Americans take everything for granted nowadays. Citizenship in America is a privilege‚ yet Americans have a sense of entitlement. Wealth and life had a different meaning 100 years ago than it does now. Times have changed over the course of time but some may argue women still have less rights. Women’s rights and privilege was unjust and women then were treated poorly. We can see these differences and similarities in things like military‚ work force‚ home life‚ suffrage‚ and civil rights. Women in
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Hellen Wang Transportation Developments Essay The United States had developed a lot through 1790-1830. By the mid-nineteenth century‚ the American transportation system had grown dynamically. Turnpikes were broad paved highways whose access required fees or tolls‚ which connected eastern cities together‚ canal systems like the Erie Canal helped make traveling through waterways the most efficient form of transporting goods and people‚ steamboats were made capable of holding lot’s of cargo and
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The dawn of the twentieth century in America was a time of extreme change and progression. Urban areas began to rapidly increase in size as well as population and this lead to increased poverty levels. Advancement in these areas required an abundance of workers to run the expanding factories. Children were often preferred because they were seen as obedient‚ manageable‚ and less likely to strike. Because of this‚ child labor was very present issue and the conditions were often described as inhumane
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As Americans moved westward in the early 19th century‚ new territories were seen as an opportunity for a fresh start and opportunity for economic success. However‚ this was not the case for all Americans‚ especially African Americans. The new northwestern states (Ohio‚ Indiana‚ and Illinois) impeded the migration of African Americans‚ and severely discriminated against those that were able to settle in these states. Although these were free states‚ the northwestern states had very small black populations
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Educational Reform Movement In the early 1800s education in American wasn ’t the best. Most schools were small and only went for 6 weeks because the children worked on their family farms. Other‚ more wealthy‚ children would have a tutor in their homes or they would be sent to a private school. The children that did go to school would sit in a one room building with 60 other children. The teachers also didn ’t have much training and has limited knowledge to teach the children. They also received
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during the 1800s changed drastically. In the beginning of the century‚ a woman had few freedoms‚ and her identity was linked directly with her husband and his property. She had no right to her own property‚ money children or any privileges as far as voting or statements in any law making decisions. As things progressed in the 1800s‚ things moved forward for women. They gained more rights‚ including the right to vote. Although there were many other major changes for women in the 1800s that were also
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Nowadays‚ women seem to have an entitlement in this world; an entitlement that gives them authority and a voice. However‚ to get this prerogative‚ women had to go through difficult times and diligent work. Since the 1800’s‚ women were feeling the urge of gaining rights that they didn’t have. Due to this desire‚ a group of women decided to get together and organize their thoughts to establish a document in which they would incorporate the rights they wanted to acquire. With this in mind‚ the first
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sectionalism. Nationalism and sectionalism have gone back to the 1800’s and continue to go through our country. Two examples of nationalism are the building of roads and canals and the Monroe Doctrine. Each of those brought pride to our country‚ along with bringing the United States together. An act of sectionalism was the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise divided our country. Building roads and canals helped build nationalism through the 1800’s. According to the National Geographic Society canals
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During the 1800’s US and other colonies from Europe wanted Latin America to become a source of materials‚ and to become a market for goods. The US and Europe nations started to build mines‚ railroads‚ and bridges. The US and other nations began working together while both using the Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine is an principle of the US policy‚ but then the governments of Latin America started to think that the US was going to use the Monroe Doctrine to defeat all of Western Hemisphere
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conditions. This expansion wasn’t dramatic because women still couldn’t vote during that time period. The increase of male suffrage helped the expansion of democracy in Great Britain. Only 5% of the British population had the right to vote in the early 1800s. The Reform Act of 1832 gave merchants‚ bankers‚ and factory owners the right to vote and ended rotten boroughs‚ which were the male landowners. Many working class men felt they had gained nothing from this legislature‚ so the London Working Men’s
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