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    Nationalism and sectionalism have gone back to the 1800s and continue to go through our country. Two examples of nationalism are the building of roads and canals and the Monroe Doctrine. Each of those brought pride to our country‚ along with bringing the United States together. An act of sectionalism was the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise divided our country. Building roads and canals helped build nationalism through the 1800s. According to the National Geographic Society canals

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    and to be as equal as men. In fact‚ even today‚ women are still fighting for their rights and gender equality. In addition‚ it is either fighting for equality‚ discrimination‚ sexism‚ or having an equivalent pay they have been “promised.” Since the 1800s it was common that women would not have to work‚ but rather stay at home and be a house wife. They were mostly considered second-class citizens‚ and did not have the right to do anything‚ even the right to vote. As time would pass by‚ women would

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    Nowadays‚ women seem to have an entitlement in this world; an entitlement that gives them authority and a voice. However‚ to get this prerogative‚ women had to go through difficult times and diligent work. Since the 1800s‚ women were feeling the urge of gaining rights that they didn’t have. Due to this desire‚ a group of women decided to get together and organize their thoughts to establish a document in which they would incorporate the rights they wanted to acquire. With this in mind‚ the first

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    It is decidedly impossible to hold a serious discussion about sports without bringing up politics; the two subjects are permanently intertwined. In fact‚ the major political events of the 1900s had a profound effect on sporting events across the world. Sports played a multitude of roles during this time period‚ from being used as war propaganda to a tool of political manipulation to a symbol of freedom. From World War I to World War II‚ global conflicts dramatically increased the politicization of

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    Abstract This paper goes into detail about the struggles women faced back in the 1800s‚ as well as how they were treated verses men. Women weren’t able to vote‚ work‚ learn‚ and were considered “less powerful” than men. They were strictly known as “mothers” and their job was to take care of their family. In the second and third paragraphs of the paper‚ the author describes that women wanted change‚ and wanted to make an impression on the world. This caused movements and acts to be developed‚ and

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    Child Labor in America Throughout the 1700’s and the early 1800s child labor was a major issue in American society. Children have always worked for family businesses whether it was an agricultural farming situation or working out of a family business in some type of workplace. This was usually seen in families of middle or lower class because extra help was needed to support the family. Child labor dramatically changed when America went through the Industrial Revolution. When America’s industrial

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    life in Hawaii. Many different races migrated and became our labor force on the plantation. They changed the history of the island and they settled their family in Hawai’i and this has become their new home. Life on Hawaii’s sugar plantations in the 1800s was hard for immigrant workers‚ because of the ethnic segregation‚ working conditions and living conditions. First‚ ethnic segregation was a problem for the workers. For example‚ the immigrant workers were paid differently‚ depending on their race

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    revolutionary era. A number of men in this younger generation created a nationalist program for economic development resembling the one suggested by Alexander Hamilton during the Federalist era (Schultz‚ 2013). Improved t fit the requests of the 1810’s and 1820’s; they named this economic idea the American System. The American System stemmed from an unexpected source: young Democratic-Republican politicians from the Middle Atlantic States‚ West‚ and the South who had apparently welcomed Jefferson’s idea

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    America During The 1800's

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    During the 1800s‚ America had multiple relationships with other countries during that century. For instance‚ they had many problems with Spain‚ which led them to have to create the Pinckney’s Treaty. The reason that the were forced to due so was that originally‚ Spain was cutting off the US right to use the Mississippi river and deposit crops in New Orleans. The US was forced to take action‚ which ultimately enabled them to getting access to the Mississippi river and the port to New Orleans was

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    Chapter eight discusses the migration of the Chinese in the 1800s. These migrants were looking for a peaceful place to live from than China. In China there were conflicts caused by British Opium Wars. While British Colonialism was pushing the Irish population west across the Atlantic‚ it was also pushing the Chinese east across the Pacific. Another reason for this migration was that they were getting away from the chaos of peasant rebellions. Along with all of this‚ there was an economic crisis

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