hunting‚ or building while the weather allowed these tasks stresses the urgency of each day’s work for pioneer families. Wilder’s coordination of outdoor work and family growth emphasizes the communal and environmental nature of life on the Ingalls homestead. Wilder captures the essence of the pioneer spirit in her books‚ affirming the independent determination of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s 1841 essay “Self Reliance” by comments like Ma’s‚ that “a body makes his own luck” in These Happy Golden Years(1943)
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Love‚ Alfred Henry Alfred Henry Love‚ 1830–1913‚ American pacifist‚ b. Philadelphia. Love‚ a Quaker‚ remained firm in his principles at the outbreak of the Civil War‚ refusing even to hire a substitute when he was drafted; he set forth his position in An Appeal in Vindication of Peace Principles (1862). With others he formed the Universal Peace Union and until his death remained the leader of this body and editor of its publications and periodical. He urged outlawing war‚ the negotiation of treaties
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this time (1880s-1890s) were stimulated by “the recognition that day-to-day combat was not enough‚ that fundamental change was needed.” How do his accounts of the Homestead and Pullman strikes illustrate both the issues and the oppositional forces involved in such change? 8 Explain why “a Senator from Wisconsin” supported the Homestead Act in 1860‚ and why he was wrong. 9 Cite an example of Zinn providing evidence of mutual support and sympathy between (a) urban laborers and farmers‚ and (b) blacks
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of the workers were immigrants‚ mostly Irish and Chinese. The workers lived in extremely unsanitary towns and in very harsh conditions creating many problems. Another contributing factor to the expansion of the west is also the passing of the Homestead Act. The act encouraged settlers to move westward by granting each of them 160 acres to farm on and eventually do as they pled with their land. Unfortunately‚ farming in the plains was not as easy as planned. The land in the west is very dry and
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conducting riots and strikes to show their dissatisfaction with their working conditions. The United States government seemed so concerned that it would do anything to stop these outbreaks. Some better known instances of these uprisings are the Homestead plant strike of 1892 and the Pullman Strike of 1894. In 1894 a Washington Post editorial describes the lawlessness and violent disorder in Chicago due to the labor strikers protesting the wage cuts by the Pullman Company. (Document D). The Pullman
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the Civil War there were many changes happening throughout the country. Not only was the country recovering from the money lost because of the war‚ but also many families were grieving the loss of loved ones as well as trying to reestablish their homesteads. Following the war the rich kept getting richer and the poor continued to struggle and grow poorer or deeper in debt. The railroad was making vast expansions toward the West that was a pro and a con to rural farmers. The farmers needed the railroad
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1 Way of Life in the West American History 1865 to Present April 2‚ 2014
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hills‚ and harsh seasons. The winters are bitterly cold‚ while the summer temperatures can reach above 100 °F. Because of the vast amount of land available‚ for a brief period in the early 1900s‚ they attracted a lot of people because of the Homestead Act. Homestead Act allowed people to gain title to public land if they lived on it for five years and improved it. Because of the past that McNickle had experienced in Montana‚ he sets an illusional mood where everything would conflict with the reality
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1. Why does Laskin state that the horrible blizzard of 1888 “hit the most thickly settled sections of Nebraska and Dakota Territory at the worse possible moment”? Describe the dramatic change in temperatures that accompanied this storm. Why were the humble people of this raw region of the prairie prone to take risks‚ even in the face of devastating blizzard? 2. In the post-Civil War years‚ what factors encourage the stampede of settler into America’s heartland‚ which earlier had been thought to
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One of the key parts of westward expansion in the US was The Homestead Act that was implemented on January 1st‚ 1863. This act stated that men and women (who were not married) and 21 or older could apply for up to 160 acres of land in the west. The requirement was that they must live on the land for 5 years and “improve upon the land”. If they did this then the land would become theirs for $10. The Homestead Act favored white homesteaders and they were able to acquire over 285 million acres of land
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