APUSH Mrs. Passerelli APUSH The stock market crash in the 1920’s shook the nation from top to bottom. There was immense amount of chaos through the country because people had lost their entire life savings and weren’t ever going to get them back and some people because of sudden poverty were turning into homeless citizens. All banks had to shut its doors for the public because there was no more money left to give. President Hoover and his administration used the “leave it alone” approach‚ which
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Farm * 1842: Dorthea Dix advocated hospitals for the insane * 1848: Seneca Falls Convention * 1850: Fugitive Slave Act * 1650s-1860s: slave codes The antebellum period experienced many vast social changes. Many of the changes occurred within three main groups: African Americans‚ women‚ and Indians. During the era‚ blacks experienced the same oppression they had for years before‚ but‚ new ideas of abolition also began to arise. As seen through the many rebellions and revolts of the
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Chapter 24: The New Era 1. The 1920s experienced a sharp rejection of the reform-mindedness of the two previous decades because of business influence. The urgency for political and economic reform that had moved the previous generation faded in the 1920s. In post-war America‚ the progressive reforms of the early twentieth century were viewed as being too burdensome on the economy. The reform effort was redirected toward improved transportation‚ education‚ and public services. The old-time progressive
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Gustavus Vassa‚ the African‚ Written by Himself and Other Antebellum Slave Narratives (Black Rhetoric Inside a White Envelope) The antebellum era is the time period before the Civil War. During this time in the newly established nation of the United States there was a form of racism in America called slavery and it provided the "cornerstone of social‚ economic‚ and political order" in the South (157). It has been said that "the antebellum slave narrative carried a black message inside a white envelope"
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Progressive Era Amendments- Seventeenth Amendment which was the direct election of US senators. The eighteenth election which was the prohibition of alcohol consumption. And the nineteenth Amendment which gave women the right to vote. * Reforms at the State and Local Level- A way of taking government to the state level was the Direct Primary‚ which allowed to directly chose senators. Reform was majorly in the cities. City after city reformers reordered municipal government. Reformers turned to
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Raja ram Mohun Roy Born: May 22‚ 1772 Died: September 27‚ 1833 Achievements: Founded Atmiya Sabha and Brahma Samaj. He played a key role in abolition‚ and Sati. He fought for the rights of women. Raja Ram Mohan Roy is known as the ’Maker of Modern India’. He was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj‚ one of the first Indian socio-religious reform movements. He played a major role in abolishing the role of Sati. Raja Rammohan Roy was a great scholar and an independent thinker. He advocated the study
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Antebellum Reform Movements During the years of 1825-1850‚ the United States went through many changes that impacted the United States’ economy‚ government‚ and social life style of many people especially due to the start of the Industrial Revolution. As the United States found conflict with the West as they continue to expand more further to West‚ the United States also found conflict within their nation with so many reform movements that were occurring in their nation. These reform movements
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AP US HISTORY 2011-2012 Course Overview: AP US History is designed as a college level history course with corresponding academic expectations for high school 11th graders. Chronologically‚ AP US History covers the vast expanse of our nation’s past from colonial beginnings in the 1600s to the present. Several themes of American History will emphasized for students to be able to think conceptually about our nation’s past. Such themes will include American diversity‚ culture‚ identity‚ economic
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What forces or ideas motivated and inspired this effort to remake and reform American society during the Antebellum years? By: Amber Daniel During the pre-civil war period‚ the Antebellum years‚ there were forces that shaped and reformed American society‚ making today’s society the way it is. Anti-slavery movements‚ social reform ‚and women’s rights movements were all forces that remade American society during this time period. The fight for women and slaves along with social reform forever
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