Retail Sales And Distribution Techniques Of The Late Nineteenth Century

During the 1870’s the United States experienced great changes with the end of the Civil War. America was going through a period called Reconstruction. Tensions were fairly high and an air of freedom was present throughout the nation. By 1877, it was obvious the United States was beginning to develop into a recognizably modern economic system of making, earning, spending, and living (Brown 60). In 1880, “over half of American workers worked on farms and only one in twenty worked on manufacturing” (Brown 59). Farmers outnumbered factory by a large number, but factories were still abundant. Child labor occurred after the Civil War as well. By 1872, more than 10,000 children were employed in Philadelphia’s industrial

Toward the latter part of the 19th century, bustling America, in response to the trends of industrialization and urbanization that characterized its Gilded Age, began its new century by entering into a new historical/political epoch that came to be known as the Progressive Era. This distinctive period in history (spanning from the 1890s through 1920) found progressives seeking to use the American federal government as a means of change through social, political, and economic reforms. Politically, the passage of the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th amendments are evidence of the success of progressive reformers, despite the fact that some of the new laws failed to create desired social changes. The efforts of the progressives were mainly effective when it came to social reforms related to worker’s rights and child labor, but less productive in attaining improved civil rights for African-American citizens. In addition, the government was, to a large extent, successful in the establishment of economic reforms to aid the working class, such as those enforced by Woodrow Wilson’s “Triple Wall of Privilege”; however, President Roosevelt’s famous anti-trust efforts were ultimately not far-reaching enough at the time to eliminate all problematic corporate monopolies and related corruption.

During the mid eighteenth century and the early nineteenth century the United States of America experienced some difficult times throughout the country. It first had to watch it’s own nation split apart during the Civil War, also the U.S. had just fought for it’s own independence from Great Britain not even a hundred years ago. Then shortly after the war and the reconstruction area began, later moving to the beginning of the nineteenth century, the United States witnessed the Great Depression. Another dark period in U.S. history that virtually affected every one in America at the time in both positive and negative ways. Furthermore, the group that experienced some of the challenging times, both socially and economically during the Great Depression

The early nineteenth century in the United States was a period defined by exponential growth both socially and economically as well as major westward expansion and urbanization. This time is referred to as the Industrial Revolution because of the heightened interest in manufacturing and production. Industrialization in the North was on the rise mainly as a result of the Embargo Act of 1807, a law that barred the United States from trading with other nations, as well as the war of 1812. The government policies during this time allocated more attention towards projects of inward improvement such as creating roads, canals and building infrastructure. As for foreign policy, the United States remained relatively neutral during this time which

the modern america is a free willed, full of history and multicultural. Modern america in the time perid where slavery was abolished and the 19th century when martin luther king jr decresed the levels of racism and earned the rights for people to be treated equally no matter the color of their skin. Modern day americas includes many economic and political changes, technology improvements, more reliable transportation, people are allowed to believe in what they want to without punishment

In 19th century America, the outsiders were mostly those immigrants coming to America and who the insiders or Protestant denied the opportunity they were seeking to become a part of the American culture. Others such as the Mormons or African-Americans were considered outsiders although they had been established in America, because they were not considered adequate religions according to the Protestant radical moral views. The outsiders in its majority were Catholics, Jews, Mormons, African-American churches, Pentecostals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Christian Science among others. In the 19th century, Protestants including Methodist, Presbyterian and Baptist were the dominant and most influential religions around. Therefore, according to Marsden, “for each new subgroup that is not Anglo-Protestant, a major question arises concerning what its central identity will be.” These different religious groups

2. The U.S. used harsh, but appropriate, measures to civilize the inhabitants of the west.

In chapter one I was intrigued to learn about the Europeans. Edwin Gaustad and Leigh Schmidt stated that learning about the inhabitants of what we referred to as the “New World’, the Europeans would romanticize and idealize themselves as symbols. The Europeans were symbolic in their way of innocence, they were the true inheritors of the Garden of Eden before the fall. Exploring deeper into the Europeans symbolic meaning, I discovered that the tendency of Europeans to sentimentalize the earliest Americans were always correlated by a tendency to be brutal and exploit them. During the nineteenth century, a period of a rapid European sweep across the North American continent, racial stereotypes of white men verse red man became more intense. During

In the lasts quarter of the nineteenth century, there were many social and economic revolutions that took part. However, the development of the railway roads saw significant progress throughout in the U.S. The railroad’s development marked the turning point (Barnes & Bowles, 2014). Through the roads, a mobility of people increased. Many civilians were able to travel, and there were numerous industrial developments. Most of the agricultural cooperation’s present that time would get their products across the country. Moreover, with the coming of the refrigerated meat boxes, the meat packing companies expanded easily. On the other

The American economy experience massive transformations during the first half of the nineteenth century that created a unique and strictly American economic structure and way of doing business. During the country’s colonial period and for a few decades following independence, America maintained a rural, agrarian economy that featured only a microscope level of small scale industry in the Northeast. By the turn of the century in 1800, out of a population five million three hundred thousand, only 6 percent of the population lived in urban communities if urban is defined as having a population of more than two thousand five hundred, and that percentage shrinks to 3 percent if urban is defined as a population of ten thousand or more. 74 percent

Prior to the twelfth century, European sources discussing Jewish populations predominantly focused on “…the relationship between Christianity and Judaism...” in ways that were openly anti-Semitic. The depiction of Jews as the murderers of Jesus Christ abounded, as did texts detailing often-erroneous Judaic belief in cannibalism and blood rituals. These pre-existing conventions were altered in the twelfth century, although scholars posit multiple directions in which this change may have occurred. In “Adgar’s Gracial and Christian images of Jews in twelfth-century vernacular literature,” Jennifer Shea argues that literary discussion of Jews became increasingly negative as extant trends were extended to a moral commentary and translated into

The 19th century was a time of immense personal reflection. The relation to nature and primitive forms was very popular. It was largely a response to the growing influence of industry on society. Before the start of the Industrial Revolution in the United States, the country was largely an agrarian republic. In a very short time, the country was greatly impacted by the advent of industry, altering the landscape forever. With this new wave of industry came a shift in culture, there was a new faster paced lifestyle that was largely focused on worldly issues. From this new culture came a “backlash.” Many people including Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne were not in favor of the disruptive nature of the new society. They wanted to return

1. The 19th century was a time of change with the Industrial Revolution affecting the economy, society and politics. The steam engine expanded industries. Western Europe saw many inventions during this period as well as the notion of developing national identities. Russia was emerging from feudalism during this time and did not embrace industrialization. Russia had become one of the most powerful countries in the world and was able to play a role in European affairs after especially after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. The English society in the 19th century was called the Victorian era because of the long and peaceful reign of Queen Victoria. This time appeared to be dignified and restrained but there was child labor, prostitution, and

The late nineteenth century and early twentieth century was a time of strife in Vietnam.

Early 19th century America begins to see disputes between the North and the South. Compromises in hopes it would solve the issues. However, in the 1860, economic and social problems between the North and South became so immense that using compromises to resolve political disputes no longer seemed possible.