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    1800s Women's Reform

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    reform efforts of the early 1800’s helped them achieve equality.Women fought for their rights in America and women have leaded reform effortsthat began to change the way they were viewed by society. Amelia Earhart andElizabeth Blackwell made a huge impact for women by their independence andbravery. Women’s reform efforts created progress towards their equality andeventually helped they gain some rights and opportunities as all men did.Women’s reform efforts of the early 1800’s helped them achieve equality

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    Slavery In The Mid-1800s

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    but back in the 19th century‚ slavery was huge. Africans were shipped across the ocean and sent to work for slave owners‚ typically in the South. Whole families were separated and sold away from each other to work for different people. In the mid-1800s‚ life as a slave was extremely harsh. One reason why the slaves’ lives were hard was that enslaved people had to wake up early and work after dark. Because they worked all day‚ the slaves found quiet ways to rebel‚ or act out passively. For instance

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    Destiny’s Child “Independent Woman” is a twenty-first century anthem‚ unlike the nineteenth century. In the 1800’s‚ women did not have much to live for. Without the demand for change‚ the tragedy of no independence would remain. It was habit for women to be treated as lower-class‚ have no self worth‚ and simply have little to no rights. In the 1800’s‚ women were known to be property of their husbands. They did not have any independence‚ nor did they truly belong to themselves. In “Story of an Hour”

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    The Civil War and the period of Reconstruction in the mid-1800s brought about great social‚ political‚ and economic changes to American society. The regional tensions that developed over issues of slavery in the early 19th Century continued following the bloodiest war in American history‚ complicating efforts to heal and redefine the status of African Americans. With the Union’s victory‚ the Reconstruction Era aimed to address the challenges of bringing the Confederate states back into the United

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    companies thrived through the use of slavery‚ racist white southerners used this slavery as a way to reaffirm their superiority. The brutal beatings and extreme conditions that African Americans received was a common occurrence during the early to mid 1800’s. It was clear that slavery was considered normal by many people. After the Civil War‚ it became extremely difficult for slave owners to adjust to the new laws. It is completely gut wrenching to hear and read about the horrible abuse of African

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    Many people worked in the Hawaiian Plantations‚ but were known to be harsh and a job that rarely wanted. They would be in the sun all day‚ peeling sugar and getting what it felt like a third degree burn. Overall‚ Plantation life was not easy in the 1800s due to unsanitary living conditions‚ harsh working conditions‚ and ethnic segregation. Unsanitary living conditions is one of the worst part of a plantation life. The houses were first made with grass of wood. It had little shade and everyday‚ the

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    Americans did not always celebrate Christmas. In the 1800s the Christmas was not considered a holiday in America. Americans wanted to distance themselves from Washington Irving and Clement Clarke Moore are considered the founders of the modern American Christmas. Through their literature Washington Irving and Clement Clarke Moore popularized Christmas and shape many of our Christmas traditions today. First‚ Washington Irving brought European Christmas traditions to America and helped shape St. Nicolas

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    Comparing women’s rights from the 1800s to the present‚ equality for women has significantly improved. In the United States women use to be only viewed useful for work at home like child rearing and today women in the US are more accepted into the workforce. Even while this is true‚ women still do most of the housework and men are left to dominate the workplace. Women have gained huge milestones in politics as well as the workforce. This topic takes heart to me because I am a feminist and I strongly

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    whether or not the people still committed crimes. People still fought with the court systems and had their own opinions on crime and punishment of this time. I think that you can conclude after reading this paper about crime and punishment in the 1800s that their morals and beliefs are a lot different than ours today. The lower class getting the blame for the crimes are still in people’s minds today but not as much as it was back then. Another thing that is coming back today‚ is the theft and assault

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    The United States joined the ranks of colonial powers in Asia with support from American Expansionists and Protestant missionaries‚ but over the objections of domestic tobacco and sugar producers. Strategic interests proved most decisive in the age of Alfred Thayer Mahan’s treatise on the necessity of naval power. The United States was pursuing an “Open Door” policy in China‚ and the possession of coaling stations was imperative to a would-be Pacific power. Benevolent Assimilation Imperialism

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