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    Ethnic Tension in the United States “I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences” (Sonia Sotomayor). There are so many different ethnic conflicts in the world. Whether it be from the past or sometime recent. Ethnic tensions in the United States include events

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    where he remained involved in reformist political causes, serving as a volunteer on the Underground Railroad to help slaves escape to free territories. It is important to note, however, that the landscape of the United States was changing drastically in the time period after Pinkerton's arrival in the country. The Chicago area, where he was located, experienced rapid growth, especially after the railroad industry began connecting the coasts with America's heartland. The sudden emergence of large population

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    Andrew Carnegie: The Father of Middle-Class America For decades Americans couldn’t help but love the red-headed, fun-loving Little Orphan Annie. The image of the little girl moving so quickly from poverty to wealth provided hope for the poor in the 1930s, and her story continues to be a dream of what the future just might hold. The rags-to-riches phenomenon is the heart of the American Dream. And few other people have embodied this phenomenon as much as Andrew Carnegie did in the late 1800s and early

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    The End Of The Civil War

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    After the civil war, tension arose between the North and the South. Northerners made the decision to “reconstruct” the south. While the south rejected their efforts and resisted change, the north was angered by their hostile response. The northerners coming in were called derogatory terms, such as carpetbaggers and were seen as exploiting the south. Many changes were being made including the Federal Government protecting each individual citizen’s freedom, reinterpreting the constitution, and a transformation

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    along Gulf Coast drove the Southerners into dropping tobacco farming in Virginia and Carolinas as the first concentration shift to farming cotton in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The shift was due to the booming of textile industries in the North and across the Atlantic. By 1961, cotton farming had placed the US in a top position economically, since it accounted for two-thirds of the U.S. exports. However, the economic boost changed the Southerners’ attitude towards slavery. According to Bartlett

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    like when the success of america boosted the confidence and belief that America was given or blessed with from god. Negative Consequences were that during the social movements some believed that the rich should be richer and that the poor should be poorer. Some positive benefits of the social movements dreamed of political and economic equality and that the strong should survive and the weak should die. The Gilded age was know as the Golden part of America’s growth. America was one of the most successful

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    The Legacy Of The Railroad

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    gathered at Promontory Point, Utah to celebrate the completion of one of the most impressive engineering feats of the 1800’s: the Pacific Railroad. After six years of grueling work, millions of dollars spent, and many battles against Native Americans fought, sea to shining sea was finally connected by two ribbons of iron. The United States was transformed by the new railroad: Masses of immigrants flocked out to the newly connected territories in pursuit of better lives, towns cropped up over night along

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    AAYUSHI SHAH STUDENT NO. : 300874124 Fluctuation of immigration to Canada in 20th century and what are possible factors? Firstly, what is immigration? Origin of the word immigration is from  [im-i-grey-shuh n] Definition of immigration: Immigration is an action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. Immigration to Canada means people come from different countries of the world and decide to live

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    The Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution may be defined as the application of power-driven machinery to manufacturing. It had its beginning in remote times, and is still continuing in some places. In the eighteenth century all of western Europe began to industrialize

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    different regional economies of America to capitalize on what was closely available and abundant, and scarce and needed in another region; and by the 1860’s those regional economies had developed into behemoths that exported their products on large scales, not only domestically but internationally as well. But the most important theme of U.S. history from the 1500’s to 1865 was expansion, from Europe to colonial America, and then the westward expansion of the United States. I believe the theme of expansion

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