political action‚ and later developed into the populist party. One of the populist party goals was to have more silver in circulation for the use if the people. Initially people moved westward because of the Homestead Act‚ that gave 160 acres of free land to anyone that can farm in it for 5 years‚ there was an abundance of people leaving their homes to start a new life with their families. Farmers lived a pretty lonely life only living with their families they had a lot of farms and their neighbors
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The 1800s were a time full of growth and modernization. The geography of countries plays a big roll in their economy and the resources they can provide for themselves. The fact that Great Britain and Japan are both island nations has lead them to develop around their location and limitations. Great Britain is a big island located to the west of the European continent. The geography of England made it easy to protect and to trade. "[British] ports command an unobstructed passage to the Atlantic
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investing in a failing flour company and made it into a profitable business. It became the 19th largest flour mill. The flour industry start in the 1800 and for 50 years. Minnesota was know as the “flour milling capital of the world”. Many immigrants worked for the flour industry because they got paid well. Next‚ what the flour industry was like in the late 1800s. Two dozen flour mills were made. Thousands of farmers planted wheat‚ for the flour.
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placed in classes‚ grades‚ or schools. Usually this is normal and easy to accomplish with the space of classrooms that are put in schools. Unlike today‚ in the 1800s public schools only owned one room. Students of all ages attended that same classroom at the same time. Those who were of different in race and gender went the school. In the 1800s learning was extremely significant. It was so significant that people who were students at the school Munroe Sod had to enter and leave through the window. It
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When many Americans think of farm animals they think of pigs rolling in the mud outside‚ cattle grazing on green grass that goes on for miles‚ and chickens roaming about in front of a picturesque red barn. Over the past century‚ the way food animals are raised and fed has changed drastically. The rise of the factory farm industry altered the stereotypical idea of what farms look like and the treatment and health of the animals inside. Factory farming is an industrialized system of producing meat
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During the 1800s there was a growing emphasis on the importance of secondary education. Aside from college‚ the emergence of the American high school offered educational opportunities to more students. Despite the ideas of teaching the masses‚ many high schools excluded women from getting a secondary education (the origins of the American high school‚ 127). Additionally‚ enrollment at universities popularized‚ but women remained excluded from attending Ironically‚ by the late 1800s women had become
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The Federal Trade Commission is an independent agency of the U.S. government that was established in 1915 and charged with keeping American business competition free and fair. The FTC has no jurisdiction over banks and common carriers‚ which are under the supervision of other governmental agencies. It has five members‚ not more than three of whom may be members of the same political party‚ appointed by the President‚ with the consent of the Senate‚ for seven-year terms. The act was part of the program
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The Erie Canal was a big success during the 1800s. Helping and aiding many people‚ making their life easier. In source #3 it shows the table which from how old transportation before the erie canal came. The table shows the burst of the erie canal’s explosion on the usefulness and the usage of the erie canal. Cost lowering‚ usage of the Erie Canal going immensely up‚ population of some areas going way up due to the popularity and the usefulness of the Erie Canal‚ cutting down normal time of travel
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method of execution‚ along with boiling‚ burning at the stake‚ drawing and quartering‚ and beheading. By the 1700s‚ the number of crimes punishable by death rose to 222‚ which later would induce reforms to Britain’s death penalty statutes during the 1800s. Britain has a long history of the use of the death penalty with American ideals at its foundation. Although death sentences have been carried out throughout human history‚ the first execution in the United States was of “Captain George Kendall in
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______________________________________________________________________ How the Federal Funds Rate Affects 10 Year Treasury Bond Yields ______________________________________________________________________ I. Introduction The Federal Open Market Committee raised the federal funds target interest rate from the historically low 1% to 1.25% at its meeting in June 2004. Macroeconomic theory tells us that long-term interest rates tend to move in the same direction‚ and generally in concert with‚ shortterm
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