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Mark Twain

Mark Twain. Shannon McColgan , Rhianna Farmer, Colleen Woxholdt , Mony Na. Social Condtions. Living conditions were horrible in the late 1800’s. Houses and streets were often over-crowded. Families were poor, with the average salary being below today’s minimum wage.

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Mark Twain

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  1. Mark Twain Shannon McColgan, Rhianna Farmer, Colleen Woxholdt, Mony Na

  2. Social Condtions • Living conditions were horrible in the late 1800’s. Houses and streets were often over-crowded. • Families were poor, with the average salary being below today’s minimum wage. • Social movements in the late 1800’s: • Social Purity Movement: attack by the church and factory owners against prostitution, birth control, and abortion. • Temperance Movement: led by Frances Willard against alcohol.

  3. Economic Conditions • 1873, farmers were plagued by drought. Many were in debt and were forced to sell their land. • Jay Cooke and Company failed, causing panic, and led the nation into depression. • Investing in stocks and bonds began to grow in the United States. • Railroads became the first major shareholder corporations, followed by Wall Street and other major cities • It was a time of capitalism rather than social Darwinism

  4. Political Conditions Presidents of the late 1800’s: • Chester Alan Arthur: • Passed the Pendleton Act which stated that government jobs should be award on the basis of merit. • Enacted the first Federal Immigration Law—Chinese immigration was suspended for 10 years • William McKinley: • Depression of 1893 has almost run its course, as well as the extreme agitation over silver. • The US annexed the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico after the 100-day War

  5. (Cont.) • 14th Amendment 1868: defines citizen and grants equal right, life, liberty, and property to all citizens. • Chinese Exclusion Act 1882: prohibits immigration of Chinese immigration for 10 years • Geary Act 1892: (1) extended ban on Chinese immigration (2) forced any Chinese person found in the country to prove their citizenship and (3) require laborers to obtain certificate confirming their legal status

  6. Work Cited • http://lwvnet.org/tn/nashville/files/the_history_of_womens_suffrage.pdf

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