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Woman suffrage is the right for women to vote, while suffrage was just the right to vote for anyone. The people who fought for woman suffrage, whether they were a man or a woman, were called suffragists. The idea or woman suffrage began in the early 1800’s, when changing social conditions, along with the idea of equality, caused some women to feel like they were being treated unfairly, which caused them to found the woman's suffrage movement. However, the movement did not actually start until…

transition of the United States from a full agricultural economy to an increasingly industrialized one was far from “smooth.” The validity of the statement is very lucidly evidenced by the economic, social, and political changes it wrought from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. The aspect in which industrialization brought the most change in was obviously the economy. Since more was being produced at a lesser time than before, there was a much larger profit margin on almost everything. Along…

of the use of slave labor throughout the South and even into the developing western territories. The expansion of slave labor became a major political, social, and religious issue for many northern politicians and reform activists. During the mid 1800s, the debate became more and more heated as abolitionist and antislavery sentiments became more prevalent throughout the North. To counter this trend, Southerners vigorously fought attempts by the Federal government to…

Although waves of immigrants are separated by what time period they came from and where, they still share certain commonalities. From the 1850’s to the late 1900’s there was a boom in immigration that came in waves. Most of these waves can be traced back as economical and political struggles. Some of these immigrants included Chinese, Vietnamese, and Hispanics, who came for a numerous amount of reasons such as employment, escaping war times, and hopes of a better life. While immigration into the…

farmer shared his discovery with local monks and they began using it to stay awake during the evening prayers. Coffee may not involve prayer anymore but it is definitely still used to stay awake. Times have changed, and so has coffee. By the late 1800’s, coffee had become a worldwide product. The first drip coffee maker was invented by Melitta Bentz in 19080; she used blotting paper as the filter. Coffee back then was fairly simple. It was brewed and drank black or with some added sugar or milk…

Executive Summary History (Mackenzie) Throughout history there has been many events that have taken place that lead the United States to developing organized labor. In the 1800’s workers had minimal protection. During this time period workers could not come together to express their views. Employees could not fight for a wage increase, or health benefits, it was considered to be illegal. Organized labor was developed to offer protection for workers, give them…

The idea of simple living was both widely promoted and discouraged from the arrival of the earliest Puritan colonists in 1630 to the extensive industrial growth of the middle 1800s. Many groups and societies aimed to resurrect the simple life and promote it among the masses. Yet each of these revivals were either stopped or drastically slowed down by the American majority’s desire for wealth. A small percentage of Americans consistently lived interpretations of the simple life but they were…

In the 1800’s slave owners manipulated the images of young women working in Industrial mills, making it out to be that they were taken away from their homes as “industrial slaves” to appropriate the cruel slavery that was really going on with African Americans and their families. Women were given long shifts with little breaks and were waking up at the crack of dawn to commence their work days as they had done so the day before. The wages given to them were little to nothing, but they worked…

The United States is often referred to as a Nation of Immigrants. Every person in America is either an immigrant or their ancestors were immigrants. A major period of immigration occurred in the mid nineteenth century. As population started to increase in the United States during the 19th century, immigration was a leading contributor to the population size. To some immigrants America was a safe haven from the events happening in their native country such as famine in Ireland to economic…

Walking is a natural task that we must take part in everyday. Before cars were invented in the late 1800’s, our own two feet was the main source of transportation. Since cars and other uses of transportation have evolved, walking has slowly diminished over the years. For the most part, we have brought this problem on ourselves. With everyday construction of new neighborhoods, cities, highways, and roads, we are generating them to be less walker friendly. In today’s world, walking in certain…