The slave system in America has influenced human history of today. ... Slavery in America was set apart by three characteristics: capitalism, individualism, and racism. ... The development of slavery in America resulted from the working of economic forces and not from climatic or geographic conditions. When the first twenty Africans reached Virginia in 1619, the colony was comprised of small plantations dependent on free white labor. ... To counter this, a series of acts were passed which legally established the rights of white labor, but they did nothing to improve the status of the Afric...

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Slavery: The Puritans had thought in their own minds that slavery was justified because of the fact the African-Americas weren't people and therefore had no rights. ... Even still I believe slavery was one of the worst things America had. ...

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Disproportionate numbers are reflected in the percentages of African-American, Asian and Latino families in the U.S. in poverty, largely due to the social systems surrounding them. Job scarcity, poor living conditions that compound crime, violence, and drug abuse issues in these marginalized groups enhance an already problematic situation of basic survival in the American economy. ... Those in poverty are used as scapegoats to describe the multitude of America's social ills. ...

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Yonnondio: From the Thirties Less than a century after the Emancipation Proclamation declared African Americans free, Tillie Olsen views the American working class as enslaved by poverty. ... Yonnondio is a complex text about Olsen's family, the Holbrooks, and the policies that impacted every family in 1930's America. The Depression extenuated the fact that impoverished Americans were helpless in a capitalistic system that denied them any voice; while, squashing their hopes for their share of the American Dream. Yonnondio goes beyond telling one family's story of the 1...

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Subsequently, nations with Anglo-Saxon cultural background was seen as the most developed and influential power in the world and set on first place whereas nations and cultures like Native Americans and African tribes were placed on a very low position. ... Not only did they have to help nations like the Philippines but also they have to do so quickly so the adaptation of American traits and social life will result in a profitable way. ... These perceptions though were tried to influence the American society, which came to the Fair to mainly celebrate the industrial achievements of the century...

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For example, India's strict caste system remains in place, greatly influencing social action and restricting mobility (eg marriage between different castes is still widely disapproved), and class is salient in some African and Latin American societies which have not reached an advanced economic level. ...

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