1) Personal Scrapbook
A picture of what junior prom dresses looked like...
Ticket stub from Titanic
2) Corporate Business Records
Vote from a shareholders meeting...
Graph showing net profits and losses...
3) Government Census Data
The population of the three largest cities...
The number of citizens under age 18....
4) University Archives
Publications by English Department faculty....
Alumni Association bylaws...
John Brown stirred up a lot of controversy with his attack on "Harper's" Ferry in Virginia, since this was a raid aimed at arming slaves and freedman alike in order to inspire a massive revolt.
There were many reasons for the Westward Expansion that conducted masses of Americans in the 19th century to the West. The most important were:
1) JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
2) MORE LAND.
3) MORE FARMING POSSIBILITIES.
4) FASTER TRANSPORTATION.
5) FREEDOM FOR RUNAWAY SLAVES.
He was an organist for several years
The primary way in which the government encouraged settlement in the west was through the Homestead Act, which gave people free land--while the railroads allowed them to travel there safely.
