Tocqueville noted‚ people were more closely tied to the land and were primarily focused on subsistence farming. This lifestyle tended to foster a sense of community and mutual assistance within small‚ agrarian communities. However‚ with the rise of industrialization‚ there was a shift away from agrarian life toward urbanization and factory work. This
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II; this will allow us to show the developments in time of peasant outrage. Secondly‚ the essay will discuss the reign of Alexander III who began terrible pogroms towards Jews and continued by Nicholas II‚ specifically the great pogroms of the early 1900’s. For the third area‚ the deteriorating economy created high unemployment and instability within the country. The key short term areas to discuss are: the disgruntlement of the working classes‚ Russo-Japanese war affected the social classes; it made
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as a speaker for the populist party 10. Frederick Jackson Turner- American historian who said that humanity would continue to progress as long as there was new land to move into. 11. James B. Weaver- American politician who leaned toward agrarian radicalism; he twice ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. presidency 12. Jacob S. Coxey- a wealthy Ohio quarry owner turn populist who led a protest group to Washington D.C. to demand that the federal government provide the unemployed with meaningful
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administration; “nationalist” criticisms from the late 19th century onwards; and current research linking present-day economic outcomes to colonial era choices. In this paper we provide an overview of this literature‚ focusing on the period 1765-1900. In the interest of brevity and coherence we focus two regions‚ Bengal‚ which was first conquered (1757-64)‚ and the Bombay Deccan‚ which was annexed in 1818‚ though we make references to other regions as well. From the very beginning‚ Company
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Chapter 30: The Americas in the Age of Independence Outline I. The Building of American States A. The United States: Westward Expansion and Civil War * Almost all adult white men eligible to participate in political affairs of republic and vote by 1820s 1. Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny * After American Revolution‚ British ceded to new republic all lands between Appalachian Mountains and Mississippi River * U.S. doubled in size * Napoleon Bonaparte allowed U.S
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the war. Duma abandoned the Tsar. On 13 March members of the Duma went to Nicholas to tell him to abdicate. d) There are various reasons why the March 1917 revolution was successful. There are relatively widespread but not major facts like the discontent of the Russian people which helped the revolution to be successful and one large reason which really made it all happen. Perhaps the best way of explaining this is to look at why the 1905 revolution was not successful and state the changes that
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established territory ignoring the 50‚000 hipanics worried land would be confiscated 1847 taos indians rebelled killed new gov/ anglo american officials subdues by US army US organized gov in 1850 US broke power of tibes led to hispanic migration 1880’s-90’s railroads new economic activity nre mexican immigration looking for work got lowest paying least stable jobs Hispanic California and Texas: spanish
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grave evil Lacrosse * Early missionaries considered game crude‚ dangerous and chaotic * National Lacrosse Association: * 1867 classed white teams as amateurs and Indian teams as professionals * Expulsion of Indian teams in 1880 * Explanation: to rid games of violence and professionalism * Historians often fail to document how race/racism was a major factor in these restrictions * Indigenous games had purposes: taught values and education (honesty
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Chapter 17 The West: Exploiting an Empire After the Civil War‚ Americans‚ who believed expansion was their “manifest destiny‚” began moving westward across the continent‚ subduing the Native Americans through various means‚ creating a North American empire for raw material to fuel factories. Western economies need the Fed Govt BEYOND THE FRONTIER Prior to the Civil War‚ the march of White settlement paused at the margin of the semiarid Great Plains‚ a region seared by hot winds and too little
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could consume. Because if the changes in economy‚ the farmers had grown in discontent with the government‚ and the fingers were being pointed at the large scale business leaders. In the late nineteenth century‚ the farmers had a valid reason that big businesses were decreasing away the profits of their work‚ and into the railroad companies and that banks were taking advantage of the farmers‚ causing the great agrarian discontent. As the conclusion of the nineteenth century rolled in to the twentieth
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