Women had it difficult in the mid-1800s to early 1900s. There was a difference in the treatment of men and women. For example: <br><li>Married women were legally dead in the eyes of the law<br><li>Women were not allowed to vote<br><li>Women had to submit to laws when they had no voice in their formation<br><li>Married women had no property rights<br><li>Women were not allowed to enter professions such as medicine or law<br><li>Women had no means to gain an education since no college or university
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beaten‚ sold into slavery‚ forced to work‚ or even legally killed(Farrell). 1760-1850 was the Industrial Revolution‚ in which it was a period of tech advancement and industrialization and the population grew in cities because of job opportunities. Children became a burden and had to find full time jobs to help families thus‚ child labor became extremely common(Farrell). During the Industrial Revolution in 1842‚ all mines were dug by hand and often flooded so miners waded through dirty water. They were
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In the 1800s women’s rights changed tremendously. In the beginning of the 1800s women had no rights and were strictly housewives meant to raise children‚ and be strictly religious. Throughout the 1800s many changes took place within the roles and rights of women. Women during this time period were given chances for freedom. Women took advantage of these opportunities and changed their role in America. These changes applied on every level from women’s role in society‚ place of work and within the
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Expansion and Exploration Many Americans in the 1800s were excited to move west. The west made many different settlers want to travel there. Some wanted to go for adventure and to make money. Others wanted to go for fertile farmland and to make a new life. No matter what the reason the people were important the expansion of the United States. People rushed west because of the beaver skin hat that was popular in the U.S. And Europe. The first people that traveled west were mostly fut traders
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the years. Shoes have also been improved throughout the year. Many things have been improved throughout the years. Some of the improved ideas that we have today are the cell phone‚ shoes‚ tires‚ also many more. These things all go back to the 1800’s. Cell phones are an approved idea because first there was mail‚ then there were the telegraph‚ afterward that it was the telephones. The telephone had been improved many times. The improvement of the telephone was the cell phone that
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Slavery in the United States was the biggest conflict in the 1800’s. However‚ the people who owned these slaves and put them through horrific conditions lived lavish lives. These slave owners lived on acres of gorgeous land and created the culture of the South. Plantations in the 18th and 19th century shaped the culture in the South and this also affected the southern politics. Plantation owners varied from state to state and‚ very rarely‚ race. Many people don’t know what things took place in order
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although poor and excluded during the 1800s‚ would soon elevate themselves to “white status” in a century’s time. African and Native American history is intimately tied because they both functioned at the bottom level of capitalist production. Both of these groups were immense targets during the rise of the United States as a collective. Combined‚ the two groups were often times brutalized and frowned upon in society during this time period. During the 1800s‚ “the development of the cotton export
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Manifest Destiny Manifest Destiny was the phrase used when it came to speaking about the belief of destined westward expansion of the United States. In the 1800’s the concept influenced American policy and enforced the hasty development of the country. Widely known by newspapers and posters‚ Manifest Destiny was promoted throughout the east. During this time Indians were forced away to make room for the expansion and many lost their lives along the way. In the mid-nineteenth century‚ white Protestant
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Could you imagine having to wait nearly 100 years to win a right you strongly believed in. Well women in the 1800s-1900s could imagine‚ they were denied access to vote even after they protested and fought for their right. Women demanded to be seen as full citizens of the United States. Even though women had to wait quite some time to get these rights‚ they still changed the course of history. I know it changed the course of history because it’s 2016 and women can vote. Sojourner Truth strongly believed
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Established in Louisiana during 1874‚ the White League believed strongly in white supremacy and a Democratic government. White supremacy is the concept that the white race is strongly superior to all other races especially Blacks. During the 1800s white supremacy was a common belief among slaveholders and in the southern region of the United States of America. The White League along with other groups that terrorized African-Americans based many of their beliefs and actions on the concept of white
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