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    1800’s Transportation In order to create regional‚ national and international markets‚ strong commerce‚ trade and transportation are necessary. During the 1800’ssocial change became more prominent in different areas of the country such as the South and Midwest. As economic prosperity grew‚ the need for new and more efficient means of transportation grew as well. Through the development of new transportation technologies such as canals and railroads‚ America saw a large increase in the monetary

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    were a time period of revolution‚ meaning an extreme or sudden change in the way people live‚ act‚ and/or work. This was shown socially‚ technologically‚ and economically. With the introduction of a new role for women‚ new technology‚ introduction of credit. Although the 1920’s had some impacts from a conservation revolution‚ the majority of the revolution was innovated. While the Roaring Twenties was more of a revolution of innovation (change or new)‚ the 1920’s also was a revolution of conservation

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    Between 1820 and 1840 the American population increased dramatically and most were moving to town and cities. The quality of health and living standards improved so white women had a lot of children and there was decrease in infant mortality rate. By the year 1840‚ the population had increased to 17 million. The population of New York for instance was the 312-805‚000 making it the largest‚ lot of people were also migrating from Europe to America. Politicians used this growth to seek more support

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    200). The resistance of the Revolution Era influenced the Enlightenment among colonist and promoted the idea of question. Women controlled the domestic power in the war‚ they often lied about their gender and have fake relationships in order to get information. The Declaration of independence was a war document that on July 2nd congress decelerated the United States as an independent Nation. These factor lead to the beginning of the Market Revolution‚ the Antebellum period and lastly the Civil War.

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    age of change and innovation. New technologies like the radio and refrigerators changed the way Americans lived. It saw dramatic social changes that would pit the past against the future. It would shape our nation decades to come. The Great War had ended‚ leaving Europe in ruins but America had been spared physically from the damage the war had caused allowing America’s economy to boom like never-before. Between 1923 and 1929 the average income rose 11 percent. This new prosperity gave way to new

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    significantly in many ways after the American Revolution‚ the economic‚ political‚ and social conversions are viewed to be the most dramatic. The American Revolution was the war between the American colonies and Great Britain from 1775-1783 . Most consider this war not to be a nationalist revolution‚ in which the aim of the revolutionaries was to overturn the existing system‚ but rather to set up the North American colonies as an independent nation. There were extensive economic problems and modifications

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    the Industrial Revolution was a revolution or a movement‚ and it is most definitely a revolution. A revolution is a dramatic and wide-reaching change in the way something works or is organized or in people’s ideas about it. A movement is a group of people working together to advance their shared political‚ social‚ or artistic ideas. The Industrial Revolution was a time of great age‚ and was presented internationally. It represented major change from 1760 to the time period of 1820-1840. The beginning

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    The formation‚ construction‚ and operation trains brought socialeconomic and political change to America. America came to see bridges and other structures on which train would operate crossing the country. In addition to transportation‚ railroads contributed to other industries like iron and communications. Iron production grew as well‚ even more than the population during the 1860s since the demand was so high for railroads. Communication also became important for railroads. According to Understanding

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    In the late 1860s when Mill published his essay on “The Subjection of Women” women’s rights were extremely low but slowly rising. Almost two decades later‚ women are still not equal to men when it comes to getting their voice heard. Women have trouble getting their opinions voiced in places such as congress. Almost all of our legislation is still created from the ideas of men without even the slightest opinion from women. At the time of Mill’s essay‚ women were not allowed to be educated and be

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    The Reconstruction Era lasted up to 1877 from the time just after the Civil War. The Reconstruction failed to bring about social and economic equality to the former slaves due to the southern whites’ resentful and bitter outlook on the matter‚ the Ku Klux Klan‚ and the Jim Crow laws. After the Civil War‚ the southern whites were extremely resentful and bitter. In 1865 the southern states began issuing “black codes‚” which were laws made subsequent to the Civil War that had the effect of limiting

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