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Major Changes In Race Relations Essay

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One major change in race relations was from the 13th amendment. This amendment was a huge change for African Americans and whites because it abolished slavery and gave the Congress power to enforce the law. This was a huge change because now slaves were being freed and given the same rights as whites, they were becoming equals. The main reason Congress and Lincoln passed this as an amendment was because it was a major aspect that lead to the war in 1865. In 1864 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B Anthony, and Women’s Loyal National League gathered together and collected signatures from thousands of people who supported anti-slavery and wanted a new beginning.
The Civil Rights Bill had three major concepts: Anyone born in the United States be …show more content…

Industrialization caused many people to move for better opportunity and because of this the population was doubled. There was also not enough housing space for all the people who had moved. With high rent and low incomes multiple families had to move into one single household together. Because of the increase in population there was also an issue with street cleanliness and trash. Factories dropped 20 pounds of trash and a gallon of urine due to the horses on the streets daily. Living conditions were horrible and sickness swept through the cities. At the time there were no sanitary or building codes to keep everything in check. Eventually there was a street cleaning system, but the amount of trash was still an ongoing …show more content…

Hawaiian Annexation: The United States first became involved in the 1840’s when US missionaries and planters settled in Hawaii and over time took more control over the islands. The Queen of Hawaii wanted to diminish the control United states had, but eventually the Americans overthrew her, and she was imprisoned. When the Queen was being overthrown she instructed her people to resist the control of Americans by wearing the Hawaiian flag and headbands that said “patriotism.” The Americans threatened the Queen that if she did not step down from her throne, the would shoot six of her citizens. In 1894 the provisional government formed. Hawaii later got annexed to the US when the Spanish American War broke out. President McKinley saw great value in Hawaii and supported the annexation. Farmers would also benefit from the annexation because they would get to export sugar without having to

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The well tied power players from the United States who were apart of the Hawaii League, were granted access to the Hawaiian Kingdom because of the Treaty of Reciprocity in 1875. With that access they grew their wealth and power with their businesses that included the export of goods that were produced in the Hawaiian Kingdom. Had that access never been made possible, the tools that were developed towards the annexation of Hawaii, may not have matured. The Tariff act of 1890 put more pressure on a subject that was already weighing in on the people who wanted to get rid of the Hawaiian Monarchy. Without that extra pressure the annexation of Hawaii may not have happened so

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Hawaii’s annexation led to a lot of different opinions, some opinions were with the annexation and some were against it. The annexation was led by a small group of white businessmen who were pursuing their own interests. The businessmen overthrew Liliuokalani who was monarchy of Hawaii at the time, when Liliuokalani was dethroned Hawaii had to elect a new monarchy. The new monarchy was Dole, he was the one that applied for the annexation of Hawaii. The American colonists controlled a majority of Hawaii’s economy.

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