history comparison paper
U.S. History
4 September, 2013
How America changed Through the years America has changed an incredible amount and no matter how hard the task we have always overcome what we have been faced with, specifically during the years 1776 thru 1870. During these years we overcame great difficulties that have easily been enough to tear apart other countries. America, through all these things, big and small, has held together and today is the most powerful country in the entire world. I will be summarizing the biggest accomplishments that kept this country alive and strong.
A big thing that changed during this period of time was the size, the population of the country, and the ethnicity became more diverse. In 1776 there were 13 colonies, which changed into states when the country became independent, this expanded massively by 1870 to thirty-seven states. The population grew rapidly as well, in 1776 it is estimated that there were around 2 million people, and by the time 1870 came around there were around 38 million people in the United States. This was because of the millions of immigrants that flooded in from all around the world providing a lot of different ethnicities within the U.S. There were a lot of wars during the 19th century that had some effect on the United States the biggest one was the Civil war. The Civil war was probably the worst war during the entire 19th century. It changed the entire makeup of the country and their thought process about slaves. After the war slaves were told they would be free, and many were, but some were held in captivity. They were given the right to vote but that was made impossible by the people who ran the voting poles.
4 September, 2013
How America changed Through the years America has changed an incredible amount and no matter how hard the task we have always overcome what we have been faced with, specifically during the years 1776 thru 1870. During these years we overcame great difficulties that have easily been enough to tear apart other countries. America, through all these things, big and small, has held together and today is the most powerful country in the entire world. I will be summarizing the biggest accomplishments that kept this country alive and strong.
A big thing that changed during this period of time was the size, the population of the country, and the ethnicity became more diverse. In 1776 there were 13 colonies, which changed into states when the country became independent, this expanded massively by 1870 to thirty-seven states. The population grew rapidly as well, in 1776 it is estimated that there were around 2 million people, and by the time 1870 came around there were around 38 million people in the United States. This was because of the millions of immigrants that flooded in from all around the world providing a lot of different ethnicities within the U.S. There were a lot of wars during the 19th century that had some effect on the United States the biggest one was the Civil war. The Civil war was probably the worst war during the entire 19th century. It changed the entire makeup of the country and their thought process about slaves. After the war slaves were told they would be free, and many were, but some were held in captivity. They were given the right to vote but that was made impossible by the people who ran the voting poles.