...The period of American History that extends from the late 19th century to the early 20th century was a great time of political, economic, and social growth and expansion in the United States. Some Americans moved west in hopes of striking it rich in the gold rush, or settling down on a farm to make a living for themselves, and their families. Others immigrated to the country from all parts of the world hoping to live out their own American dream, and find a new, better life for themselves. The turning point of this age, however, was the rise of big businesses, and the expansion of industrialism as the frontier officially closed, and America began to build up, into big cities, while before it had been expanding outwards toward the west coast....
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...Major Historical Turning Points of America: Essay I Brian Tui Strayer University Dr. Donna Reeves History 105 January 19, 2013 Abstract What are the major turning points in American’s timeline that helped shaped it into the amazing country that it is today? What was the impact of those turning points on today’s American culture? This essay will give us a tour through two major turn points in America. The first being the “Turning point of the civil war” and the second being the “Turning point of Industrialization and Urbanization”. In the “Turning point of the civil war” we will peer into several possible outcomes of the “Reconstruction Period had Abraham Lincoln survived”. In the “Turning point of Industrialization and urbanization we will also investigate “Industrializations effect on the average working American” and touch on “How state courts served to discriminate against non-white citizens and immigrants”. Finally we will conclude with “The New America”. My view on how the events of the past shaped America into the wonderful nation I am so proud of today. Turning Point of the Civil War America could not be the honored country that it is today had it not been for the turning point of the civil war. In the mid-1800s the Northern and Southern states were divided on many differences. A major difference that lingered after the signing of the Constitution was slavery. You have the Northern statesmen who firmly oppose slavery and the Southern statesmen...
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...Throughout history, the world has been subjected to many major turning points. Some of these turning points have had little to no effect on the world, while some have created a lasting change, altering how we live today. Many historians are all asking the same question. Which of these turning points made the greatest impact on the current world? Of all the changes, two stand out among the rest; the Neolithic Revolution and Henry Tudor creating the Church of England. The first major turning point in history was the Neolithic revolution. This revolution took place at about 10000 B.C.E. Before this, people lived in small nomadic groups that collected food through hunting and gathering. This lifestyle was often very dangerous. People risked their...
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...Doran Fogle The French Revolution, which included Napoleon’s reign, is considered a major turning point in world history. This revolution led to major changes in France and other nations and regions worldwide, inspiring and acting as a catalyst to many more movements across the world. Social, political, and economic circumstances in France contributed to the disapproval felt by many French people, especially those in the third estate, who paid most of the taxes. The unfair power of the king, unfair taxation, new ideas, and stories of people who had it better frustrated this third estate and brewed deep in France, with no attention from the king his cauldron boiled over. King Louis XIV and Louis XVI had extravagant lifestyles which caused many political concerns. France was spending more money than it was...
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...The Bubonic Plague: A turning point in history The Bubonic Plague, which also goes by other names such as: the Black Death, the Black Plague, the Great Pestilence, is a disease that devastated the medieval world with a 9 out of 10 mortality rate (Vyas). It is so resilient that cases of infection are still being recorded in America today –although in a much milder manner. The plague then killed of almost one-third of Europe’s population, leaving lasting effects wherever it had touched (Bussema and Witowski). This fatal epidemic disease has since changed how we take on such diseases, and modified our tactics on handling epidemics and other contagious diseases. The Black Plague is an infection caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis (originally known as Pasteurella pestis) (Kohn). The name of the bacterium comes from the scientist that discovered it; French bacteriologist, Alexandre Yersin (Tyson). The pestilence has a typical incubation period of two to seven days before the symptoms begin to show. The plague has many symptoms, some of which include: chills, fever, nausea, and painful swelling of the lymph nodes (called buboes –from which the disease is named) that occur in the armpits and neck and groin. Other symptoms of the illness are: red spots on the skin that turned black, the rotting of flesh whilst still living, severe headache, weakness, and vomiting. Yet, most cases were fatal by the third day (Vyas). This disease was transferred from infected animals -most often...
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...A turning point in European history occurs between the period of time when the Thirty Years War ends and Europe recovers from the War. The Peace of Westphalia extended the recognition of Lutheranism and also legalized Calvinism, not only taking away reason to fight over religion, but also taking away the Holy Roman Empire’s ability to dictate religious beliefs throughout Europe. Politically, the Catholic Church loses a lot of influence, likewise to the Holy Roman Empire losing a lot of power when other countries started to take over, especially as France started to emerge. When the treaties of the Peace of Westphalia were signed, Europe brought back the religious peace between Europe. This allowed German princes to govern their territory, and...
