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Native Americans were most populated in the warmer climates during the times of the 14th century to the 19th. Water sources were also common for a place to live near by.
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Native Americans would reproduce frequently, to raise more hunters and gatherers.
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Male Native Americans were seen as the head, as in the society was a patriarchy. Males were favored over girls and raised to be hunters.
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After word spread of a new world, colonists from England, Spain, France, etc. flood in to establish numerous settlements,
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Jamestwon was the first successful settlement in the New World.
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African Americans begin to have fewer children. This was due to the fear that their child may grow up to become a slave. Many others were hesistant about having children due to this very fact.
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Manifest Destiny was the belief that the U.S. had to expand from sea to sea. This pushed for a move west following the Louisiana Purchase.
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Women start to step out of the dark and no longer hide behind men. Several rights begin to be fought for and women learn that they have a voice. An example of this would be the Seneca Falls Convention where the Declaration of Sentiments was made which outlined the purpose and need for suffrage.
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Divorce rates are increasing, as protesting to prohibition increases. The reform movement Temperance explained how alcohol was the cause of mens' abuse.
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The concept of popular sovereignty was created. This idea would allow newly admitted states to vote on whether or not they wanted slavery. However, this caused Border Ruffians to flood into Kansas to vote for a particular side which caused fighting.
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From this point forward, and idea of having a nuclear family is set. A nuclear family includes a mother, father, and no more than 2 children, one of which has to be male. Women begin to be seen as important and got an education, for the sole purpose of Republican Motherhood, raising their sons to be educated as well.
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While men are out at war, women are working to fill in for the men or working as civil war nurses. Few children are being born due to the men being gone.
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With the invention of the bicycle, women begin having a sense of freedom. Women marry later and have fewer children.
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Many people were convinced into moving into the Midwest for the idea of 'abnormally large' crops. Soon when a Dust Bowl hits many flee to California, while many others stay.
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During WWII, women begin taking the mens' spots in factories, helping the war effort. The difference this time is that women make money for themselves they can actually use.
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Following WWII, as soldiers return, they are greeted by their wives. Soon enough there is a significant increase in babies being born, eventually affecting the next generation who pays for the elderly. This is the largest spike of babies being born in U.S. history.
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This was a planned project of the mass building of identical suburban houses. Many of the families who moved into these homes were the nuclear family, having 2 children and a husband and wife. These families were the ideal standard of what an American family should look like.
