...Rappold American history 5 16 february 2016 Gilded Age: 9 When during the period of mass immigration that began in the mid-1840’s and ended in the mid-1920, the population of the United States increased from about 17 million to more than 105 million. This six fold increase was unparalleled elsewhere in the Western industrializing world. Even before the onset of mass immigration, extremely high rates of natural growth had doubled the population of the new nation in less than 25 years, but toward the end of the 19th century natural growth rates declined as the excess of births over deaths diminished. During the 1870s death rates were as high as 22 per thousand and birth rates exceeded 40 per thousand. By the decade...
Words: 967 - Pages: 4
...Timeline Part II NOTE: Before starting the Timeline project please refer to the "Example Timeline Matrix" document. Instructions: Complete the matrix by providing the Time Period/Date(s) in column B, and the Description and Significance of the People/Event(s) to American History in column C. See complete instructions in the Syllabus for the Module 3 assignment entitled. “Timeline Part II.” NOTE: The timeline project does not need to be submitted to turnitin. NOTE: Please write your answers in a clear and concise manner. Limit your submission of the Timeline Part II up to 250 words per topic/subtopic. For example, if a topic is divided into 3 subtopics, you may write a maximum of 250 per subtopic listed. Be sure to cite all sources. Major Event/Epoch in American History | Time Period/Date(s) | Description and Significance of the People/Event(s) to American History | 1) The evolution of the institution of slavery from the Colonial Period to the 1860s. | 16th Century – 19th Century | I found this excerpt from Robert Francis Engs from the Macmillan Information Now Encyclopedia: The history of African American slavery in the United States can be divided into two periods: the first coincided with the colonial years, about 1650 to 1790; the second lasted from American independence through the Civil War, 1790 to 1865. Prior to independence, slavery existed in all the American colonies and therefore was not an issue of sectional debate. With the arrival of independence...
Words: 1602 - Pages: 7
...Significance of the People/Event(s) to American History | 1) The evolution of the institution of slavery from the Colonial Period to the 1860s. | 1619-1860 | At first, slaves could earn their freedom. When they did, slaves tended to own their own slaves. This is how it was up until 1750 when Georgia legalized slavery. Slavery was more needed in the south than the north due to the climate and ability to grow more crops. (Webmaster, 2011) Around 1808, the importation of slavery ended due to the rise in births. Blacks then made up 20% of the American population. | 2) The socio-cultural impact of the abolitionist movement including: a) The effect of Uncle Tom’s Cabin b) The Kansas-Nebraska Act c) The Compromise of 1850 d) The Underground Railroad | A) 1851-1852B) 1854C) 1850D) 1830-End of the civil war | A) After the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, there were many uproars. The liberals said the book was not strong enough. The moderates praised the author for writing a book that personified slaves. Those for slavery...
Words: 1557 - Pages: 7
...of slavery from the Colonial Period to the 1860s. | 1619 - 1865 | Slavery began with in 1619 with the first slaves brought to Virginia as indentured servants. As time goes by, slavery becomes more popular, to help with farming large farms or plantations. Though the Declaration of Independence in 1776 states that “all men are created equal” this did not apply to people of color. By the time the Civil War starts, slavery is big business, and the south is fighting for the right to keep it. In 1865 the U.S. abolishes slavery with the 13th Amendment. | 2) The socio-cultural impact of the abolitionist movement including: a) The effect of Uncle Tom’s Cabin b) The Kansas-Nebraska Act c) The Compromise of 1850 d) The Underground Railroad | 1850 - 1865 | a) Uncle Tom’s Cabin brought to light the horrors of slavery. This gave more fuel to the already strong abolitionist movement. b) The Kansas-Nebraska Act created the territories...
