The 1800s brought many new technological advances that helped transform American life. These advances led to an economic and physical growth. Inventions brought a continuous growth in the population. New modes of transportation created a highly affective trading system. The three most important technological advances were the Erie Canal‚ Railroads‚ and the cotton gin. Built in 1825‚ the Erie Canal brought an enormous growth of wealth to New York by linking New York to the Great Lakes (Doc 1A)
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great change in today’s society. Martin Luther king was born on January 15‚ 1929 to the parents of Martin King and Alberta King. He was the second child of the family and was born at his maternal grandparents home. King was a baptist and would sing in the church choir. When he turned 5 years old‚ he began to attend a public school. In May 1947‚ Martin’s grandmother‚ Jennie‚ had died of a heart attack. He was so sad that he attempted to suicide‚ but he ended up wanting to live and if he did suicide
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When speaking about society in history‚ high priests and nobles along with the rising middle class come to mind rather than the peasants at the bottom of the social structure. Peasants have always had the most difficult lives‚ especially during the Middle Ages in Europe. Peasant men‚ women‚ and even children‚ starting at age 14‚ continued hard labor day in and day out. A peasant man‚ William Langland‚ wrote a poem about his life and one of the lines states‚ “and have no coin but their craft the cothe
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the lives of American families. At the start of the 19 century Richard Trevithick‚ inspired by Thomas Newcomen’s design of the low-pressure steam engine‚ develop the more accessible high-pressure engine. This new engine was smaller and more economic to produce then it’s low pressure cousin without losing power or efficiency. Steam engines brought more facets of fortune to America. The railways would be the river that flooded north America with the coming revolution of
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The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era were 50 years in which a large wealth gap between the rich and poor increased dramatically and needed a solution‚ similar to our nation’s situation today. Big corporations in major cities were able to take advantage of a surplus of those in the working class and technological advancements‚ leading to a select few holding the majority of fortune. There were many resolutions to this gap in wealth coming from powerful people‚ like Andrew Carnegie‚ William Sumner
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reign didn’t hold too many changes but as the years progressed‚ one by one‚ transformations to the Egyptian way of life (religion especially) began to take place. These changes that were initiated were not only in religion‚ but in art‚ writing‚ politics‚ architecture‚ and all were based on his new philosophy. Egypt had always been known for worshipping many deities‚ and not just
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significant leaders during the 1980’s that influenced American society by establishing conservative government. Their conservative thinking influenced the United States as well as countries abroad America. The first president‚ the one who returned the idea of bringing back conservatism to the United States‚ was Ronald Reagan. His first objective was to improve the nation’s economy‚ so when he was elected in 1981‚ he immediately began to uphold his promises he has made during the campaign. In order
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Albert Parsons letter allows historian the opportunity examine the struggle between laborers and big business owners during the Gilded Age specifically in Chicago. During this this time Chicago had the largest and most vibrant labor movement that brought together native-born and immigrant workers. Parsons was head of the Chicago Knights of Labor a group that fought to unify the common laborer and skilled craftsmen. They would hold demonstrations for various reasons one being regulated 8-hour work
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The United States was rapidly transforming during the 19th century. Certain factors‚ such as the extension of railways‚ immigration and industrialization‚ caused the United States to transform into the country it is today. As people began to see the vast opportunities that the United States possessed‚ immigrants began to enter the country left and right. The diverse cultures of these foreigners helped define the rapidly expanding United States. During the second half of the 19th century‚ railways
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From Industrial Revolution to the Gilded Age The American Industrial Revolution‚ and Reconstruction set in motion great changes to the nation. The Industrial Revolution brought about problems for the lower class‚ while reconstruction created a power struggle for people in the south. The labor movement and the Granger movement were two sides of the same coin. As the industrial revolution made commodities cheaper to make‚ industrial workers were paid lower wages. The farmers‚ albeit for different
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