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American History 1896

Land to farmers is not worth much if there is no way to sell their product to out of market customers. I believe that the Pacific Railroad Act helped the railroad companies become a monopoly yet, provided the means neccessry for settlement in the west. .
             Similarlly, the Homestead Act in 1862 was another law that was intened to increase the western economy. The Homestead Act provided one hundred - sixty acres free to anyone. The only stipulation's were that the owner would have to build a house and farm the land for five years. The Pacific railroad and Homestead Act did accomplish what they were intended to do.
             While the nation was growing economically with the expansion west that the railroads are a major part of, socially in America, African-Americans were redefining their status individually and with assistance from the federal government. Social reforms from this time period are still contributing to today's society. .
             The first laws and policies toward African-Americans came after the Civil war in 1865. The Thirteenth amendment was the end of slavery and the beginning of social conflict in America. The most positive side effect from the Civil war however was the passing of the Thirteenth amendment. Newly reconstructed governments in the south were urged to pass this amendment or face penitilties from the Civil War. The Thirteenth amendment was written in such a way that stirred bitterness and hatred from whites toward African-Americans because of the their new liberation from slavery. The federal government passed the Thirteenth amendment to validate the Civil war almost to the point that the war was solely fought on the cause of slavery. .
             African-Americans were elated in their new freedom from slavery, little did they know at the time that freedom does not come without hardships. The Thirtheenth amendment was necessary as a conclusion to the Civil War even though the amendment itself did not guareenty all men are equal without bias.


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... first modern and also the most complicated election in History. The fight was between William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan. These two brought change to the past ways of politics. Prior to 1896, Republicans had won seven of the last nine Presidential ... home industry. It puts the burden of revenue on foreign good; it secures the American market of the American producer" -From the Republican Party Platform of 1896 The Democrats met in Chicago to select their candidate. In indecision William Jennings Bryan, the ... 36-year-old Congressman from Nebraska was soon elected as their ca...

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The History of Radiology In 1995 we celebrated 100 years since the discovery of the modern x-ray. While conducting experiments on a cathode ray ... began. Advancement moved quickly, Lindenthol performed the first contrast-enhanced radiograph of the veins of the hand in January 1896. The first intensifying or magnifying screen was used in March 1896. And in June of 1896 Roentgen's x-ray machine was being used in the battlefield to locate bullets in soldiers. In the early 1900's ... training and define the radiographic qualities. In October 1920 13 radiographic technicians from nine states and ...

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3. History Of U.S. Politics

... come a long way since its Independence. Throughout her history she has gone through a number of changes. One of these periods in which number of reforms took place was the during the period between 1870- 1914 five political parties dominated the American politics of that time. These parties such as the ... firms developed during this period. Some supporters of this era were also religous, it became an important part of the movement of the American Protestantism, American Catholicism, as well as Judasim. The forming of the Salvation Army which spreaded to the United States offered mater...

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4. African American Literature

... called My Southern Home: or The South and Its People, which dealt with slavery, religion and industrialization in 1880. Another well known African American author and intellectual W.E.B. Dubois first book published was called the Philadelphia Negro in 1896 and began a whole new outlook for African Americans, slavery and the Civil War. Dubois 1903 publication of The Souls of Black Folk ... (winner of Pulitzer Prize in 1987 for Fences), or Nikki Giovanni, an African American poet, essayist and lecturer. All these contributions of a history are needed when it is stripped away from the begi...

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... scene, which would become the subject of a great many of his works. His father, a prominent man, was an U.S. attorney and Representative from 1896 to1904 -. His education began at the Western Military Academy in Altm Illinois, where he learned such sports as Fly Weight Boxing . At the young ... work was done with Georges Schriber in 1943 on the American Submarine Dorado . Benton's greatest theme of westward expansion frames the average American of the early twentieth century. Benton spent the majority of his lifetime interpreting the history of American expansion through painting and mur...

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6. A Short History of Brazilian Film

... because Rio de Janeiro was the primed location for modernization and introduction of unfamiliar cultures, it was the right location for setting up the first cinema in the country in 1896 (1). After the 1880s onwards film had grew significantly with even the smallest towns in north-eastern Brazil having their own cinema houses by the 1930s which screen Hollywood movies. ... : Manchester University Press. 2004. Web. 23 Apr. 2014. Duran, Rebeca. Film Industry in Brazil. The Brazil Business, 23 Sep. 2013. Web. 08 Apr. 2014. Martin, Michael. M. Ed. New Latin American Cinema: Volume Two Studi...

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... the law to any person in its authority. "This verdict effectively overturned the "separate but equal" mandate set by an earlier court decision, Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which determined that equal protection was not violated as long as reasonably equal conditions were provided to both groups" (The Integration of Ole Miss). Although it correlated explicitly ... racial discrimination. The lawsuit was ultimately resolved on appeal by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in Meredith's favor in September 1962. William Doyle indicated in his book, "An American Insurrection: The Battle of Oxf...

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9. History Of Basketball

... 1934 (William D. Halsey). The only rule, which changed, was that a player was now allowed to dribble a basketball (Lauren S. Bahr, 1995). The rule of dribbling the basketball was first used in 1896 at a basketball game at Yale University. But at that time, the dribbler could not shoot a field goal (Joseph Morse, 1973). This rule change had many advantages because it allowed for ... promote basketball. There was no city too big or too small for the Globetrotters to play at. Throughout the years they attracted crowds of great capacity and shattered all time American attendance marks. In 1...

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