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    A. “2008 – According to a study by the CDC‚ one in four girls between ages of 14 and 19 has a sexually transmitting disease (STD) – the most common being human papillomavirus‚ which can cause cervical cancer‚ followed by chlamydia and trichomiasis. Approximately 50% of African American teens have at least one STD‚ compared to 20% of white and Mexican American teens” (“Sex Education in Schools: Timeline”). B. “According to the Centers for Disease Control and the Kaiser Family Foundation‚ approximately

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    Hand Labor In The 1800s

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    laborers because their size allowed them to move in small spaces in factories or mines where adults couldn’t fit‚ children were easier to manage and control and perhaps most importantly‚ children could be paid less than adults." - History staff In the 1800’s‚ Factories began to appear everywhere in the United States‚ because of machines that could now replace the majority of hand labor jobs for making most manufactured items‚ the factory owners also had new people to run their machines. Children were

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    Industrial Pollution

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    Introduction to Industrial Pollution Industrial pollution is pollution which can be directly linked with industry‚ in contrast to other pollution sources. This form of pollution is one of the leading causes of pollution worldwide; in the United States‚ for example‚ the Environmental Protective Agency estimates that up to 50% of the nation’s pollution is caused by industry. Because of its size and scope‚ industrial pollution is a serious problem for the entire planet‚ especially in nations which

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    the industrial boom

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    The Industrial Boom During the industrial boom in the 1800’s‚ the main contributing factors to the growth of the country were the railroad‚ the discovery of oil and the immigration from other countries. Between 1860 and 1900 the urban population more than tripled in city areas. The most common immigrants were Chinese and Irish people. Through the discovery and rapid expansion of oil towns‚ the railroads and factories were working full pace to keep up with the demand for products. The railroad

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    Industrial Revolution

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    The Industrial Revolution helped develop America into the advanced country it is today. With new forms of technology‚ transportation‚ and factory production‚ the great inventors during that time period transformed the daily way of life. (Heilbroner 12) Before the great Industrial Revolution‚ as in the 1700’s and early 1800’s‚ three-fourths of America’s total population grew their own food and wove their own clothing all by hand‚ without any form of technology to help‚ so simple tasks were very

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    Factories in the North In the 1800’s the working conditions were harsh and unfair. By the mid-1800’s‚ more and more things were made by machines. Clothes‚ guns‚ watches‚ shoes‚ and farming machines were made by machines. By the 1840’s the average workday was 11.4 hours. The workers were very tired and have a huge chance of getting injured because many factory machines moved quickly. Workers‚ especially children‚ were often hurt by their machines. Factories had no cooling or heating systems. During

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    BUS 247 Gillian Bubb - Monday 1:00 – 3:50 Tuesday 5:30 – 8:20 PHIL 100 Ethan Davis – Tuesday 11:30 – 2:20 Tuesday 4:00 – 6:50 Friday 10:00 – 12:50 Peter Raabe – Thursday 10:00 – 12:50 Glen Blair – Wednesday 2:30 – 5:20 Thursday 7:00 – 9:50 BUS 201 Kirsten Robertson – Thursday 11:30 – 2:20 Friday 11:30 – 2:20 STAT 270 Monday 2:30 – 3:50 Wednesday

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    Child Labor In The 1800s

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    for the family in the new world. POVERTY. Laws In the 1900’s 18% of American workers were under 16 years old! Eventually someone finally convinced the government to have safe laws passed for child labor. The jobs were given out based on gender and age. These were some of the laws passed for child labor: 1. No child under 13 could work in mills‚ but 12 year olds could work as

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    In the 1800s‚ women did not have the same rights that they do now. Because of this‚ feminists fought for women’s rights. Feminism is defined as the ideology and movements that have the goal of creating equality between men and women. Feminist movements in the United States have given women many more rights than they previously had. Some of these rights include the right to vote and reproductive rights (Feminism‚ 2017). Women have benefited greatly from the feminist movement‚ but nowadays‚ most feminists

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    Beginning in 1800s America began a mission of western expansion. Americans knew that they wanted to expand and grow. The Monroe Doctrine was a foreign policy that regarded domination in the America’s‚ issued in 1823. This policy said that future efforts by the European nations to colonize land and interfere on American soil will be viewed as an act of aggression. This would require U.S intervention. Many Historians felt that the Monroe Doctrine enabled Americans to move west because no other countries

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