Words: 1330 - Pages: 6
...migration increased to record numbers between 1940 and 1969. T F 2. Most of the 17th century Jewish immigrants were small farmers from Germany and Poland. T F 3. Declining economic conditions in central Europe contributed to a dramatic increase in Jewish immigration to the U.S. after 1820. T F 4. During the 1920s and 1930s millions of Jews entered the U.S. fleeing the persecution in Europe. T F 5. Between 1930 and 1940 the number of openly anti-Semitic organizations in the U.S. sharply declined. T F 6. Jewish Americans have always supported extremist groups as a method of resisting anti- Semitism. T F 7. During the 1960s civil rights movement, Jewish American students and lawyers comprised over half of those registering African Americans to vote and defending those imprisoned. T F 8. Jews were allowed full political participation, including the right to vote and hold office, in the Atlantic coast colonies from the earliest days of their arrival. T F 9. Many Jewish voters moved from the Democratic party to the Republican party in the 1850s because of its antislavery position. T F 10. The “oppression mentality” among Jews who escaped political oppression in Europe has kept them from becoming politically active in the U.S. T F 11. A number of Jewish civil rights groups have sought to eliminate discrimination against ...
Words: 1052 - Pages: 5
...By the 1920s, there were about 200,000 Arab Americans, mostly Christians. They and their descendants make up a substantial proportion of today’s Arab American population. The rest of this group encompasses many recent immigrants from Arab countries, most of whose religious background is Muslim. These immigrants and their descendants have helped make Islam the second largest U.S. religion. Many immigrants have fled wars in the Middle East. Most have a strong sense of Arab origins and an inclination to be critical of certain U.S. government policies in the Middle East. Asian Americans: Since the 1980s, Filipinos, Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese, and Asian Indians have been among the fastest-growing U.S. immigrant groups. For key periods from 1820 to the present. Relatively few Filipinos, Koreans, Vietnamese, or Asian Indians immigrated to the U.S. mainland before the 1960s. Thereafter, immigration increased dramatically. More than 4 million immigrants have come since 1980. Most Asian Indians have arrived in the U.S. since the 1960s. In contrast, Chinese immigration has involved two major periods. The first began about 1850 and lasted until 1882, the year of the Chinese Exclusion Act, which prohibited direct immigration from China. Large-scale immigration did not resume until the immigration reforms in 1965. Today, the largest Asian-Pacific American populations are in major cities; Los Angeles, New York, Honolulu, and San Francisco lead the list. Because of past immigration barriers...
Words: 685 - Pages: 3
...Mexican American spans for over four hundred years in the United States and continues to play a major part in the evolution and growth in today’s society in America. Throughout their history here in the United States, Mexican Americans have been subjected to many years of discrimination simply because of their race, culture, language, and ethnicity. According to Public Broadcast System (2010), between 1850 and 1880, 55,000 Mexican workers migrated back to parts of the United States that once had actually been owned by Mexico, but now was considered to be the United States. These Mexican workers were considered a vital part of the work force for the economy in the United States, but worked for very low wages; many of them having to work in situations that were considered in-humane. Prejudice dealings were among the many things that the Mexicans had to face. The working conditions alone could be considered a prejudice. Just because the workers were willing to work for a lower wage and forced to live and work in-humane environments proved to be a form of discrimination. In the 1920’s there was a social prejudice against Mexicans, they were viewed as a threat to the health and morals to the rest of the society (National Park Service, 2004). In 1930 it was recommended that the classrooms be segregated between the Mexicans and the Americans. In fact, it was encouraged that the schools be segregated completely form one another (National Park Service, 2004). In 1930 it was recommended...
