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United States Economy Knights Of Labor
1,304 wordsDuring the industrial revolution in the United States, tremendous economic prosperity resulted in social and political unrest. It seemed the rich were getting richer while the poor remained poor. The middle class was forged out of the industrial revolution but would be challenged at this time. Large influxes of immigrants would also create tensions among the social classes. Furthermore, textile, steel, railroad, and automobile industries were growing exponentially, employing thousands. The class...
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Place To Sleep Freight Trains Hobo
472 wordsAfter World War I, millions of veterans were rushing to get jobs. The war ended so abruptly that the government had to cut more than two billion dollars worth of war contracts. More than ten percent of the American population was unemployed. This sent many people out onto the rails looking for jobs. These people became known as hoboes. Hoboes traveled the country by train looking for work wherever they could. They would stop at houses along the way and exchange work for food and a place to sleep...
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Federal Troops Labor Force
1,042 wordsEverything seemed so perfect. Pullman, Illinois was a company town on the outskirts of Chicago, founded in 1880 by George Pullman, president of the railroad sleeping car company. Pullman advertised his town as a model community that included everything from parks to libraries and was filled with satisfied, well paid workers. Each resident worked for the Pullman company, which manufactured railroad cars, and by 1894 it operated "first class" sleeping cars on almost every one of the nation's major...
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Historical Significance Of Grand Central Station
1,527 wordsWhen the words railroad station, are mentioned, the first thing that appears in most peoples minds is Grand Central Terminal in New York City. It has become known as the crossroads of the world. In the 1830 s it was becoming apparent that there was the need for an alternative to water travel because of the geographical expansion of the country. This lead to railroads, which could be extended easily, unlike canals that had to be dredged. From 1850 to the end of the nineteenth century, American ra...
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Railroad Companies Agricultural Depression
1,018 wordsThe late 19 th century can be described as a time of political prosperity in America. The majority of citizens were living successfully and there was peace throughout the country, but between the years of 1880 and 1900, many farmers faced problems that they saw as threats to their way of life. There was a dramatic drop in the profits that farmers accumulated from the harvesting of their crops, such as cotton, and with the improvements in transportation, foreign competition was spreading througho...
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Concept Of Time Railroad Industry
465 wordsThe farming economy was greatly helped by the expansion of the railroad system. The railroad became one of the main and most efficient ways to transport farmers produce. This was especially helpful to farms in remote locations. The expanded railroad system enabled farmers to produce more crops because of the greater potential shipping locations that became available. This also made products such as corn and grain available to locations that the crop wasn't produced in. It made things that used t...
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Underground Railroad Ohio River
1,294 words... Maryland in order to save slaves. She never lost one slave. There were many other influential women that played a role in the Underground Railroad and the fight for equality among blacks. Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were fighting the twin fight for women's suffrage and Negro emancipation. Jane Lewis from New Lebanon, Ohio found her way to the river and rowed runaways from the far side of the Ohio River to the Ohio freedom. Calvin Fairbanks was one of the first of...
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British Colonial British Rule
1,477 wordsUnited Kingdom (1) In our time the legacy of colonialism is usually talked about in negative terms. It is rightly suggested that the colonial period, in worlds history, is marked with massive violations of native peoples rights. Also, contemporary critics point out to the fact that natural recourses, in underdeveloped countries, were being exploited in the most shameless manner, by the colonial powers. Yet, it is also an undeniable fact that the countries, which have a colonial legacy, as part o...
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Second Industrial Revolution 19 Th Century
2,291 wordsThe Socio-Cultural Impact of the Robber Barons on U. S. Society. (1) The period between 1870 and 1930 in American history, is being commonly referred to as the time of robber barons. Modern economists associate this period with accumulation of the initial capital by captains of industry, who were able to exploit socio-political trends of the time to make enormous fortunes. Apparently, it was quite possible, during this time, for industrious and intelligent individual for become rich, within a ma...
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Chinese Exclusion Act California Gold Rush
1,413 wordsChinese immigration. Introduction: I should like to start by saying that after the Civil War, immigrants from all over the world again began to stream to the United States. Between the years 1870 and 1900, nearly 13 million immigrants arrived from virtually any part of the world. This number surpassed the number of immigrants to the USA over the previous 70 years. During the 1870 s and 1880 s, the majority came from Germany, Ireland, and England that used to be the principal source of immigratio...
