1. Throughout the 18th century, many manufacturing processes were improved upon during the Industrial Revolution. For this reason, the inventions ultimately changed the livelihoods of Americans across the United States, making their lives much easier and simpler. One of the most famous inventions that greatly impacted how Americans lived was Howe’s sewing machine, which was later improved upon by Isaac Singer. Because of Singer’s sewing machine, it not only “revolutionized” women’s work, but also allowed women to have more leisure time to themselves. Another invention that influenced how people of the 18th century worked was McCormick’s reaper. Instead of harvesting less than a half of an acre a day, McCormick’s reaper now enabled farmers to …show more content…
After more than a million people died from the deadly potato epidemic, more than two million Irish people immigrated to the United States in search for high-paying jobs and the American Dream. Though the Irish hoped for a successful future in America, they were instead, greeted resistance, as they were unskilled laborers who often fought for low-paying jobs. By the 1850s, many of the Irish were seen equal with the African Americans. On contrary to the Irish, the Germans were welcomed more open-heartedly. Since the Germans were cultured, professional people, their status granted them with a variety of different jobs. However, not all Germans were professional people. Most Germans were independent, which enabled them to establish themselves as skilled workers and shopkeepers to the Americans. Still, many nativists of America were leery of the immigrants. To express their suspicions, nativists pledged they would never to vote for any foreigner by creating a political organization, who were identified as the Know-Nothing Party. Although the party gained tremendous support across the Massachusetts legislature during 1849, they were never developed enough enact the legislature decision to exclude all foreign immigrants of the United States. Because of the large influx of immigrants, they became a central issue within America’s …show more content…
During his presidency, Jackson viewed the American Indians as “subjects,” rejected their land claims, and denied them their right to testify in Court. By relocating them elsewhere, Jackson believed the Indians were at his mercy from the destruction of the Indian nation entirely. After the Indian Removal Act was passed on May 28, 1830, tens of thousands of Indians began to be relocated across the Mississippi River, as many were too weak to resist the Americans. Jackson’s legacy regarding the status of the Indians is later seen in 1831, when he refused to carry out the Court’s “wicked” decisions that the Cherokees were a “domestic dependent nation” and had an “unquestionable right” to their lands. As seen previously in his presidency, Jackson denied the right of state by his power of military force to defy the federal government. For these reasons, Jackson’s legacy regarding the status of the Indians is continuously looked upon with “enduring shame” from American reformers of his time and even some historians