constituted the U.S. at this time are the nation’s major cities‚ the South‚ the North‚ and Trans-Appalachia. -The nation’s cities were centers of commerce‚ trade and manufacturing. The artisans and apprentices of the 18th century gave way to factories and wage-based pay in the 19th century which caused urban life to radically shift toward a labor-focused rather than agrarian-focused lifestyle. In New York shoes and iron were top commodities while Philadelphia was a center for textiles. With agriculture
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Why did the plains indians loase controll of the plains? Indians lost control of the plains due to white settlers. Although there are many causes which could of contributed to the Indians demise‚ it is hard to determine the most important. Some of these factors i think significant than others. One reason of why the indians lost controll of the plains was the development of homesteading. Homesteaders would fence of the land which the buffalo used to graze on and the indians used to live on.
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coast-to-coast was a journey requiring days or weeks to travel‚ often through harsh and unfriendly terrains. These conditions happened not so long ago‚ before commercial air and automobile travel. The development of railroads in America during the mid to late 19th century had a profound impact on the growth and development of the country by making personal travel easier‚ which in turn impacted the growth of corporations‚ changed how Americans perceive time and promoted the diffusion of technology and
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The Lakota Indians had the sad and unfortunate luck of becoming personally acquainted with the westward thrust of American development when the Americans’ attitudes toward Indians had grown cynical and cruel. This interaction caused the Lakota culture to change a great deal during the nineteenth century. Horses and guns brought about a dramatic change in the Lakota’s culture. They “enabled them to seize and defend their rich hunting grounds‚ to follow the great migrating herds of buffalo that shaped
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Between 1880 and 1930‚ despite heavy restrictions on immigration‚ millions of people from Eastern and Southern Europe emigrated to the United States. As they settled into the urban cities‚ native-born and second-generation American citizens saw these immigrants and their foreign values and behaviors as a threat and thus sought to “Americanize” and assimilate them into the mainstream American society. However‚ Americanization in the eyes of the native-born was different from how immigrants understood
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the lives of the Plains Indians in the second half of the nineteenth century affected by technological developments and government actions? Intro: Talk about American ideals; Expansionism‚ Nationalism Previous events of the first half of the nineteenth century: Louisiana Purchase → Prophet and Tecumseh‚ religious and violent revolt‚ 1808 on fought‚ War of 1812 Indians help the British (Battle of Thames) Jackson (INDIAN HATER)‚ Mexican American war‚ Improvements for Indians absolutely not
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It was a great time of despair for the Native American people whose life’s were drastically changed by the expansion of the United States westward forced relocations onto reservations disrupted their cultural lifestyle for hundreds of years. The “Ghost Dance” was created to give the native people some hope at a time where disease‚ death and oppression peaked. reasons for the Indian’s predicament at this time in their history included: lack of hunting‚ decease of the buffalo‚ forced abandonment
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- Why we chose policies? = We now have an industrial society so Exporting is needed. - (we wanted trade with China) We have most trade with Japan (1940’s) - Why trade with China? Sell our goods‚ We want natural sources that we don’t have‚ [Economy pushes us to imperialism. Main reason] - Main reason of why we’re in the mideast? - Oil B. Reasons for expansion C. Foreign policy approaches. (1867-1900) D. The lure of Hawaii and Samoa - We’ve been interested in Hawaii since 19th century
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right to vote during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Since then‚ Feminism has turned into a mass movement‚ through the refusal of being silent in exploring the social constructs of gender‚ and gender roles. This was
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from active military duty overseas. That cultural pattern saw its origin in the late 19th century where “ethnic identities proved to be a part of ... (white European foreign immigrants) self-identity and affected the way that they related to others.” The data presented in the reading reflects a rise in the white population and a corresponding drop in all non-white groups over the time period from 1860-1900. American Indians‚ for example‚ dropped from nearly 5% of
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