During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s‚ American cities saw a rapid growth from international immigrants and urbanization from natives. There were many reasons that brought people to america‚ and drove them away from their homeland. The growth of population changed the ways cities operated‚ because the people were different‚ from their culture and point of origin. Freedom was a main pull factor the drove people to america‚ from Europe and Asia. A majority of the immigrants that came for Freedom
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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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perfect example. Racial animosity grew in both the North and South‚ and in many instances led to physical violence. The era of slavery should have been called the era of inhumanity. Slavery was inhumane‚ barbaric‚ and ultimately disgusting. In 1800 the population of the United States included 893‚602 slaves‚ of which only 36‚505 were in northern states (Phillips 18). Slaves were treated as if they were a piece of meat. The defined characteristics of slaves are as follows‚ " their labor or
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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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charging way too much for products. Also monopolies were so powerful they cause competitor companies to lose money and run out of business. Then they made monopoly illegal in the 1890’s was passed as the Sherman Antitrust Act. Work industries in the 1800’s were extremely dangerous‚ they didn’t have any equipment to keep them from getting hurt. They had children working also working there to get into cramped spots in machines and sometimes they would lost limbs and even their life. The work place was
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WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR BOSS RELEASES HIS INNER TODDLER. You’re one of the 10 VP’s of a small chain of regional clothing stores‚ where you’re in charge of the women’s apparel department. One of your jobs is to review each month’s performance at a meeting of all 10 department heads and the company president. Like your fellow VPs‚ you prepare a PowerPoint presentation showing the results of the previous month and your projections for the upcoming month‚ and during your presentation‚ you take the podium
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Political Machines In the 1800’s the process of industrialization began in the U.S. The creation of many new inventions and the economic structure of this era made this possible. This caused millions of people to migrate to the United States from different country’s in search of better paying jobs‚ and a better living standard. The excessive growth of people in city’s and the diversity between rich and poor in this society were the main benefactors to the rise of political machines. This
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The scale of textile factories changed during this period. The small mills with a few dozen spindles and looms that characterized the initial period of the industry gave way to larger complexes. This pattern began with the Boston Associates complex at Waltham‚ Massachusetts. Waltham itself soon appeared small as the Boston Associates developed Lowell on the Merrimac River. The population of Lowell increased from 2‚500 in 1826 to 35‚000 in 1850. The Lowell Machine Shop became a center for innovation
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laborers because their size allowed them to move in small spaces in factories or mines where adults couldn’t fit‚ children were easier to manage and control and perhaps most importantly‚ children could be paid less than adults." - History staff In the 1800’s‚ Factories began to appear everywhere in the United States‚ because of machines that could now replace the majority of hand labor jobs for making most manufactured items‚ the factory owners also had new people to run their machines. Children were
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The American Dream The American Dream is a term that implies a successful and satisfying life. Many people associate it with immigration‚ as the dream of religious freedom‚ economic prosperity‚ and opportunity has historically driven immigrants to the United States. The term is used by a lot of modern Americans to signify success in life as a result of hard work. A man named James Truslow Adams first used the term in his book The Epic of America‚ written in 1931. He states "The American Dream
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