Amy Lee 2/3/14 DBQ Question During the period of 1890 to 1925‚ new political and economic opportunities arose for women because the cultural assumptions about women’s roles outside of the home were progressive and modern. Leaders‚ such as Susan B. Anthony‚ were instrumental in implementing these changes. Women were viewed as becoming wiser‚ stronger‚ and better able to protect themselves and their children. This cultural shift which began with this time period allowed for expansion of the traditional
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Republicanism – Political theory of representative government‚ based on the principle of popular sovereignty‚ with a strong emphasis on liberty and civic virtue. Influential in eighteenth-century American political thought‚ it stood as an alternative to monarchical rule. Radical Whigs- Eighteenth-century British political commentators who agitated against political corruption and emphasized the threat to liberty posed by arbitrary power. Their writings shaped American political thought and made
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Urbanization DBQ Throughout the history of America‚ urban cities have grown throughout the country and have influenced virtually every economic‚ social‚ and cultural movement between the Civil War and WWI. During the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era‚ which‚ combined‚ lasted from the 1880s to the 1920s‚ there was a large influx of immigration and urbanization which drastically changed the country. However‚ there are certain factors that caused this monumental growth in our country. This rapid growth
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Anderson Manning Mr. Hunsinger APUSH January 17‚ 2014 DBQ Through out the period of 1875 and 1900 many strikes and labor movements occurred. Many labor unions tried to reform laborers’ wages and the conditions in which they were working. Even though there were many efforts for reform by organized labor‚ they were unsuccessful in improving the position of the laborers. In document A there is a chart of the daily hours and index of average daily wages. It shows that daily hours went from
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DBQ The prohibition movement in the United States was very successful during the era of progressive reform‚ from 1900 to 1919. This is because of the social composition of the prohibitionists‚ their motives‚ strategy‚ and pressure-group tactics‚ and the relationship of prohibitionism to progressive reform. The prohibitionists attacked saloons with a passion‚ they appealed to women’s rights‚ and they tried every mean possible to keep their areas dry.’ Prohibitionists consisted of a few groups
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DBQ 7: Children Identify the various assumptions about children in early modern Europe‚ and analyze how these assumptions affected child-rearing practices. The treatment of children during the early modern century was quite a controversial subject‚ as the high infant mortality rates greatly affected views and opinions towards the children. However‚ the different social classes all possessed various advantages‚ privileges‚ and conditions‚ which would shape different opinions towards child
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Prohibition DBQ The prohibition movement occurred during the era of progressive reform. The Eighteenth Amendment and its accompanying act‚ the Volstead Act‚ brought about the ideas of the prohibitionists. Though there were some negatives setbacks to the prohibition movement‚ the movement was ultimately a success because of the widening support for the Anti-Saloon League. The prohibition movement received much support from the Anti-Saloon League. Alcohol and saloons were very closely related
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AP U.S History Tenochtitlan ID: The ancient Aztec capital in about the 1325 and was demolished by the Spaniards in 1521. SIG: Tenochtitlan was one of the largest cities in the world in 1521. It was a very wealthy city with powerful economics‚ politics‚ and religions. Matrilineal ID: The inheritance one receives through the female line of ancestors. SIG: The pattern of culture in Lenape or modern day Delaware were fishing and other types of farming which were matrilineal. Many Native American
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AP US History Reconstruction DBQ Following the culmination of the Civil War‚ issues regarding the restoration of seceded states to the Union‚ the emancipation of slaves‚ and the overall re-development of political institutions in the nation prevailed. The idea of Reconstruction was proposed to political officials in late 1865‚ when the effects of the tumultuous Civil War were at its most devastating. The various enactments of the period were deemed void and not actively enforced. Democratic and
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DBQ 10 Immigration Law 1890-1925 Keith Speed 10 APUSH In the late 19th early 20th century‚ immigration was a ongoing issue in the United States. Congress started passing laws restricting the flow of immigration into the states. Two of these laws are the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 and the Immigration Act of 1924. These lawsThe Immigration Act made permanent the basic limitations on immigration into the United States established in 1921 and modified the National Origins Formula established then
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