...Cast two Shadows is a story about Caroline Whittaker, a 14 year old girl who lived in Camden, South Carolina on a plantation during the American Revolution. As the war goes on Caroline’s father is sent to jail for being a rebel. Her brother is at war fighting for the Loyalist. Caroline’s family home is taken over by Lord Colonel Francis Rawdon, a leader of the British army. Caroline her mother and sister are forced to be the servants for Colonel Rawdon and the other soldiers in Caroline’s house. This invasion affects not just the plantation owners but everyone who lives on the plantation and in the town. I t change the lives of slaves, women, and loyalist and forced them to play major roles during the war. The slaves played a significant role in the American Revolution. They served as cooks; they fed everybody on the plantation including the other slaves. They served as maids and cleaned the plantation. They took care of the people who were injured on the plantation. The slaves also raised the owner's children and their children. Occasionally, the slaves served as soldiers in battles. During the American Revolution women played an important role. A lot of these women husbands were soldiers. They were away from home fighting in the war. The women were forced to take care of the house, become servants to the British army, help in the fields and help to make weapons for the soldiers. Caroline’s role has change significantly. Her family was wealthy. Before the war she...
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...The Civil War can be viewed as the "second American Revolution" in a few ways. The Civil War spoke to a radical move in how convictions and feelings would perpetually be found in American majority rules system. Preceding the Civil War, there was not a genuine talk concerning how the possibility of feelings, energetic and non-debatable esteems, could be dangerous to the texture of American popular government. The Civil War was an insurgency since it fundamentally changed how Americans see their profoundly held standards. John Brown had a conviction that subjection wasn't right. It drove him to viciousness. American slave proprietors had a conviction that subjugation was correct. It drove them to savagery. The demise and demolition expedited...
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...During the American Revolution women did many different things. The article suggests that the role the women played was very important. During the American revolution women tended the farms and shops while the men were at war. The indians also were a part in the war because before the American revolution the British promised them that they would stop the Americans from moving west. This document suggests that during the American revolution, “the women of America manifested a firm resolution to contribute,” (The Sentiments of an American Woman 1). This tells the reader that women during the Revolutionary War the women played an important role while the men were fighting against Great Britain. The women and other minority roles also played...
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...found in America, but the majority of Americans will most likely agree that most people have abandoned racism. In fact, 1 in every 5 couples in the US will be interracial. Yet, despite popular belief, racism is still very prominent in America, especially within the media. The media has the power to influence the minds of many unsuspecting viewers. In recent years, the media has used its control over the American mentality to diminish the black culture by portraying African Americans on the news or on general television as various forms of degenerates such as thugs and criminals. This negative image of minorities created within production has...
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...There were many people who participated in the revolution, but many historians tend not to include those them. Some examples of these minorities are women, lower and middle class, slaves, and Native Americans. Women played and important role in the revolution. Some women went to the military camps to help feed and cure the soldiers. Other women took charge of the farms shops and other businesses while there husbands were away. Although they were not allowed to fight some helped load the cannons, but there was one woman who fought. Deborah Sampson enlisted in the regiment as Robert Shurleff. Since she was a very strong women. She performed all the "manly" duties like any other male (picture of her in the left). Although they contributed in many way they did not get the right to vote or even be able to have the freedom or equality the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution preached of. Historians tend to give more recognition to the upper class which include people like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and many of our founding fathers, but they do not recognize the ones who actually fought for it. Many of the middle and lower class went to the battle field although they were not the ones that declared independence from Britain. When taken as prisoners they were sent on prison ships while the rich upper class men were put on parole and were allowed to live there every day life. They were the ones that were struck by hunger, illness and poverty...
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...Assignment 1.2: Industrialization after the Civil War Krystina Cochran Strayer University 8/1/2014 After the Civil War, America was pushed into the Industrial Revolution. America’s society evolved with an increase in minorities being forced into the factories and to live in designated areas, the economy grew with the new technology, and World War I was fought. The groups of minorities were anyone considered not white or male. So this left a big group of people that were left to deal with very cruel and unfair treatment. Many of the businesses wanted white males, due to this time many owners were white. So there was still a stigmatism that white males were superior to any race or gender. The industrialization was a big blow to the agricultural life that many minorities knew. These people were forced into factories with very little pay, long hours, and very dangerous conditions. Many people moved to the areas were factories were built. Overcrowding became a real problem in the cities. Employers starting building tenements for their workers to live and was in walking distance to work. These buildings were very poor and dangerously built. Some were constructed out of single family homes. Thin walls were put up to make single rooms throughout the building. Many did not even have a window in their room. These rooms housed entire families. During this time inventions and technologies really started booming. With each invention lead to another invention or helped businesses...
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...Revolution finds its roots in the minds of a select group of often extraordinary individuals. Weaponry, battlefields, and deaths are often mistaken as the revolutionary act itself, when the actual revolution comes from the mind, with conflict arriving after conception as the offspring. Ironically, the offspring nurtures the parent, until the parent has gained enough strength to create a solid foothold in the world. This is how revolution succeeds. The United States of America is one of those few successes among the vast oceans of “Frankenstein” revolutions. In a sense and looking back at the odds, America should have never became a reality, but yet it solidified itself as an ascertainable fluke in a globe ruled by pointy crowns. Declaring...
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...There were several causes and effects of the upheavals and new ideologies that occurred after the French Revolution and during the Industrial Revolution. In 1815, the Congress of Vienna met and set up a system of checking other nations in order to prevent one nation from holding too much European power as France had under Napoleon. These checks on nations led to relative peace. Checks that were placed on France led to increased Belgian and Dutch territory as well as small Prussian territorial gains. In order to create a balance of power, the Congress of Vienna also increased Austrian and Russian territory. When Napoleon escaped from Elba, he returned to France to briefly rule again. His defeat at Waterloo led to the European Congress...
