...the Election of 1900 was, the fact that Teddy Roosevelt had pretty much lead Mc Kinley’s campaign and was the real star of the 1900 Election; later becoming President after Mc Kinley’s assassination. Roosevelt would later on achieve many goals for our nation. “Theodore Roosevelt is literally the rising star of American politics in 1900. He's gone within the space of a little over a year, from obscurity to being, one of the most famous people in America. He's a war hero. He's the war hero, the single greatest war hero to come out of the Spanish-American War. He becomes the man of the hour.” -JOHN MILTON COOPER JR., America 1900 episode -3 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/1900/filmmore/transcript/transcript3.html The other importance of this election to the U.S. would be that, we as a nation could reflect on what was happening during this era and the roads that are forged when built with imperialism. President Mc Kinley’s & Roosevelt’s view on Imperialism was not shared with their opponent, William Bryan. Bryan was against imperialism and the Republican party’s ideal “militant America”, while attacking Mc Kinley’s foreign policies. “Bryan believes that American foreign policy is immoral and that the United States has no business fighting these kinds of wars. He believes that what McKinley has done has not only corrupted American society, but has corrupted the American Constitution.” - WALTER LAFEBER, America 1900 episode -3 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/1900/filmmore/transcript/transcript3...
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...Prior to America's industrial boom in the Gilded age, America had previously finished the Civil War and began the period of Reconstruction to fix the destroyed south while throughout this period the North expanded its industrial size. Throughout the period from 1865 to 1900 the American Government was in a large part isolationism, meaning that America's government was not investing in other nations ordeals. The isolationism policy helped foster improvements in American society and industrialization. America's Industrialization also sparked a large economic boom in addition that Americans moved to Urban environments. Industrialization in American society marks the the beginning of America's large manufacturing industry and less reliance on...
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...The industrial revolution in the 19th century changed the way America has grown. Many changes happened in industrial America during this time period. Advancements in new technology and a lot of immigrants moving to America helped America develop. The new technologies made business labor easier also transporting goods faster and more efficient. This was thanks to the invention of railroads and machinery. Businesses used railroads to transport products and materials around the country to make production more efficient. Also Business owners were able to use machines to lift materials and move materials around on assembly lines. The graph in document 5 shows that American industrial and agricultural between 1850 and 1900 changed. In 1850, only...
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...America is a lot better than it was 50 years ago. Although America had had some setbacks in the past, we now have much better lives. We have more advanced technology that improves our lives, medicines that cure diseases that Americans couldn't cure 50 years ago, better educations for children, and the economy today has improved substantially during these few years. More opportunities for a better life today in America there are plenty of jobs/careers that people are looking for. Some years ago you had a choice of one job or the other and now there is a whole pool of careers. Not just a bunch to choose from but, to be able to choose from something that you know you will love to do. Yes, life in America today is better than it was 50 years ago. Life in America today is much better than it was 50 years ago. We see that people are statistically living longer and living a happier life. We have more luxuries now than ever before. We see an increase in technology that allows us to live a more sophisticated life overall. Cash flow now all people love cash and we are making more cash now than ever before. That is a prime reason why life is better now than it was 50 years ago. Also, technology has influenced many things today and make even more cash. The main thing about life today is cash flow. America is better now because there is more opportunity. America has long been hailed as "the land of opportunity". While this has proven true in the past it is truer today than it has ever...
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...York. The flames that attacked the top three floors of the Asch building killed 176 people. Families were left devastated and citizens were horrified. Most of the people that worked in that building were immigrants. They moved from another country, many wanting a better life. What was life actually like for the brave people who sailed across the ocean, hoping for change? Between the years 1900 and 1915 over 15 million immigrants arrived in America. This is about equal to the number of immigrants who arrived in the previous forty years combined. The majority of newcomers came from non English speaking countries. It was during this time of immigration that the Triangle Factory Fire took place. Most of the people working in the Asch building at this time were Italian or Jewish. Jewish families were trying to escape the prosecution and economic hardships that were taking place in their home countries. Italians came across the sea with the promise of wealth and prosperity in America. (Haddix 283)...
