with his book "Wealth Against Commonwealth" Thorstein Veblem- An economist who wrote “Theory of the Leisure Class”. He condemned and criticized conspicuous consumerism where status is displayed and conveyed through consumption. Jacob Riis- Early 1900’s muckraker who exposed social and political evils in the U.S. with his novel "How The Other Half Lives". He exposed the poor conditions of tenements. Lincoln Steffens-New York reporter who launched a series of articles in McClure’s titled "The Shame
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The United States changed from a largely rural‚ agrarian civilization to an industrial economy focused on big cities in the course of a few decades in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During this period‚ the number of native-born people migrating from rural to urban areas increased‚ but the influx of immigrants into cities far outstripped the speed of domestic migration. The population of foreign-born people rose from about 7 million to just under 14 million between 1880 and 1920. However
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Constitution‚ Roger Sherman proposed a compromise known as “The Great Compromise”. This compromise included a clause called the “Three-Fifths Compromise”‚ which created a method to account for the population of slaves when deciding the number of representatives in the House of Representatives. The Constitution states that the number of
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The southerners heavily relied on slave labor to harvest their fields. The north consisted of mostly traders and manufacturers. They believed that slavery was wrong and relied on American workers to work in the factories and businesses. However‚ this did lead to harsh working conditions and both women and child laborers. This also saw the expansion of the middle class. Trading within the United States was also encouraged. The different regions would trade with each other what they had in excess for
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‘s settling down in terms of political ‚ social and economical after the discoveries . At that time ‚ Europeans started to meet other people -Americans- . The discoveries is not one of the four modules but it is helpful to build a framework for European identity . Of course Europe faces with other people – Muslims - before the discoveries ‚ however it is something that related to religion ‚ it will be explained below ‚ later . Meeting the American people ‚ helps Europeans to
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In the 19th century England‚ the wealthy Victorians enjoyed exotic luxuries from the British colonies. British companies gained immense power and riches by exploiting the colonies‚ the government gained more power and influence against their competitors with the Empire taking up more territory than ever. Even the missionaries and explorers benefitted financially like never before towards the end of the century through books . In order to understand the happenings during the last decades‚ the causes
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Native Americans Northern Colonists Mid-Atlantic Colonists Southern Colonists West Africans Economic Structure Trade made up most of the economic life of the native Americans. Tribes traded food such as meat and corn. There were times that the tribes traveled open trading routes. There were also wampum jewelry‚ and weapons with each other. There were frequent trades with the Native Americans. This was for furs. The exchange for furs was beads‚ cloths‚ cooking and hunting tools Focused on the fur
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period from the early 15th century to the early 18th century. This is made obvious in opening sentence in source 1 (secondary) However‚ slavery didn’t end in the whole United States until Abraham Lincolns emancipation proclamation that took effect on January 1st 1863. Online source‚ – East of England Broadband Network and MLA East of England 2009 (secondary)‚ explicitly states that‚ Africa from the early 15th century towards the 18th century was enslaved by the Europeans and Americans. Africans were
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#1 11/18/12 Annemarie Jacir’s drama Salt of this Sea is an artistically made film that highlights the ordinary life of a Palestinian. Salt of this Sea focuses on a Palestinian-American from Brooklyn‚ Soraya‚ who travels to the West Bank and Israel to rediscover her roots as well as retrieve the savings from her recently deceased grandfather. However‚ Soraya soon finds out that her grandfather’s bank account had been lost during the 1948 war. This is just one of the many instances in which she
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The American Dream is the idea that every U.S citizen has equal opportunities to be successful. In the late 19th century and early 20th century immigrants traveled to america just to have the “American Dream”. Immigrants faced gruesome conditions coming to the U.S. and were treated in positive and negative ways. Even though the immigrants were escaping religious‚ racial‚ and political prosecution‚ the price they payed to get to America was gruesome. Most of the immigrants traveled overseas on a
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