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After WW1, this was a time in American history for our country to really take off and flourish. A time to set ourselves above the rest of the world and become that dominant power that we have been looking to become years before that. With the ban of alcohol heading into the 1920’2 and the oppression of women, this was a trying time in our history. As far back as the Civil war, women have been trying to get some of the same rights and privileges as the men in our country. There was of course a huge split between who supported it and who didn’t. The 15 th  amendment included the right to black men to be able to vote and white women felt that they should be included in that. I think that both white and black women should’ve been included in that for equality sake. Liquor manufactures and saloon owners did not want women to have equal voting rights because there was a fear that they would vote in favor to ban the sales of alcohol. They also feared women would vote to ban child labor a...

Before the turn of the 20 th  century the USA rose to become a world power. The US had the more productive economy, had a lot of goods and services within the country, but also available for export. However, we didn’t have a great military at the time and that hurt us, as we were about 4-5 times smaller than the other countries that were in WW1. The reason that the US had such a small military is that we weren’t interested in expansion, but rather making our current territory the best it could be. We weren’t interested with war, or any of that, however, that was all about to change very soon.  World War 1 started in 1914 and the USA didn’t enter the war till 1917 and then it ended shortly after in 1918. WW1 was more deadly than any other previous war in history and was the first war to use planes, submarines, and poison gas among other things. The war pit Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungry, against the powers of France, Russia, and Britain with the US joining later to reall...

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I am going to start my blog talking about “The Life of a Chinese Immigrant”. This is a picture perfect example of how immigrants are treated in our country. As the man recalls once he started his own laundry shop that the miners would come in after they got drunk and steal shirts, and wreck the shop. He did however say, that not all Americans were bad. Like the family that first helped him get a job when he first moved here from China. Americans aren’t all bad but the bad things they do far outweigh the niceness. You can’t believe the stories that people tell you about immigrants or the country you are going to. You have to experience first-hand what it is like for yourself.              The progressive era really was a time of economic growth for the country, but the practices they were trying to put into place were unethical. Like child labor and sweatshops, and yes while they exist today this was relatively the first...

During the 1800’s the western part of America was thought to be unoccupied. There was not many people living in the states that became North and South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. Even Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Utah were barely touched. Then came the Gold Rush of 1849, which sent hundreds of people west in search of gold to get rich. This Gold Rush brought innovation, with the expansion of railroads, and the expansion of windmills, and other things useful to the ranchers and farmers. However, with the settlement of the west and the expansion of the “Great American Desert”, there also came a price. Over 250,000 Natives were forced from their homes and confined to reservations. This happened after 30 years of war and unfair renegotiations of old treaties. This was a sad time in Native history because it was like they were being blocked out from the rest of the world. They forced the Natives out essentially.  To further my point about the reservations we take a look at a famous sp...