Imagine you’re a six year boy‚ who instead of going to school for an education‚ you’re working fifteen hour shifts in dangerous working conditions just to help support your family. This was the case in the 1800’s for children living in the United States. For years the glass-bottle industry had been taking advantage of children by having them work in terrible conditions. Some of the concerns surrounding child labor were the long hours‚ hazardous working conditions‚ and the strenuous work for a low
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When looking back to the history of immigration‚ there were always huge differences because of the different areas and special periods. Sometimes it seemed like a flood; people were trying to escape quickly. Sometimes it also seemed like a trickle when most of the people did not want to leave their motherland. No matter why those immigrants came or whatever their goals were‚ there was only one reason. The reason was because America had something they wanted or they did not have. It could be about
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The word “Reconstruction” is recognized in an American historical context as the reorganization and reestablishment of the seceded states after the civil war. However‚ this extend of time suffered a fluctuation of freedoms for African Americans in the southern region of the country. While slavery did not exist anymore‚ reconstruction ended up being fruitful just temporarily‚ and was basically nullified by the regressive pattern that took after the finish of Reconstruction in 1877. On this piece
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Immigration has been a part of the world since the early 1500s. Sadly‚ the immigrants were treated very poorly when they first entered North America. Majority of the people in North America have changed their views towards people of colour compared to the past. Therefore‚ it is now safe to say there is more equality in the world today. Some people may still be judgmental‚ negative‚ and continue to think the way they thought back in the early 1500s. Luckily‚ most have learned to care and see everyone
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The 1960’s and 70’s were filled with turbulent changes. The US was still reeling from containment and its domino policy‚ leading it to believe that it had the right to exercise influence in foreign affair. One foreign affair was known as Vietnam. The Vietnam War was the longest war in the nation’s history. This war‚ from both abroad and at home‚ drastically changed the society of America‚ socially‚ economically‚ and politically. It caused for much anti-war sentiment and fueled the counter culture
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In the 1800’s married women were treated unfair and unequal‚ and in this case inequality of all women‚ of all races‚ was very evident by the way women were merely property. State law governed in all states that married women were legal possessions rather than equal persons. Married women could not own any personal possession or property‚ all they had‚ became their husbands. In the 1800’s women had no rights to vote‚ and women would not have the right to vote until 1920. There were unequal wages for
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Squatting occurs when a person wrongfully settles on the real property of another without permission. Squatting was encouraged by the United States government during the early 1800s as a means to bolster land settlement in the western part of the country. Statutes referred to as “Squatter’s Rights” or “preemption laws” provided incentives to squatters by granting preemptive rights to them over others seeking to purchase the land. The Federal Homesteading Act of 1862 continued to support squatting
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The Gilded Age * During the Gilded Age‚ American businesses were transformed: * Massive corporations replaced small‚ family businesses * New technology‚ transportation‚ marketing‚ labor relations‚ & efficient mass-production * By 1900‚ the U.S. was the most industrialized country in the world * 19th-century inventors led to an “Age of Invention”: * Cyrus Field’s telegraph cable * Business typewriters‚ cash registers‚ adding machines * High-speed textile
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Chapter 8---Creating a Republican Culture (1790-1820) I. The Capitalist Commonwealth A. Banks‚ Manufacturing‚ and Markets a) Banking and Credit: 1. For merchants‚ farmers‚ and political leaders‚ republicanism meant capitalism. 2. 2nd National Bank was chartered in 1816 for 20 yrs. To finance mercantile enterprises. 3. The Panic of 1819: state banks over-issued notes‚ sparked by a sharp drop in world agricultural prices Business cycle—the periodic expansion and contraction of profits
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The Election of 1800 There have been fifty-eight presidential elections in the United States. Each election‚ significant in it’s own way‚ some more than others. The election of 1800‚ had particular significance‚ it alone brought forward a string of Republican Presidencies which changed the United States and set the stage for formal political parties. First of all‚ this was an election between the Federalists and Democrat-Repubilcans. John Adams was the Federalist President and his competitor
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