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    percent of the total inflow of people into urban America‚ and America had officially made its reputation as the melting pot of the world. Consequently this rise in immigration resulted in a rise of American nativism. American values‚ the lack of jobs‚ World War I‚ and II are just a fraction of the things that enhanced nativism in America between 1900 and 1930. America was built on value and many American’s believed that immigrants were changing America by changing its neighborhoods and trying to implement

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    There have been significant political‚ economic and international changes that have taken place in America in the year 1900 through 1930. Changes are inevitable‚ and they must just happen‚ ether prepared to handle or not (Coolidge et al. 2). The most significant matter is only but bearing with and moving on with current situation. Typically‚ this essay will see through the definition of terms‚ processes under which the changes occurred‚ challenges and the impacts of this revolution. Political

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    The Rise of Industry In America By the 1900’s the United States had emerged as the leading industrial power in the world‚ with a manufacturing output that exceeded Great Britain‚ France‚ and Germany. There were many factors that helped to accomplish the rise of America. Those factors include natural resources‚ immigration‚ new inventions etc. On May 1862‚ the Homestead Act let any American‚ including freed slaves‚ to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of land. In exchange‚ homesteaders paid

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    Nativism

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    1. Nativism- the belief that the needs and wants of established citizens are more important to listen to than those of recent immigrants 2. There is certainly nativism still in America today- we see it behind many racially based campaigns against immigrants and even other races‚ and it remains a popular belief in areas such as the deep south. This also would seem to be one of the dominating beliefs behind racist groups such as the KKK. 3. Following the potato famine in 1850‚ thousands of

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    promoting drinking‚ dancing‚ movies and entertainment? In the period from 1900-1930‚ drinking‚ dancing‚ movies‚ and entertainment was seen as a problem rather than progress. The uprising of American entertainment was first viewed as progression due to the new technological advances and higher scale of living. However‚ one could argue‚ the content that was being produced within such entertainment was corrupting society. Society was becoming

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    Prohibition in USA in the 1900’s The prohibition was brought on by the strong temperance movement happening in America in the early 1900’s. These groups were devout Christians who vowed to be sober as they saw the affect alcohol had on families. But the members of this movement campaigned for everyone to give up alcohol. The arguments of the Temperance groups were so strong that they eventually convinced state governments to prohibit the sale and produce of alcohol in their state. Politicians backed

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    How To Describe The 1930s

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    There are many words to describe the 1930s‚ but equality was not one of them. From injustice lynching and kills of blacks to the stock market crash of 1929 that lead the United States into the Great Depression. The 30s plausible could be the worst years in US history. In “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ she uncovers all the hardships there were living during that time period. The story takes place in Maycomb a small town in Alabama and is narrated by the main character‚ a little girl named

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    America in the 1920s is known as the Jazz Age‚ the Roaring Twenties‚ the Prohibition Era‚ and many more monikers. Society during the Twenties is viewed by most as consumeristic. “The nation’s total wealth more than doubled between 1920 and 1929” (“The Roaring Twenties”). Music‚ material goods‚ and even styles of dance became part of mainstream culture and trends. The older generation was uncomfortable with the new culture‚ but for the new generation‚ it was paradise. When people think of the Twenties

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    Black Blizzard In 1930 there was lots of bad dust storms in the south west‚ creating one of the worst natural disasters in history. These storms ruined land‚ buried roads‚ ruined car engines‚ gave people dust pneumonia‚ and sometimes killed people. People who could get out of the south west packet up and moved. Some more less unfortunate families couldn’t move and had to stay. In 1900-1930 families started buying land and moving to the plains. They would farm cash crops on the land but it was

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    The Rise of Dictators Chapter 9: Lesson 1 Themes for Lesson •  How did Stalin change the government and the economy of the Soviet Union? •  What were the origins and goals of Italy’s fascist government? •  How did Hitler rise to power in Germany and Europe in the 1930s? •  What were the causes and results of the Spanish Civil War? Key terms: •  Totalitarian- a government that exerts total control over the nation and citizens’ lives •  Fascism- political philosophy that emphasizes the importance

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