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    people believe that immigration in the 1900’s was a good thing‚ however‚ they would be wrong. The United States government should have restricted the immigrants around that time. Some reasons are the population‚ the taking of new jobs and lowering wages‚ and diseases spreading quickly. These all factored importantly into why they should not have been allowed in. The population in the 1900’s was beginning to overflow. In 1875 the United States government had to put a immigration restriction so that

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    testing has been part of American history since the 1800s. In Hot Topics Carla Mooney says‚ "In the United States school reforms Horace Mann and Samuel Gridley Howe introduced standardized testing in Boston public schools in the mid - 1800s. The men designed the new tests to provide a standard to judge and compare the performance of each school and to gather objective information about the equality of teachers" ( Mooney 11-12).In the mid - 1800s Horace Mann and Samuel Gridley Howe brought standardized

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    The Flour Industry The flour industry was a very popular industry in the late 1800s. It was also very important because people used it in their everyday foods. Flour was made from wheat so the company needed it. That is why there is so many fields around Minnesota. Always‚ here is everything you should know the about the flour industry. The founder of the Pillsbury flour co. was Charles Pillsbury. He started the company with little money and because he needed a job. Pillsbury did not

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    The Immigration Ban On their prolonged and suffering journey the immigrants catch a glimpse of the Statue of Liberty‚ and contemplate the beauty of freedom‚ and what America has in store for their future. They remember all the gruesome and frustrating work they put in‚ in order to make their dreams of freedom a reality. As the plane softly glides onto American ground‚ the immigrants could already feel the American spirit fill their hearts. As they got off the plane‚ chaos occurred. The immigrants

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    Factory conditions were harsh in the 1800s because they had to worked a lot‚ factories had no heating or cooling systems‚ and there were a lot of rapidly movings machines which workers‚ especially children‚ were often hurt by the machines. There were a lot of other things that were bad about this and these are just a few. Factory conditions were harsh in the 1800s. One reason was that they had to work a lot. Back then the average workday was 11.4 hours and this caused the workers to get tired

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    Deportation is not a good solution to illegal immigrants Illegal immigration has been a controversy in the US for a long time now. This existence is old and a lot of illegal immigrants have come into US through the Mexican boundary‚ or many other ways. Some people have entered the country legally through a visa‚ but then have overstayed illicitly and are working in various places. Illegal immigrants has provided the economy with price welfares as they are not waged so much‚ while they been extra

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    The growing population‚ and work environment today‚ make us feel safe in the positions that we have in our job‚ but that wasn’t always the case‚ especially if you worked during the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s. This is the time period‚ when the working conditions were terrible and millions of people found their pay inside of huge factories. Hundreds of people stood in lines in front of factories to get a job‚ for any amount of money. Many of the workers that were hired‚ weren’t skilled and

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    also known as a family tree it can allow us to keep records of the past. The Edwards family tree shows great record from the early 1700 ’s to the mid 1800s. This family tree demonstrates when a person was baptized; when they got married; and when they passed away. The Edwards family chart show the different relations of marriages and fertility rate from today ’s society. From the chart we can determine that the Edwards family show a different demography compared to todays society. This is because

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    the Spoil System‚ and many others‚ the good shined through. The Common People’s Rights (or just white men) took a step forward. Also events‚ some good‚ some bad‚ such as the Westward Expansion or Texas Independence took place. Through the early 1800s‚ writers like Longsfellow‚ art like the Hudson River School‚ and lyricists like Samuel Smith presented not only their perspective on the issues going on at the time‚ but also demonstrate it through art that people could enjoy for years to come.

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    answer to this threat is to close borders to immigration completely. However‚ if all the borders closed completely‚ the U.S. economy would suffer greatly from the drastic loss of foreign visitors and foreign students (Griswold). Griswold sums up the issues with this belief by saying‚ “The problem is not that we are letting too many people into the United States but that the government has failed to keep the wrong people out.” Blocking all immigration doesn’t solve the threat of terrorism as many

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