idea of not allowing a person who is no different than any other citizen to vote‚ to be treated the same as the rest of the population‚ and to even be considered a human beings would cause an unbelievable amount of uproar. Unfortunately‚ in the late 19th century it was all too common. Black people were treated as nothing more than slaves‚ though they had recently been freed. The Southerners still felt as if they weren’t being treated fairly. The country was divided While it was a start on their long
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In the nineteenth century‚ United States focused all its attention on the West. The Americans justified their expansion westward as a “God-given” right called Manifest destiny. This belief dictated the U.S Policy. Following the Civil War‚ the federal government pushed the Indians off their lands to areas reserved for them called reservations. In addition to changing their homes‚ the Native Americans were forced to change their lifestyle and traditional ways while living in the reservation. Indian
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It wasn’t until about thirty years after the civil war that America started seeing signs of urbanization. In the late nineteenth century‚ America started changing its lifestyle and started going from farming to city life. Cities started growing and more people started living in the cities. The Industrial Revolution of the 19th and 20th century gave people higher expectations to improve the way of living. Jobs along with technology and transportation increased. Cars and railroads were developed which
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places by means of military action‚ or diplomacy. In the late 19th Century‚ American began harnessing imperialism as to have spots in a variety of places across the globe to ‘re-fuel.’ Naval power became the power of the time‚ so having more places where you could safely land made you even powerful. Also‚ having a country under your control allowed for economic gain‚ through harnessing the resources on said land for trade. Overall‚ American strived to harness more land to turn into military bases
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Although America up to the nineteenth century is a nation full of bustling people living their own separate and original lives‚ people today look at the past with a narrow and romanticized perspective. It is easy to stereotype and stigmatize people who live in certain eras because they will never be known-- they are defined by the events they live through. However‚ it is possible to rediscover that time does not change what makes everyone human. Americans of the past defend themselves through their
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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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Late 19th Century Artists always tried to rebel against the artistic traditions of the past. Before the 1800s‚ the arts all changed‚ but most of these changes still followed a common theme of expressing beauty. Art was not really ever political or representative of everyday common life. In the 19th century‚ all of that changed. The impressionists‚ realists‚ and post-impressionists all sought to change the course of art history. The realists specifically rebelled against traditions by representing
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Looking back at the late 19th century and early 20th century‚ America engaged in acts of imperialism that left the country forever changed. This imperialism period was made up of nations expanding their influence and power to other countries around the world through diplomacy or military force. Along with other countries‚ the United States gained a bigger influence and authority in foreign places. The United States wanted to imperialize because the country was threatened by other foreign countries
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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century‚ the United States issued an aggressive policy of expansionism. This policy was meant to extend its political and economic influence around the globe. Before the new imperialism began‚ the old imperialism had begun. This meant that the European nations were trying to find a direct trade route to Asia during this age. However‚ they gained new land and established colonies in the Americas‚ India‚ South Africa‚ and the East Indies. They also gained
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technology are just as amenable to social analysis as politics or religion.”[1] The effects that technology has on society and vice versa have changed and evolved since the Technological Revolution of the late 19th century‚ just as the technology has. “Scholars now talk about how the push and pull between technology and society‚ rather than just the push of technology on society.”[1] Since the Technological Revolution‚ in the late 19th century and early 20th century‚ technology has integrated itself
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