...Self-Actualization? Beginning with the first settlers from Europe in the New World, Native Americans have persistently been exploited for their land and resources. The creation of the United States of America spawned an unprecedented explosion of immigrants flocking to America, which created tensions with Native Americans over territory. Under the Jackson presidency and approved by the U.S. Congress, the Indian Removal Act of 1830 detailed a plan for the relocation of Native Americans, later known as the Trail of Tears. Standing their ground, the Native Americans resisted the advancements of the U.S. government, creating a new wave of battles within the Indian Wars. U.S. Army captain Richard Henry...
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...Americanization of Immigrants and Native Americans In the late 1800’s immigration has increased immensely. Not only was the population growing but substantial problems went along with the immigration. In restatement, the immigrants came to America to find better opportunity upon a future they want to achieve. The types of immigrants were the Irish, Germans, Chinese, etc. These people wanted to seek for an opportunity to escape their religion, harsh government in their native country, and own land. As the population grew, the society had to change and step up to it’s capability of becoming a stable nation. Some of the significant things that occurred in the life of an immigrant in the society were economical and political problems. Some of the economical changes the immigrants have made, for example were the jobs they had to make money. Many of the 25 million immigrants that entered America between 1866 and 1915 became factory workers. However, for immigrants in the cities, factory work was one of the few options available. Agriculture jobs and factory jobs were the main areas of employment for a lot of former slaves and immigrants. In factories, they had poor lighting, unsanitary conditions, and the jobs were highly dangerous. Women, men and children were able to work in these conditions for up to 12 hours per day. As soon as one became ill or died another person would step over into their past job without a second thought. Another problem that occurred was the population...
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...Victoria Brown Africana Studies 215 September 28, 2011 Journey to America Native Americans are the only people indigenous to the Americas. There are approximately two million Native Americas living today in the United States. The cause of this drastic decline of this group of people is common knowledge. Most people know that Native Americas were slaughtered and exposed to deadly diseases by the Europeans. After Christopher Columbus, stumbled upon this land, Europeans came in droves. This was a land of freedom, and a chance for people live whatever way they desired. People journeyed across the Atlantic to escape various problems. The Pilgrims and the Quakers came to the Americas to have religious freedom. Others traveled to get rich off the mass amount of resources. The United States gained its independence from Great Britain in 1776. From 1492 to when America became a sovereign nation and up until the Civil War, millions of slaves were forcibly migrated to America. America was a land of opportunity and freedom for European immigrants, but for African slaves it was a land of oppression and persecution. Americans lost their Anglo-Saxon roots in the 1800s. Just like the colonists before them immigrants left their native land in search of happiness and prosperity. The Industrial Revolution provided jobs for the millions of immigrants during this time. Each country had different hardships that gave its citizens a reason to decide to leave everything to start a new life in The...
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...The railroads also provided many jobs for railroad workers. Steel also had a big impact creating a lot of the U.S national landmarks. Steel was used to make bridges and skyscrapers. As railroads did steel also led to more jobs and a better quality of life for many. The next major aspect was Unions. Union groups like Knights of Labor fought for workers rights and accepted African Americans, women, and immigrants. The Knights of Labor grew national membership. According to bits of news “the Knights of labor didn’t allow doctors, lawyers, gamblers, stockholders, and bankers to join because they were considered unproductive members of society” (Bitsofnews, 2007). The last major aspect of industrialization was political corruption. Many businessmen would exchange cash and stock options to politicians in exchange for favors. Groups of people affected by industrialization were Native Americans, Immigrants, women, African Americans, and average workers. Native Americans were affected because they were either bought out of there land or forced to relocate. Industrialization led to the end of Native Americans, due to industrialization they were forced...
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...is one of the most fascinating and significant topics in the history of the United States. Nowhere else has an area of equal size been settled by small groups and individuals. Westward expansion helped stimulate the American economy. At the time, progress was beneficial for the United States, but those benefits came with a cost, such cost that instead of advancements and developments being advantageous for humanity, it also became a harmful process in which numerous people were affected in many facets of life. This all means that progress is remarkable to achieve, but when achieved, people have to realize the process they had to do to achieve it, which was stepping on other people to get there. To gain access to the western part of the country the white settlers had to pass through the Native Americans. While pushing westward the white culture clashed with the plain Indians and their culture. As a result of these bloody battles and the white settlers that were victorious, the Native Americans were restricted to small portions of their land. The government supported assimilation, which was the plan to unite the Native American culture with the white one. White settlers started moving westward to settle the land gained by the victory over the Native Americans. A major factor that caused this major movement, other than by the victory of the war, was the Homestead Act. This act provided and granted 160 acres of free land to any citizen who was the head of a house or family...
