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    Progressivism Between 1870 and 1920 a population shift occurred from rural to urban. Early immigrants and new immigrants differed greatly in many areas. Urbanization lead to changes in technology such as transportation‚ water power‚ steam power‚ and machinery. Though city dwellers received technology first‚ this technology allowed for people to live outside the city and still work there. The industry was dominated by large companies‚ who supplied work. America had several problems during the urbanization

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    Between 1870-1920‚ The progressive era emerged as a way to fix many of the ills of American society that had developed during the great spurt of industrial growth in the last quarter of the 19th century. This was done through multiple reformers who spoke out on issues such as temperance‚ sex education‚ rights for workers‚ and overall activists. Two of the most prominent movements were the Women’s and African American’s movements. Though both groups may have had different means of achieving the goals

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    Feb 2nd‚ 2015 Industrialization and reform (1870 – 1916) After the Civil War‚ the United States owned an abundant amount of natural resource‚ an expanding market for manufactured goods‚ a growing supply of labor and availabilities of capital for investment. In addition‚ the federal government vigorously promoted industrial development which stimulated the American economy to change dramatically from the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era. However‚ the progress of the industrialization affected every

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    Please show how Segregation shaped the lives of African Americans during the time frame 1870-1920. Please examine all faucet of society under slavery to support your argument. In the year of 1870‚ it was the re invention of slavery. America could not be built without economic. The south was still a negative place and they failed to accept blacks. After decades of discrimination‚ the voting rights act of 1965 aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels

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    Immigration of the 1920s The way people were treated in the early 1920s would be considered outrageous today‚ but the discrimination has not come to a hault just yet. After carrying on for years‚ immigration laws are still being established today. Immigration has had a huge impact on modern day America because it created the quota laws‚ which have successfully helped the immigrants find their place in this society today‚ and discrimination has decreased dramatically‚ but has not concealed itself

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    In the beginning of the era of 1870 through 1915‚ massive influx of immigrants came into the United States of America. These immigrants came from varies of nations and came for numerous different motives. Each individual group had their own uniqueness of experiences that assisted to shape the economic and social climate of their day. Their experiences in this country‚ whether it was positive or negative‚ and their very own presence‚ forced Americans or even yet‚ non-immigrants

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    the1890’s‚ after the depression‚ immigration went froma low 3.5 million to a high 9 million in the first decade of the new century. Immigrants from all over Western and Northern Europe continued as they had for centuries. Immigrants from Eastern‚ Southern Europe‚ Canada and Latin America came after the 1880’s‚ as well. By 1920‚ Eastern and Southern Europe made up 70 percent of immigrants entering the country‚ and after the war of 1914most had dropped off due to restrictions imposed in the 1920s. Immigrants

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    Social Aspects of the 1920s             The 1920s were the time in American history where there was rapid change in culture‚ artistic innovations were happening‚ rebellious behavior occurred‚ and a huge economic boom. After being exhausted with trying to be noble and having proper behavior‚ America‚ in the 1920s had a decade of this social outbreak from the moral restrictions of the past generations.   In the 1920s‚ on top of the social status were the upper class‚ or Fitzgerald referred to

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    The 1920s was a decade that reshaped American life. The 1920s saw the mass production and consumption of automobiles‚ household appliances‚ films‚ and radio that made a way for a new economy and a new standard for living. However‚ at the same time‚ some Americans turned their back on reform‚ stifled immigration‚ retreated toward “old time religion‚” and sparked millions of new members in the Ku Klux Klan (American Yawp). Anxiety and suspicions of immigrants and Catholics contributed to a few organizations

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    century there were massive waves of immigration. These "new" immigants were largely from Italy‚ Russia‚ and Ireland. There was a mixed reaction to these incomming foreigners. While they provided industries with a cheap source of labor‚ Americans were both afraid of‚ and hostile towards these new groups. They differed from the "typical American" in language‚ customs‚ and religion. Many individuals and industries alike played upon America’s fears of immigration to further their own goals. Leuchtenburg

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