American Studies 356/History 356K Main Currents in American Culture Since 1865 Fall‚ 2010 Dr. Mark Smith TTh 2-3:30 Burdine 428 Burdine 134 Tues 10-11‚ Th 12:30-2 and by appt. 232-2150/471-7277/e-mail: mcsmith@mail.utexas.edu Teaching Assistant: Jeanette Vaught Office: Burdine 408 Hours: TTh 3:30-5 and by appt. At the end of the Civil War‚ American society became flooded with new technologies‚ ethnic groups‚ ideas‚ and customs. A society‚ which had bewildered earlier
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was on for writing that deterred from the filtered and artificial stories being printed in the newspapers. This would have been a typical scenario in the 1890s. During this decade a change would occur‚ the effects of which can be seen in America to this day. Journalism
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Social 1865-1990 The Presidential victory of the Republican Party in 1860 and the secession of the powerful agrarian states of the South placed the federal government in the hands of the business interests of the North and East. In the years that followed occurred the fundamental change from an agriculture/industry nation to a unified industrial nation. The political changes of the Civil War and Reconstruction were the violent manifestations of this profound change. Statistics of the nation’s economy
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Life from the 1890s to the 1920s “...Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies.” (Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 article) The election offered voters several choices: Wilson’s New Freedom‚ Taft’s conservatism‚ Roosevelt’s Progressivism‚ or the Socialist Party policies of Eugene V. Debbs. Clayton act prohibits corporations from acquiring stock of another if doing so would create monopolies. Wilson turned his attention to financial reform when the nation needed a way
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Brownlee‚ Richard S. Gray Ghosts of the Confederacy: Guerrilla Warfare in the West 1861-1865. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press‚ 1986. When the Civil War started many people of this nation were not expecting the chaos‚ destruction‚ and they certainly did not expect the war to last so long. The history of the guerrilla warfare began shortly before the start of the Civil War and lasted a few years after the war. The guerrillas dominated Missouri to such an extent that the Union army
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The United States of America is often referred to as‚ “The Land of Opportunity”‚ but what qualities and conditions exist in America that made it revered as the nation of opportunity? Many immigrants view America as the land of opportunity because it offers them life choices that may not have been available in their countries. In this essay I will give examples of and describe the circumstances that allow America to be the nation of possibilities in more ways than one. Let’s begin by addressing the
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American Woman Brenda R. Dople HIS 204: American History Since 1865 Timothy Smith October 7‚ 2012 As a woman myself‚ it is hard to imagine a time when I would not have been allowed to attend college‚ let alone be writing this paper. As children most of us heard stories from our grandparent’s about what life was like they were young. I can remember laughing at the thought of “walking up hill both ways” to get to school. With the liberties American Women have today‚ it is easy to take for granted
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United State - Land of Opportunity...to Die It is a happy circumstances to all the Asian people who walks on the aisle in the Supermarket in United States‚ when they see bunches of food‚ meat‚ and chips‚ make a small mountain in the shopping cart by a white‚ short fingers but chubby arms keep putting candies‚ snacks‚ and all the things in their reach in the shopping cart. These mothers‚ they not saying anything but help them to find more delicious stuffs to build their kids’ body a little more; who
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Reflection Precis 4‚ The Land of Opportunity and Other Myths (March 6-8‚ 2018) 108788 Part I: During these two sessions‚ Dr. Jendian spoke about Faith in Progress. The professor explained that this ideology is when we trust that everything will get better with the time. Therefore‚ it leads individuals to ignore major problems such as racism and discrimination. Loewen (284) argues that‚ “…Americans could be persuaded to ignore the injustice of social class if they thought the economic
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African Americans Status In 1890 There were many problems that African Americans faced in the 1890’s some of which still exist in today’s society. African Americans have come a long way and earned many rights but still live with the hardships that they had in the 1890’s. The status of African Americans at this time in United States history was not good. Blacks had a very hard time living especially in the south. The problems that blacks dealt with were primarily found in the south where they
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