U.S. imperialism, which focused as much on economic and cultural influence as on military or political power, offered a range of opportunities for white, middle-class women. In addition to working as representatives of American businesses, women could serve as missionaries, teachers, and medical professionals.
Even though it was thought of as a man's roll, woman found a way to make a difference.
Between 1870 and 1920, over twenty-five million immigrants arrived in the United States.
This really shows the scale of immigration and its impact on American society.
The word empire typically conjures images of ancient Rome, Genghis Khan, or the British Empire: powers that depended on military conquest, colonization, occupation, or direct resource exploitation. But empires can take many forms and imperial processes occur in many contexts. One hundred years after the United States won its independence from the British Empire, some began to believe America was becoming (and perhaps should become) an empire of its own.
An empire usually means a powerful nation that controls others. This kind of suggests that people started to see America as an empire.
illimitable
Infinite
contented penned
I'm confused with what this means.
I have heard talk and talk but nothing is done. Good words do not last long unless they amount to something. Words do not pay for my dead people.
He is over hearing words he wants actions.
Kansas orator Mary Lease, one of the movement’s most fervent speakers, admonished farmers to “raise less corn and more Hell.” Populist stump speakers crossed the country and blamed the greed of business elites and corrupt party politicians for causing the crisis fueling America’s widening inequality
I find it interesting that they criticized the greed of powerful businesses. This really showed how focused they were on holding powerful figures accountable for their issues.
At its peak, the Farmers’ Alliance claimed 1,500,000 members meeting in 40,000 local sub-alliances. The alliance’s cooperatives spread across the South between 1886 and 1892 and reached more than a million members at their high point.
It's crazy how the alliance grew to over a million members. It really shows how much effort and support were among farmers.
The platform’s preamble, written by Minnesota Populist Ignatius Donnelly, warned that “the fruits of the toil of millions [had been] boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few.”
This platform helped to ensure the essential services would run in the interests of the people rather than the profits of wealthy investors. This raised need for economic fairness. This also shows growing dissatisfaction with the political system.
Fluctuating global commodity markets caused wide swings in the prices farmers could get for their produce. Many farmers fell ever further into debt, lost their land, and were forced to enter the industrial workforce or, especially in the South, become landless farmworkers.
This gives a little Insight about what famers were facing during this time. By just reading this it sounds like markets were taking off, which then left famers lowering their prices and falling further behind.
In this chapter we will focus on the changing American economy in the period between the end or Reconstruction in 1876 and the First World War, and how people responded to this challenge.
In the first sentence it gives us that this is between the end or reconstruction in 1876 and the First World War, this helps us understand a timeline. It also states that we will be reading about how people responded to the challenge of the changing American economy during this time.
He urged all manufacturers to increase efficiency by subdividing tasks. Rather than having thirty mechanics individually making thirty machines, for instance, a manufacturer could assign thirty laborers to perform thirty distinct tasks. The workers would complete their individual tasks more quickly and with greater precision, since their attention would be focused. Such a shift would not only make workers as interchangeable as the parts they were using, it would also dramatically speed up the process of production
This process of production made everyone have their own task which would get people to be more focused on what they needed to accomplish, this made an incredible difference in speeds of producing products forever.