conditions. This expansion wasn’t dramatic because women still couldn’t vote during that time period. The increase of male suffrage helped the expansion of democracy in Great Britain. Only 5% of the British population had the right to vote in the early 1800s. The Reform Act of 1832 gave merchants‚ bankers‚ and factory owners the right to vote and ended rotten boroughs‚ which were the male landowners. Many working class men felt they had gained nothing from this legislature‚ so the London Working Men’s
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Child labor impacted American labor because of the harsh way they treated children. They chose children as young as four to work in their factories. They worked in coal mines‚ factories‚ and many other places. They were often employed together with their parents and many parents in mill towns depended on their children to make enough money for necesities. They chose children because factory owners saw them as cheap and less likely to go on strike. They also chose them because in coal mines
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and the Steel Industry all helped contribute to the American Industrial Revolution.The American Industrial Revolution was the rapid development of industry that took place in the late 18th century and early 19th century. The Revolution was categorized by the use of steam power‚ the growth of factories‚ and the mass production of manufactured goods. Between 1860 and 1910 the urban population went from 6 million to over 44 million. Rural Americans left their farms to work in a factory in the city.
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November 23‚ 2011 Period 7 The Second Industrial Revolution Labor Movement During the late 1800s‚ the period when industrial growth was so dramatic was called the Second Industrial Revolution. New technologies expanded throughout this period such as the Bessemer process which was an inexpensive way to make steel from iron‚ oil‚ railroad expansion‚ and corporations. The Second Industrial Revolution created many jobs but it had many imbalanced conditions. The rich were getting tremendously
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expansion of consumer conscious not only changed Americans but reformed the whole political scene. Researcher found that consumerism was often used to define a social class and to form an identity. Uniquely‚ the buying of goods was empowering to the middle and lower classes who were usually content with mere survival. Furthermore‚ after World War I the European countries and industries were ravaged by the war. These countries sought the help of the American industries to rebuild. America was
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integration Stock watering Robber Barron Captain of industry Rockefeller Carnegie Vanderbilt Mellon Gould Wall Street Great southwestern railroad strike of 1886 Child labor Lockout Rebates Pool Trust Bessemer Process Yellow dog contracts Blacklist Injunction Black Friday Doc A. – American Federation Of Labor Doc S: There is a gap between the rich and the poor. The rich is working and the poor scrounges around to find work. A: This proves that the laborers unfair‚ because the poor
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Rights Movement practiced similar methods as the Civil Rights Movement to gain recognition‚ which included sit ins‚ protesting injustice by marching on the streets‚ and bringing many cases to the courtroom. In the early 1800’s‚ a number of people with disabilities were placed in institutions where they dealt with poor living conditions. Since then‚ we began to see some progress including the classification of Mental Disorders‚ Education for the Mentally Disabled and Deaf‚ Institution for the insane
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APUSH Mrs. Cox 3/7/2013 (B) In the late 1800s‚ the United States embarked on a new wave of expansionism during which it acquired overseas territories. Explain the reasons for this new wave of expansionism. American Imperialism has been a part of United States history since the American Revolution. Imperialism is practice by powerful nations or people seeking to expand and maintain control or influence over weaker nations. The United States switch to imperialist behavior in 1898 has caused
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American Reform Movements From 1790 to 1860 reforms emerged in the United States in attempt to create a more advanced society. Many of the movements that were attempted failed due to either entrenched social conservatism or weaknesses in the movements themselves. New religions started to emerge based on Christianity‚ but shaped to their preferences. Along with new religions were Utopias that were part of cooperative‚ communistic‚ or “communitarian” nature. The temperance movement started to
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The romantic period in American history came around during the early 1800’s. It was an artistic and literary movement that started in Europe and eventually spread to America. Romanticism was used in many songs‚ art‚ poems‚ and stories during this time. It included a lot of emotion and colors used to describe and create stories. There were many stories and poems created during this period and some of the stories are still read today. The authors during this time period used more emotion rather than
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