During the late 19th century, America experienced a significant shift towards imperialism. In 1893, a financial panic caused a major economic depression in America, and after years of conservative corruption, the Progressive Movement gained influence in government. Then, the Westward expansion ended, ...
The Klondike Gold Rush, sometimes referred to as the Yukon gold rush, was a frenzy of gold rush immigration to and for gold prospecting, along the Klondike River near Dawson City, Yukon, Canada after gold was discovered there in the late 19th century. In total, about 12,500,000 troy ounc...
Impressionism: viewed as a radical movement and art style that sought to capture a feeling, emotion, or experience, rather than an accurate depiction by the careful use of light in a work; began in France in the late 19th century and was popular throughout the early 20th century Expressionism...
In center field, JOSEPH HODGES CHOATE / 1832 - 1917 / PATRIOT / AMBASSADOR / JURIST / ORATOR Joseph Hodges Choate, born in Salem, Massachusetts, was a famous lawyer who litigated many of the most prominent cases in the late 19th century. He allied himself with the Republican Party and was...
During the 19th century the U.S considered them exceptionalist, they felt that they were doing very well economically, Unfortunately they accumulated a lot of surplus material which came the desire for a new trade market and the idea of expansion known as Imperialism. Alfred T Mahan's who ...
Similarly, imperialism is moreover affected by social attributes that may not be one specific event, but occurred over a longer period of time. Nationalism creates a united front that in time produces a well-governed nation For example the United States of America is a nation that goes to ...
On the one hand, these guys were thought of as patriotic heroes from the beginning; on the other hand, they were underdogs standing up against global colonialism, empire, and imperialism. I have no doubt that one of the reasons I went on to spend my life fighting difficult fights from ...
Local Colorism: a trend in the late 19th century in America. 主张:the local colorists were devoted to capturing the unique customs, manners, speech, folklore, and other qualities of a particular regional community. 形式: short stories 代表人物:Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ...
foreign policy were still influenced by Manifest Destiny -- “the unconquerable energy” of the Anglo-Saxons in America, as Republican Senator Henry Cabot Lodge called it in 1896. Others knew it by another name -- Imperialism -- but by the end of the 19th century it was a fait accompli....
The stain of genocide, slavery, imperialism and colonialism wrought on the planet and humanity by Europeans and Americans will never be washed away. Infinite and never ending shame to those that participated in it.Ken Burns is a national and global treasure for his story telling abilities. This...