and what was their effect on the economy? 3) What was the effect of the new industrial revolution on American laborers, and how did various labor organizations attempt to respond to the new conditions? 4) The text states that “no single group was more profoundly affected by the new industrial age than women.” Why was women’s role in society so greatly affected by these economic changes? 5) What strains did the new industrialization bring to American ideals of democracy and equality?…
into the 21th centuries. Cuba, discovered in 1492 was converted into a minor outpost for ships returning from Spain. Three hundred years after discovery by the Spanish three major events suddenly placed Cuba on the world stage (Staten). First an economic depression forced Spain give up exclusive trade permits allowing the Creoles to turn greater profits on cash crops (Williamson). Secondly the Haitian slave rebellion of 1791 prevented the production of sugar on that island which, made the…
supremacy was precedent across the South, intimidation, violence and lynching of black southerners were not uncommon practices. Segregationist policies known as Jim Crow became the law of the land. Southern blacks were forced to make their living working the land as part of the sharecropping system, which inevitably offered very little in the way of economic opportunities. When World War 1 broke out in Europe in 1914, industrialized urban areas in the North, Midwest and West faced a shortage…
perpetuated it and affected the governmental factors that plagued a lot of the urban cities. These urban cities were flushed into a period of isolationism, but also an influx of “different” immigrants in which they blamed all their problems on the new immigrants. The practice on the city level was broad in the essence of pushing these newly integrated immigrants into different sectors of the neighborhood (which led to things like; little Italy or Chinatowns), and would discriminate against them…
many other factors that led to an outbreak of conflict in 1939. The Treaty of Versailles was the main reason for Germany forcing the Allies into another war but there was also the Great Depression, Adolf Hitler, the Nazi Party and the Appeasement policy. The Treaty of Versailles was signed at the end of World War I with the victorious Allied powers coming together to decide on terms of surrender and punish the central powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. The…
He called this the five stages of economic development. What comes first is primitive communism. Under primitive communism there is shared property, hunting and gathering, and proto-democracy (tribes are led by the best warrior if there is war, the best diplomat if they have steady contact…
was 15. While in the United States, he met my grandmother who came from a small farm outside of Juárez. Both of my grandparents, raised Roman Catholic, align themselves with the Democratic Party and support the government programs and immigration policies that the party stands for. Many of my cousins, on the other hand, are much more conservative. My second cousin, Fermin, once explained to me the reason behind his vote for John McCain in 2008 and why it’s only fair that Latinos legally…
detailing migration into America, but many have the same underlining fact; change is not easy. With change, comes both benefits and costs on the lives of migrants, which can often be challenging to determine and quantify. Through the creation of policies and propaganda, immigration into America at this point is similar to a rigged board game; where selected groups received further incentives and experienced players set the rules. “The Game” rewards the exploitation of immigrants unfamiliar with…
principle, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs” (“Communism”). Vladimir Lenin, a follower of Marx and leader of the radical revolutionary group, the Bolsheviks, seized power in Russia after the Russian Revolution. Lenin’s policies eliminated the traditional government system and instituted the world’s first communist state. Totalitarianism: Totalitarianism…
immigrants that came into the United States. Due to the larger amounts of legal and illegal immigrants, the U.S. government created the Quota System in 1921 to help manage the inflow of immigrants coming into the country. After the Roaring Twenties, the great Depression era saw a massive decline in immigrant populations due to the massive decline in economic opportunity. This period defines the results of a weakened U.S. economy, which caused a steady decline in the post-Depression years up…