After the Civil War ended the economy was indubitably unstable‚ American farmers encountered a sequence of problems from transportation to a complex worldwide market‚ for instance‚ some of these complaints were: unfair railroad fees and tariffs policies. These dilemmas led farmers to a horrible economic situation in which some homesteaders even lost their homes and farms. Consequently these farmers displayed a series of complaints in which they specified all the problems they were facing due to
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Big hair‚ neon lights‚ Jordache shorts‚ and fast cars. The 1980’s were loose‚ wild‚ and rock and roll were the perfect matches to the powerful machines rolling out of Detroit. Although the late 1970’s were the start of the Malaise era of cars‚ the late 1980’s saw a real resurgence in fun cars with power. Automakers had learned to cope with emissions regulations and with technological advances engines became more powerful‚ more efficient‚ and thanks to computers had some impressive dashboards. This
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Devin Schoellkopf Mid Term Exam Part 5 Africa in the mid to late 1800s was still uncharted territory according to European countries. They all wanted the resources Africa had to offer‚ and were willing to do whatever it took to get them. Eventually after thousands upon thousands of deaths‚ Africa would be divided up into different colonies. There were many different causes of death in Africa‚ from diseases to people killing each other. Many countries wanted in‚ more people wanted them out. Africa
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The Cambodian Genocide was a terrible atrocity that took place in the late 1900’s. Nearly 2 million people died from executions‚ starvation‚ overwork and disease‚ because of the 3 political regimes that took place (Prince Norodom Sihanouk‚ Lon Nol‚ Prime Minister Pol Pot) The Last Regime was lead by Pol Pot‚ his goal was to turn the Southeast Asia into a Agrarian Utopia. On April 17th 1975 Khmer Rouge soldiers marched into Phnom Penh (The Capital of Cambodia) and seized control forcing millions of
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Immigrants Horrible Lives Have you ever wondered if you are related to one of the immigrants in the 1900’s? The immigrants had a dreadful life at this time. Immigrants were brave because they crossed the ocean and went through the checkpoint at Ellis Island. To start the immigrants take an awful voyage across the ocean. Immigrants had a lousy boat ride to get to America. Lots of people persecuted the immigrants from their country. On page 20‚ it said “Travelers often made their wills before sailing
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also for the human beings on it‚ have been very significant for mankind. Events like these are extremely unique and will mostly never happen again since society in the world is always changing. One extremely significant event that occurred in the late 1700’s that would be one of the most important aspects of history because it influenced many to do the same and to fight for their beliefs. The American Revolution was the leading cause for many other countries to fight for their independence from Great
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the selected cartoon from Punch Magazine that will be analyzed in this essay‚ "Trust Me!" August 13th‚ 1870. This essay will discuss England’s support of Belgium independence and neutrality from a political and diplomatic viewpoint from the mid to late Nineteenth Century. Accordingly this essay will predominantly focus on the build up to the Franco-Prussian War‚ English diplomatic actions during the Franco-Prussian War in defense of Belgian independence and neutrality. Also‚ to understand England
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For many girls who lived in 1835‚ they lived on a farm with their families working at home living under the men in the house. They did not go to college as often as their male counterparts. Word began to spread of a place where anyone of any social class could live and work for a high wage. Soon girls from all over began to migrate to these factory towns know as Lowell cotton mills. The industrial age in America was an innovative time in American history. Sparked by first the growth of the planters
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sir‚ you have any right to command me‚ merely because you are older than I‚ or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience” ("Find Quotes"). In the early 1800s inspiration to begin a movement that strove for gender equality stemmed from ideas very similar to the idea expressed in the quote‚ along with influences from the actions of early abolition and temperance leaders. Activists‚ desiring equal rights for
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Ammari History 240 -01 Paper 1 (Spring 2013) The Controversy of the Modernization of Japan (late 1800s-early 1900s) During the Meiji era‚ Japan underwent a major change from functioning and running under the system Tokugawa shogunate to the modern era. The Meiji era brought about changes that affected Japan’s social‚ economic‚ political‚ military
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