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...initiated 1911 Revolution.So was 1911 Revolution a turning point of modern China history?To a large extent,I agree with this statement. To commence with,1911 Revolution had contributed to the end of the monarchical form of Chinese government.Before 1911 Revolution,China had been ruled by the monarchical form of government for over two thousand years.Emperor possessed the highest power in the country and the general public must show absolute obedience on his demand.People were deprived of their political rights as most of them were never granted a chance to become a government official.In the 1911 Revolution,Yuan Shikai,with his military power,forced the Qing emperor Xuantong to abdicate.All the previous Qing officials soon lost their political powers.With the downfall of Qing dynasty,the monarchical form of government seemed to come to an end.On 12 February 1912,268 years of Manchu rule ended.After 1911 Revolution,the head of the country was called president rather than emperor.Instead of monarchism,republicanism was practiced.Every Chinese could have a chance to vote for their leaders.People could also have a chance to speak up for themselves.Electoral elements were introduced to the political system.Comparing with the autocratic and dictatorial rule before,1911 Revolution had overthrown these kinds of regimes and introduced a democratic political system.The two different ruling styles had indicated that 1911 Revolution was a turning point. Second,1911 Revolution had changed the...
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...The Second Industrial Revolution (1870-1914) was an important turning point in American and world history. New inventions, such as the lightbulb, completely transformed daily life for millions of people, allowing for safe and dependable light at all hours. Entrepreneurs like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and Henry Ford transformed the world of industry with mass production of products such as steal, oil, and automobiles. This uptick in production had several effects. The first was that the big companies made large quantities product in a short amount of time, changing the balance of supply and demand, lowering prices. Another effect of big business was that they generally outperformed and undermined small and family owned businesses,...
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...One Turning Point in the Vietnam War Valerie L. Kroll September 21, 2014 Professor Melissa Tennyson DeVry University There were quite a few events during the Vietnam War that can be considered “turning points.” One such event was the Buddhist crisis in 1963. The Buddhist crisis is a sorrowful and disheartening portion of history that could have very well been circumvented. Diem the president of South Vietnam provoked the Buddhist community. Diem operated his civilian and military organizations almost entirely with Catholics. Many had recently migrated south, and he saw to it that Catholic villages collected most of the U.S. aid funds (Moss, 2010). These strangers had exclusive pleasures; they did not speak the local languages, and did not understand their individual troubles. Southern Buddhist peasants begrudged having northern Catholics, who looked down on them and were not concerned to their well-being. The preferential treatment the Catholic’s received from Diem created impossibility for Diem’s administration to gain the confidence and devotion of many southern peasants (Moss, 2010). The government prohibiting the flying of the Buddhist flag prompted the Buddhist crisis (Moss, 2010). South Vietnam Buddhists started to gain attention around the world for their religious persecution through the circulation of writings in addition to demonstrations through hunger strikes, extreme acts that included of self-sacrifice, along with peaceful protests (Toong, 2008)...
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...D'état according to Merriam-Webster dictionary is a sudden attempt by a small group of people to take over the government usually through violence. Ngo Dihm Diem was the first president of South Vietnam in October 1955. The coup d'état of Diem was a turning point in the Vietnam war and world history. South Vietnam was supported by United States but during his presidency the civil war still continued between anti-communist and communist guerrillas backed by North Vietnam. Diem valued power more than people of Vietnam. He was a core Catholic and was against all Buddhist. President Kennedy's administration urged government reform upon Diem- he was asked clean up the corruption within his government. He ignored the plea from the States and that was an insult to Kennedy Administration. Thus coup d'état against Diem on November 1, 1963 was plotted so it was a turning point in history. An event is what happened in history. A turning point is considered when something changes the direction. It was not a event because it was not supposed to happen this way but had to do the plotting against diem to avoid more conflict and spread of communism. The event preceding the turning point was necessary and essential in preparing for the turning point because Diem misuses his political power with his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu and his wife. Population in South Vietnam 80 percent were peasants. Majority of the Christians who were wealthy landowners were on Diem's side. Diem's regime was marked as widespread...
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...Did Jackie Robinson have a life changing turning points to shape our history? Yes, he did. Actually three people did. For example in the autobiography I Never Had It Made by Jackie Robinson, the memoir Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals, and the article “The Father Of Chinese Aviation”, by Rebecca Maksel all had a major turning point in their lives. Their turning points made history what it is now. In the autobiography I Never Had It Made, is a story about Jackie Robinson, the first black person to play in the Major League Baseball. At the time most of the country was segregated based on skin color. Many white people were racist toward black people. Some obstacles he faced are racial slurs, disrespect from white fans and players, hate mail, and threats to him and his family. Robinson even said,” bigoted fans screaming ‘n----’ ” In his life he learned to use perseverance despite difficulties. He kept moving forward. Robinson said that a white kid said,” Attaboy Jackie”. This shows that white people finally changed their mind about black people playing in the Major League Baseball....
