begins to discuss the topic of the day: Everyday Life in the 1800s. After an hour of talking about careers‚ challenges‚ and notable people of that time period‚ the meeting ends and both Suzy and Alison depart. At the next meeting‚ Ms. Motts explains that the children will be researching historical figures and each child is assigned a figure. Suzy selects Emily Dickinson as her research subject‚ and she soon becomes engrossed in the history of the poet. A few days later‚ Suzy and Alison pass the
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Abolition of Slavery in America in the 1800’s Slavery is act in which a person or persons is sold‚ traded and forced to work against their will. The slaves are treated as property and not seen or viewed as people with human rights. Slavery was popular in England and the idea followed our settlers over seas and was incorporated into the American life. As time passed‚ some people began to see the inhumane side of slavery and wanted it to be completely abolished in the United States. Even 100+ years
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The Industrialization of American began in the early 1800’a when Samuel Slater brought new manufacturing technologies from Britain to the U.S. and founded the first U.S. Cotton Mill in Massachusetts. However‚ the period following the civil war changed the industry immensely‚ especially due to the creativity of American Inventors. Innovations in transportation such as the rail road‚ the size of the American market due to the use of an abundance of raw materials‚ and incredibly versatile inventors
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Hurricane Katrina was one of the most devastating events that has ever happened in the U.S History. Katrina started out in the Atlantic Ocean as a small rotation at the beginning of August 20th and in 4 days crossed over the southern tip of Florida. At this point it was considered a category 1 hurricane‚ but it didn’t do to much damage and took approximately 20 lives. Four days later the U.S Government issued an evacuation of the city because the hurricane had grown to a category 3 and predicted
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The Atomic Bomb Should Not Have Been Dropped Cayla Dunaway Sims 1.29.13 We have come a long way since we decided to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II. It is amazing that we continue debating on this subject today. The US should not have decided to drop these atomic bombs. This decision was totally unnecessary. Thousands of people died who did not need to die‚ and many more became sick from radiation poisoning. The bombs wiped two entire cities off the map. How can anyone
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During the 1800’s‚ children were taken away from their families and friends from orders of the federal government. The government was working upon a system that isolated children from their families‚ traditions‚ language and culture. The purpose of residential schools was to take Indigenous children and "to kill the Indian in the child" (Erin Hanson)‚ meaning to rip the Aboriginal identity out from the children. The government wanted all Indigenous children to be taught a culture that they thought
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Living in Scotland during the 1800s was extremely difficult for many families due to poverty‚ the loss of jobs‚ and the land they lived on was being taken by the government. The Scottish people escaped these problems by moving to the United States. During this time‚ there was a large improvement in the education system in Scotland. “Scotland’s education system is much different from America’s” (Sheeks). Middle-class citizens were now becoming literate. This uprise in literacy caused for a shortage
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named New Immigrants flooded into the US. Because of this Congress passed the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 which only allowed 3 percent of Europeans to come the US. Soon after‚ the Immigration Act of 1924 was passed cutting the 3 percent to 2 percent. This also ended all Japanese immigration. The US was anti-Europe and in this case they decided to isolate themselves from Europe. 2. Immigration became a big thing in the US. Europeans began flooding into the US and many were having a problem with it
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In the 1800s there was not a high demand for highly trained‚ educated and experienced athletic directors even though high school sports were expanding. It was not until the late 1890s that the state of Michigan initiated high school sports competition for boys and then the Michigan State Athletic Association was created for years after. This establishment sparked other states like Illinois‚ Indiana‚ and New York to create their athletic associations in the early 1900s (Schneider and Stier). By 1920
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sectionalism. Nationalism and sectionalism have gone back to the 1800’s and continue to go through our country. Two examples of nationalism are the building of roads and canals and the Monroe Doctrine. Each of those brought pride to our country‚ along with bringing the United States together. An act of sectionalism was the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise divided our country. Building roads and canals helped build nationalism through the 1800’s. According to the National Geographic Society canals
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