dramatically in the period following the Civil War. Business itself changed during this time: various ways were tried to increase the size of businesses‚ including trusts and holding companies. The average standard of living more than doubled between 1870 and 1910 and manufacturing‚ rather than agriculture‚ became businesses central feature. A major factor in this increase was the rise of big businesses and the widespread use of mass production. In fact‚ large businesses can often produce goods and services
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I agree that Germany must bear responsibility for starting the First WW‚ to a large extent. There are three reasons why I say this. First‚ in the early 1870s‚ the German Chancellor Bismarck was the first to start the alliance system which was one cause of the First World War. Other nations only followed him. Second‚ the extreme nationalism (Pan-Germanism) in Germany made her desire to unite with the Germans in Austria-Hungary to become a great German state. With her support‚ Austria-Hungary
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students were becoming aware of what has been termed as the “new” psychology shortly after 1870. This following had been led by Harvard University professor William James. James brought forth his theories regarding how the mind would adapt to the environment. Demonstrations on empirical findings were also presented. In 1890‚ James completed and published his book Principals of Psychology. From 1870 through to 1910‚ another early scholar included Wilhelm Wundt‚ philosophy professor at the University
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NEON Sir William Ramsay‚ a Scottish chemist‚ and Morris M. Travers‚ an English chemist‚ discovered neon. Another important person is Georges Claude‚ a French chemist‚ who invented neon lighting around (1870-1960). Claude showed his first neon sign at the Paris Exposition of 1910. And then sold the first neon advertising sign to a Paris barber two years later. Around the 1920s‚ neon lighting had become popular in many parts of the world. In 1922‚ the Haaxman brothers brought the first neon signs
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which helps explain why over 6000 African-Americans lived in the Oklahoma territory by 1870. Oklahoma boasted of more All-Black towns and communities than any other state in the land‚ and these communities opened their arms to freed slaves from all across the country. Remarkably‚ at one time‚ there were over 30 African-American newspapers in Oklahoma. Tulsa began as an outpost of the Creek Indians and as late as 1910‚ Walter White of the NAACP‚ described Tulsa as "the dead and hopeless home of 18‚182
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States of America‚ Canada‚ and Russia. She was chosen conservative candidate in 1926 for a London constituency‚but health failed before election. In 1926 she joined conservative party with surprised many. She led a protest of three hundred women in 1910 to meet Prime minister Asquith who refused audience- female marchers treated brutally by police- incident called Black Friday. In 1908 she was arrested for trying to enter parliament to deliver a protest resolution to Prime
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Judith Treaty of 1855. As the U.S. began to expand westward‚ conflicts arose between them and the Blackfoot. Due to an outbreak of smallpox‚ the Blackfoot were conquered by 1870. The Canadians then signed a treaty in 1877 granting the Blackfoot three reserves. The Blackfoot have been studied by anthropologists since 1910. The first to study them was Clark Wissler who wrote Material Culture of the Blackfoot Indians. Lucien M. Hanks wrote Tribe under Trust: A Study of the Blackfoot Reserve of
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Development‚ which has many meanings in different contexts‚ has a particular international component within the human development in this class. Therefore‚ it encompasses globalization and fighting poverty‚ and the development of institutions‚ economies‚ health care‚ and education. With the development of technology and internationalization integration of industrial production‚ economic development brings nations closer. After the World War Two‚ the technology boom stimulated the global economic
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therefore‚ problematic for the development of industry? 3) LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY/CROSS-COUNRTY INDUSTRY SPECIALISATION Stephen Broadberry has attributed long-term differences in labour productivity between the UK‚ USA and Germany over the period 1870-1914 to relative performances in their service sectors. (a) How did Britain’s performance in this sector compare with that of her competitors during this period? (b) Can the origins of Britain’s long-term decline be located in this sector during
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Dominant ideologies in Victorian Britain Changes in women’s personal lives: 1860-1901 Educating women and girls: 1860-1930 Women in public life: 1860-1901 The Suffrage Campaign: 1860-1903 The beginning of militancy: 1903-1909 The Militant Campaign: 1910-1914 Reaction to the suffrage campaigns: 1903-1914 1918 and 1928: A changed political landscape? Opening up the world of work to women: 1901-1930 Debate and evaluation: How much change had taken place in the position of women 1860-1930? The Examination
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