and military policies of a decaying Spain and the emerging regional power of the United States at the end of the nineteenth century‚ however‚ placed Puerto Rico‚ along with Cuba‚ at center stage in the Caribbean. Out of all the colonies under Spanish rule‚ the island of Puerto Rico was the only one to never obtain its own independence. The final quarter of the nineteenth century carried dramatic radical‚ social‚ and financial alterations to the island‚ setting the tone for the advancement of its domestic
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Between 1910 and 1914‚ more than 400‚000 Italian immigrants left the United States these were usually single men. This caused anger toward those immigrants who lived the American Dream‚ only to return with American made money to their homelands. During the 19th century‚ the population in Europe experienced an enormous growth but the job market couldn’t meet the needs of that growth. By the end of the 1800’s major cities like New York and Chicago were comprised of a
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For centuries Europe has had used alliances for political‚ military or economic agreement between two or more nations. As a continent full of ethnic‚ territorial and political disputes‚ these alliances served as a great tool for larger states to take control of smaller ones. The three main alliances during the early nineteenth century were the Triple Entente‚ the Triple Alliance‚ and the Balkans. The Triple Entente‚ an alliance consisting of Britain‚ France and Russia was for political and economic
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In the nineteenth century‚ the legal rights of women and men were highly affected by gender and race‚ both positively and negatively. In the book‚ “Kingdom of Matthias‚” by Paul Johnson and Simon Wilentz‚ they describe the life of two females‚ Isabella Van Wagenen and Isabella Matthews Laisdell which whom were affected by slavery and high influences of higher power from men. In the nineteenth century it was believed that males were to support the family by working and earning a wage as a husband
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weak‚ decentralized political structures that could be easily conquered by western militaries‚ who wanted to colonize there to use the raw materials and human labor to improve their economy. While Belgians who were imperializing the Congo in the 19th century believed and justified their actions by saying they were helping the conquered peoples to advance and “catch up” to the West technologically and culturally‚ in reality
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of popular American music‚ as well as other components of American culture‚ in the second half of the twentieth century‚ derived from France’s foreign policy with the USA‚ and it~ culture. What was interesting were the steps that the French took to protect their culture from what they saw‚ and continue to see‚ as the imminent destruction at the hands of popular American culture. Why does the French government reject popular American music during the second half of the Twentieth Century? This rejection
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1. Why did the nineteenth-century southern economy remain primarily agricultural? (pp. 330-36) Slaves made it possible for the people in the southern warm climate areas to make a profitable living off the land. Plantation owners were able to maintain the slave labor‚ which kept their costs down. Planters kept investing in cotton and slaves. The cotton grown by the planters in the south was the largest exporting crop at the time. The planters were getting rich off of their cotton crops. Having slave
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Andrew Telleria Essay 1 (1/31/2013) During the American Civil War all the free white men of the southern confederacy had left their homes to fight the war. While the white male southerners were out fighting battles they left their family and homes with their slaves. During that time period there were no incidents of rape rather the slaves provided protection for their families. When the war ended all the slaves were free and became citizens of the United States. The white southerners did not
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all the necessary materials and money. After the civil war‚ America embarked on a journey of economic expansion and unification for the nation. In the late 19th century‚ government policies‚ technological advancements and population changes contributed to the rise of industry in America. Many government policies were created in the 19th century to encourage expansion and growth for America. Three very influential policies were the Homestead Act‚ the Pacific Railway Act and laissez-faire. The homestead
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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 journey
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