Did the united states expand in the 1890’s for humanitarian or imperialism reasons? In the 1890’s powerful nations engaged in a race to extend their influence across much of the world. Imperialism was the main reason for the expansion in the United States. Imperialism was when the U.S wanted to gain more land and dominate weaker nations. There were many different factors leading to imperialism and the pressure to expand such as economical factors‚ nationalistic‚ and military factors. One reason
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“Hull House in the 1890’s” and “Putting on Style” demonstrate and explain two very different yet very important parts of American female history. While “Hull House in the 1890’s” shows the struggles and efforts made by women in order to break down barriers and gain political power in a male dominant political society‚ “Putting on Style” portrays the rebellious and socially changing world of female adolescents. Though “Hull House in the 1890’s” and “Putting on style” come from opposing views of reform
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American agriculture has had a long and extravagant history. Furthermore‚ the years 1860-1900 have the greatest impact on the history of farming to date. Many contributing factors have aided quite extensively to the development and farming advancements during this period. The railroad boom allowed easier‚ cheaper and faster transportation methods which in turn triggered economic growth. Man power was overthrown by the transition of animal power (mostly horses)‚ allowing farmers to harvest more crops
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« Was Bismarck’s foreign policy 1871-1890 a success ? » Otto von Bismarck’s foreign policy held certain aims through these years and Bismarck changed his foreign policy due to the circumstances so that he could keep and achieve these objectives. These choices made by Bismarck had mixed success and failure since he had many goals but failed at achieving some of them‚ but at the end of it all Bismarck had achieved his main goal‚ which was the preservation of the new German state. Bismarck’s
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How the Jewish people functioned inside French politics and society in the period 1890-1939 gives us an interesting and important insight into both the state of the French government under Vichy rule‚ how this government either implemented or did not implement Nazi policy to the letter of the law‚ how the actions they took effected the Jewish people living in France at the time. The question of whether Jews at this time could be considered ‘outsiders’ or ‘insiders’ in French society is a strange
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ambitious‚ bitter‚ ugly and deformed. He manipulates and murders his way to the throne and sets the tone for the whole play with his very first speech‚ which is the opening of the play. Richard opens with the lines “now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of York‚ and all the clouds that loured upon our house in the deep bosom of the ocean buried” (1.1.1-4). These lines use the metaphor of changing seasons‚ winter signifying trouble and summer content‚ to show how
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events directly influence the culture of an area and everywhere experiences this cycle of problems‚ solutions and effects. Utilizing problem‚ solution & effect the following discusses how the author reflects the culture in his book‚ The Winter of Our Discontent. John Steinbeck shows many problems in the book that influence the culture of New Baytown in 1961. One big problem that the main character of the book‚ Ethan Allen Hawley‚ a former member of Long Island’s aristocratic class‚ faces is his father
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A) Many factors contributed to western settlement from 1854 to 1890‚ especially the desire for natural resources‚ federal government policies‚ and technological developments. The desire for natural resources during this time period contributed greatly to western expansion of the time. This desire led to the growth of the cattle industry and mining empires. The desire for natural resources also sparked the phenomenon of the California Gold Rush. These events all stemmed from the earlier Americans
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thoroughly address the issue of land purchasing and therefore farmers hopes had been raised with Gladstone first two acts but were no left disappoints realising that he believed the Irish problem had been solved where in fact it had only just begun. Agrarian unrest quickly sprang up in Ireland headed by the Land League which was lead by Charles Stuart Parnell who openly denied having anything to do with the unrest. Another significant attempt Gladstone made to solve the Irish Problem was his conversion
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Midterm 1 Binay Brar History 17B Professor Grohol. Prompt: Analyze the roles that women played in Progressive Era reforms from the 1880s through 1920. Women played critical roles in many reform movements that aimed to address social‚ economic‚ and political challenges in American society between the 1880s and 1920s‚ known as the Progressive Era. This period saw a huge shift in women’s public responsibilities‚ as they became more involved in activism and campaigning for change. During
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