In the late 1800s and 1900s‚ the United States was very different from how it is today. Not only were segregated schools the norm‚ but hotels‚ restaurants‚ bathrooms‚ and even drinking fountains were. This period‚ also referred to as the ‘Jim Crow era’ took place shortly after the abolition of slavery‚ and is characterized by high tensions between Americans with different skin colors‚ and several landmark cases‚ two of which will be explored in this essay. We start with the case of Plessy v. Ferguson
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What factors were important to the international spread of industrialization? Economic life of the West was transformed by the industrialization‚ which began in England in the eighteenth century. At the beginning of the eighteen hundreds it spread to Western Europe‚ and by the end of the nineteenth century it had touched most of Western civilization. This period was characterized by economic growth‚ the factory system of production‚ and the use of new‚ artificially powered machines for transportation
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everybody’s lives. It helps maintain good social and mental health‚ as well as personal pleasure. However‚ with the mass production of new social technologies‚ human socialization is slowly becoming less meaningful. Let’s retrace our steps. Back in the 1900’s‚ when breakthrough technologies were just being introduced‚ people didn’t rely on “smartphones” and “social media” as a means of communication. Instead‚ they would arrange to meet in person‚ or even engage in friendly conversation with a fellow street-dweller
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During the time over the 1800s and the early 1900s‚ there were many large issues that appeared over time as the United States started to grow larger and larger. One of the main things was the increasing amount of children joining the workforce‚ due to their families not being able to support themselves due to raise in housing. The children were often given pennies a day‚ much less then what an adult would make‚ and missed out on learning and important opportunities such as reading and writing. The
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been misogynistic and disempowering to women for even longer. Men have treated women as sex objects‚ and women also have put themselves down to appeal to men in songs and music videos. Although there are a lot of sexist implications in songs from the 1900’s through early 2000’s‚ in the 2010’s music began to get better. Pop music is better than it was in the past because it’s less sexist and focuses on uplifting women. A good example of a classic song that has sexist implications is‚ the 1949 christmas
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The years leading up to the turn of the 20th century brought with them the on set of change for Americans in all walks of life. Society had not been able to keep pace with the changing world of technology since the start of the Industrial Revolution. This created a huge gap between the rich and the poor and left cities struggling to keep pace with the necessary infrastructure and programmes to provide for the men and women who were migrating on mass to urban areas where they could earn a decent
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From the 1870’s to the early 1900’s‚ Americans invested heavily into Mexican infrastructure‚ to include‚ oil fields‚ mines‚ plantations‚ and railroads. Around the early 1900’s‚ Mexican dictator Porfirio Diaz started nationalizing these Mexican resources due to the growing fear of American interests in Mexico. Angered American investors started placing their support in Francisco Madero‚ a pro-constitutional political opponent of Porfirio Diaz‚ which eventually forced Porfirio Diaz to resign in 1911
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The era of Industrialization during the late 19th Century had lasting effects on the American economy and political environment that remain in effect to this day. The American Industrial Revolution known as the Second Industrial Revolution‚ started off in Great Britain and made its way to America‚ then around the globe. It constituted the shift from hand labor to the manufacture of items utilizing machinery. Great efficiences were gained‚ both in the power to manufacture goods cheaply and efficiently
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Civil Rights Movement Throughout the 1900’s‚ African Americans faced many unfair challenges like discrimination and racism. Colored citizens did not have the same political and social freedom as white citizens. Although there is still racism today towards African Americans‚ the Civil Rights Movement won more legal rights for black citizens and they were given the same rights as White Americans This helped create a less racist society. The civil rights movement was a very well-known movement that
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manufacturing was often done in people’s homes‚ using hand tools or basic machines. Industrialization marked a shift to powered‚ special-purpose machinery‚ factories and mass production. The iron and textile industries‚ along with the development of the steam engine‚ played central roles in the Industrial Revolution‚ which also saw improved systems of transportation‚ communication and banking. While industrialization brought about an increased volume and variety of manufactured goods and an improved
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