The Importance of Napoleon the III and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 France in the 19th century was a country that was in trouble. In the beginning of the century its people were picking up the pieces from overthrowing a powerful and well established monarch. The people had to weather a failed first republic and the Napoleonic Wars. French people then had to deal with a restoration of the monarchy and a return of the power to the Bourgeoisie. Living as a common person in France was no easy
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Britain asserted its authority in India from 1750 to 1870 with nonmilitary methods. Britain used political‚ social‚ and intellectual ways to get India. Britain influenced India politically. They expanded their territories and tried to get as much land under the British East India company’s rule. The more they expanded the more company men would come to Africa and to the land of British India. They also had Indians that join the military wear the uniforms of the British military. They influenced
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War‚ such as the division of the once-United States‚ the massive slaughter of innocent lives‚ and the abolition of the inhumane slavery in U.S.‚ America tried to stand up once again from its fall and to rebuild itself as it approached the decade of 1870’s‚ making this Reconstruction period a truly indispensable part of U.S History (debold). An event like The Panic of 1873 and the settlement of the West help expansion and industrialization of U.S. territories. Furthermore‚ during this decade‚ inventions
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Prior to the 1944 Butler Education Act‚ to which this essay discusses‚ there are many other crucial Acts to briefly mention so as to show the development of education over time. One being The Elementary Education Act 1870‚ which is deemed the most important stage in the development of the national system of elementary education as it mapped out the country into schooling districts. Then The Mundella Act 1880 made Elementary education compulsory‚ but not free‚ for all children between the ages of
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A number of notable technological innovations have taken place between the years 1860-1870 in the United States. In the sphere of communications‚ a major development was the completion of the first transcontinental telegraph line across North America by Western Union in 1861 (Western Union 2009). Moreover‚ in 1866‚ after several failed attempts‚ the Transatlantic Cable was laid that connected Europe and North America. Before this landmark event‚ the fastest communication between the two continents
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The leading cause of the African slave trade in the 1451 - 1870 centuries was that Europe profited from the exploitation of the slave which were used as free labor in the Americas in order to produce cheap materials for manufacturing goods. Slavery was used by the Portuguese‚ the Spanish‚ and the English in the years 1451 through the year 1870. Slavery was used for many reasons but some of those reasons are racism‚ religion‚ save money. The slaves were people from africa that we brought
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Why did opposition to Alexander II grow in the 1870’s? During 1870’s opposition towards Alexander II arose because of two reasons‚ one of which was his sudden reactionary attitude after an assassination attempt in 1866. As a result of this event‚ Alexander‚ who was at the time strongly influenced by conservatives‚ saw a reason for his unpopularity the western aspects he brought to Russia by his liberal reforms and therefore removed all liberal ministers he appointed before and replaced them with
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Compare and contrast early cinema (1895 – 1910) with mainstream narrative cinema The history of film was set in motion in the late 1880’s with the development in camera and film technology. There has been deliberation about who were the first to broadcast film‚ however after much research it is believed that the first projection was introduced by the late French born Auguste Marie Louis Nicholas and Louis Jean‚ famously known as ‘the Lumiere brothers’. Cinema started of more as an art‚ favouring
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and faster dissemination of this information through improved transportation started changing the way people lived and interacted‚ giving rise to significant advancements. The above Map shows the rapid gains by Europeans in the world between 1815 - 1870 and 1871 - 1914‚ which coincides‚ with the beginning of World War I. It appears that over time‚ the European dependence in Asia and Africa included that of Britain in India and South Africa‚ Russia in Siberia and Central Asia‚ and France in Algeria
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This article will discuss the evolution of women’s rights since the late 1800’s to the present. Before the Civil War‚ women had fought for rights dealing in equality. Women continued to strive for change in their family‚ social and sexual roles‚ and struggled for participation and representation in the workforce and in politics. Women continued gaining strength and support in the 1940s when they were given the right to serve in the military. A benefit of this was their significant increase in
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