Words: 454 - Pages: 2
...eat more fish, lobster, and the typical coconut rice that goes with every meal, from rice and eggs in the breakfast, to fish and plantain for lunch or dinner. In Medellin, the second largest city in Colombia, Bandeja Paisa is the main dish. It contains beans, rice, beef, sausage, friend eggs and fried pork skin. All of these typical dishes are different from one city to the other; but they were all influenced by Spanish heritage when Columbus colonized Colombia and brought with him many recipes and new ideologies that the native people accepted, and took as theirs. On the other hand, American’s cuisine has being influenced by multiple other countries. Because of the major immigration movements starting with Irish (1840-1850s), Germans (1840-1880s), Jews from Eastern Europe (1880-1920s), Mexicans (1920-2000s), and Dominicans, Haitians, and Jamaicans (1970-1980s) that came during the last century (Germans, Norwegians) American food has very little of original tradition. Another way Colombian and American food are different is because the food in the United States does not depend on the fauna or climate as much because of the highly developed industrialized-agriculture that allows consumers to buy any type of food at their local supermarket. For example, the American favorite sourdough bread that is typically from San Francisco, and has origins in ancient Egypt, is available in almost every Walmart store (American Food). Also the southern favorite biscuits and gravy can be purchased...
Words: 756 - Pages: 4
...of organized gangs",[8] some of them known as the Mims, Hectors, Bugles, and Dead Boys. These gangs often came into conflict with each other. The members dressed "with colored ribbons to distinguish the different factions."[9] Many poor orphans in Victorian London survived by joining pick-pocketing gangs controlled by adult criminals.[citation needed] At the beginning of the 19th century, child criminals in Britain were punished in the same way as adults. They were sent to adult prisons, transported to the various Australian penal colonies, flogged, and sentenced to death for crimes such as petty theft.[10][11][12] All the major cities of Victorian England in the late 19th century had gangs.[13][14] Chicago had over 1,000 gangs in the 1920s.[15] These early gangs had reputations for many criminal activities, but in most countries could not profit from drug trafficking prior to drugs being made illegal by laws such as the 1912 International Opium Convention and the 1919 Volstead Act.[citation needed] Gang involvement in...
Words: 422 - Pages: 2
...American History | 1) The evolution of the institution of slavery from the Colonial Period to the 1860s. | 1600s-1860s | Slavery was the main source of manual labors in the southern territories after the invention of cotton gin; since the machine increase the profitable cash and required more manual labor- leading to the plantation system. Prior to this event, slave trade was mostly involved in New England- the triangle trade, which keep the flow of slaves to Europe in exchange for molasses; the main ingredient for rum making. | 2) The socio-cultural impact of the abolitionist movement including: a) The effect of Uncle Tom’s Cabin b) The Kansas-Nebraska Act c) The Compromise of 1850 d) The Underground Railroad | a) 1851-1852 b) 1854 c) 1850 d) 1800s | A- The abolitionism movement opposes the idea of slavery on the moral ground for many Northerners did not believe in the slavery system for their economy doesn’t base on the plantation system which requires much more...
Words: 1916 - Pages: 8
...Together as One Often described as a “melting pot”, the United States of America has a rich history of welcoming immigrants, with their many traditions and customs, with open arms. Before the founding fathers signed their declaration, the “New World” of America was already viewed as a safe haven and land of freedom for those escaping religious and social persecution. As our nation developed, the stream of immigrants increased, fueling industrialization through the mid to late 1800s. On the heels of the Industrial Revolution, immigration numbers spiked, leading to Emergency Quota Acts in the 1920s. Such restrictions continued through the rest of the century, changing the ethnic makeup of the United States. In recent years, heated discussions concerning immigration have emerged on the national political platform. As the nation’s leaders reevaluate the role of immigrants in the United States, from a legal perspective it is important to remember the influence such people have had on the nation’s social, cultural, and economical history. Since the founding of the United States, numerous legislative acts that have been passed by the government, in order to regulate the immigrants entering to America. In 1798, four such laws were passed by the United States Congress. Referred to as the Alien and Sedition Acts, these laws were created due to the fear of war with France, and they were intended to strengthen the Federal Government. Sponsored by the Federalist Party, the Acts...
