build the idea of a railroad. A machine that could transport people from one side of the country to the other. A journey that used to take six months would now take six days. Between 1860 and 1900 railroads opened many doors in American civilization‚ and also helped to settled the West. Railroads provide Americans new economic opportunities‚ by having people
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Question 1 1 / 1 point The most important factor behind the phenomenal American economic growth that occurred between 1840 and 1860 was manufacturing advancements. an increase in agricultural productivity an increase in agricultural productivity. an adequate supply of laborers. a constant influx of immigrants. Question 2 1 / 1 point In contrast to the Germans‚ Irish immigrants in the 1840s and 1850s often worked as skilled artisans in the northeastern U.S. cities
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progressive reforms during the period 1890-1915 in the areas of urban life and politics were mixed successes‚ with some reforms working well and others not‚ but were overall largely successful. In urban life‚ the progressives worked hard to improve the conditions for all‚ to better the cities themselves. In politics‚ the progressives (who had felt as though their needs were not being represented) attempted to make the system less corrupt and more fair and equal for all. The less successful reforms in
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DBQ The validity of the statement‚ “Reform movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals” can be assessed regarding many reformations in the time period of 1825-1850 including the American temperance movement‚ the women’s rights movement‚ and the abolitionist reform. All of which very much expanded core democratic ideology‚ such as equality‚ liberty for all‚ and the pursuit of happiness. All these reforms share the qualities necessary to attempt to make the United
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demographic‚ and technological involving transportation changes that occurred between 1815 and 1860. These changes impacted the Americans significantly on the way how they viewed themselves and their society. The major characteristics of the National Market Economy of 1860 was that it supplied economic contributions throughout the south‚ west and the Northeast. The Market revolution had benefitted the Americans through all the changes in the revolution. The Geographic expansion of the United States
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The Dress Reform Movement of the Mid-Eighteen Hundreds Women’s History in America In the middle of the nineteenth century in the United States‚ there were many movements working to improve society. The temperance movement aimed to remove the use and abuse of alcohol in America. The abolition movement called for the immediate end to slavery. The women’s movement had a mission to change women’s role in society by such means as giving them the right to vote and own their own property. Health reformers
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American Revolution (DBQ) In the time period of 1860 and 1877‚ constitutional and social developments occurred in America that amounted to a revolution. Some constitutional developments were the Secession of 1860‚ the Emancipation Proclamation‚ and Amendments 14 and 15. Some social developments were the Freedmen’s Bureau‚ the Civil Rights Act of 1875‚ and Congressional Reconstruction. Put together‚ all these developments led to a revolution. Prior to 1860 the United States was already split
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improving the position of African Americans? INTRODUCTION “When the definitive history of the American civil rights movement is eventually written‚ one of the central themes will be that Martin Luther King‚ Jr. ranks among the greatest political strategists of all time.’’ This is the viewpoint of James A.Colaiaco and he argues that Martin Luther King played the most significant role in the struggle for civil rights and was ‘the most important leader’ of the civil rights movement. This is the argument shared
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different women’s reform movements take shape. Some faded into obscurity‚ while other reform movements would have lasting and positive effects on the lives of woman; largely due to those he headed them. Thus‚ this essay will examine three reformers who‚ I feel‚ had the biggest impact on the lives of women today‚ as well as examine why there were so many of the reform movements. The first two women I will examine were part a significant part of the women’s suffragist movement. One of the most important
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The African American movement was a great inspiration to the Asian Americans‚ and the growing success of the African Americans fueled the Asian Americans into starting their civil rights movement–The Yellow Power movement. 1960s was the decade of the African American civil rights movement‚ leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. displayed courage and patience in the fight against the injustice in the United States of America. The actions of the courageous African American men and women fueled the
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