Old America In The Late 1900s

The 1920s was a huge time period for the United States. Modern technology such as automobiles, radios, and advertisement had taken America by storm. Rural areas were on the decline. American cities had attracted not only rural and urban citizens, but also people from all over the world. In America during the 1920s, citizens struggled with accepting other races and ethnicities into their widely populated country.

The period between Reconstruction and World War I was a time of tremendous social, economic, and cultural change in the United States. The end of the Civil War, the shrinking of the frontier, the rise of immigration, and the rapid growth of industry that characterized this time period brought many issues of race, class, and status to the forefront of politics. Many different opinions came to light about what it means to be an American and the dynamic between the American individual and American society. The differing answers to these questions created both divisions and unifications between different races, classes, and political parties. Through careful analysis of historical documents from the period, it is evident that society owes all individuals basic civil rights and the ability to make a living through harnessing their skills in the workplace. Conversely, the individual owes society work that benefits society as a whole and participation in government through suffrage.

In the late nineteenth century, America was a country in its prime of industrialization and immigration influx. Known as the Gilded Age, this period defined the United States as the bustling powerhouse it is today, but at the cost of many social and political injustices that lay underneath the guise of the “American dream”. Among the urbanization and booming industry, there was national and racial discrimination, gender inequality, child exploitation and labor,

Michelle Alexander’s the new Jim Crow Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness examine the Jim Crow practices post slavery and the mass incarceration of African-American. The creation of Jim Crows laws were used as a tool to promote segregation among the minority and white American. Michelle Alexander’s the new Jim Crow Mass takes a look at Jim Crow laws and policies were put into place to block the social progression African-American from the post-slavery to the civil rights movement. Fast-forward to 2008 the election of Barack Obama certified that African-Americans were no longer viewed as second-class citizens instead African-Americans are equal to their white counterparts. However, Michelle Alexander

In his article “Body Count”, Kelefa Sanneh makes a few key claims to support his main argument that many African Americans are contesting the same system that many of their community members helped to create in the first place. Sanneh opens with a

In the late 1800s and early 1900s Americans expanded abroad into other countries and areas. American expansion was unjustified with the barbaric ways that we gained land in one case, and what we did with land in another case.

America in the 1920’s was called the new era. It is called a new era because it became a turning point in American society, and marked a separation from the 19th century and the 20th century. We soon begin to develop our own social norms, music, and culture as we evolve into a modern nation. The 1920s was also a time of significant economic, political, and social change.

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.

A lesson regarding the immigration experiences from various periods of U.S. History offers a great opportunity to discuss how many of the same forms of discrimination faced during the past are similar today. This lesson is designed to show students the sentiment various immigrant groups faced when they came to the United States during the Gilded Age. This lesson is designed to be implemented in an 8th grade U.S. History classroom. The lesson will be incorporated for the immigration portion of the Gilded Age Unit, in this case this lesson will be the fourth lesson of a ten day unit. Prior to this lesson students were introduced to lessons that addressed immigration experiences for various families who came to the United States from Europe.

Racism is a thing of the past, or is it? Michelle Alexander’s, “The New Jim Crow,” main focus is on mass incarceration and how it occurs in an era of color blindness. Alexander also focuses on the social oppressions that African Americans have suffered throughout the years, until now. In this essay, I will discuss how the system of control was constructed, Alexander’s compelling historical analysis, and if the current system would be easier to dismantle. I would like to start by delving into how the system of control was constructed.

Antebellum means before war, and in the United States the antebellum period was a great time for their economy. During the 50 years before the Civil War , cotton became one of the South’s largest exports. It had not been a very profitable crop until a new invention arose that made the demand and production of cotton shoot through the roof.

Everyday Life in Early America was written by David Freeman Hawke, a professor of American History at Lehman College. He was seventy-five years old when he passed away in 1999. Hawke carried multiple degrees from Swarthmore College, University of Wisconsin, and the University of Pennsylvania. He was a highly regarded historical scholar with a talent for writing. Hawke already had several books published by the time he wrote Everyday Life in Early America in 1988. These books include: The Colonial Experience (1966), In the Midst of a Revolution (1961), Paine (1974), and Franklin (1976). His other book, “Benjamin Rush: Revolutionary Gadfy” was a biography nominated for National Book Award in 1972.

The Gilded Age was a time where America was looking like the City Upon a Hill from the outside but was truly disgusting and corrupt on the inside because of the way it was a run. There were many organizations that did not care for the law and often broke it for personal gain. "Mark Twain called the late 19th century the "Gilded Age." By this, he meant that the period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath. In the popular view, the late 19th century was a period of greed and guile...".(Twain) Due to this era being known for its corruption it's not hard to accept the fact that a anti-immigrant sentiment was developed and had easily allowed for laws against them to be passed with ease. Also, a massive amount of immigrants came into America during the years of 1881-1910. The number was reaching toward 18 million. This is a massive amount of people to be adding to the American way of life, and it was very likely that jobs would be taken up fast and Americans wouldn't be to fond of that. This paper will shed light on the reasons Nativism came about within the Gilded Age, as well as what contradictions the American people themselves had made. If this country was founded on freedom for anyone why put an ideology into place in order to restrict others from reaping the benefit?

There was a period of prosperity for middle-class white Americans after WWII war efforts pulled the economy out of the great depression, bringing about an air of security and stability that generated social changes. However, the threat of nuclear war, fears of communist influence, and McCarthyism proved these feelings of safety and stability false, leaving many Americans to question the validity of these threats and the government or, if it was instead a means to control the population through fear and anxiety. In the late 1950’s a national uprising against cultural inadequacy and civil injustice had begun, although improvements were made concerning racial equality, such as Brown v The Board of Education and integration of the US military,

The economy of early America certainly had its share of struggles, in addition to its years of profitability. The economy was influenced by a number of different goods lowing in and out of the country, as well as services offered in the country over an almost 200 year period. Some of these influences are certainly more important and had a greater effect than others, namely slavery, the production of cotton, and the revolutionary war. While many of these economic factors were around through the end of the civil war, there were many changes that took place within the production of these goods that caused the economy to boom, or recess in some situations and time periods.