From 1865 to 1900‚ African American freedoms were very limited socially. Black Codes said that African Americans could not marry anyone that is white. If someone that was black was not generally attracted to their own race or vice versa‚ they were unable to marry who they wanted to. The Ku Klux Klan burned many houses of African Americans as well as the white people that wanted to help them. If you were in any way positively involved with black people‚ the KKK would find a way to basically ruin your
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In the 1930s there were many problems faced by American citizens in the Great Depression. The government and american people came together to create special programs to deal with the struggles of the Depression. The aftermath of the stock market crash of 1939 caused the beginning of the Great Depression. The Depression made a drop in the economy and extreme conditions for Americans. During the 1930s the government and the American people learned ways to handle the effects of the Depression. The Depression
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Nativism is the feeling that immigration and foreigners are detrimental to native-born Americans. Unfortunately‚ nativist’s feelings are not based on political convenience or logical theories‚ but on ignorant assumptions that produce religious‚ racial‚ and cultural discrimination. Many nativist groups or individuals‚ both in the past and presently‚ have one thing in common- the fear of not being in control. The basic thing one has to see is that misinformation and short-sighted fear can often produce
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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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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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children‚ and her friends” . Many American women‚ agreed with what was said in the issue‚ and accepted it as truth. Yet‚ there were others‚ like Mrs. Roosevelt‚ who challenged the media‚ presenting themselves as different. The First Lady of the United States‚ despite of being bereaved of her independence‚ still managed to remain herself.
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There were many challenges for Americans in the 1930’s to the mid 1940’s. Most notably‚ a decade of depression and the confrontation of war; the deadliest war in history. When World War II ended in September of 1945‚ America emerged as the most powerful nation in the world. American society transformed; the population shifted to the suburbs‚ the G.I. Bill was created to benefit (most) WWII veterans‚ and consumerism played many effects on society. By 1920‚ over fifty-four million American’s were
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Blacks in the South in the 1930s Can you imagine if you were considered as “property” instead of a person‚ using a lower quality facility than whites‚ and having certain laws on what you could and couldn’t do according to your skin color? This is what African-Americans had to go through until the late-1960s. These people had certain laws called “Jim Crow Laws” that they had to follow otherwise they would be punished with jail time and/or fines. Some even suffered from lynching. Lynching is murder
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In an article named “The american dream” it states about how a book written in 1931 stated that how the ways of the American dream in the 1930’s was “the dream was to have land where life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone with opportunity for each according to ability‚ or achievement” (library of congress‚p.1‚s.1) A little bit about our history of the American dream is that‚ our founding fathers started a revolutionary idea that each person should be able to pursue their idea
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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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