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    Within the years 1865 and 1900‚ changes in farming allowed for the increased production of crops such as wheat‚ corn and cotton. Technology allowed the Great Plains to be opened to agriculture. Perhaps the most important advances were John Deere’s steel plow (which made it much easier to break the thick and heavy soil of the area) and barbed wire (which could keep livestock out of fields). Also‚ according to Document A‚ in 1870‚ the production of wheat was 254 million bushels‚ cotton had a production

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    1865 to 1900 Identify at least (2) two major historical turning points in the period under discussion. Death of Lincoln in 1865. Lincoln’s death changed the course of the country trying to rebuild after the Civil War. President Andrew Johnson was not popular and could not convince Congress especially the southerners to go along with him. Lincoln had a plan to build up the South and end the hate. He ordered amnesty and that the south be rebuilt. He pardoned‚ with a few exceptions

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    1. “An analysis of the popular culture of the United States from 1865 to 1900 reveals deep class‚ gender‚ and ethnic or racial divisions.” Assess the validity of this statement. I believe that this statement is very accurate given the social conditions of American society around the turn of the 20th century. Following the end of the Civil War and Reconstruction‚ Americans struggled to regain a sense of normality and divisions between different groups of people highlighted the flaws within society

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    From 1865 to 1900‚ African American freedoms were very limited socially. Black Codes said that African Americans could not marry anyone that is white. If someone that was black was not generally attracted to their own race or vice versa‚ they were unable to marry who they wanted to. The Ku Klux Klan burned many houses of African Americans as well as the white people that wanted to help them. If you were in any way positively involved with black people‚ the KKK would find a way to basically ruin your

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    Anderson Manning Mr. Hunsinger APUSH January 17‚ 2014 DBQ Through out the period of 1875 and 1900 many strikes and labor movements occurred. Many labor unions tried to reform laborers’ wages and the conditions in which they were working. Even though there were many efforts for reform by organized labor‚ they were unsuccessful in improving the position of the laborers. In document A there is a chart of the daily hours and index of average daily wages. It shows that daily hours went from

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    Free Response Question: Analyze the impact of any TWO of the following on the American industrial worker between 1865 and 1900. -Labor unions -Immigration During the late 1800s (1865-1900s)‚ the blossom of an era was developed‚ the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution provided the means and demands for more work and more workers. These demands for more work and workers were fairly high and the pressures of harder work and lesser pay became more of an issue during this time period

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    It was a myth that most Americans living during 1865-1900s achieved the American Dream. Some groups of Americans who were unable to achieve the American Dream were the native americans‚ African Americans‚ and asian immigrants because they were denied opportunity‚ human rights‚ freedom‚ equality and their safety. However‚ it was a reality that some groups such as Western settlers‚ miners‚ and ranchers achieved the American Dream as they gained wealth and property‚ had many opportunities‚ and access

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    Reconstruction and African Americans from 1865-1900 From 1865 to 1900‚ Reconstruction was meant to help change the lives of African Americas. However‚ because of prejudice‚ Reconstruction didn’t go on as far as it could have. Reconstruction tried to deliver its promises to African Americans while battling a discriminatory white America. This is seen socially‚ through civil rights‚ and politically‚ through Jim Crow Laws and voting. Concerning social promises‚ Reconstruction made astounding changes

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    White and Indian Relations between 1865 to 1900 Confrontations and conflicts between White American and Native American during the late eighteen hundreds become increasingly one sided. From ritual practices and beliefs to land ownership and government policy; Native Americans and there white contour parts differed greatly. Between 1865 to 1900 the "White man" and Native American relationships in western United States could be characterized as a horrible and miss leading rampage of white man destroying

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    African Americans: The Loss and Gain of Freedom(1865-1900) The Civil War ended on April 9‚ 1865. The period known after the war was called Reconstruction. During Reconstruction (also called Radical Reconstruction)‚ the South was in economic‚ political‚ and social trouble. In 1865 Congress established the Bureau of Refugees‚ Freedmen‚ and Abandoned Lands. This became known as the Freedmen’s Bureau. It was a bureau ran by the United States Army‚ with several field

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