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...socially and economically. This created a major problem for every other race of people living in the United States at that time. All people of color were treated unfairly receiving what they did not deserve and not receiving what they did deserve. This varied from minuscule things to enormous ones like murder. This problem effected contemporaries of the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era immensely by leaving the African Americans still restricted from doing many things a white man could do and being treated unlawfully in court, forcing the Indians out of their place of comfort and throwing them to assimilate to American’s civilization, and trying...
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...the process by which immigrants become part of the mainstream culture of their new country, lessening the differences between immigrants and native born Americans. Research often distinguishes between cultural assimilation, in which ethnic and cultural norms from the previous country become less prevalent, and other factors such as socioeconomic success and educational equity, referred to under the umbrella of structural assimilation. Assimilation, especially cultural assimilation, has been a controversial debate in American policy making, affecting education, health policy, and other areas. Previously, many believed that total assimilation was necessary for the healthy functioning of American society. Today, many embrace multicultural or segmented assimilation theories, which view multiculturalism and distinct ethnic identity as a strength rather than a weakness. Immigration and assimilation is a divisive topic that has been heavily debated in America ever since we became a country. There are two stories that explore the assimilation issue from different viewpoints’; in Mary Pipher’s story; “The Beautiful Laughing Sisters – An Arrival Story”; provides the viewpoint of immigrants leaving a hostile home for America. Elizabeth Wong details her journey to break with her culture and become Americanized in, “The Struggle to be an all American girl.” and (McWhorter, 2010 pp522-529). At debate today is whether immigrants and their families should blend into American culture even if it...
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...Report on Race As a descendant of the Native American race, I feel it is necessary to discuss the history of the Native American race with you. The Native American people have had many experiences over the years and many political, social, and cultural issues have been addressed through legislation. I hope this information will assist you in deepening your understanding of your Native American friends and gain additional insights into the state of the Native American people. The Native American people have suffered greatly over the last 200 years, but the situation is improving quickly. The history of what has happened contains both discriminatory legislation as well as new laws that reversed them. For the most part, the Federal Government has been conscientious of the problems faced by the Native Americans and has responded to the needs of the people. Before immigrants from all over the world began to arrive on the land now known as the United States, The Native American people lived in relative peace with each other. We never really knew what hate felt like until the immigrants came. As more and more travelers showed up, they began to take our lands from us and push us further into the wilderness, away from the lands we called home. Over time, the Native American people were soon outnumbered and new laws were beginning to be passed to limit our basic civil rights and our rights to religious freedom. Many believed the Native Americans were going to be in the way of the expansion...
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...the United States during the industrialization period after the Civil War. I. Three aspects of industrialization A. Social B. Specialization C. Mechanization II. Five groups that were affected by Industrialization A. African Americans 1. African Americans tried to get Voting Rights 2. African Americans fought for segregation. B. Immigrants 1. More immigrants migrated to the United States to search for jobs. 2. Immigrants were a part of the low class community because of overcrowding. C. Women 1. Women started to leave the role of being a housewife and started to enter the workforce. 2. Women tried to get Voting Rights. D. Farmers 1. Farmers were introduced to new technology. 2. Farmers used new tools and methods to increased food production. E. Native Americans 1. Native Americans had to move out of their homelands for more factories can be built. 2. Native Americans had to move into smaller sections of lands some even had to move to slums that were for the low class community. III. Five ways that industrialization affected the life of the average working American. A. Average workers moved to larger cities and lived in slums. B. Goods were cheaper such as: clothing and weapons. C. Longer working hours in horrible factory conditions. D. There were more restrictions with work because some was in charge. ...
