DBQ The Industrial Revolution had both positive and negative effects. These effects changed the world and the way of living. Some negative effects were pollution‚ diseases and crowded tenements. Some positive effects were cheaper products more jobs. For example in document 1‚ 2‚ and 3 it shows the change in manufactory which help speed up production and have more available job opportunities. How the factories got better and faster machines. Like the steam engine help transport and trade stuff quicker
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African and Native American Slavery Scot Ferguson 11-12-96 period 2 The 1500’s‚ a time of discovery‚ was when the Europeans came to dominate most of the New World. The Europeans traveled to Africa and captured Africans to help develop their land and satisfy their need for power. I feel that the treatment of the Indians and Africans by the Europeans was completely unjustifiable. While the Indians and Africans were less technologically advanced and the Europeans were uneducated‚ in this
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Dr. Chandra Prescod-Weinstein is the 63rd African-American woman to attain a doctorate in physics‚ and specializes in theoretical physics. Upon further reading‚ about Dr. Prescod-Weinstein‚ it begged the question--What are astrophysicists‚ and why are there a small number of African-American women for who attain PhDs in STEM (Science‚ Technology‚ Engineering‚ and Mathematics) related fields? Both globally and domestically‚ there are major differences in girls educated in STEM. Girls in STEM
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only limited progress in improving the status of African Americans? Between the years 1945-55 the rights of African Americans improved slightly‚ with improvement to social rights and the introduction of taking civil right cases to the supreme courts. Despite the marginal improvement in America I believe that the years 1945-55 only saw limited progress. Under President Truman some steps in the right direction were taken‚ even after the African Americans fought for the US in the Second World War the
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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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members and African-Americans. Labor Union members faced many difficulties during the Gilded Age. Labor Union members literally had to fight for control of the work place‚ which meant many very violent strikes happened during this time. Labor workers wanted to unionize to help get better working conditions and fairer wages. Employers during this time were very opposed to the
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Progression of African Americans Jeff Brown HIS 204: American History Since 1865 Prof Carl Garrigus May 16‚ 2010 The Historical Progression of African Americans America in 1857 was a “Nation on the Brink.” Relationships between the Northern and Southern states had been strained for decades. During the 1850 ’s‚ the situation exploded. The Compromise of 1850 served as a clear warning that the slavery issue—relatively dormant since the Missouri Compromise of 1820—had returned. African Americans
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The American Revolution was one of the most important revolutions in the world‚ but there is evidence that says that nothing really happened from it. I believe that the American Revolution was not revolutionary because not all people were equally free‚ and all the changes actually happened in the Americas occurred when the British first colonized America. In the Declaration of Independence‚ Thomas Jefferson states‚ “We hold these truths to be self evident‚ that all men are created equal…”. Looking
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bRoberto Reynoso Professor Heinrichs African American Art 25 March 2013 Sterotypes Stereotypes have long been the barrier that kept the African American artist from developing openly in true arts. John Ott in his essay called “Labored Stereotypes” tells the story of Palmer Hayden‚ an African American artist that struggled to have his art noticed. Ott also focusses on how when Hayden did finally reach artistic acclaim it was still not how he wanted to be represented because
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The question of black representation among the government was addressed immediately. However the issue was under jurisdiction of President Andrew Johnson‚ who was a Southerner and also thought that African Americans shouldn’t have a role in Reconstruction‚ American Historian‚ Robert Cruden said of Johnson‚ "His Jacksonian philosophy had perhaps an even greater flaw in view of the problems he confronted: it had some place for the Negro as a free man‚ but it had none for him as an equal"1. During the
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