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Part Of The Country Transcontinental Railroad
2,694 wordsDuring the period between 1820 - 1860 a wave of immigrants from different countries captured America. For many of them emigrating to the U. S. was the bets solution to escape, as they thought, from poverty. And immigrants arrived as usual without resources, or capital to start their own business. Fortunately, America after the Civil war demands for muscle grunt; so, there was a work for them. Due to immigrants, and first of all to Irish and Chinese, a lot of great canals and thousands of miles o...
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Late Twentieth Century United States Economy
4,835 wordsEntrepreneurial Adventure: The Development of Economics in The United States? Capitalism came in the first ships. ? -Carl N. Dealer Barit Brown United States History Saturday, March 18, 2000 4, 753 words The United States was a nation of development. It was a nation of growth and of innovation. From the signing of the Declaration of Independence, to the end of World War II and so forth, complex dilemmas called for complex solutions and complex solutions called for innovation. While, many aspects...
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Sherman Anti Trust Taft Hartley Act
4,886 wordsThe Industrial Revolution was dawning in the United States. At Lowell, Massachusetts, the construction of a big cotton mill began in 1821. It was the first of several that would be built there in the next 10 years. The machinery to spin and weave cotton into cloth would be driven by water power. All that the factory owners needed was a dependable supply of labor to tend the machines. As most jobs in cotton factories required neither great strength nor special skills, the owners thought women cou...
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Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad
2,694 wordsHarriet Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Harriet Ross Tubman was born a slave in Dorchester County Maryland, in 1820 (or 1821 depending on the source. ) There were no records kept about the date of birth of children born into slavery, so there are many guesses that have been listed. She was born with the name Arabia Ross, but her mother s name, Harriet, became her name as she got older. Before the age of five she was put to work in the house on a plantation, but when she got older she was hired out...
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Fugitive Slave Law Harriet Tubman
1,724 wordsSarah H. Bradford describes as being: the future deliverer of hundreds of her people; the spy and scout of the Union Armies; the devoted hospital nurse; the protector of hunted fugitives; the eloquent speaker in public meetings; the cunning eluder of pursuing man-hunters; the heaven guided pioneer through dangers seen and unseen; and The Moses of her People. Harriet Tubman was an African American woman who escaped from slavery and repeatedly made about 19 trips back to the South. Her brave actio...
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Railroad Workers Cattle Industry Indians
477 wordsa. Why were the Indians treated so unjustly? (12) The American settlers? greed was the basis for the injustice forced upon the Indians. At first the American? s simply wanted the land that could be used to grow or create products. Then the Indians were viewed as hostile enemies. This was unfair because the American? s were too greedy to give the Indians the supplies they were promised; therefore, the Indians attacked. The Indians also attacked because the Americans put them on reservations so th...
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5,168 wordsBy Ira Peck (Scholastic Inc. ) The Industrial Revolution was dawning in the United States. At Lowell, Massachusetts, the construction of a big cotton mill began in 1821. It was the first of several that would be built there in the next 10 years. The machinery to spin and weave cotton into cloth would be driven by water power. All that the factory owners needed was a dependable supply of labor to tend the machines. As most jobs in cotton factories required neither great strength nor special skill...
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Writ Of Habeas Corpus North And South
1,561 wordsPresidents of the United States take an oath to uphold the Constitution. In times of crisis, however, presidents are tempted to circumvent the spirit of the Constitution in the name of political expediency. The president of the United States of America is frequently under pressure, which could be for something as simple as dealing with his wife (especially if shes running for the US Senate), but usually the problem is more extensive. Then, the whole nation is affected, and the problem becomes a ...
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Jackson Stonewall Jackson
2,478 wordsMany traits are associated with Thomas Jonathan Jackson and his leadership in the confederacy. He is known for stark determination, military genius beyond all others, and the ability to turn any army into a fighting machine. Jackson became legendary when a South Carolina general, seeking to rally his own men at Bull Run, pointed to Jackson and shouted, ? Look, there is Jackson and his men standing like a stone wall against the enemy. ? Thus he forever became? Stonewall? Jackson. Jackson? s milit...
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