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    Advantages Of Industrialization Industrialization was a period after the Civil War and before World War I where there was exponential growth and change. With Industrialization came both advantages and disadvantages. A few disadvantages were that people had to work long hours‚ with little money and dangerous working conditions. Although many believed that Industrialization did more harm than good‚ it actually strengthened America by making work easier for women‚ decreasing the mortality rate in infants

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    reunify the country and the thirteenth‚ fourteenth‚ and fifteenth amendments made to the constitution‚ passed between 1868 and 1870‚ were intended to assure that African Americans maintained their freedom‚ ability to vote‚ and equal protection under the law. However‚ this period introduced greater social divides and an extreme opposition to the black race. By the late 1870s‚ the federal government withdrew from the South. Legislatures filled with white supremacists passed new laws that enforced segregation

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    - January 7 1943 Nationality: Serbian Description of Childhood Upbringing/Early Years: Nikola Tesla was born in the Austrian territory. Tesla obtained an excellent education in engineering and physics in the 1870s. He gained practical experience in the 1880s working in telephony. He worked on telephony in Continental Edison in the new electric power industry. Tesla came to the United States in 1884‚ where he would become naturalized citizen. Tesla worked for

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    Mark Twain died April 21‚ 1910‚ in Redding‚ Connecticut (Carnegie). He died as a widow and had one remaining child alive‚ Clara (Carnegie). She helped take care of him (Carnegie). He died of age 74 (Carnegie). Mark Twain died of a heart attack (Carnegie). One day after the Halley’s

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    William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was conceived on February 23‚ 1868‚ in Incredible Barrington‚ Massachusetts‚ to Alfred and Mary Silvina (née Burghardt) Du Bois. Mary Silvina Burghardt’s family was a piece of the little free dark populace of Extraordinary Barrington and had since a long time ago claimed land in the state. She was plummeted from Dutch‚ African and English progenitors. William Du Bois’ maternal incredible extraordinary granddad was Tom Burghardt‚ a slave (conceived in West Africa around

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    Personally‚ I always believed anti-traditionalism in music began with genres like rock and pop music. So learning that composers in the 1900 were considered modernists was interesting. I was also surprised with the "Holy trinity" of music; I never really thought about rhythm being a modern concept. Of course‚ Industrialization in the 19th and 20th century obviously played a key role in changing the all of the arts. Starting with a variety of modernism‚ anti-traditionalism. Anti-traditionalism

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    The population amount in Oregon almost doubled by the 1870’s with a huge population of 90‚923. No longer would the settlers have to reach the Great West by traveling over four and a half months on tough terrain‚ enduring harsh winters or hot summers‚ and burying the dead loved ones from the then-fatal illnesses

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    Florence Nightingale Nursing is a job we would consider a very selfless job. It’s a job that requires you to be at your best at every moment because someone’s life or well-being is depending on you. Long shifts may get you tired‚ you may not have a lunch break because you are working non-stop but you could care less. All you care about is impacting the lives of others. You are constantly putting others before yourself. Well in this case Florence Nightingale was the person who did just that. Florence

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    His ambition and hard work shown in the 1900 United States Census by 1900 he owned his home free and clear of mortgage and was raising his four children‚ “Nettie” Nellie‚ Medora‚ Mary‚ and Isaac‚ alone. Delaney was listed as “Boat Jaxon” in the 1910 United States Census. Mrs. Elizabeth (nee: Gant) Gaines‚ Boat’s second wife‚ they were married on 21 Dec 1912. Elizabeth‚ came to the marriage with one child‚ Claude‚ she was the youngest sister of Emma Gant‚ Emma was the wife of Theodore Jackson

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    Descendants of James M. Wilson Generation No. 1 1. James M.2 Wilson (George1) was born Abt. 1814 in Spartenburg District‚ South Carolina‚ and died Bef. 1900 in Winston County‚ Alabama. He married Nancy Emily Bell Dec 28‚ 1834 in Rabun County‚ Georgia‚ daughter of John Bell and Rhoda Bates. She was born Dec 1814 in Georgia‚ and died Aft. 1900 in Winston County‚ Alabama. Notes for James M. Wilson: http://wcgs.ala.nu/1867vote.htm Birth date and birth place from 1867 Voting Registration

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