How The Americas Change
The Americas are forever changing, like the tide of the sea they ebb and flow sometimes in ways more prosperous than others yet retaining that fascinating pattern that is still so true to its nature. In America we endeavor for change, most of the time we strive for positive change, modification and transformations that will ultimately improve our country and the lives of our citizens. We are consistent in the very fact that we wish to advance our society and to go boldly into the future. As a relatively young nation we have made quite the name for ourselves and have already left our mark on the world. Some may see us as villains and criminals, others as heroes. It is truly all about perspective and what one believes …show more content…
In the early 1900s there was a great boom in the immigration to the United States, especially after World War 1. Many of the immigrant’s homelands were ruined by war and they fled their countries to escape religious, racial, and political persecution. They simply sought out relief. Their countries were ravaged economically and famine continued to push many out of their homelands. Due to the mass influx of people communities began to pop up and overflow with people, quickly turning to slums filled with tenements and disease ravaged the people. People that had thought of America as a beacon of light were now seeing it in an entirely different perspective. America no longer was a symbol of freedom and peace to immigrants but part of a much larger evil. Most immigrants worked factory jobs and those that could not did the chores of the more prosperous Americans. Washing clothes, cleaning houses, and scullery maid work were some of the common ways immigrant women could make a few pennies. Hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children worked, often in terrible working conditions to build a society that was becoming financially and industrially powerful but weak internally. The U.S was growing exponentially and with it came which gave rise to new forms of transportation such as public transport and personal vehicles. The U.S was firmly planted in the Industrial Age and it everything was seen as a giant machine that must work efficiently to work “properly”. Urbanization has always been a race. Every country in the world shares a similar goal: to progress. Unfortunately in many cases “the ends justifies the means” mentality has been put into practice over and over again. In the book The Underdogs we see this so very clearly. The Mexican people are handled appallingly, yet it was all in the name of progress. Women were raped, men killed, and lives were taken. Yet the goal remained to move forward; to go without
The Americas are forever changing, like the tide of the sea they ebb and flow sometimes in ways more prosperous than others yet retaining that fascinating pattern that is still so true to its nature. In America we endeavor for change, most of the time we strive for positive change, modification and transformations that will ultimately improve our country and the lives of our citizens. We are consistent in the very fact that we wish to advance our society and to go boldly into the future. As a relatively young nation we have made quite the name for ourselves and have already left our mark on the world. Some may see us as villains and criminals, others as heroes. It is truly all about perspective and what one believes …show more content…
In the early 1900s there was a great boom in the immigration to the United States, especially after World War 1. Many of the immigrant’s homelands were ruined by war and they fled their countries to escape religious, racial, and political persecution. They simply sought out relief. Their countries were ravaged economically and famine continued to push many out of their homelands. Due to the mass influx of people communities began to pop up and overflow with people, quickly turning to slums filled with tenements and disease ravaged the people. People that had thought of America as a beacon of light were now seeing it in an entirely different perspective. America no longer was a symbol of freedom and peace to immigrants but part of a much larger evil. Most immigrants worked factory jobs and those that could not did the chores of the more prosperous Americans. Washing clothes, cleaning houses, and scullery maid work were some of the common ways immigrant women could make a few pennies. Hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children worked, often in terrible working conditions to build a society that was becoming financially and industrially powerful but weak internally. The U.S was growing exponentially and with it came which gave rise to new forms of transportation such as public transport and personal vehicles. The U.S was firmly planted in the Industrial Age and it everything was seen as a giant machine that must work efficiently to work “properly”. Urbanization has always been a race. Every country in the world shares a similar goal: to progress. Unfortunately in many cases “the ends justifies the means” mentality has been put into practice over and over again. In the book The Underdogs we see this so very clearly. The Mexican people are handled appallingly, yet it was all in the name of progress. Women were raped, men killed, and lives were taken. Yet the goal remained to move forward; to go without