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    the thirty year period of 1870 to 1900 was not a fair or successful one. One demographic that suffered immensely was the black population. Fresh out of the civil war‚ African Americans tried to acquire land‚ but had a difficult time paying off loans‚ which had high interest rates and took property as collateral. Black land owners were then forced to take out more loans‚ which thrust them into a spiraling debt (Document B). As seen in The Farmers Grievances‚ a skillful farmer‚ compared to his physicist

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    October 17‚ 2013 Farmers DBQ In the late nineteenth century‚ twenty years after the Homestead Act‚ farmers used their land in the western plains to produce both crops and profits. The farmers of this time struggled in the agricultural way of life by facing economic and political obstacles that were impossible to avoid‚ requiring them to do something about their complaints. Although the farmers had plausible arguments for most of their criticisms‚ their beliefs of the silver standard and overproduction

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    discontent during the period 18701900 had an impact on their attitudes and actions towards national politics. During this time period manufacturing had a huge growth spurt and agricultural began to decline. This made it harder for farmers to make a living. Document G shows how much manufacturing increased between the years 1849 – 1899. America could no longer aspire to be a nation of small freehold farms. Manufacturers and people living in big cities depended on farmers to pretty much keep them alive

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    been a bumpy road for those arriving between 1870 and 1900. Of all the years during that time period‚ the flow of immigrants was at its peak during the bursts of economic depressions (Document A). These weakened economic periods in the United States did not exactly ease the common immigrants transition into American life. With no yellow brick road to lead them to happiness and prosperity‚ many immigrants began searching for quick ways to make cash. In 1870‚ twenty percent of the New England population

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    Chapter 19 The city and its workers (1870-1900) Jump Start: March 14‚ 2011 As the 19th century closes and the 20th century begins‚ different technologies help spur the many changes taking place. What symbolism can we take from the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge? It is a marker of time periods (separates this time period from that time period) March 16‚2011 Why did some immigrant groups decide to stay in the United States after arriving‚ while other groups only stayed long enough

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    Anderson Manning Mr. Hunsinger APUSH January 17‚ 2014 DBQ Through out the period of 1875 and 1900 many strikes and labor movements occurred. Many labor unions tried to reform laborers’ wages and the conditions in which they were working. Even though there were many efforts for reform by organized labor‚ they were unsuccessful in improving the position of the laborers. In document A there is a chart of the daily hours and index of average daily wages. It shows that daily hours went from

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    The "Glided Age" took place between 1870 and 1900 in the United States. This time period occurred and characterized by many things such as economic growth‚ industrial growth‚ immigration. When looking at this period of time the thing that jumps put and most memorable to most people is the extreme amount of immigration from the people. In this period of time society then saw a rapid economic and industrial growth that was solely driven by technical advances in manufacturing and as well as transportation

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    From 1880-1906‚ western farmers were affected by multiple issues that they saw as threats to their way of life. The main threats to the farmers were railroads‚ trusts‚ and the government‚ because these institutions all had the power to drastically affect the ability of the farmers to make profits. Therefore‚ the farmers were not wrong to feel frustration toward those institutions when the institutions caused the farmers to live lives of increasingly extreme poverty. The main source of agrarian

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    Within the years 1865 and 1900‚ changes in farming allowed for the increased production of crops such as wheat‚ corn and cotton. Technology allowed the Great Plains to be opened to agriculture. Perhaps the most important advances were John Deere’s steel plow (which made it much easier to break the thick and heavy soil of the area) and barbed wire (which could keep livestock out of fields). Also‚ according to Document A‚ in 1870‚ the production of wheat was 254 million bushels‚ cotton had a production

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    In the late nineteenth century shortly after the Civil War and Reconstruction‚ farmers in the Midwestern United States found themselves in quite a predicament. During the second industrial revolution of the United States that contained mass introduction of: railroads‚ oil‚ steel‚ and electricity‚ the risk-taking entrepreneurs of this era took an adventure into the world of cutthroat capitalism. In just a little time‚ a handful of monopolies arose in all these industries which hurt both the consumer

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