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    Democrat and Republican Parties of the late 1800s Essay The Democrat and Republican parties of the late 1800s had a parallel belief that it was giving a voice to its constituents. The Republicans and Democrats fought over political corruption‚ civil rights‚ reconstruction‚ immigration‚ and States’ rights. Republicans appealed to the Union‚ Border States‚ and African Americans. The South had to be rebuilt‚ but giving power to the Southern whites was not an option at any time. Lincoln’s

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    Femenism In The 1800's

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    Prior to the 1800s the Jews were persecuted for their religious beliefs. After the 1800s they were looked upon as the killer of Jesus‚ and was subjected to punishment by local governments‚ religious leaders‚ and dictators.  One of the monumental blows dealt to the Jews was in 586 B.C.E.  It was then that the Jews were exiled in Babylonia by the conquering King‚ Nebuchadnezzar II.  There exile would last almost fifty years. In 167 B.C.E. the ruler Antiochus IV took over the Jewish temple with the

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    Labor in the 1800's

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    10-31-11 Labor in the Late 1800s Essay Laborers in the late 1800s worked in harsh conditions. Many companies and corporations went on strike and even resorted to violence in order to spread their point. These workers mostly worked for low wages‚ or felt that they weren’t being treated fair. With acts of crime‚ these laborers felt that they could get there message to the companies‚ but most of the companies retaliated with hiring national guards to settle the issue or just locking the workers

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    America was not a great place to be in the late 1800s‚ especially if you were a Native American‚ immigrant‚ or African-American. The Native Americans’ homelands were brutally taken over‚ and they were forced to live on reservations. The immigrants had to deal with the terrible living conditions in the cities and the persecution against them because of their appearance. The African-Americans‚ despite being declared all the rights of a citizen‚ were segregated‚ and voting in the South was made nearly

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    Gangs In The 1800's

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    When the word “gang” is mentioned the first thought that comes to mind is a person wearing baggy clothes‚ a bandana across the forehead and tattoos all over the body. That is a stereotype. Obviously back when gangs were first initiated in the 1800s they did not dress like that. Not all gangs are associated with colors‚ signs or names. A gang is defined as a group of criminals or a number of people forming a group (www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary). In fact the word “gang” actually originated from

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    American Imperialism

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    American Imperialism During the late nineteenth century America was a growing and prosperous country. The Civil War had ended and the United States was once again unified. As the United States gained more money and power‚ it looked to overseas trade to monopolize on their raw materials. The United States began to trade with Japan‚ China Latin America and other countries to acquire these distant resources. In order to protect these investments‚ the U.S. had place upon these foreign countries their

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    In the late nineteenth-century and into the early twentieth-century‚ the United States was a budding power looking to breakthrough and become one of the leading forces in the economic spheres of the world. The Imperialist Era fostered that transition; Uncle Sam sought out more territories in places that the US had not interfered with before. This encroachment saw new policies‚ laws‚ and ideals being created to better handle foreign policy. The change of America’s influence in the world derived from

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    American Imperialism Mrs. Dorinda L. Robinson HIS 204 Professor Steven Brownson March 29‚ 2009 [pic] Introduction During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries‚ the United States pursued an aggressive policy of expansionism‚ extending its political and economic influence around the globe. It was the age of imperialism‚ a pivotal era in the history of the United States. Imperialism is defined as the acquisition of control over the government and the economy of another nation

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    Media in the 1800's

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    America had the most media‚ the cheapest media‚ and the freest media by the 1840’s. Communication through the media was vital to America in the early 1800s because‚ as a democratic nation‚ the people needed to be well informed about their system of government. Following the American Revolution‚ the United States stayed from their traditional English ideas involving the relationship between the state and the people. Unlike Great Britain’s selective press and seditious libel laws‚ information and

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    one else in America was willing the hard work for a cheap money but many Chinese were willing to do the work in 1800s. Before the 1800 came around United State could hardly handle the controlled the immigration that were coming to America. However‚ the United State ended up passing the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882 to help the new era of immigration control. A lot of the Asian Americans settled in Hawaii and California coming from Korea‚ Vietnam‚ Hmong and China. They have arrived in America as unskilled

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