Midterm Essays

14th Amendment- Giving all citizens equal rights. Wasn't sucessful at first because the white people couldn't respect the laws. Riots were happenening. The South wouldnt pass the laws at first. Voter kept voting no on the ballets so the law took a while to pass.

Farmers in the West faced a huge proble, with the mass amount of people who moved out there. People were moving to the west to claim stranded land and farms. Farmers couldn't produce enough food to keep up with the demand. Farmers delt with that problem by modernizing agriculture. Farmers produced their product with machinery. Used rail road systems for shipping the product.

In the 19th century white people started noticing that the Native American "problem" has returned. Natives were forced to live like the white people. Natives grew to get the skills to work and to be able to speak english. Which allowed them to get jobs. Jobs that the white people felt were theres.

Political problem Grants corrupt presidency. Drinking was was a social problem because a lot of Americans thought that drinking should become illegal. People who were drink were the usually ones the ones causing the crimes.

The Actibist Role- "For the civilized should be responsible to police the uncivilized." Strong nations had a duty to use their power to preservce order and peace.

Progressive era usually started at the local level, then move to the state and finally at the nations capital.