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...How We Chose Our Topic We chose turning points in baseball history because we thought it would be interesting to learn about. We all play and love baseball so we wanted to know how it really changed history. We all know a few players were famous because of their color. Also, we all wanted to know what baseball meant when the color barrier was not broken. Moreover, our group wanted to know how baseball was a major point in history. Lastly, we wanted to know many different ways the color barrier was broken and who broke it. In conclusion, since baseball is famous today we wanted to know how it really became so famous. How We Constructed Our Research We constructed our research in several ways. One way we researched out topic was we went to the library and asked the librarian for books about Jackie Robinson and Babe Ruth. She helped us find many books and we took notes on these people. Since there are four people in our group, we needed to split the work evenly. Two people researched about people, and two people researched about events in baseball history. Splitting the work between four people made it so much easier to construct our website. In addition, each member of the group gathered pictures off Google that related to our topic. How We Created and Developed Our Website After we finished researching about the major turning points in Major League Baseball history we asked our teacher about setting up an account for our website. After setting up our account we saw...
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...Due on Monday 10:00 am ( I would prefer this by tonight 10pm) Discussion question # 1: not an Essay - a couple paragraphs discussing the following. The Cold War ran from the end of World War II in 1945 to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. That is a lot of history, and a great many events occurred in the world during those 44 years. One of them, but only one of them, is the proxy war that we call the Vietnam War. There was always a danger that a rather low-level proxy war could escalate and even rise to the level of nuclear confrontation and war. The dangers were perceived as great – that the Cold War could get hot and out of control. To start, what other events of the Cold War years fit this idea of “proxy war?” What kind of steps did world leaders take to keep Cold War proxy wars from heating up? What were such leaders thinking? Due on Monday 10:00am ( I would prefer this by tonight 10pm) Discussion question #2: not an Essay - a couple paragraphs disccing the following. Not long before the Vietnam War is considered to have started – around the time period we focus on this class week, 1963 and 1964 – Dag Hammarskjøld of Sweden was serving as Secretary General of the United Nations. He is quoted to have said, “Peacekeeping is not a soldier’s job, but only a soldier can do it.” This quote is often the driving logic behind what came to be known as mlitary operations other than war. With the years prior to this week’s discussions, American forces...
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...Write a 5-6 page paper in which you: 1. Identify at least two (2) major historical turning points in the period under discussion. 2. Analyze the impact of the two (2) or more major historical turning points selected on America’s current society, economy, politics, and culture. 3. Give at least two (2) reasons that Americans in the late 1930s wanted to stay out of the European conflict that became World War II. 4. Explain the role that women played to help win World War II. 5. Describe at least two civil rights breakthroughs after World War II that moved the cause of African-Americans forward. 6. Describe at least two (2) ways in which the Vietnam War brought political awareness to a new generation of young Americans. 7. Describe at least two (2) programs of President Johnson’s “Great Society” agenda that are still with us today. 8. Include at least two (2) references other than the textbook. At least one (1) of your sources must be obtained from the collection of databases accessible from the Learning Resources Center Web page. Generic encyclopedic Internet resources such as Wikipedia or Answers.com will not be considered acceptable. Your assignment must: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name...
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...Assignment Answer two questions: 1) What do you see as the three main turning points that have created the internal political and cultural tensions in the Central America region from the colonial period to the present day? Describe these turning points in terms of the people who were involved in creating change and the controversies of the times. The history of Central America is considered to be a colorful one but rather complicated and even tragic because a lot of historical events took place and influenced greatly the political, economic and cultural development of the Central America region. (Perez-Brignoli, 1989) It is known that Central America has seen wars and dictators, foreign interventions and economic crises. (Booth & Walker, 1999) To my mind, the three turning points that have created the internal political and cultural tensions in the Central America region from the colonial period to the present day are the following ones: • Colonization of Central America by Spain in 1523. • When Central America declared Independence in 1821 and on June 1, 1823 five countries of Central America were united. • Revolution in 1944-1954 in Guatemala. The first turning point can be related to the period of colonization. The local population tried to stand against the Spaniards but Indian tribes had no chances to win. All the cities were captured by the colonizers. Some cities were burned and great deals of local people were killed. The Spaniards had control over the whole...
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