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...discipline: American Literature Title: The History of American Literature Proposal: During early American literature, sexism and racism were rampant; ensuring that women and minority groups were almost non-existent in the field. Rather than equality, early American literature focused mainly on theology and ostracizing minority groups and women that pursued working in this field. Today, theology is not a main component of literature and sexism and racial inequality is not as rampant as it was in past times (although it is still present). Thanks to modern technological advancements, literature has become significantly less popular but it is no longer difficult for minority groups to pursue a career in literature. Similar to how the literature discipline has evolved over time, psychology is also much...
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...Assignment 1.1: Industrialization after the Civil War Thesis and Outline Nellie Batemon Strayer University April 25, 2015 Thesis The Industrial Revolution was a turning point in history. It had positive and negative points in each aspect. Many changes occurred that led to change in the government, society and economical progression. This paper will discuss the effects that the Industrial Revolution had on society, the economy and technology after the Civil War. This paper will also discuss five different groups affected by industrialization. In addition, this paper will discuss the effects the Industrial Revolution had on the average working American. Outline I. Three major aspects of industrialization between 1865 and 1920 that influenced US society, economy, and politics. A. Urbanization B. Government C. Technology II. List five (5) specific groups affected by industrialization and two examples for each. A. Native Americans 1. Striped of their land and forced to smaller sections of land in other parts of the country. 2. Industrial growth took over land and resources Native Americans had. B. Immigrants 1. Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 implemented 2. Working for low wages and harsh restrictions and fines imposed C. Women/Children 1. Accepted lower wages 2. Not protected by legislation D. Farmers 1. Mechanization of Agriculture 2. Farmers transitioned to factory jobs E. The Working Class 1. Replaced by machines in...
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...William Evans HIS 202 Instructor Griffin December 4, 2013 Five Most Important Historical Events from Reconstruction to the Present History 202 at York Technical College covers historical events in America from Reconstruction to the present time. During this span of time, there were many wars and conflicts, as well as political, economic, and social changes that impacted the United States. While all events in history have some impact, not all are equally as important. I feel the five most important topics discussed in this class were the Industrial Revolution, the assembly line, the New Deal, the atomic bomb, and the Civil Rights Act. The Industrial Revolution was one of the most important events in United States history. The Industrial Revolution changed the way of life for Americans as many moved from an agrarian society in rural towns to an urban society in big cities where factories were located. Industrialization led to improvements in transportation and the railroad system which allowed factories to more efficiently transport raw materials. Additionally, the expansion of the railroad system led to the expansion of the United States bringing more remote parts of the country into the national market (“Rise”). The factory system led to increased production and created more jobs, but the working conditions were less than desirable with low wages, long hours, and unsafe conditions. These conditions led to the rise of labor unions and strikes demanding better pay and safer...
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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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...and popular support for the war influence American society during the war? Make sure to include the role of minorities. I see this time in history as one of the moments were there has been very drastic changes from decade to decade. After having studied the difficult periods of time in the 1920s and 1930s, specially with minorities, like women and African americans. I can see a huge shift during world war II and after war. It was a huge change in society. After being in a great depression came a massive flow of jobs, and opportunities, which lifted the American economy, and gave opportunities to minorities. The United States majorly influenced the American Society by the massive rise in economic resources such as war jobs in industry, business and agriculture, and popular support. In mobilizing the nation for war, the federal government expanded to dimensions and powers far beyond those of the the 1930s. The authority of the executive branch grew enormously as the government managed production, materials, and labor, rationed goods, set prices, limited wages, conscripted men and money, controlled information and sometimes shortened liberties, and spent and taxed more than before. The number of civilian employees quadrupled, from fewer than one million in 1939 to nearly four million in 1945.Certainly big business profited greatly from World War II. The success of the war in ending the Depression helped produce a Keynesian revolution in economic policy and reshaped the liberal...
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... Industrialization after the Civil War Introduction This paper discusses the effects the Industrial Revolution had on the economy, politics, and society. Also this paper will talk about five different groups affected by the Revolution. In addition, this paper reviews the effects the Industrial Revolution had on the average working American. The Industrial Revolution brought many changes to America as a whole; it seems as though no stone was left unturned. The Revolution affected everything in its path, including government, people, and way of life in general. Three Aspects of the Industrial Revolution Three aspects of the Industrial Revolution include society, the economy, and politics. The American economy began to change during the Industrial Revolution; this change was mainly due to the increase of productivity. Productivity increased by using the out work system. This system consisted of people completing jobs in their homes (Economic Growth and the Early Industrial Revolution). Another way the economy changed was through the factory system. This system allowed a large scale of work to be completed in one location (Economic Growth and the Early Industrial Revolution). Society was another aspect that changed through the Industrial Revolution. Society went through two major transitions during the revolution. One of the major changes was that many Americans left farming, and went to find jobs in factories (Shultz, 2014). Factories were where most jobs were being...
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...However, this is not the least to say their "exclusion" has ended. Even in the workforce, African Americans received racial bias when competing for jobs against their white counterparts. Research has shown that "black job seekers were offered significantly less compensation than whites by potential new employers. Second, blacks were much more likely to accept these lower offers than their white counterparts"(Fryer). Research Jorg Spenkuch came to the conclusion that "racial discrimination must account for at least a third of the factors that contribute to black workers receiving lower wages than whites"(Fryer). Now Spenkuch isn't stating that this racial bias exists within every workplace nor is he validating that the emotional states of the employer plays a role in this bias. He is simply raising the awareness that numbers play a vital role...
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