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    demented serial killers because of his troubling childhood‚ raving murders‚ and electrifying death. Albert fish lived a troubling childhood; according to Charles Montaldo‚ Fish was born into a family with a long history of mental illness on May 19‚ 1870 (Charles Montaldo). His childhood was corrupt dealing

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    Study on Indian Railways

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    Railways in Colonial India: An Economic Achievement? Dan Bogart* Latika Chaudhary† May 2012 1 Introduction Railways were the most important infrastructure development in India from 1850 to 1947. They were inter-connected with all aspects of Indian society. In terms of the economy‚ railways played a major role in integrating markets and increasing trade. Domestic and international economic trends shaped the pace of railway construction and the demand

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    Lala Lajapat Rai

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    even fasted and prayed like Muslims‚ but did not embrace Islam largely due to his family’s attachment to the Hindu faith. Rai had his initial education in Government Higher Secondary School‚ Rewari (now in Haryana‚ previously in Punjab)‚ in the late 1870s and early 1880s‚ where his father‚ Radha Krishan‚ was an Urdu teacher. Rai was influenced by Hinduism and Manusmriti and created a career of reforming Indian policy through politics and writing. (When studying law in Lahore‚ he continued to practice

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    of Houston. The black church in the Freedmen’s community housed schools for blacks in 1850s. The Freedmen’s community attracted two of the most important churches‚ Methodist Church and Baptist Church. This community became the center of education in 1870 and the Freedmen’s Bureau schools were combined with Gregory School‚ which was the first public

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    inspired rural Americans and immigrants alike to come them in search of opportunity. From 1850 to the 1870s‚ more than 2 million immigrants came from the “old motherlands” of the British Isles and Western Europe. (Page 518‚ Kennedy) However‚ by the 1880s‚ the stream of immigrants had changed dramatically as “New

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    A SELECTION OF PAST AP U.S. FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS: Part 1: Colonial Period to Civil War Colonial Times 1607 -1775 1. From 1600 -1763‚ several European nations vied for control of the North American continent. Why did England win the struggle? (73) 2. In the seventeenth century‚ New England Puritans tried to create a model society. What were their aspirations‚ and to what extent were those aspirations fulfilled during the seventeenth century? (83) 3. In the two decades before the

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    History of Packaging

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    ABE321 A Brief History of Packaging1 Kenneth R. Berger‚ reviewed by B. Welt2 Introduction From the very earliest times‚ humans consumed food where it was found. Families and villages made or caught what they used. They were also self-sufficient‚ so there was little need for packaging of goods‚ either for storage or transportation. When containers were needed‚ nature provided gourds‚ shells‚ and leaves. Later‚ containers were fashioned from natural materials‚ such as hollowed logs‚ woven grasses

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    their course. The Cubists challenged conventional forms of representation‚ such as perspective‚ which had been the rule since the Renaissance. Their aim was to develop a new way of seeing which reflected the modern age. In the four decades from 1870-1910‚ western society witnessed more technological progress than in the previous four centuries. During this period‚ inventions such as photography‚ cinematography‚ sound recording‚ the telephone‚ the motor car and the airplane heralded the dawn of a

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    Year | Progressive Era Chapter 9 Timeline Name of Idea/Event/Law | What Law/Amendment didPurpose of Movement/Organization | 1860 | | | | | | 1870 | Women’s Christian Temperance Union | 1. First organization among women devoted to social reform with a program that "linked the religious and the secular through concerted and far-reaching reform strategies based on applied Christianity." - The purpose of the WCTU was to create a pure world by abstinence‚ purity and evangelical Christianity

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    reaction to a major war. At the end of World War I in 1918‚ both social and political foundations in American took a dramatic turn. From these changes‚ women of the twenties began to defy social norms and distinguish themselves from women in the 1910s and 1930s. The women of this decade had a newfound social liberty‚ as it was a major period of change. Conservatives and liberals were battling

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