6. What were the major social problems facing the United States in the late nineteenth century? Explain to what extent the federal government attempted to address those problems. During the late nineteenth century‚ the United States was experiencing a lot of changes that soon would turn into problems. Immigration was being a big problem at the time as well as urbanization. The lack of jobs produced crime‚ poverty and housing were other big problems that the United states was facing at the time
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Labor in the Nineteenth Century 2. A. The Lowell Mills Strike of 1834 took place in Lowell‚ Massachusetts in 1834. The dominant work force in the Lowell Mills were young‚ rural‚ unmarried women. Working in the Lowell Mills was dangerous because the machinery could easily injure a young girl if she made a simple mistake. Also the women worked long hours with little pay. Despite these treacherous conditions there was sense of unity among the women who all came from similar backgrounds. In 1834
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In her essay Woman in the Nineteenth Century‚ Margaret Fuller discusses the state of marriage in America during the 1800s. She is a victim of her own knowledge‚ and is literally considered ugly because of her wisdom. She feels that if certain stereotypes can be broken down‚ women can have the respect of men intellectually‚ physically‚ and emotionally. She explains why some of the inequalities exist in marriages around her. Fuller feels that once women are accepted as equals‚ men and women will be
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Farmers of the Late Nineteenth Century The period between 1880 and 1900 was a boom time for American Politics. The country was finally free of the threat of war‚ and many of its citizens were living comfortably. However‚ as these two decades went by‚ the American farmer found it harder and harder to live comfortably. Crops such as cotton and wheat‚ once the sustenance of the agriculture industry‚ were selling at prices so low that it was nearly impossible for farmers to make a profit off them.
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and political power disproportionality rests with males. Given the traditional gender roles set in America’s early nineteenth century patriarchy‚ both men and women’s attitudes towards sexuality and enforcement of gender norms were used to oppress women while valuing men‚ and slavery magnified the patriarchy’s worst aspects like sexual violence. The early nineteenth century for America symbolized nationalism and industrialization‚ but with all that came gender roles emphasized by the patriarchy. Women
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The Healers Back in the 19th century‚ the African civilization can be characterized by a single relationship‚ this relationship consists of kings and their slaves. Within this relationship Kings and slaves are dependent on each other‚ without slaves Kings cannot be rulers and without Kings‚ slaves would not be slaves. This relationship is similar to capitalism; capitalists are people who own natural resources‚ land‚ and factories. Capitalists are dependent on their workers in society to sustain
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Slavery has been around for millennia and had been a plague on the mankind for far too many years until the 19th century. The 19th century was a time of great change politically‚ economically‚ and socially‚ and included the abolition of slavery. The problem with analyzing the abolition of slavery in all of the nations that did at this time is that each is so unique that it is difficult to accurately compare and contrast them because they all had different linguistic‚ cultural‚ and ethnic differences
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Victoria‚ a woman’s place was in the home‚ as domesticity and motherhood were considered by society at large to be a sufficient emotional fulfilment for females. These constructs kept women far away from the public sphere in most ways‚ but during the 19th century charitable missions did begin to extend the female role of service‚ and Victorian feminism emerged as a potent political force. The transformation of Britain into an industrial nation had profound consequences for the ways in which women were
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Analyze the development of Constitutionalism in England during the 17th century. England’s lengthy history of hereditary monarchs and abusive absolutists has led to the system of constitutionalism in 17th century English government. The encouragement of these absolutism practices triggered the need to search for a new way to govern. The reigns of the Stuart monarchy led to the shift from absolutism to constitutionalism during 17th century England. After witnessing the success of Louis XIV’s of
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whether it’s about tax equality‚ military service‚ or the right to marry. 150 years ago‚ it was an even larger portion of the population’s turn: women. Throughout the 19th century and into the 20th‚ women fought for equal rights under the law and most importantly the right to vote. In both North America and Europe in the 19th century‚ women and men were expected to fill separate spheres of society. Men were expected to live a public life‚ whether it was working in a factory or socializing with like-minded
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