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    The land rights of the American Indians versus The Rights of the White Man. Zoe R. Murphy University Of Phoenix‚ Axia As the Native population continues to grow and create an abundance of resources such as casinos‚ the White Man has found ways to take the land needed to sustain such growth away. The Native American population always has inhabited the land we now live on and we the Americans have come on to that land pushing them into reservations and controlled situations. With the growing

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    Populism In The 1890s

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    The struggle for freedom from the bondage of racial oppression did not stop in America‚ and it can be remembered that in the 1880s to 1890s‚ there was a political movement of workers and low scale farmers known as the populist emerging from Midwest and South. In this organization‚ it was known that black tenant farmers and the low scale white farmers from South would work together against large landowners who were considered the Southern elites. As a united team‚ the populists became real threats

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    American Old West Myths

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    America’s Western Frontier The American Old West compromises the history‚ myths‚ legends‚ stories‚ beliefs‚ and cultural meanings that collected around the Western United States in the 1800’s. Most often the term refers to the late 19th century‚ between 1865 to 1900‚ post-Civil war time period. Terms Old West and Wild West relate to life beyond the western frontier. The Wild West appears as a simple romanticized perception of the actual Old West identity‚ which forms numerous characters‚ lifestyles

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    HIS204: American History Since 1865 (GSN 1307B) Introduction of Two Progressive Candidates In the presidential election of 1912 there were two progressive candidates that impacted the landscape of America. Candidates Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were the frontrunner of the 1912 election. This election changed the country in ways that we as Americans can feel today. These two candidates spawned a progressive movement from a place where many American felt as if their government fell

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    USA in 1890-1945

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    USA‚ in 1890 – 1945 USA was a nation that was constantly changing and became an 18th century society based on the Thirteen Colonies‚ after the American Revolution. Ever changing‚ USA was constantly expanding territories‚ increasing population growth and improving industrialisation through modernity. Although this was the case‚ the principals of the Founding Founders were heavily influential which would impact the decisions made by USA in the future; portraying that as well as change being enforced

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    Journalism In The 1890s

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    was on for writing that deterred from the filtered and artificial stories being printed in the newspapers. This would have been a typical scenario in the 1890s. During this decade a change would occur‚ the effects of which can be seen in America to this day. Journalism

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    Cattle industry 1820-1865: Origins in Texas Ranching first started in Texas‚ with ranches mostly manned by Mexican cowboys called vaqueros. In 1836 Texan ranchers drove many Mexicans out‚ and claimed the cattle left behind. The Civil War started in 1861‚ and Texans went off to fight. The cattle roamed free as huge herds grew up. On returning home‚ the Texans started rounding them up and driving them to sell in places such as New Orleans and California. 1865-1870: The ’long drives’ - first ’open

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    American Studies 356/History 356K Main Currents in American Culture Since 1865 Fall‚ 2010 Dr. Mark Smith TTh 2-3:30 Burdine 428 Burdine 134 Tues 10-11‚ Th 12:30-2 and by appt. 232-2150/471-7277/e-mail: mcsmith@mail.utexas.edu Teaching Assistant: Jeanette Vaught Office: Burdine 408 Hours: TTh 3:30-5 and by appt. At the end of the Civil War‚ American society became flooded with new technologies‚ ethnic groups‚ ideas‚ and customs. A society‚ which had bewildered earlier

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    Life from the 1890s to the 1920s “...Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies.” (Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 article) The election offered voters several choices: Wilson’s New Freedom‚ Taft’s conservatism‚ Roosevelt’s Progressivism‚ or the Socialist Party policies of Eugene V. Debbs. Clayton act prohibits corporations from acquiring stock of another if doing so would create monopolies. Wilson turned his attention to financial reform when the nation needed a way

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    Social 1865-1990 The Presidential victory of the Republican Party in 1860 and the secession of the powerful agrarian states of the South placed the federal government in the hands of the business interests of the North and East. In the years that followed occurred the fundamental change from an agriculture/industry nation to a unified industrial nation. The political changes of the Civil War and Reconstruction were the violent manifestations of this profound change. Statistics of the nation’s economy

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