The integrity of the United States has been ensured as an indivisible country by the victory of the North in the American Civil War‚ but in the course of the conflict much had been destroyed. The second war aim‚ the abolition of slavery was achieved only partially. Reconstruction The victory over the Confederate States (Southern) had the most productive agricultural region of the country economically ruined and destroyed its rich culture. The legal abolition of slavery also meant no equality of
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Experiments in an Era ofIndustrialization‚1877–1929 This part covers the following chapters in Henretta et al.‚ America’s History‚ Seventh Edition: Chapter17 The Busy Hive: Industrial America at Work‚ 1877–1911 Chapter 18 The Victorians Meet the Modern‚ 1880–1917 Chapter 19 “Civilization’s Inferno”: The Rise and Reform of Industrial Cities‚ 1880 –1917 Chapter 20 Whose Government? Politics‚ Populists‚ and Progressives‚ 1880 –1917 Chapter 21 An Emerging World Power‚ 1877–1918 Chapter 22 Wrestling with Modernity
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Chapter Two: The Planning of English America: 1500-1733 1. England’s Imperial Stirrings 1. Only 10 % of the Indian population of 1492 survived 2. Colonization of North America: Spanish at Santa Fe- 1610‚ French at Quebec- 1618‚ English at Jamestown- 1607 3. English crown confiscated Catholic Irish lands and ‘planted’ them with new Protestant land lords from Scotland and England. 4. Many English soldiers developed in Ireland a sneering contempt for the ‘savage’ natives‚ an attitude that they brought
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iron wires would be preferred . 1877 Bell’s invention not see Reputation: Professor Bell received a patent for the invention western- from Union telegram from the phone company offered to sell 100 thousand dollars . However‚ the company that " are useless ridiculous idea " come to the decision rejected the proposal . On top of that capital Bella who supported him in 1880 with the union of two partners founded the Bell Telephone Company 1877: Thomas Edison in 1877‚ which is part of two separate
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Henry Hudson Henry Hudson was an English explorer and navigator in the 17th century. He was born in 1570 in England‚ His family was pure English. He had no recorded siblings. Because Hudson appears first in written records in 1607 and his life prior to his expeditions is unrecorded. Nothing is known up to this point. Considering his eventual position as ship ’s captain‚ however‚ he likely spent many of those early years at sea. He probably started as a cabin boy and gradually worked his way up
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Throughout 1607 to 1750 colonies in Massachusetts and Virginia were being settled and growing. These two states grew up very different from each other in aspects such as their economic development and it’s affect on their politics. In 1607‚ Jamestown in Virginia was the first permanent English settlement. It was in the Chesapeake Bay area. The people abroad the ships had ideas in their heads of digging and mining to find ways of obtaining gold‚ silver‚ and copper. It was their incentive to
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*NEZ PERCE RETREAT OF 1877* Internal and external conflicts are prominent throughout human history in all societies that have existed. In the Pacific Northwest‚ the Native Indians tribes‚ both Plateau and Costal Indians tribes participated in intertribal warfare even before European and American intervention. With the incoming white settlers brought new perspectives‚ religions‚ ideas and authority all of which the Indians saw no purpose or understanding considering their culture prospered on the
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Freedom It is impossible to talk about the history of the African American population in the United States without mentioning the denied rights and privileges. Freedom is defined as the power to speak or act without any hindrance from any other party or group. In the case of African Americans‚ their freedom and rights had been largely hindered by the white majority. However‚ the course of history was changed over time through various acts. The African American population‚ Native Americans‚ and women
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From 1865 to 1877‚ America faced the daunting task of reconstructing a union tattered by a Civil War. The south after the Civil War was in ruins with many of its major cities completely destroyed‚ its agriculture production at a halt‚ and the slave labor that economically drove the south freed. Moreover‚ millions of freedmen were wondering around the south‚ lost‚ without an education‚ money‚ place to live‚ or knowledge of how to care for themselves outside of their plantation. Furthermore‚ Abraham
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Anthony Hartman Mr. Saleeba English VI October 4‚ 2017 Cornelius Vanderbilt Throughout these paragraphs you will be reading about Cornelius Vanderbilt one of the most competitive man . He started as a poor kid and he started working at a young age to support his family through these paragraphs you will read what happened to him as a child and as an adult and you learn about the business he will have and what a good man he
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