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    Throughout the past centuries between 1800 all the way through 2017‚ the gender roles between men and women have drastically changed. In the 1800’s it was very common for men to go to school‚ acquire an education‚ and use their education to earn a job that lead to a future success. The men provided a house‚ the food‚ and often‚ the materials needed for day to day life. As the man worked‚ the roles of the woman were to care and nurture the man‚ keep the home clean and tidy‚ and if any‚ watch after

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    During the late 1800s and the 1900s immigration became a very big part of U.S history. While immigrants were coming they all came for one reason‚ because there were hardships in the places they came from. Also when they arrived there were many hardships these immigrants faced. First of all‚ many immigrants came to the U.S because they had many hardships in their native countries. One of the reasons that many immigrants came was because there were “hard times and epidemic in Italy‚” this is shone

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    “The reason I choose this topic was because it doesn’t matter if you’re white or black everyone should be treated the same way with love and respect” The Jim crow Laws were state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States. They enacted after the reconstruction period‚ these laws continued in force until 1965. Segregation refers to the policy of keeping black and white Americans separate from one another in 1875. The Enforcement Act‚ or the Civil Right Acts of the 1875

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    The neglect of Native American rights traces all the way back to 1830 and stems from the Indian Removal Act. The Indian Removal Act enabled the federal government to exchange Native lands east of the mississippi for land in the west. This land was called the “Indian colonization zone‚” which is located in present-day Oklahoma. Being a big advocate and supporter of what he called “Indian Removal‚” Andrew Jackson signed off on Act. The act explicitly said that the removal treaty negotiations had to

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    At least once in every lifetime a human will experience unfairness. Unfortunately‚ this unfairness can become a trend and become an injustice. Injustice could mean violating the rights of others or going through an unfair action or treatment. In the 1830’s‚ Native Americans experienced social injustice and unfortunately social injustice still exists today‚ just with gender inequality‚ specifically women’s rights. Both injustices happened due to an urge of wanting a personal gain. In other words

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    are usually portrayed as the victim. In modern times‚ women have fought for higher wages and jobs that are usually held by men. In the 1800’s women were looked at as housewives and their job was to take care of the children. The majority of women back then didn’t have jobs since the man was the main source of income. Elizabeth Stanton was one of those women in the 1800’s who really wanted to see a change in the way women were treated as human beings. In her essay Stanton states‚ “Such has been the patient

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    Starting in the late 1800’s‚ women realized they deserved the same rights as men. These same beliefs carried out into the twentieth century‚ when the fight for women’s rights flared up again‚ except this time in much larger proportions‚ during the twenties and thirties. Women began to exercise their right to freedom of speech and other civil liberties as they initiated multiple public affairs‚ proving to anyone that was doubtful‚ that females too could be a real part of society‚ and make an impact

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    For the immigrant workers‚plantation life in Hawaii in the 1800’s was extremely hard.Living conditions were terrible‚disgusting and unsanitary‚too small for the amount of people fit in the barracks;Working conditions were hard;painful and the salary was way too low‚and the race discrimination and gender difference were unfair‚while the worst jobs were given to the Asians‚and the best jobs were given to the whites and Portuguese. Living conditions were disgusting‚unsanitary‚too small‚and terrible

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    rise of U.S. industrialization in the late 1800’s. New technologies like steam engines‚ railroads‚ and telegraphs made communication and transportation easier. The ability to source and transport materials across the country with ease turned many local businesses into national companies. Workplace innovations‚ such as the assembly-line method of production‚ allowed these companies to produce goods on a mass scale. In the late 1800’s‚ the American railway system became a nationwide transportation network

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    Slavery in the 1700’s and 1800’s was crucial to the economy in the southern states and impacted the northern economy as well. The advancement of the cotton industry directly and indirectly influenced slavery in the South. Advancements such as the cotton gin‚ the increase in demand‚ and the increase in available land were some of the major influential changes. The cotton gin was a rather simple invention but it increased the speed at which seeds could be removed from cotton. Due to the increase in

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