Political: • Businesses benefited from friendly government policies that protected private property‚ subsidized railroads with land grants and loans‚ supported US manufacturers with protective tariffs‚ and refrained from either regulating business operations or heavily taxing corporate profits. • Government policies gave 170 million acres of land to railroad companies for expansion of business. • Land grants and cash loans made poor construction and increased corruption in government. • Since
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gave the issue a positive mention‚ and it seemed far removed from public concern. The 1930s brought apple-sellers to city street corners and breadlines to urban charity houses. In a depressed economy‚ unemployment figures escalated and federal forces concentrated on bringing Americans back to work. Or‚ more accurately‚ bringing American men back to work. For society viewed working women as un-American money grubbers‚ stealing jobs from men who needed them to support their families. Those who
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Brandee Meyer Boston from 1850-1900 There was no time in Boston that was most emphasized‚ than the 1850’s to 1900’s. In the city of Boston there were a lot of changes that had occurred between the second half of the 19th century‚ not only with the city but also with the people living in Boston. Boston has always been changing and in transition. Boston had changed majorly from being the merchant city to the industrial metropolis. The population of people went up about ¾ in 50 years of its
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From 1700 to 1900‚ the world was expanding. Many countries took on a expansionism type known as imperialism. Countries such as England used the British East India Company to conquer parts of Asia. America used imperialism to spread their rule westward‚ known as Manifest Destiny. They both used this tactic as migration. During these encounters‚ many factors stayed the same‚ but also differed in some ways. In the 19th century‚ the Americas were finally free of British control‚ and decided to spread
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Although America had great economic success in the 1920s due to WWI‚ there was a large amount of social tension due to many different ideologies. America was experiencing nativism due to many Americans believing that America no longer needed a large influx of immigrants. Fundamentalism was causing issues in schools and was creating the idea of Social Darwinism. After WWI‚ America wanted to be isolated from the rest of the world to keep America prospering. This created the idea that only Americans
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Have you ever been bullied? Bullying happens every day in America. Everyday someone is being made fun of‚ or harm physically‚ emotionally‚ and/or mentally because of their skin color‚ religion‚ social economics‚ culture‚ and many more. Because of the social impact of the increasing numbers of bullies‚ there should be more education for the victims and harsher consequences for the bullies. Bullying is on the rise. “Bullies are aggressive people who repeatedly physically or emotionally abuse‚ torment
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Rise of Mass Society Mass society arose in the Gilded Age in many ways. People moved back to the cities for many reasons. Farmers were forced to relocate because of the production of heavy machinery‚ the educational‚ medical care‚ and just sheer leisure that the city could offer. With the additional people who had moved into the city also came concern for sanitation. The population of New York City doubling each decade it created for an unsanitary condition as the infrastructure was not adequate
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Hitler rise to power 1930-1939 Germany was in an exceedingly unpleasant state after the WW1. The Treaty of Versailles meant the people had to take full blame for the war. Reparations were even harder to pay since Germany was in the midst of one of the worst depression the world has ever seen at the time. Not to mention a brand new government‚ one that had nothing to do with the signing of this treaty‚ had taken over power. All of the people of this once superpower of a country was in a state of
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During the time between 1750 and 1900‚ there were a lot of changes happening in countries. This period of time was called the Industrial Revolution. In the Industrial Revolution‚ people were moving around a lot. People moved from one country to another hoping that they could find a better way to live life. There were also people who were forced to leave their country because of a crime. The main reason why people moved was because they wanted to find work. A lot of urbanization was happening
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arrive in America? ○ 13‚000 B.C. Where did the French attempt to make their first settlement in North America? ○ St. Lawrence Valley What did the Puritans believe? ○ A purification of the Church of England from Popish abuses‚ insisted that membership in a congregation be limited to those who had a conversion experience‚ severe self-discipline and moral uprightness Why did the Paleo-Indians flourish in the Americas? ○ hunter’s
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