Explain why the American economy expanded so much and so fast between 1890 and 1920. Between 1890 and 1920‚ the American economy expanded hugely at an extremely fast pace. This growth saw‚ by 1900‚ people employed in manufacturing‚ mining‚ construction and services rise from 4 million to 18 million and the USA was producing 30% of the worlds’ manufactured goods. There were many factors that caused this growth such as the development of the railways‚ immigration‚ a large supply of natural resources
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American Dream 1 American Dream vs. European Dream American Dream 2 American Dream vs. European Dream What is the American Dream? The American Dream is not something we ’ve invented but inherited
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The Patriot Vs. The American Revolution As you watch the Patriot you see many of the battles fought during the American revolution. You also see the uniforms they wore to battle‚ and the guns they used and how they were used. But what you didn’t see was the fact that the movie doesn’t relate to the American Revolution‚ in ways that I’m going to explain in the next paragraphs. It was different because of the weapons they used‚ the way the slaves were being treated in the movie compared to in
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American /vs/ Asian View on Happiness Sandra Branco 9044618802 PSY/220 January 28‚ 2013 Jeana Esler View on Happiness View on Happiness Americans associate feelings of happiness with personal achievement‚ the Asian associate those feelings with an entire society’s harmony. Asian people feel emotion less often than Americans. Asians tended to rate their emotional events as more neutral than Americans rated theirs. Overall‚ Americans were more likely to see their
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Rugby vs American Football General purpose: to persuade & gain the audiences interest Specific purpose: to get the audience to want to learn more about rugby‚ and hopefully pass their interest onto their friends and family Thesis: Rugby is everywhere; understanding just a little about the game would bring a common interest between you and the rest of the world Attention: When will our nation (US) get its head out of their asses and realize we are focused on the wrong things for entertainment
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British Depth Study 1890-1918 Liberal Reforms What were the living and social conditions like in the 1890s? Living conditions: * Towns became overcrowded. * People lived in slums‚ often whole families lived in one room. * No internal water supplies. * Shared outside toilets. * Limited electricity‚ wealthy families were starting to get it. * Larger families but higher infant mortality. * Very limited birth control‚ moral distaste. * Church taught contraception
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The Progressive Era began in the 1890’s. The Progressive Era was a period of social and political reform in the US. Progressivism is the term applied to a variety of responses to the economic and social problems rapid industrialization introduced to America. People in the United States had long been displeased with the unsafe conditions‚ political corruption and social injustice of the industrial age; it was not until the late 19th century that the accumulation of cheap newspapers and magazines
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York was gaining its own form of sophistication and acknowledgement. By 1900 most of the signs on Broadway had gone electric‚ and New York City’s famous theater district soon became know as “The Great White Way.” It was known as the Mecca of the American theatrical world: the rest of the country was referred to by people in show business as “the road.” In 1904‚ the city opened its first underground subway system‚ and thanks to this system‚ tens of thousands living far from the theatre district
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Leonard Jones World Civ. MWF 11:00 The American Revolution vs. The French Revolution The American Revolution never went through the radical phases that the French Revolution did. On the same hand‚ the nineteenth century French government was more conservative than the nineteenth century United States government. The American Revolution was a much more civilized than the French Revolution. Part of that was because of the simple fact that it was more of a political revolution. When trade
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The political participation of voters‚ campaigners‚ and elections in general changed drastically between the periods of 1815 and 1840‚ events such as the aftermath of the war of 1812‚ the age of reform‚ and political campaign styles were incredibly important in the changes of political participation. The aftermath of the war of 1812 was an explosion of nationalistic feelings. Many believed that it was a second war for independence‚ even though the war was mainly a stalemate. The election of
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