CLASS:
HIST405N – United States History
Initial Post Instructions
For the initial post, pick two (2) of the following categories representing minority groups during 1880-1914:
- Women’s rights activists
- African Americans
- Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe
- Child workers
- Great Plain Indians
Then, address the following for your selections:
- Explain the socio-economic status and challenges of your minority groups at the turn of the century.
- How did the Industrial Revolution affect your chosen minority groups?
- Analyze how the Progressives brought reform to your selected minority groups. Do you find that the Progressives were successful in making government responsive and improve the conditions of your chosen minority group?
Solution
I took African Americans as my first choice. Black Americans are part of minority groups in the larger American population. Black Americans have been tormented from the moment they first came to America. They have been fighting against systematic discrimination from the era of civil rights movement. To them, the fight for equality and the removal of all forms of discrimination that the American system has put them for hundreds of years, is always a work in progress..………….please follow the link below to purchase the solution at $5