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...BUSINESS there were many factors why we the people of time magazine chose 1900- 1910 as decade of the year for 2015.This decade brought us many achievements but it was also due to the fact it was at the height and middle of the progressive era. During these years america was transitioning between many great changes. Now let's take a little step further back in american history to reconstruction. As the civil war came to a close new ambitions for the future of the nation were targeted either socially, economically, and politically wise. America was being reformed after both its physical and ‘mental’ damage. It is known this whole reconstruction plan did not succeed in some notable areas but economically it prospered, leading to a new main...
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...The Gilded Age The purpose of this essay is to show how the Industrial Revolution of the Gilded Age contributed to increased problems in gender, race and class in the latter half of 19th century America. Mark Twain coined the term "The Gilded Age" between the years 1870 and 1900 America in reference to the gold gilding that became popular in the era, but also masked very serious social conflicts that arose across the country (Twain, 1996). Ultimately, with economic growth came wider income gaps and brutal social issues with gender, race and class that divided the country. Throughout the Gilded Age, swift financial growth simultaneously increased the size of the labor force, which in turn increased wages (Roediger, 1991). Given that these wages were higher than in Europe, people immigrated to America en masse, which then increased the overall poverty rates (Roediger, 1991). The Gilded Age also transferred industry from independent craftsman toward railroads, factory manufacturing and mining, which created less skilled and more regimented labor forces. This meant that people were forced to work under poor conditions, which stripped workers of their independence, which was the American way prior to the Industrial Revolution (Twain, 1996). These mass-production methods were created as offshoots of the steam engine with technical advancements expanding the size of workforces, making them larger and set up to accommodate more production, which created new jobs with a higher...
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...In the early 1900s, many Americans were either lower or working class citizens including European immigrants. In The Bitter Cry of Children by John Spargo and The Promise Land by Mary Antin, the two authors discuss the similarities and differences of the economic and social societies of the working class as well as the immigrants in America. Today, these documents are valuable to us because it describes the events in the 1900s like children working in dangerous situations and how new immigrants were settling into America. Both Spargo and Antin describe the 1900s as a time where two similar, yet different, classes wanted to head towards the same goal, despite their different starting points. These two documents were grouped together because they both described the economic struggles and the social similarities of each class. John Spargo illustrated the working class using children who worked in mines since their parents were unable to make enough money. Similarly, Antin...
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...Get Prison” we basically read and learn more about the high crime rate in America, and what excuses we make for these high crime rates. We can see that the crime rates have fluctuated over time since the 1900’s, but even at some of the times of the lowest crime rates in America, it was still higher that even the higher crime rates in most other Western industrial societies. When making comparisons with the US and European countries, we learn that there is a much higher rate of lethal violence, such as suicide in the US. Even though the rates of violent crime in America has declined over recent years, author’s believe that this has more to do with changes in America’s economic status rather than law’s and government policies. Some of the changes in the crime rates could have to do with the “imprisonment binge”, but the number of incarcerated criminals does not reduce the number of criminals we have in America, it just reduces the number of criminals we have roaming free in America. We know that crime is not completely avoidable, and the government has been making changes to help reduce the risks and the likeliness of lethal and dangerous crimes happening. Some of the precautions that have been made include: effective gun control, decriminalization if illicit drugs, amelioration of poverty, the prevention of child abuse or neglect, and they also are taking precautions for at-risk adolescents. In America, there are many “excuses” for the high crime rates that we have. Some of the...
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...From the years 1898 to 1900, both the supporters and the opponents of the Spanish-American War believed that their belief on imperialism reflected the presumption of American identity through the political and economic policies of the time as well as the literature written about the social aspects of imperialism. The advocates for imperialism in the late nineteenth century supported their beliefs in a variety of ways. Most notably, they backed up their views by stating it was their god given right to become a dominating world power. In 1899, Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem titled The White Man's Burden: The United States and the Philippine Islands. The poem was about how god gave white people the task of enlightening those of different culture. Senator Albert Beveridge referenced this idea when he stated, ¨Fellow Americans, we are God´s chosen people¨(Document 4). The American people honestly believed they were better...
