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    After the Civil War‚ there was a surge of new technology in the United States. Inventors like Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell made new and exciting things that changed the way life was. Thanks to things like the Bessemer process‚ industry soared and big businesses were formed. Labor unions too were affected by this new technological growth. There was a big impact on all aspects of American lifestyle as a result of the inventions of this time. Thomas Edison was one of the most important inventors

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    Women in the late 1800s were treated as second class citizens through the standards of equality‚ expectations‚ and usefulness. Freedom for women has been a long and tedious fight‚ but has had some success overtime. Women are still not treated as completely equal to men‚ but hopefully someday that will change. Women were treated as inferior to men and were not given the same equality that men were. Women did not have the right to vote. All men could vote at the time‚ even the different races.

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    Reconstruction In The 1800's

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    Reconstruction in the 1800s can have a lot of different meanings. For some the reconstruction was the rejoining of the two sides that fought in the civil war‚ the North and the South. For others in government it was the presidential reconstruction after the death of Lincoln. Most importantly for some reconstruction mean finally being a free man with right and who could vote and provide for his family. The African Americans were a big part of reconstruction‚ just being freed by the passing of the

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    economically under developed‚ and governmentally primitive. This past I am talking about is during the early 1800s. Japan may have been secure in its current conditions‚ but it saw the need to change‚ and through that change Japan emerged suddenly as a great world power by the 1900s. Japan changed on all fronts‚ whether it is government‚ military‚ or economy. The result of these extreme reforms caused Japan to stand out as a world power‚ and create a positive effect on their entire society When

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    During the late-1800s after the civil war in western America‚ americans from the east settled in occupied Native American land‚ looking for new opportunities. The Americans moved west to mine for gold‚ silver‚ and copper‚ and wanted to farm. Many people have mixed opinions on whether or not this was a land of opportunity or not based on the many different outcomes from it. Although this time was not a good opportunity for the natives because many were killed or removed from their land and were

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    resulted in rapid US industrial growth in the late 1800s?               In the late 1800s the US overtook Great Britain as the world’s largest source of manufactured goods               Abundant natural resources o             The US was its own source of the raw materials necessary for industrialization o             Coal‚ iron ore‚ copper‚ lead‚ timber‚ and oil               Abundant labor supply o             High immigration between 1865 & 1900 o             Increased supply of laborers

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    relations also known as a family tree it can allow us to keep records of the past. The Edwards family tree shows great record from the early 1700 ’s to the mid 1800s. This family tree demonstrates when a person was baptized; when they got married; and when they passed away. The Edwards family chart show the different relations of marriages and fertility rate from today ’s society. From the chart we can determine that the Edwards family show a different demography compared to todays society. This is because

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    Railroads in the 1900's

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    PJ Schaefer Joel Favino APUSH Railroads‚ Steamboats‚ and Ships One of the big new things of this time period was the railroad and trains. The thing it impacted the most was social living. You could send letters and packages so much quicker without having to send it with a horse and buggy. Also if there wasn’t railroads the western towns wouldn’t have had a chance at survival‚ they needed fresh goods to be carted across the country all the time. The railroad was the means for this. It also

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    soldiers‚ and citizens of the world alike have so many more opportunities than back in the late 1800s and early 1900s. As Addie W. Hunton‚ Kathryn M. Johnson explain in‚ Two Colored Women With The American Expeditionary Forces‚ and Eric Foner in An American History: Give me Liberty! African Americans were being segregated and given less than optimal living conditions than white citizens

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    Weather it was expansion of the United States or progressives working to make life better in our country‚ America has always found ways to the best it can be and improve in any way possible. The innovative people of America have helped shape it into what they think would make a better country to be in. The progressive movement involved progressives trying to fix problems created in the gilded age. It seemed as everyone was benefiting from and enjoying the rise of the booming industry‚ but unfortunately

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