‘In the years 1865-1890, America was a deeply divided nation. Assess the validity of this view [25]
INTRODUCTION: POINT 1: POINT 2: POINT 3: CONCLUSION:
1. Assessment criteria 1. Racial divisions 1. Ethnic divisions 1. Economically 1. With all the
of divisions = between white between the connected evidence
regional, ethnic and Americans and original stock of 2. 200,000 miles of considered the most
racial African Americans Americans and track by 1890 that compelling
2. How much 2. Sharecropping, immigrants spread from the argument is that the
there was no means 2. Growth of nativism east coast to the statement is valid
continuity there was
of social 3. Chinese riots 1879- west coast 2. Any sense of
3. Lack of integration
advancement 1882 by the AFL 3. Before, the US was unification and a
4. Conflict and tension 3. Denied the right to 4. Chinese exclusion a collection of rural consensus between
5. Whether it was vote through Act 1882 communities, know Americans during
everywhere violence e.g. Colfax 5. They had worked on it was a unified this time period was
6. My argument = it Massacre 1873 the transcontinental industrial nation limited
was a deeply 4. KKK, White league, railroad, making up 4. Oklahoma land rush 3. Despite political
divided nation Redeemers 1/3 of the workers 1889 changed to
5. However, they were 6. There was some 5. The frontier had establish equality
equal under the law respect since closed in 1890 and harmony, it was
(14th amendment employers liked 6. The West was no not reflected into
1867) and they had their hard work longer a land left attitudes and thus
the right to vote ethic and the fact unconquered minority groups
(15th amendment that they could pay 7. However, there were silenced
1869) them lower wages were disparities e.g. 4. There was a lot of
6. Not enforced due to 7. However, this also the Granger economic divisions
weak federal highlighted racism Movement 1867 vs as well because the
authority and discrimination Robber barons government was
7. The KKK disbanded 8. The bomb that went 8. 7/8 of the railroads laissez faire
in 1870 due to off in Chicago were in the North
Grant’s during the 9. Mining towns like
enforcement acts Haymarket square Virginia city in
but violence riot in 1884 Nevada went boom
persisted increased anti – then bus
8. A black urban immigration 10. Regional divisions
middle class did sentiment, persisted, only the
develop, but this associating them North changed
was a minority with anarchism CONCLUSION:
POINT 3: 1. America was more
POINT 1: POINT 2: 1. Economic divisions divided than it was
1. Racial divisions 1. Ethnic divisions between regions unified
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