Words: 3817 - Pages: 16
...Irish emigration across the Atlantic began long before 1800. In the 1600s, approximately 25,000 Irish Catholics left – some were forced to move, others left voluntarily – for the Caribbean and Virginia, while from the 1680s onwards Irish Quakers and Protestant Dissenters began to depart for the New World. Considerable Presbyterian emigration from Ireland's northern Province of Ulster took place from the 1710s onward, alongside smaller Anglican Protestant and Catholic emigration from Ulster and the southern province of Munster. This pattern continued until the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1814. Ireland had benefited considerably from price rises associated with war on the European Continent, only to suffer as a result of the drop in export price levels following the Battle of Waterloo. From 1815 to the start of the Great Irish Famine (1846–1852), between 800,000 and one million Irish sailed for North America with roughly half settling in Canada and the other half settling in the United States. Significantly, no other European country contributed as many emigrants per capita to the New World as Ireland during this period. Until the early 1830s, Protestant departures exceeded the number of Catholics leaving Ireland. Thereafter, Catholics greatly outnumbered Protestants. The demise of the cottage spinning industry in the first half of the 19th century – especially from the early 1830s onwards – led to a massive displacement of workers. Nonetheless, the rise of the linen industry...
Words: 1704 - Pages: 7
...[Subject] [Date] Introduction United States in 1950 The year, 1850 is a very significant era in the history of United States being the pre civil war era. The north was undergoing huge developments and progress and people were immigrating to big cities. The southern region is a total contrary example, with a total of 3.2 million black slaves. The region was not developing due to total dependence and cotton production, rather than, industrialization. The era presents two entirely different regions in the same region leading to the civil war in the end. Contrary to north, southern region had feudal society and prevalence of slavery. There were extremely rich, each with enslaved people. The difference was escalating between both regions, and people belonging to those regions they identified themselves as different people. The difference led to the Civil war in the end. Kansan is 1850’s The state of Kansas possesses a central place in civil war history, as well as, the pre civil war era. Before the beginning of civil war, Kansas was undergoing fights between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups. The tension was centered to address the notion, whether Kansas would be regarded as slave or a Free State territory or a slave state territory Negros (Kleppnerr, p. 300-316). The issue was to maintain peace between Abolitionists and slave holders. The slavery and its opposing groups initiated war on Kansas border in 1850, which is known as ‘the border war’. Since, the government decided...
Words: 2147 - Pages: 9
...Fact and Fiction of Irish Americans History of the Immigration Beginning almost 300 years ago Irish immigrants were among the first large groups of people to migrate to the New World. With years of wars, famine, and religious persecution in Ireland, these people came to America to build a new life. Not afraid of hard work the Irish came and built a life they could be proud of; although the Irish American believes that they have been victim of discrimination. NINA ‘No Irish Need Apply’ and WASP ‘White Anglo Saxon Protestant’ is and ingrained belief that the Irish American’s “remember” (Jenson, 2004). Another current issue is the unjust treatment of the Irish seeking political asylum in the United States (McElrath, 1997). The first Irish immigrants came in the 1580s to the Carolinas long before the founding of the United States of America. It is believed that possibly hundreds of thousands of Protestant Irish immigrated in these early years. This is contrary to the urban myth of the Irish Catholic American origins (Meagher, 2009). The next big migration of Irish to America was in the 1700s to 1820s. These immigrants assimilated easily into the American way of life as most prospered at a rate that could not have been conceived in Ireland. “Nearly half of General Washington’s continental arm, including 1492 officers and 22 generals, were of Irish descent” (American Immigration law Foundation, 2001, p. 1). Even with the influx of Irish throughout early history of America...
Words: 1191 - Pages: 5
...The Progressive Era DeAveon Sharpe The Progressive Era was a period of widespread social activism and political reform that spread across the United States, from the 1890s to the 1920s. The main reason for the Progressive movement were to eliminate the problems like industrialization, urbanization, immigration and corruption.At this time immigrants could migrate without so many problems like, them not being able to escape from being slaves, the literacy test, and etc. Also not having to pay to vote after immigrating with no education or money. The children during the progressive era/ industrial revolution worked hard hours for little or no pay. Children as young as six years old worked up to 19 hours...
Words: 571 - Pages: 3
