Megan Kight US History before 1877 Mid-Term 1. Henry the Navigator was the prince/king of Portugal. His mother convinces him to take over Portugal. He starts with Morocco. He decided to invest in the University. He studies sailing. People are now attracted to learn about sailing as well. He goes to Portugal‚ and makes his way down to Africa. He learns longitude. Two merchants go to Ethiopia to find Prestor John. They run across Muslim merchants that tell them they can get around Africa
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When one views slave labor‚ a vision usually comes to mind. Most people when they view slave labor from a 19th Century perspective‚ view it as a large Southern style plantation where the main house has servants and the fields have slaves toiling over cash crops such as cotton or tobacco with a master overseeing the progress of the slaves. On occasion‚ this would be the ideal for some parts of the Southern countryside‚ such as societal functions‚ and
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the early nineteenth century there were massive waves of immigration. These "new" immigants were largely from Italy‚ Russia‚ and Ireland. There was a mixed reaction to these incomming foreigners. While they provided industries with a cheap source of labor‚ Americans were both afraid of‚ and hostile towards these new groups. They differed from the "typical American" in language‚ customs‚ and religion. Many individuals and industries alike played upon America’s fears of immigration to further their own
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Labor in the Nineteenth Century 2. A. The Lowell Mills Strike of 1834 took place in Lowell‚ Massachusetts in 1834. The dominant work force in the Lowell Mills were young‚ rural‚ unmarried women. Working in the Lowell Mills was dangerous because the machinery could easily injure a young girl if she made a simple mistake. Also the women worked long hours with little pay. Despite these treacherous conditions there was sense of unity among the women who all came from similar backgrounds. In 1834
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1873 Mark Twain publishes The Gilded Age 1874 Coushatta Massacre 1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn 1877 The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 1880 New Immigrants 1880 Salvation Army 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act 1883 Civil Service Act of 1883 1886 Samuel Gompers 1886 Haymarket Riot 1887 American Protective Association 1887 Immigration Restrictive League 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre 1890 People’s Party 1892 Homestead Strike 1892 Ellis Island
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Travelling and transporting goods were very inconvenient before railroads were built in 19th-century. According to Stephen Slavin‚ “Before railroads‚ shipping a ton of goods 400 miles could easily quadruple the price. But by rail‚ the same ton of goods could be shipped in a fraction of the time and one-twentieth of the cost.”1. These made the economies of the American West bad and difficult to improve. John Steele Gordon describes it as: “there really was no "American economy." Instead there was
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Ethnic Groups and Discrimination The ethnic group which I belong to and have decided to write about is the Finnish. Finnish immigrants came over much later than the “old immigrants”‚ and faced many prejudices because of this. The Finns had to work harder than immigrants that came before them to gain the same resources. My great grandmother Eva was one hundred percent Finnish and I loved hearing her stories of the old country. She was only six when she arrived at Ellis Island with her parents in
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Labor workforce from the 19th Century to the 20th Century and the forces of Change Introduction The focus of this research is the outlook of the American workforce composition difference from the 19th century to the 20th Century and the forces of change. Throughout this research analysis‚ one will be able to see some but not all of the different changes in labor and the forces of those changes. The shifting of labor will always be something that is happening throughout the very existence of itself
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Prejudice is an unjustified or negative attitude directed toward a person based solely on their social standing. Discrimination is negative actions or behavior addressed towards a certain group of people according to their gender‚ the color of skin‚ social class‚ etc. In the late 19th century following on the heels of the "age of enlightenment" and entering the "Industrial Revolution" in France Alexander Comte believed that using the techniques of science‚ could be applied
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forged in the cauldron of these revolutions." -Arnold Toynbee‚ A Study of History The above statement is one that seems to be very true when looking back upon the history of the United States. From the years 1877 to 1933‚ this country went through many changes and transitions in the areas of politics‚ economy‚ society‚ and culture‚ which resulted in the birth of a new nation. The period from 1877 to 1901 in American history was known as the Gilded Age‚ it was titled so because during this time
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