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    would be conducted where a stone trephine‚ or a saw‚ would be used in surgery to remove a circle of tissue or bone from a person’s skull. The demonological treatment continued during the Middle Ages. A more moral treatment began in Europe prior to the 1800s when treating people with mental dysfunction emphasized moral guidance‚ humane‚ and respectful treatment. Asylums were built to care for people with mental illness. Moral treatment in the U.S. began at this time led by Benjamin Rush of Pennsylvania

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    CHAPTERS 10‚ 12‚ 14 1. What did Sam Patch represent? In a market economy where skilled “arts” were being replaced by machine labor‚ Sam Patch’s acts were a defiant protest against the changing times. 2. What intellectual movement influenced Transcendentalism? The Transcendentalists found inspiration for their philosophy in a variety of diverse sources such as: Vedic thought‚ various religions‚ and German idealism. 3. What did Transcendentalists believe in? The transcendentalists desired

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    In the late 1800s is when newcomers began to transform America’s culture and society. Around that time‚ the American people began to demonstrate a well diverse source of national strength. The migrators saw this time as an economic opportunity for them. The north eastern states like New York City‚ and Philadelphia was considered to the Golden doors. The government opened a new immigration process better known as a political machine. A political machine is more about being in control with reaping

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    Colonization in late 1800s – Motivated by need for African resources Educate and improve “barbarians” Uganda Bantu had educational advantage Acholi and Langi used as military Slave labor caused 5 million deaths Sudan Arabs in North‚ Blacks in south‚ separate colonies When combined‚ Civil War Namibia German genocide of Herero people Imperialism – John Green – McCartney Mission – 1793 – Better trade conditions with China Epic failure Finally would Trade Opium China saw trades as unfair Threw British

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    exciting as well as easier for many families. Around the time of the late 1800’s‚ under the idea of “separate spheres”‚ caring for children was looked at as a central part of most women’s lives. The man was the breadwinner and the hunter and gatherer‚ providing the sustainable essentials for a family to survive. Marriage was viewed as a foundation of ones national morality. At the

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    Expansion and Exploration Many Americans in the 1800s were excited to move west. The west made many different settlers want to travel there. Some wanted to go for adventure and to make money. Others wanted to go for fertile farmland and to make a new life. No matter what the reason the people were important the expansion of the United States. People rushed west because of the beaver skin hat that was popular in the U.S. And Europe. The first people that traveled west were mostly fut traders

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    the years. Shoes have also been improved throughout the year. Many things have been improved throughout the years. Some of the improved ideas that we have today are the cell phone‚ shoes‚ tires‚ also many more. These things all go back to the 1800’s. Cell phones are an approved idea because first there was mail‚ then there were the telegraph‚ afterward that it was the telephones. The telephone had been improved many times. The improvement of the telephone was the cell phone that

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    into the spotlight of national politics. A set of compromises‚ known as the Missouri Compromise of 1820‚ allowed Congress to avoid a resolution on the issue of slavery. The Missouri question was the first slavery related political crisis of the 1800’s. It was an attempt to allow slavery in a state considered a free territory. Just after the American Revolution‚ Congress divided the land ceded by Great Britain in the 1783 Treaty of Paris‚ into free and slave regions. The Ordinance of 1787 permitted

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    The Market Revolution in the 1800s caused some Americans to quickly adjust their beliefs on the uproar of the market economy by taking a step back and observing the ramifications of this development. Firstly‚ complaints were coming in from factories arising in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution. Such factories produced cotton textiles with water-powered spinning and weaving machinery. American factory workers began to see how slaves lived. The conditions within these factories made workers

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    Established in Louisiana during 1874‚ the White League believed strongly in white supremacy and a Democratic government. White supremacy is the concept that the white race is strongly superior to all other races especially Blacks. During the 1800s white supremacy was a common belief among slaveholders and in the southern region of the United States of America. The White League along with other groups that terrorized African-Americans based many of their beliefs and actions on the concept of white

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