They farmed‚ more than anything else. Sometime during the 1870s those who worked on farms began to be outnumbered by those who did other work‚ but not by any single kind. The nonfarmers divided mainly among factory workers‚ service workers‚ professionals‚ business people‚ and commercial workers. Americans had always been a
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References: JSTOR: Colonialism in Africa: 1870-1960. Volume II. The History ...lh Gann and Peter Duignan‚ eds.‚ Colonialism in Africa‚ 1870-1960: The History and Politics of Colonialism‚ 1870-1914 (New York and London‚ 1969). 711 ...links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0001-9992(1971)4%3A3%3C711%3ACIA1VI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-M Race & Class Book Reviews : Colonialism in Africa 1870-1960. Vol. II: The. http://rac.sagepub.com. The online version of this article can be found
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Do you agree with the view that the education act of 1870 was a significant step forward in the educational opportunities for girls? To a limited extent‚ I agree with the view that the education act of 1870 was a significant step forward in the educational opportunities for girls because they were given a compulsory education‚ whereas prior to the act‚ many girls did not attend school at all‚ formally or informally. All sources agree with this as they express that girls were now forced to attend
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School System :) Education for all has been one of the grand causes of national progress. Less than a century ago comparatively few of the working folk could read. One of the reasons for the growth of popular education has been the spread of democratic ideas and of the application of industry to science. It began to dawn upon the people how profitable it would be for each inhabitant of a country to be able to communicate with or receive communications from others through ability to read and
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neo-mercantilism by establishing a commanding and multi-faceted economy with overseas colonies‚ whose production would assist the home country in meeting its needs. The industrialization of Germany‚ the United States‚ Japan and other countries after about 1870‚ heavily intensified the foreign trade market. The revival of mercantilism in the late 19th century stressed the need for each of the Great Powers to sustain an
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In the nineteenth century‚ life was exceedingly challenging for a significant number of Americans. People make their living by doing labor intensive work for many hours. Factories were primarily horse powered and almost everything was painstakingly handcrafted. Travel was slow: it took days to get to a different state‚ and even weeks to get across the country. Trade was sparse: it only occurred with whatever people could travel with on horseback or on boats that they sailed on through the rivers
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Augustan Age (or Age of Pope) 1745-1785 The Age of Sensibility (or Age of Johnson) 1785-1830 The Romantic Period 1832-1901 The Victorian Period 1848-1860 The Pre-Raphaelites 1880-1901 Aestheticism and Decadence 1901-1914 The Edwardian Period 1910-1936 The Georgian Period 1914- The Modern Period 1945- Postmodernism The Old English Period‚ or the Anglo-Saxon Period‚ extended from the invasion of Celtic England by Germanic tribes (the Angles‚ Saxons‚ and Jutes) in the first half of the
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stories became immensely popular in the decades that followed. In 1870‚ Clemens married Olivia Langdon‚ and they had four children. Mark Twain passed away on April 21‚ 1910‚ but has influence today. His childhood home is open to the public as a museum in Hannibal. Throughout his career‚ Mark Twain published more than 30 books‚ hundreds of short stories and essays and gave lecture tours around the world. By the end of his life in 1910‚ Mark Twain had become known as
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Analyze the effects that the wealthiest individuals of the Gilded Age had on America. As the American Civil War came to an end‚ an era of phenomenal economic growth was spurred by a second Industrial Revolution. It touched all geographic areas of America‚ evident in increased farm output and labor efficiency. The magnificent flow of goods generated could be efficiently transported by freshly lain transcontinental railroads made of Bessemer steel. Presiding over these late nineteenth century developments
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pronunciation: [maˈria montesˈsɔri]; August 31‚ 1870 – May 6‚ 1952) was an Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name‚ and her writing on scientific pedagogy. Her educational method is in use today in some public and private schools throughout the world. Maria Montessori Contents 1 Life and career 1.1 Birth and family 1.2 1883–1896: Education 1.3 1896–1901: Early career and family Born Maria Tecla Artemesia Montessori August 31‚ 1870 Chiaravalle‚ Marche‚ Italy Died
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