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    with the labor required. Lastly‚ the English looked at Africans as different and inferior so English laws did not apply to them. This racial superiority led to the bondage of 10 to 12 million Africans and the largest migration of people in world history. The reading by Olaudah Equiano‚ an African slave who retold his horrific experience with the middle passage and life as a slave‚ really touches on just how bad these

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    shereen turner | The History of Violence in American Labor Unions | | | Michael Cook | 6/6/2010 | Some of the more important events in labor union history included how unions were stereotyped as violent anarchist‚ and how they took a stance that invoked violent activity in three serious events; the Haymarket Riot‚ Homestead Incident and Pullman Strike and how these events in ways changed American labor union history. | Up through the late 1700’s to early 1800’s‚ men‚ women‚ and even

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    the courthouse were deeply entangled in corruption and scandal during the Gilded Age‚ the actual economic and social issues afflicting urbanizing America festered beneath the surface without being seriously addressed. During this time‚ general American attention had shifted away from national politics and more towards economic change concerning the development of the West‚ urbanization of cities‚ and industrialization. Accompanying this transition was corruption in government policy‚ evident through

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    Trade In The 1800's

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    Trade is the business of buying and selling or bartering commodity. Trade in the 1800’s was a little difficult. Many reasons include of the fact that you had to (in some cases) trade an old dog for a new gun. Like in the Yearling‚ Penny had to trade one of his dogs to get a better gun for hunting. Many things were traded like meat‚ fur‚ clothing‚ weapons‚ and anything that is a necessity for life. Trade was also a main part in life then and now. Still in 2018 we still trade things. For instance‚

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    Erie Canal In The 1800s

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    The Erie Canal was a big success during the 1800s. Helping and aiding many people‚ making their life easier. In source #3 it shows the table which from how old transportation before the erie canal came. The table shows the burst of the erie canal’s explosion on the usefulness and the usage of the erie canal. Cost lowering‚ usage of the Erie Canal going immensely up‚ population of some areas going way up due to the popularity and the usefulness of the Erie Canal‚ cutting down normal time of travel

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    Do to the fact that Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin the South was then able to increase its cotton supply sending raw cotton north to be made into fabric. Francis C. Lowell increased the efficiency in the making of fabric by bringing spinning and weaving tools together into one factory. In 1846‚ Elias Howe created the sewing machine which revolutionized the manufacture of clothing. All of a sudden‚ clothing began to be made in factories as opposed to at home. Rising industries and factories led

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    were also driven into poverty and their places of worship were often burned down. The Mexicans in the 1800s had their fortunes in places like California where the land was rich with gold. Mexicans and white settlers alike built cabins and prospered from the land‚ mining and fishing for gold in the rivers. In one famous account of Joaquin Murrieta in “Major Problems in Mexican American History”‚ white bandits came to Murrieta’s cabin and told him that they would not allow any Mexicans to prosper

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    The motives for the exploration and colonization of the New World did not differ much from country to country. Though different motivations may have been emphasized more heavily in certain counties‚ most explorations were spurred by religious reasons‚ commercial causes‚ and the desire for expanded power around the globe. The population of Europe resurged during the years following the Black Death‚ which was responsible for killing approximately one third of the population between 1347-1447 (Brinkley

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    Biddy Mason In The 1800s

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    Beauty for Ashes Frederick Douglass‚ Harriet Tubman‚ Sojourner Truth‚ William Wells Brown‚ Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield‚ Robert Smalls—these are just a few of the many determined African Americans‚ all of whom were former slaves‚ that changed the world. During the 1800s‚ the average African American faced a world of immense discrimination and injustice‚ yet many rose above their adversity to accomplish their goals. The life of Biddy Mason exemplifies the principle that one’s background need not define

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    exciting as well as easier for many families. Around the time of the late 1800’s‚ under the idea of “separate spheres”‚ caring for children was looked at as a central part of most women’s lives. The man was the breadwinner and the hunter and gatherer‚ providing the sustainable essentials for a family to survive. Marriage was viewed as a foundation of ones national morality. At the

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