During the late 1800’s‚ around 1880 and 1890 North Carolina famers lead a social movement due to on-going economic problems‚ which in turn posed as a threat for political people and allies in the United States. Around this point and time‚ power and greed was brought on by big corporations‚ railroads and banks. The railroads seemed to have influenced the government‚ both federal and state. Many farmers ended up becoming bankrupt‚ due to a decrease in prices‚ which influenced what they received once
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nineteen hundreds grew as they became discontent with the world around them. Some women became flappers‚ women intent on enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior‚ causing many men to become nervous about this new development. Before the rise of prohibition‚ many women wouldn’t dare to defy the norms of society. Women decided to be involved because of the way man acted when they drank‚ which was unsafe for families and the women themselves. Discontent caused women to become involved
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Chapter 18: The Age of the City 1)The Urbanization of America a)The Life of the City i)Urban pop increased 7x in 50 yrs after Civil War‚ by 1920 majority of ppl lived in urban areas. Occurred partly b/c of natural growth‚ mostly b/c immigrants and rural ppl flocked b/c offered better paying jobs than rural areas‚ cultural experiences available‚ transportation to cities easier than ever b)Migrations i)Late 19th century saw geographic mobility- Americans left declining Eastern agricultural regions
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In her book‚ Manliness & Civilization: A Cultural History of Gender and Race in the United States‚ 1880-1917‚ Gail Bederman argues about how masculinity intertwined with race and gender in the Progressive Era by using civilization narratives. She expressly states her thesis as‚ “This book will investigate this turn-of- the-century connection between manhood and race. It will argue that‚ between 1890 and 1917‚ as white middle- class men actively worked to reinforce male power‚ their race became a factor
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Wounded in the back for not saluting a Guardia Civil lieutenant whom he had not seen. The authorities ignored his complaint. 1880‚ April 23‚ age 19. -- Received Licco Artístico-Literario diploma of honorable mention for the allegory‚ “The Council of the Gods”‚ in competition open to “Spaniards‚ mestizos and Indians”. Unjustly deprived of the first prize. 1880‚ Dec. 8. -- Operetta “On the Banks of the Pasig” produced. 1881‚ age 20. -- Submitted winning wax model design for commemorative
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The so-called "Indian Wars" took place roughly from 1864-1890 (from the Sand Creek Massacre to the Battle of Wounded Knee). It was really less of a war than a long series of skirmishes‚ battles‚ and massacres. At first‚ the Indians actually had the advantage because their arrows could be fired more rapidly than a muzzle-loading rifle. The invention of the Colt .45 revolver (the six-shooter by Samuel Colt) and Winchester repeating rifle changed this. Notably‚ one-fifth of the U.S. Army out West
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actions. Then‚ between 1870 and 1890 American grain production increased three times which made farmers dependent on rising exports. They were not able to receive the money they had expected for the world agriculture market was unstable especially wheat and cotton. Hence‚ farmers were really upset and they started blaming the bank‚ railroad companies‚ and most of all the government monetary system. They thought the whole economic system favored only the rich. By 1890s‚ majority of them had problems
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failing government was the return of the Conservatives‚ who were far less troubled than the Liberals by doubts regarding the use of power overseas. In the early 1880s‚ to European imperialists‚ Africa became a factor in international politics‚ as can be noted when Lord Salisbury recorded: “When I left the Foreign Office in 1880‚ nobody thought about Africa. When I returned to it in 1885‚ the nations in Europe were almost quarrelling with each other as to the various portions of Africa which
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Both the French and Russian revolutions had similar causes but ended up with different results. Both of these countries had different internal factors‚ which cause the results. The Russians had Lenin and the French had the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. I would also like to point out 1 more similarity between these two revolutions and that is the fact that both Czar Nicholas II and King Louis XVI were executed soon after the revolutionaries took power. It’s just strange to see how
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1830’s designed a steam-powered ’analytical engine’ that worked with punch cards.Although Babbage worked for decades at perfecting his design ‚he never built the machine. In the 1880’s American inventor Herman Hollerith Developed a ’Tabulator’ to manipulate data on punch cards.The device was used compile data from the 1890 census is less than two months compared to the more than seven years in took to compile data from the previous census by hand! In1848 George Bole‚another British Mathematician
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