Cultural Differences Between 1820 And 1860

     Last, but not least, the founders of the United States were by all means religiously diverse. England as a rule was a Roman Catholic country, where the Pope showed unconditional guidance. Then there was the Anglican Church created by Henry VIII where the King was in charge. And even then there was radical John Calvin standing in the back preaching about predestination to whoever would listen. His ideas struck through all of Europe before too long. Through the 1500s and 1600s severe religious conflicts surfaced. So here we have all these people being bantered with different religions. What do you do? Head out, get religious freedom. Thus, many of the colonists were seeking just that, religious freedom. So on to the New World. Now there obviously is a rainbow of religion. Pietists, Mennonites, Amish, Dunkards, Moravians,

Mexican immigrant's that migrated to the United States from Mexico was at nearly half million

Many people from all over the world saw America as a place to create a better life for them and their family. America was a place full of many job opportunities, ones that were not available anywhere else in the world. It was in America that people from different nations saw the chance to escape the place they originally lived because of unfair government or as a chance to have money to send back to their family in their homeland. The period after the civil war was an era of tremendous migration from southern and eastern Europe as well as from China, because of all the opportunities that were available here that were not available anywhere else. Migration was also prominent within America when African Americans

Throughout colonial time there were many beliefs, movements, and conquests that happened within many countries. One of them in which was the spiritual conquest of the Spanish and the Portuguese. This spiritual conquest would undoubtedly be carried over to the Americas. Due to religion being very important to both the Europeans and the Natives this lead to a conflict that cause fights, missions, and resistances to increase.

During the late 1800s, inhabitants from all parts of the world made the decision to leave their jobs and homes to immigrate to the United States. They fled rising taxes, famine, crop failure, land and job shortages, to come to the United States. Perceived to be one of the greater countries for economic opportunity, many sought freedom from religious and political persecution. Around twelve million immigrants arrived in the United States between 1870 and 1900. Before the Civil War, the majority of immigrants were from Germany, Ireland, and England. There would be a drastic change in the next three decades. After the Civil War, immigrants

In the years preceding the war, a new wave of immigrants came to the United States fleeing the potato famine of 1845 and 1846 in Ireland. A few of the immigrants remained in the Southern entry ports of Charleston and New Orleans. However, the majority swelled the numbers in the Northern cities where they found work in the factories. By 1857, the number of factory workers had risen to 1.2 million, and the industrial labor force had risen to almost 1 million people working an average of sixty-eight to seventy-two hours a week.

AAmerica began as a small struggling nation, with each citizen desiring an opportunistic way of life. To achieve this way of life, many changes needed to be made. Different people with distinctive ideas came together, and although there was conflict, they made great changes politically, socially, and economically. Each aspect changed America tremendously in a variety of ways. Analyzing each specific change can determine the extent in which America has changed for better or for worse.

1. Political. The Republican party was specifically formed to keep slavery out of the West, and then to abolish slavery entirely. This directly violated Southern life, which was a slave based economy.

Between 1900 and 1915, about fifteen million immigrants crossed over to the United States. That is about the same number of immigrants who had came to the US

Between 1820 and 1840, most states eliminated property qualification office-holding. To encourage popular participation in politics, states reduced residency requirements for voting, opened polling places in more convenient locations, and eliminated the practice of voting by voice. In addition, direct methods of selecting presidential electors, county officials, state judges, and governors replaced indirect methods.

the U.S. During the first period, from 1820 to 1860, most of the immigrants came

Compare and contrast economic, social, and political developments in the North and South between 1800-1860. How do you account for the divergence between the two sections?

The German immigrants made up most of the immigrants between 1820 and 1860. Most of the Germans traveled to America for economic

When someone leaves their home or country, in certain ways, they are forced to adapt to the culture and religion where they are moved to. For example, if you’re a buddhist, you may visit temples in your country, but if you’re exiled from your country, you may be forced to move somewhere that doesn’t have religious temples like that. Another example may be the fact that some countries look down on certain religions, or only allow certain religion, and that may put that person in an uncomfortable position. Also, depending on

The 19th century had many important breakthroughs for worker and the whole health care industry leading up to present day. The social factors that promoted managed care in the 19th century are some insurances offered insurance policies to cover the cost of care for workplace accidents and employee disability, (Kongstvedt, 2013). This was highly beneficial and has helped infinite employers cover have insurances plans in place for employees who get hurt on the job. Employees have the worker’s compensation or disability to cover the cost of on the job injuries and receive compensation for them. Another social factor that influenced the 19th century was the 1937 Group Health Association which started in Washington, D.C.