In the early twentieth century Canada’s economy was strongly tied to farming and natural resources such as wheat‚ fish‚ minerals and pulp and paper. Most of these goods were exported to other countries‚ and as long as the world demand was high‚ Canada prospered. As the future would show‚ however‚ the economy’s dependence on such a narrow range of goods was very risky. In the late 1920’s several other countries‚ such as Australia and Argentina‚ greatly increased their wheat production and
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APUSH To what extent was late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century United States expansionism a continuation of past United States expansionism and to what extent was it a departure? Throughout the history of the United States‚ America had a desire to expand its boundaries. The United States acquired most of it’s land during the nineteenth and early twentieth century with a brief break during the Civil War and Reconstruction. However‚ the way America went about graining new lands
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It was a cold night and I lie down in a room with my friend Jane. Her full name is Jane Addams. She had just been on a trip to Europe then Baltimore trying to find herself but I saw that she still wondered what she would do with her life. "So‚ do you have a plan now?" I asked. She cleared her throat. "I am lost‚ Raina. But I’m thinking about taking another trip with Ellen." I nodded my head slowly at her. Ellen was her former college roomate and a really good friend of hers. "Where to?" I decided
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Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American who lived during the 19th century. Carnegie was an industrialist who played a pivotal role in the expansion of the American steel industry. Although he sometimes used methods that hurt the people to make profit ‚ Carnegie contributed to America’s growth as a nation economically because he connected different parts of America by building bridges and railroads and he helped cities to grow by building modern structures such as skyscrapers. Carnegie was born in
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Was Andrew Carnegie a Hero? “The man who dies rich‚ dies disgraced” John Perricone Period 6 Was Andrew Carnegie a Hero? Andrew Carnegie is known as the king of steel. He was born November 25‚ 1835 in Dunfermline‚ Scotland. In 1848 he and he and his family immigrated to America and ended up in Pittsburg‚ where they lived in a small house and had very little money. In 1872 he traveled to England where he met Henry Bessemer‚ the man who converted iron into steel. He took Bessemer’s brilliant
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and socially benefical. During industrialization Henry Ford brought the automobile to America‚ whoch allowed people to live farther from their jobs and allowed farmers to become less isolated. Henry Ford also invented the moving assembly line which was a huge step in the future of industrialization. This assembly line made it possible to produce items faster‚ and this mass production process helped companies collect more profit. But industrialization also caused many problems that outweighed the gains
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Expansionism in America during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century shared many similarities and differences to that of previous American expansionist ideals. In both cases of American expansionism‚ the Americans believed that we must expand our borders in order to keep the country running upright. Also‚ the Americans believed that the United States was the strongest of nations‚ and that they could take any land they pleased. This is shown in the "manifest destiny" of the 1840’s and the
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Jane Addams was another leader in her community trying to help the lower classes immigrants assimilate to America. Addams was born the 6 of September of 1860 in Cedarville‚ Illinois. Her father‚ John H. Addams‚ was a Quaker owning a flour and sawmill factory. Addams was born into a good family where most of her childhood she spent comfort. Since a child‚ she always had an intuition to help and live among the less fortunate. “On that day I had my first sight of the poverty which implies squalor‚ and
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productivity‚ and a near monopoly of military force. Historians disagree sharply about the causes of the gigantic burst of energy that was late-nineteenth-century European imperialism. Some believe it was primarily cultural: the zeal of missionaries for converts‚ of engineers for new rivers to bridge‚ and of soldiers for glory. Others attribute imperialism to economic drives. They point to French occupation of Tunisia in 1881‚ where French bondholders feared the loss of their assets‚ and to the British
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How has the role of the Federal Government changed throughout American History based on the circumstances/events of the 20th Century? (i.e. Gilded Age‚ Progressive Era‚ Imperialism‚ Great War‚ Roaring 20s‚ Great Depression‚ WW II‚ Post-War etc..) The role of the Federal Government changed in various ways (Guilded age) to prevent monopoly corporate combinations‚ Congress created the Sherman Antitrust Act. It also regulates railroad rates under the Interstate Commerce Act. (Progressive era) The goal
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