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| Why come to America 1. War: 1800s Europe and Asia and Africa were in almost a constant state of imperial warfare 2. Starvation: War, Drought and Disease brought on large loss of food in Europe causing an exodus (leaving) of Europe 3. Revolution: Many internal struggles began in Europe causing many to flee to America as governments were in chaos 4. Who came: A new area of immigration was from eastern Europeans, Asia, and Middle East Africa 5. Who came in large numbers: Scandinavians, Germans 6. Fears about Immigrants: They could run for office and change American society, The Know Nothing party was created- Wanted to limit immigration and stop them from voting or running for office |
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| 1. Women’s groups, Churches and labor unions began to push for the limitation of Alcohol and its use. 2. Temperance league leaders begin the women’s movement. 3. Carrie little temperance reformence |
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| 1. Prior to 1830s Education was for the wealthy, 2. There was no uniform plan for educating people, 3. Most schooling if any stopped at about age 14, 4. Father of Modern Education Horace Mann he advocated mandatory school, books and teacher training |
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| The belief that mankind could over come or transcend their evil nature by positive thought and action (They became the key to the beginning of the reformer movements~ Henry David Thoreau, Margret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman) |
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