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    The American Revolution Women’s lives began to change significantly with the American Revolution. Every war means more women taking charge during the absence and after the deaths of husbands and fathers‚ their active role in the war was very important. After the war‚ talk of rights raised issues of women’s rights education. Religions also play an important role for women in the American Revolution. Women’s roles were limited in the colonial times. Marriage and motherhood were the primary goals

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    Not only that‚ US started looking outside of the nation and the era of imperialism began with the reinforcement of expansionism. The early twentieth-century US exansionism is a continuation of late nineteenth-century expansionism in some aspects. With exploring the newfound land of America‚ the concept of "Manifest Destiny" emerged. "Manifest Destiny‚" is the belief that Americans are given the right to all of the land between the eastern and western seaboards. In 1983‚ one of the earliest cases

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    During the American Revolution‚ fighting in the war was considered too much work for the women in the family. Only men were allowed to serve as soldiers during this time because they were the only ones able to understand military strategy. Although women were considered unskilled and uneducated about the war‚ they also had a great impact on the victory of the war. Because they severed several roles‚ women were the primary reason men were able to function during the revolutionary war. Women had a

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    serve an important role in the American society; “integrating disparate elements into America’s mainstream culture. In the interwar years‚ baseball stars from white ethnic backgrounds played a key role in the acculturation of their group into Americans society”(Rubinstein‚ Step. 2003). Regional differences began to fade as a new national popular culture became part of daily life. Men of all ethnic backgrounds were welcomed into MLB with one exception‚ African Americans. By the end of World War 2 on

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    After the Civil War‚ American ideals and views shifted greatly as the country moved into an industrial era; big business leaders came out on top and the rest of society worked day in and day out with not even a fraction of such success. This structure of society was reflected in the sport of sailing. At the beginning of the 1870s‚ sailing was changing from a classic leisure activity to a more competitive sport as it moved from Europe to America. The same business tycoons who took control of the markets

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    quickly as the Spanish explorers. The introduction of cattle created a cheap and growing food supply of meat to new settlers from Europe. Cattle thrived in the new world‚ satisfying the large demand for leather goods for Europe. Cattle also changed the American landscape by eating the grass in areas that were cleared by new settlers for farming. This created large areas where the soil and vegetation would be changed forever. The introduction of pigs also changed the landscape and thrive because there was

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    What is an American? Being an American is being proud to be a part of a community of people working together for a life full of success and opportunity for themselves and generations to come after them. Being an American means to have passion‚ enthusiasm‚ and spirit to live in a free country‚ this country. having the ability to do whatever you want while being proud‚ strong and hopeful for a country full of freedom‚ full of opportunity and full of success‚ is all what it means to be an American

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    century‚ the United States emerged as victors of the Spanish American war. As a result‚ they received territorial concession on behalf of the Spanish. These territorial gains were the start of an era of American imperialism and expansion. This expansion was both a continuation and a departure from previous foreign policy and expansion. American imperialism demonstrated the same cultural and social justification of previous expansionism. Manifest destiny emerged in the 1840s and advocated a belief

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    Julio Cabral Ms. Griffith 3B 13‚ May 2015 Success and happiness those terms is what makes up the American Dream or some may say just simply living the dream. When people think of the American Dream some may have the stereotypical version of being married having two kids and a white picket fence (“What Is American dream”). Back in the 1920s people held that craving and want for social acceptance and to be just number one. Some have the thought of just being rich and staying healthy other

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    The American revolution fundamentally changed American society politically(colonies formed the federal government)‚ economically (more use of agriculture)‚ and socially (women used for labor and the fight for more religious freedom.) The American revolution fundamentally changed american society politically (docs c‚ e‚ I.) our founding fathers thought that the new country needed a better federal government. This is proved in doc I which is a piece from the federalist written by James Madison. This

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