Over the years of 1877 to the 1900’s many changes were occurring. The Southern cities were changing faster than anyone could’ve imagined with new transportation‚ growing industries‚ and the end of slavery. Not to mention‚ the changing role of women. In the New South by the year 1880‚ steel and iron mills were progressing across the North. Railroad construction was fast paced in the 1880s. Comparing 1880 to 1890 the tracks had doubled with Texas and Georgia having the biggest growth. In 1886‚ an
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artificial inequalities. Bowles and Gintis felt it was important to write this article‚ because they believe that the politics of education are better understood in terms of the need for social control in an unequal and rapidly changing economic order. This point is illustrated on page 396 when the authors say‚ “The unequal contest between social control and social justice is evident in the total functioning of U.S. education.” Through much research of educational history‚ the authors determined that
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American history is made up of countless events that are important‚ and these events have led America to where it is today. More specifically‚ Black History Month is celebrated in February annually. February is the month in which the achievements of important African Americans are acknowledged. On December 8‚ two of the most famous African Americans in the 1900s‚ entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. and comedian Flip Wilson‚ were born. Sammy Davis Jr. was born December 8‚ 1925 in New York‚ New York. Davis
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American History Technology Before the turn of the nineteenth century‚ the quickest way to travel on land was by horse‚ the only way to wash clothes was on a wooded washboard and cooking had to be done on a iron stove or in a fireplace. During that era there was no electricity‚ no telephone and no television. A technological explosion transformed the American way of life in the early 1900s. As time goes by we notice how change occurs constantly and often rapidly. History has shown us how
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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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American Romanticism (1820-1900) Background: Romanticism‚ a term that is associated with imagination and boundlessness‚ and in critical usage is contrasted with classicism‚ which is commonly associated with reason and restriction. A romantic attitude may be detected in literature of any period‚ but as a historical movement it arose in the 18th and 19th centuries in reaction to more rational literary‚ philosophic‚ artistic‚ religious‚ and economic standards. Since it gathered force gradually
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The Rise of African- Americans From 1865 To 2012‚ Their Struggles To Become Free Americans THE RISE OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS FROM 1865 TO 2012‚ THEIR STRUGGLES TO BECOME FREE AMERICANS Brenda Maynard HIS204: American History Since 1865 (GSN1241A) Instructor: Tracy Samperio Ashford University October29‚ 2012 The Rise of African- Americans The Rise of African- Americans From 1865 To 2012‚ Their Struggles To Become Free Americans After the Civil War African-American expected to have their
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The Role of American Women from 1865 to Present Ursurla Waller American History Instructor Jessica Schmidt 2014 Jan 28 The Role of American Women from 1865 to Present The role of women in American society changed from the traditional homemaker to modern-day breadwinners owing to the outcomes of various events that occurred from the end of the Civil War in 1865. However‚ this paper will analyze and discuss the various events such as suffrage‚ the professional barrier held by the male counterparts
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History 201 Winter Session‚ 2011 This course is concerned with the history of Modern Europe from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the present. However‚ it will not be a survey of all the “important” events and personalities of the period. The central theme will be revolution. This term refers to momentous events such as the French Revolution‚ the Russian Revolution and World War I. We are also interested in revolutionary changes in thought such as occurred during the
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destroyed southern economy‚ the federal government’s role in helping the 4 million freed African Americans‚ how to treat the former states of the Confederacy‚ and conflict over which branch of government should decide on how to reconstruct the south. Reconstruction is the process of readmitting Confederate states to the Union‚ rebuilding the south‚ and granting or protecting the citizenship rights of African Americans. Before Lincoln was assassinated‚ his plan for reconstruction was to make it simple for
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