because they had strong capital and government support. Workers felt powerless as their skills became less valuable in an economy dominated by big companies. Long hours‚ dangerous conditions‚ and low wages led to significant labor movements. After the Civil War‚ technological innovations and investments lowered production and distribution costs. Big firms were supported by administrative frameworks and national credit agencies‚ and lower transportation and communication costs helped national media
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political protest. However‚ three important people showed some civil disobedience during the late 1800s to 1900s. All three men wanted to promote a better place and opportunity to the people to stand up for their rights and not be let down on any law that was prejudiced or mistreated. These men stood for their people and own the civil disobedience. As of matter of fact‚ Thoreau fought for the law‚ individual. He believed that a higher law than civil laws demands the obedience of an individual. Both the human
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Kobe Simms 11/10/14 Mr. Horwits Social Science After Hope and Change Chapter 1 Questions Show three facts that illustrate why 2012 was “a fairly narrow victory” for Obama. 1. President Obama had won reelection by a close margin of only 3.85 percent. He earned a rank of 24 out of 30 past elections since the year 1896. 2. President Obama became the only incumbent in history to win reelection while losing vote share. Obama lost vote share in nearly every state during the election
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In the nineteenth century‚ the great nation of America that had been so successfully founded and developed by its united citizens was threatened by civil war. The early part of the century sought compromise that would end disputes between the Northern and Southern regions of the country; however‚ by 1850‚ tensions between the two parties had risen far beyond conciliation. These tensions that made compromise impossible centered mostly on the issue of slavery‚ and the zeal that many people had in defending
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Before the war‚ women just stayed at home to take care of the family‚ do housework and care for children‚ or worked “women jobs”‚ such as seamstresses and maids. When war happened‚ most men went off to fight for the country and left their women and children at home who were unable to pay for basic necessities like food and clothing. Businesses and companies at that time had to ignore the gender discrimination and hired women because of the critical shortage in the workforce. Other women took direct
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Ludgie Gabriel After the war of 1812 essay 2nd period The economic changes of the years following the War of 1812 varied from new innovations to government policies. Eli Whitney’s greatest inventions‚ the cotton gin and system of interchangeable parts‚ both helped spur the growing American economy and industrial revolution. The cotton gin improved the output of workers by a thousand percent and in ten years‚ the production of cotton in the country rose from 5 million pounds to 63 million pounds
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examples of these groups are the women who participated in the Suffrage movement and the African Americans who were part of the civil rights movement of the 50’s and 60’s. While bot movements shared similar goals and used similar methods to achieve these goals‚ the two movements had many differences between them in their actions and how they achieved their goals. The Civil rights movement in the 50’s and 60’s shared many similar goals and methods with the women’s suffrage movement of the 1800’s
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After the end of World War II‚ gender issues became one of the most serious changes in human history. Before World War II ended‚ male was always the superior species and women were inferior‚ seen as a housewife and mother and that’s all. When men were off at war‚ the women had to work and fulfill the men’s job as well as being a mother and completing the house work‚ but as soon as the men returned from war‚ the women were sent back to the houses to do the housework and nothing more. Gender inequalities
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Friends and Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the United States being not far distant‚ and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust‚ it appears to me proper‚ especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice‚ that I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed‚ to decline being considered among the number
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Kiara Milho Reconstruction DBQ December 27‚ 2013 From the start of the American Civil War until the end of Reconstruction‚ the United States of America suffered what can be considered a revolution. During this time many constitutional and social developments brought about a great change in the country. Some constitutional developments that caused conflict were the Emancipation Proclamation‚ three civil rights bills‚ and the reconstruction‚ while some social developments which could potentially
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