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... as time began to change the world, policing changed as well. In this paper this author will evaluate the past, present and future trends in the interface between components of the criminal justice system and criminal justice connections with surrounding society which involves policing in the United States of America. Past Trends Sometimes it’s better to let the things in the past, stay in the past but not when it comes to policing, back in the late 1800s and early 1900s police made people feel safe within their community. Police officers would walk the streets patrolling the neighborhood, standing on street corners talking to the neighbors in the community and actually getting to know the people who they help protect. That was when citizens and police officers actually knew each other on a first name basis, when citizens felt police officers cared about them and what went on in their community. During this era citizens felt safer and had a better relationship with the police but as time went on and technology got better the relationship that was developed between police officers and citizens changed dramatically. By the mid-1900s new technology had a significant influence on policing,...
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...Examples from 1900’s & today | The Decline of Small, Traditional Communities. | This decline would not be known to a person whom had never lived in, or seen a small community like so it is easily overlooked. | 1900’s: in the camps of hunters and gatherers and in the rural villages of Europe and North America, people lived in small communities where life revolved around family and neighborhood.Today: Small, isolated communities still exist in the United States, of course, but are home to only a tiny percentage of our nation’s people. | The Expansion of Personal Choice. | People in traditional, preindustrial societies view their lives as shaped by forces beyond human control – gods, spirits, fate. As the power of tradition weakens, people come to see their lives as an unending series of options, a process Berger calls individualization. | Many people in the United States choose a particular lifestyle, showing an openness to change. Indeed, it is a common belief that people should take control of their lives.1900’s: The choice of religion and community.Today: Being able to choose what school you go to, what clothes you wear, what sexual orientation you are, etc. | Increasing Social Diversity. | In preindustrial societies, strong family ties and powerful religious beliefs enforce conformity and discourage diversity and change. Modernization promotes a more rational, scientific world view as tradition loses its hold and people gain more individual choice. | 1900’s to Today:...
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...Richard Wright’s life has been affected by American society throughout his whole life. In the early 1900s, America was trying to cooperate between the North and South, coming out of the Civil War. Segregation and discrimination was still roaming throughout Southern society, and Richard being born in Mississippi, he was bound to experience both segregation and discrimination. After the Civil War, many former slaves and their children spread across the United States, known as the Great Migration, while others stayed in the South. Richards family stayed in the South with the Jim Crow Laws built into Southern society. Since the founding of America, race-relations throughout history hasn’t been the greatest. With immigration increasing from year...
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...People were not afraid to leave their homes and take strolls through the neighborhood at night, whenever they felt like walking to get some fresh air, thanks to the police. The policing throughout the city and in the neighborhood s made citizens feel safe, people were not afraid to leave their homes and sit outside on their front porches. However, as time began to change the world, policing changed as well. In this paper this author will evaluate the past, present and future trends in the interface between components of the criminal justice system and criminal justice connections with surrounding society which involves policing in the United States of America. Sometimes it’s better to let the things in the past, stay in the past but not when it comes to policing, back in the late 1800s and early 1900s police made people feel safe within their community. Police officers would walk the streets patrolling the neighborhood, standing on street corners talking to the neighbors in the community and actually getting to know the people who they help protect. That was when citizens and police officers actually knew each other on a first name basis, when citizens felt police officers cared about them and what went on in their community. During this era citizens felt safer and had a better relationship with the police but as time went on and technology got better the relationship that was developed between...
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...The Evolution of Langston Hughes In the 1900s America was constantly evolving. Langston Hughes, an African American poet, wrote poems about civil rights, hope, and the American dream that inspired other African Americans to fight for equality in the 1900s. Hughes wrote during a time period that African Americans were not treated equally. In 1964 the Civil Rights Act was signed creating equality and ending segregation for African Americans. As America changed, Hughes perspective on America and equality evolved affecting his writing. In the beginning of Hughes’s writing career he was critical of America, but was inspiring to the lower class. For example, In “Let America Be America Again”, by Langston Hughes, he states, “There’s never been equality...
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