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    The role of technology in facilitating the growth of European empires during the nineteenth century has been widely discussed by historians. At the very least‚ many argue that advanced technology was a key component of the worldwide spread of European imperialism. The development of steam-powered ships greatly assisted European powers that sought to extend their empires in Africa and Asia. Europeans had enjoyed a virtual monopoly on sea travel since the first imperial expansion began in the 1500s

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    The Twenty-First Century Work Place Life in the early twentieth century was provided by secure factory jobs. The United States was an industrial area filled with factories. People without much education could work in the factories and know their jobs were safe. There was no schooling or special skills required. People worked in the factories and made enough money to support themselves and their families. Today‚ factories full of human workers are a rare thing in America. Most people now go to college

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    The prevalence and description of death and deathbed scenes and its importance as a plot device is omnipresent to nineteenth-century literature. Death was everywhere and mortality rates were high‚ especially in children‚ not all parents expected their children to survive their early years (Da Sousa Correa‚ p.10). Additionally‚ maternal death rates were high with women dying‚ often leaving the baby‚ and other children in the family with a widowed husband. Thus‚ authors often used the death of a child

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    throughout the last quarter of the 19th century due to the large scale of industrialism‚ immigration‚ and urban expansion. At the end of the century‚ a reform movement that included a mix of different people and groups had developed. This time is known as the Progressive movement or era‚ and the people are known as progressives. These people were culturally different‚ but they had the same desires. These desires were to change the way life was in the industrial movement and make political changes and social

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    1 The impact of ‘earlynineteenth-century globalization on foreign trade in the Southern Cone: a study of British trade statistics1 Manuel Llorca-Jaña‚ Visiting Lecturer‚ Universitat Pompeu Fabra manuelalberto.llorca@upf.edu Abstract: This paper deals with the impact of „earlynineteenth-century globalization (c.1815-1860) on foreign trade in the Southern Cone (SC). Most of the evidence is drawn from bilateral trades between Britain and the SC‚ at a time when Britain was the main commercial

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    By the end of the nineteenth century‚ the relationship between the Armenians and the rest of the Ottoman Empire could be described in two words: mistrust and fear. While Armenians gradually found their footing in Ottoman society‚ the Turks felt increasingly threatened by this. Instances of new ideas of nationalism‚ revolution‚ rumors‚ and scapegoating were indicative of this relationship. Specifically‚ four episodes that respectively demonstrate this are the founding of the Hnchak and Dashnak political

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    If you could create anything that would positively benefit society‚ what would it be and why? Please elaborate. The twenty first century is called “The century of new technologies”. The reason for this is that every single day the greatest brains of the planet are creating new ideas or technologies‚ which are determined to facilitate the life of the humanity. It is believed that in order to establish the new ideas‚ an individual must possess a wide fantasy that arises by reading the newspapers‚ magazines

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    Luis Hernandez History 17B 17 March 2024 Reflection Essay #2 At the beginning of the 20th century‚ the United States moved into the Progressive era. According to Foner‚ “The word “Progressive” [described] a broad‚ loosely defined political movement of individuals and groups who hoped to bring about significant change in American social and political life.” (Foner‚ 681). The main goal for Progressives was to push for social and political reform to improve the standard of living for American citizens

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    Manifest Destiny and analyze its impact on the nineteenth-century South and West. How were the ideas of expansionists similar or different from the goals and experiences of ordinary migrants? What effect did the movement of thousands of individuals to the West and Southwest in the 1840’s and 1850’s have on indigenous peoples? This writing assignment will attempt to describe the concept of Manifest Destiny and analyze its impact on the nineteenth-century of the South and West. I will also elaborate

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    gigantic burst of energy that was late-nineteenth-century European imperialism. Some believe it was primarily cultural: the zeal of missionaries for converts‚ of engineers for new rivers to bridge‚ and of soldiers for glory. Others attribute imperialism to economic drives. They point to French occupation of Tunisia in 1881‚ where French bondholders feared the loss of their assets‚ and to the British occupation of Egypt in 1882‚ where European

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