... . She was making history and proud to be a true patriot working as hard or harder as men doing the same job. With the money that the "riveters- earned, they could buy nice things like fur coats and pretty dresses. This gave them a sense of independence never before experienced. However, behind the fazade of perfect working situation, there was much conflict between ... trapped in the camp. They were caged in by a fence around them with no way out. These people were jailed as if they were horrendous criminals. While working women were buy fur coats, these people were living off of what th...

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... starvation. For the ones who did survive the journey and made it to be sold on the slave market, rather than being made into American people they were treated like animals. They had to do every task that slave owners were too proud to do themselves, often they would have very little clothes and not many places to bathe. Slaves were ... made to sleep in barns among the animals they were made to clean up after and would be laughed at and constantly miss-treated by their buyer. People in Britain often get angry about the amount of immigrants ... a way that pleased the immigrants and was c...

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... and 1886-7, caused a decimation of cattle. The third economy in the west was farming. Farming was made possible by acts such as the Homestead Act-1862 (this permitted settlers to buy plots of 160 acres for a small fee if they could occupy the land within five years); the Timber Act and the Desert Land Act (see Brinkley page 489) This challenged ... million (according to Brinkley) o These economies sparked prostitution in the west. E.g. in West of Mississippi there were approximately 50,000 o Ranching caused completion with sheep rearer who also wanted their animals to graze on grassland...

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... Americans in this manor. He would even extend his niceness by having his tailor make suits of clothes for the Native Americans. "Chickabot came to the governor, and desired to buy some English clothes for himself. The governor told him, that English saga mores did not use truck; but he called his tailor and gave him order to make him a suit ... be out there working by the men. Salves were treated by their owners in a demeaning manor. They were though of as an inferior race and were treated no better than animals. They were often punished in demeaning and violet ways. "Eugene was whipped...

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