The foreigners’ fulfill their first role in the destruction of Lincoln Lane through their passivity. The residents contact Springfield Illinois seeking support to make the lane a global issue, but Springfield fails to respond to the residents. (23) Foreigners once more influence the fate of Lincoln Lane through the article “Shanghai Has a Lincoln Lane”. (23) This time the foreigner’s passivity is replaced with carelessness. The author presents a grossly simplified account of the Lane’s significance, which diminishes the article’s influence. The lack of foreign investment occurred due to their absence of pride in Lincoln Lane. To them, it was just a small street in a foreign country, which, while important enough to warrant protection, was not important enough to warrant their…
In early 20th century America, the city of Lawrence, Massachusetts was built on the textile industry. With an increasing immigrant population, and an increasing unskilled working population as a result, most found themselves working at one of the mills in Lawrence being payed meager wages that allowed them to barely survive. With poor living conditions and already small wages that did not seem to make the difficult working conditions worth it, the mill workers were a powder keg waiting to be lit. In January of 1912 a new law was enacted that limited workers’ hours per week. While the workers expected their weekly sum to remain the same despite the new decree, they received their pay with the same hourly rate as before.…
It opened up the narrative to be much broader than just about Kansas. Henry Eisenmanger was an immigrant farm hand from Wurttemberg, Germany. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Henry enlisted in the Union army, where his name became Henry Ise. Coincidentally, Rosa’s family came from Neckar, Germany which was not far from Henry’s old home. (Ise, 11) Incidentally, Henry and Rosa’s neighbors in Osborne County, Kansas were all immigrants from Germany as well, in addition to Germans, English, Irish, and Welsh. Extending the story beyond the borders of Kansas, Ise presented a biography that opened up to the many immigrants who had originated in different countries, as well as other states with in the United States as well as a story that coincided with everyone across the United States who was attempting to homestead. (Ise,…
The thesis "The New View of Reconstruction", Eric Foner reviews the constantly changing view on the subject of the Reconstruction. The postwar Reconstruction period has been viewed in many different lights throughout history but one fact remains true, that it was one of the most "violent, dramatic and controversial" times in US's history (224). In the beginning of his thesis, Eric Foner talks about the way the Reconstruction was though as before the 1960 as a period of intense, corruption and manipulation of the freedman. After mentioning the old way of thinking before the 1960's, Eric Foner reveals the reason for this train of thought, the ignored testimonials of the black freedman.…
The author explains in part the race riot in terms of “individuals as well as groups.” It focuses on relations in the urban north. He reveals the effects of migration, labor, and community police relations of both races. Tuttle covers in great detail the influx of rural Southern blacks and their ghetto nature, labor competition, the cynical policies of Chicago city leaders, and any social and economic factors that led to cross feelings between races.…
In the time between the 1890s and 1920s, America experienced a massive amount of growth. People in poverty-stricken, overcrowded cities suffered greatly. In big cities, politicians kept power using several political machines. Companies created monopolies and controlled the nation’s economy. Many Americans were concerned about this, and believed that great change was needed in society to protect everyday people. As a result, these people, generally journalists, were called “reformers”.…
On July 13, 1863, New York City was in complete mayhem due to the imposition of a military draft. Noyes Wheeler, a correspondent for the “Liberator,” discusses the great violence of these draft riots against African Americans and white abolitionists. While an article from “New York Tribune” includes the letter of Governor Horatio Seymour to President Abraham Lincoln who sympathizes with the rioters. The New York City draft riots, which was mostly made up of working class men, were the pinnacle of class and racial crisis for it attacked the high social status of white men and the lower status of African Americans. These documents demonstrate the two different views of the Union States, for not all Northerners believed in abolitionism or the idea of the Civil War.…
On November 10th, 1898, Wilmington, North Carolina became the site of the only coup d’état in American history. The uprising of 1898 was complicated, with deep roots and lasting effects, yet this momentous event has gone largely ignored, relegated to an obscure corner of history where it is remembered only as a petty riot. It is rarely acknowledged as the incident that led to the overthrow of North Carolinian Reconstruction governments in favor of the Democratic assemblies that instituted the infamous Jim Crow laws, leading to a century of segregation. The Democrats of North Carolina staged this uprising as a reaction to the laws placed on them by Reconstruction—laws that were alien, diametrically opposed to the views held by the Old South,…
In this paper I will point out some events leading to Bleeding Kansas, one of the cruelest wars in history. I would also like to include some facts about John Brown, an abolitionist who led his men to the Border Wars, which caused $400,000 worth of damage. I will also explain several wars that occurred leading up to the American Civil War. After reading my research paper readers will have a better understanding of the violence that occurred during these crucial times in Kansas.…
Contention and Opposition in Early American History Controversy and resistance have helped contour what is now the United States of America. American history is explored with conflict that may have resulted in triumph, forfeiture, liberty, and subjugation. To fully understand and rejoice in what we may consider as good; we must first fathom and investigate the negative. In this essay, demonstrations will be specified on how conflict is a significant component of American history. This process will be established by explaining significant issues and outcomes regarding six popular cases of contention in American History.…
Chicago has become one of the largest cities in the United States, ranking the third largest in 2012. Housing nearly 2.7 million civilians, it has shown exponential growth throughout the century and is now an icon for metropolitan cities (Largest). However, modern day Chicago is drastically different from its past. This topic has been widely researched to discover what molded Chicago into the city is it today. Numerous books, articles, and other publications discuss several possibilities of this question, ranging from religious backgrounds to widespread violence and the “Great Migration.” To understand modern day Chicago, it is essential to know the history of the city and the wide range of influences that helped shape it.…
Immigrants made their homes near the shoreline of Lake Michigan mainly between 1840- and 1890’s. The landscape of certain areas most defiantly had an impact on their decisions on where to settle their homes. The immigrants were really looking for a new and improved life elsewhere, however they still were looking for areas that reminded them of home because that is what they were accustomed to. The Germans had a preference of hilly forested landscapes because they simply reminded them of the “old country”…
The Stonewall riots directly resulted in the birth of two new gay activist groups- the Gay Liberation Front, and the Gay Activists Alliance. The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) was formed immediately after the riots by Martha Shelley, Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, Michael Brown, Jerry Hoose, and Jim Owles. Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson went on to become well known LGBTQ+ activists, founding STAR, a foundation advocating for queer and homeless women of color.The GLF took a more radical approach to activism than the Mattachine Society; their main idea was that all gay people coming out would give them liberation, and they were the first homophile group to use ‘gay’ in their name, which was a bold risk. However, they had no real order and…
The Anti-miscegenation History of the American Southwest focuses on how the dominant group makes laws based on their racial ideologies. According to the author segregation, anti-miscegenation, legislation, and denial of citizenship to many were part of the social policies that illustrate how racial ideology was legalized.…
The riots began in Los Angeles, amidst a period of rising tensions between American servicemen stationed in southern California and Los Angeles' Chicano community. Many of the tensions between the Chicano community and the sailors existed because the servicemen walked through a Chicano neighborhood on the way back to their barracks after nights of drinking. The discrimination against the Chicano minority community was compounded by robberies and fights during these drunken interactions. In July 1942, a group of Hispanic youth fought back against police who attempted to break up a street corner gambling game. In October 1942, over 600 Chicano youth were arrested, and dozens charged, in the killing of Jose Diaz in a supposed gang brawl at the…