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...Native Americans are the indigenous peoples within the boundaries of the present-day United States, including those in Alaska and Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes and ethnic groups, many of which survive as intact political communities. The terms used to refer to Native Americans have been controversial. According to a 1995 U.S. Census Bureau set of home interviews, most of the respondents with an expressed preference refer to themselves as "American Indians" or simply "Indians"; this term has been adopted by major newspapers and some academic groups, but does not traditionally include Native Hawaiians or certain Alaskan Natives, such as Aleut, Yup'ik, or Inuit peoples. Since the end of the 15th century, the migration of Europeans to the Americas has led to centuries of conflict and adjustment between Old and New World societies. Many Native Americans lived as hunter-gatherer societies and told their histories by oral traditions; Europeans therefore created almost all of the surviving historical record concerning the conflict.[2] The indigenous cultures were quite different from those of the proto-industrial and mostly Christian immigrants. Many[citation needed] native cultures were matrilineal and occupied hunting grounds and agricultural lands for use of the entire community. Europeans at that time had patriarchal cultures and had developed concepts of individual property rights with respect to land that were extremely different. The differences in...
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...elections on their behalf. However, issues are more likely to be referred to the voters which are often confused among complex and (sometimes) obscure ballot measures. Moreover, some people say democracy has gone mad, and others agree that California is simply ungovernable. As tense and dysfunctional as California politics may appear, it seriously affects us all and it has to be understood by examining the past and present characteristics of the state starting with its constantly changing population and economy. The persistent implementation of new technologies and the never-ending arrival of immigrants, have transformed California’s economy and have made its society more diverse and multicultural. To understand the process of California today, we also have to comprehend the past about the evolution of the challenging interests within the state. Archaeologists believe that the ancestors of American Indians crossed an ice bridge or traveled by sea through Asia to Alaska thousands of years ago and then headed towards the south by foot. On the other hand, Europeans began exploring Californian lands and its coasts in the early 1500s, and the colonization process began around 1759 when the Spanish...
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...History The United States of America always was a country of progress and development. Right after the Civil War ended with the reunification of the Northern and Southern states, the renewed country continued to pursue its goal to improvement. The period of rapid industrialization had begun and started to change the face of the United States making it one of the most progressive countries in the world as we know it now. However, there still were some problems to solve: racial and gender segregation, the industrialization of the South and the relations with the Native Americans. Even though the South of the US was reunited with the North, they still were quite different from each other. After the Civil War the Southern states lost most of its capital so the business there was going through tough times. The economy was cash-poor, and the only product that could be changed for money was cotton. Thus, the South became overflowed with cotton-producing farms, and this good became much cheaper quite fast. The industrialization of the Southern states was going much slower than in the Northern ones. However, the railroad system grew enormously fast – the number of the roads increased by four times in 40 years. In the social sphere, racial segregation still stayed the issue of the greatest concern. While in the Northern states the difference between treatment of blacks and whites considerably faded down, it increased in the Southern states. The peak of it led to the...
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...in America According to MerriamWebster.com Racism is a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race. As for discrimination it is the prejudice or prejudicial outlook, action, or treatment. If these words exist in the dictionary it is bound to exist in the real world, and it does. Millions of minorities today are treated immorally just because of the color of their skin. People treat them as if they’re trash; people who don’t deserve to be treated humanely. In the US especially, African American, Latinos, and Native Americans have been the target of these racist and discrimination. To begin, African Americans...
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...and in the same way “discovered” the Native Americans. The question became, how do the natives fit into the Europeans’ belief-system. The Natives were ultimately seen as inferior due to their beliefs which differed from the European’s belief patterns. The Native American’s color became one of the indicators of their inferiority. It could be said, that race, was created in order to separate the cultures and set up categories, inferior and superior groups. Eugenics was the study and perhaps a justification of how races were deemed inferior due to traits inherited from ancestors and was believed to be true by many. By modern standards Eugenics can be seen and identified as a phony science. The European trend of thought on this topic remained consistent, and this ideology was later imposed on yet another, the African Americans. Therefore, the African Americans’ humanity was also questioned and denied. Race later became recognized as a social construct used to distinguish cultures from one another. Race has always been a major crisis here in America since the Europeans “discovered” the natives, to the slavery of the African Americans, and the labor abuse of the Asians, and race will continue to be a basis for many humanitarian movements, as well as a tool it as an incentive for voters in the presidential system. African Americans have been victimized by an unfair belief system based on race. The white elephant in the room with African Americans has been, and will be for a long time...
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...Conflict of Frontier Americans and the Native Americans The Native Americans who lived on the Great Plains depended on vast herds of buffaloes and horses. The buffalo herds provided the Native Americans with food, clothing, and buffalo hides were made into shelter. Horses were used to corral and hunt buffalos, as mounts during wartime and service animals when the clans moved across the Great Plains. The Native Americans lived in family groups called clans, which were ruled by a council of its eldest members. As the Civil War ended, many Americans began looking towards...
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