20th Century Dbq

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The late 1800s led to various changes in America. The U.S. saw mass immigration, industrialization, and expansion of land. The ideals of the 18th century were no longer the status quo. America became engulfed in business opportunities, manifest destiny, and grew more diverse. This led to the West and East developing differently. Despite this, the same ideals were present. The US government’s attitude of the 20th century was similar overall, due to a focus on industrialization businesses in the East and agricultural businesses in the West, growing nativism towards immigrants in the East and Native Americans in the West, and ignorance towards lower classes in the East and Natives in the West. In the East, industrialization was the gateway to growing businesses. The government focused on production and profit, to the extend where tensions grew between workers and bosses. It was found that “some of the girls earn but $3 or $4 a week” and that “The average wages for the forty thousand workers is $9, and this is not for fifty-two weeks in the year, but only for the busy season, a period of about three months” (Doc E). Workers, especially children and women were severely …show more content…
During westward expansion, many westerners forced Native Americans out of their one, sometimes by violent means. In one instance “troops opened fire on this mass of men, women, and children, and all began to scatter and run” and “friends were then extremely anxious to prove that our camp was hostile, but they had no facts in support of their statements” (Doc C). The more peaceful altercations involved settlers “clapping their hands and yelling at us, making fun of us as we walked away from our home and village” when seeing the natives forced to leave. The livelihood of natives was disregarded by the settlers traveling West and the government promoting the idea of westward