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    During the 19th century when European settlers came to Nevada‚ they changed it significantly from a mostly barren and undeveloped land to an industrialized state‚ while Native Americans were unable to stop them due to a variety of factors. The differences in culture between the different tribes made it harder to communicate and come all together; the decrease in land and resources as white settlers took more for themselves; and their belief in Manifest Destiny were a few of the biggest contributing

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    Nationalism is a culture that people support mainly their nation and people. There were many negative and positive effects of nationalism during the late 19th century. Different nations got tighter and got rid of their difference. There was constant warfare between many nations around the world. Finally‚ equality in the government throughout the world. Nationalism had many positive effects at times because nations were uniting with other nations. For instance “We ardently wish to free Italy from

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    6. What were the major social problems facing the United States in the late nineteenth century? Explain to what extent the federal government attempted to address those problems. During the late nineteenth century‚ the United States was experiencing a lot of changes that soon would turn into problems. Immigration was being a big problem at the time as well as urbanization. The lack of jobs produced crime‚ poverty and housing were other big problems that the United states was facing at the time

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    In this historical study an analysis of the reformation ideology of the urban slum will be defined through the clearing out of the lower classes in New York City’s Five Points Tenements during the late 19th century. The 19th century “slum” was a negative social and economic development that was based on locating immigrant workers in New York City into low-income tenement projects‚ which was an attempt to accommodate the massive influx of low-cost labor from Europe. The Five Points is an important

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    The Ghost Dance In January 1889‚ Wavoka‚ a Paiute Indian‚ had a revelation during a total eclipse of the sun. It was the genesis of a religious movement that would become known as the Ghost Dance. It was this dance that the Indians believed would reunite them with friends and relatives in the ghost world. The legend states that after prayer and ceremony‚ the earth would shatter and let forth a great flood that would drown all the whites and enemy Indians‚ leaving the earth untouched and as it

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    For many tribes of Plains Indians whose bison-hunting culture flourished during the 18th and 19th centuries‚ the sun dance was the major communal religious ceremony . . . the rite celebrates renewal - the spiritual rebirth of participants and their relatives as well as the regeneration of the living earth with all its components . . . The ritual‚ involving sacrifice and supplication to insure harmony between all living beings‚ continues to be practiced by many contemporary native Americans. -Elizabeth

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    New Life I believe Ivan’s assessment on the American west is fair. The settlers were eager people ready to start a new life and seek what the world has for them. While the Indians were just peaceful inhabitants fighting for their land and rights‚ learning the ways of the white man. The vast majority of their land had been taken from them and their traditional economic systems were obliterated‚ and the buffalo on which they had depended on were slaughtered by the millions. Epidemic diseases such

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    Violence as Propaganda: Late 19th Century Terrorism This short essay will compare the use of terrorism in the late 19th century. What do the terrorist campaigns share in common and why some were more successful than others. I will also attempt to define what is meant by success in a terrorist campaign. First I will define “success” for the purpose of this essay. I define success as achieving the desired and stated purpose of the individual or group using terror as a method to achieve change.

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    challenges which were witnessed during this period (Chicago as It Was). In Chicago‚ the industrial development which resulted in economic growth in the state during the late 19th century and early 20th century came with various challenges which had both direct and indirect impact on a majority of the population which lived in this state then (The Tiger and His Haunts). During this period‚

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    Once the late 19th century and early 20th century came around many changes had come in the sense of equality and civil rights. Women gained the rights to vote and legal slavery had come to an end. The industrial revolution caused the economy to soar. People had greater freedom‚ jobs were available and overall the citizens of the United States of America were prospering. During this time what’s known as the Third Great Awakening occurred. While the country was at its best‚ many new religious denominations

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