Caleb Cobos Period 4 October 9‚ 2012 Timeline #3 Pages 166-210 1775- Quakers founded the world’s first antislavery society. 1774- Continental Congress called for the complete abolition of the slave trade. 1776- New Jersey’s new constitution enabled women to vote. 1777- Articles of Confederation adopted by second Continental Congress. 1780- Massachusetts adopts first constitution drafted in convention and ratified by popular vote. 1781- Articles of confederation put into effect. 1783-
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I believe that the Chinese Immigration to the United States jumped from a few hundred a year to move 20‚000 in 1852 because of the gold in California. When the Chinese came over to the U.S. they headed to the Gold Country. They would‚ ‘send work back home about the riches to be found there’. ‘Chinese American miners soon became a common sight in the mountains of California’. The Chinese immigrants in America faced a lot of harassment/racism in the mid-1800s. A specific form of harassment was
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After learning American history‚ which acknowledged me a lot of the interesting things‚ I understand how wonderful the U.S it is. The best thing I see that the American characters such as diverse ethnicities and religions‚ independence and freedom‚ liberty and equality‚… which shaped by the powerful union for the better the lives of all immigrants. Therefore‚ I realize the history that helps me wisely how to fit into the American society like an immigrant. The notion American Exceptionalism is an
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themselves does not necessarily mean that they were distant from other ethnics like the Chinese and the Japanese‚ the Moses Synagogue did in a way witness
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a new life are being stopped by the government. Are we stopping brilliant minds from making inventions to institutionalize the world by not letting them through our borders? Or‚ is the government limiting the immigration of people to save jobs to American citizens? Living during the Progressive Era was very inspiring‚
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First Americans: Where did they come from? Siberia Indigenous: native “here originally” How did they get from Siberia to America? No really good evidence that they took a boat. Probably a land bridge Crossed just before the end of the last ice age There is evidence going back about 40‚000 years They were following the animals Follow the mammoth theory Another theory: They followed the fish No physical evidence for that How many came? Genetically‚ it appears that as few as four or five
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business. While Qiming and his wife were able to succeed economically‚ he had to forgo his passion in pursuit of his American Dream to become extremely wealthy. This provides a concrete example of how Asian Americans have allowed economic factors to be the primary motivating factor for their success. The first director of this movie was Feng Xiaogang. He is a highly successful Chinese film director and is renowned for making comedies as well as dramas. He was a member of the Beijing Military Region
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Throughout the time period that we have studied‚ I believe that there were three events that had the most significant impact on American life. Progressivism was the most important outcome from these years. Another major outcome is the Birth Control Movement. The Freedman’s Bureau is the last major result from this time period. Between 1865 and early 1920’s‚ the country changed from a rural nation to an urban one. Progressivism is the reform movement of the 1900’s. It dealt with people from the middle
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foreign immigrants) self-identity and affected the way that they related to others.” The data presented in the reading reflects a rise in the white population and a corresponding drop in all non-white groups over the time period from 1860-1900. American Indians‚ for example‚ dropped from nearly 5% of
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studied throughout the duration of this course‚ which one do believe to be the most important to teach someone else about the American History‚ that would be The American Revolution. The American Revolution is one of the most important events from 1775-83 and known as the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence. There are many reasons to say The American Revolution as the important historical events of the United States. This is the events in which America got their independence
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