial employers of the early 1800s commonly approached workers in a spirit of |
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protective paternalism |
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In 1834 and 1836, Lowell textile mills witnessed |
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employee strikes protesting against wage cuts and fee increases. |
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The phrase “Manifest Destiny” reflected a belief that |
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the US was headed for greatness, with a right to expand across the continent |
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After Anglo-American rebels declared in independence and defeated Santa Anna in 1836 |
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Jackson balked at annexing Texas, due to slavery issues and fear of war with Mexico |
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The Wilmot Proviso, proposed in 1846 by Representative David Wilmot, stipulated that |
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slavery should be banned in any territory the US might acquire from Mexico |
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In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
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the US paid Mexico $15 million in return for New Mexico, California, and agreement on a Texas boundary at the Rio Grande. |
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As originally suggested in the Omnibus Bill of 1850, compromise proposals included all of the following except |
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admitting New Mexico as a slave state |
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