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    Whether it is now in the 21st century or as early as the 19th century‚ there was a lot expected from women. Their main roles had always been carrying mothers for their children and loving wives for their husbands. However‚ where did this idea come from and how did it change throughout the years if they were expected to be goodwives? In a world of patriarchy‚ how did women find other roles besides domesticity? Women started with barely any rights in the colonial America but as decades went by‚ more

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    The two major sources of the growth and diversity of the 18th century were because of the African Americans and the Whites. During the early 17th century‚ most of the countries in Europe set out to establish overseas colonies and trading posts‚ because of that it brought back more things than they were originally use too. In the beginning of the 1700s the population was around 250‚000. Over the course of 70 years the population grew to about 2‚000‚000. You ask why the population suddenly increased

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    19th Century America

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    Essay Throughout the 19th century‚ America was a rapidly growing country. It was full of new inventions‚ new ideas‚ economic and social development‚ and new ways of thinking. But‚ most of these came from the North. The North and the South had many differences and many similarities. The North and South had many differences. One difference is that South’s economy relied on slaves more than the North. Almost all the Northern states immediately or gradually abolished slavery after the Revolutionary

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    18th Century Drinking

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    CHAPTER 5 Which of the following is true about excellent communication skills? They can dramatically improve your chances for business success. Effective communication is all about delivering the message with style and a flair for the dramatic. FALSE The higher you advance in an organization‚ the less important listening becomes FALSE Telephone conversations provide a richer communication channel than email. TRUE Excellent communication skills can dramatically improve your chances

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    The history of psychiatric hospitals find its origins in classical workhouses and houses of correction. From the 18th to 20th century‚ there was a transformation of workhouses into insane asylums and finally into psychiatric hospitals and along with this transformation of institutions came a shift to medical understandings of mental illness. Ultimately‚ the barbarous practices that occurred within asylums caused another shift in psychiatric care towards deinstitutionalization‚ psychology outside

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    Ghetto In The 19th Century

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    late 18th century every city in the United States has had neighborhoods where the poor‚ the recent immigrant‚ the desperate‚ and the criminal have made their homes. However; it was only in the late 19th century that the systematic poverty in the ghetto and related problems such as‚ alcohol and drug abuse‚ child abuse and neglect‚ spousal abuse‚ and crime came to the public’s attention through the work of settlement workers such as Jane Addams and journalists like Jacob Riis. The 20th century saw

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    perceptions of the rape. Likewise‚ domestic violence against women increased in the homes‚ especially in the tenement dwellings of urban New Yorkers. Cases of severe beatings and murder were often‚ usually caused by drunkenness on behalf of either the man or the woman. The majority of the experiences of the lower-class female work force was bleak‚ but there were a few‚ and very minor‚ exceptions. One such exception can be found within the youthful work force of the Eastern side of New York‚ on

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    19th Century England

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    19th Century England During the 19th Century‚ England was transformed by the industrial revolution. It was also a period of social and political unrest. Levels of sanitation were improved‚ as was the quality of housing. During this period‚ living standards were raised and it was a relatively peaceful period. It was a period of prosperity and expansion for the British Empire‚ but it also saw the decline of England’s power. England was the first nation to industrialise. It had a dense population

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    21 Century Slavery

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    the War of 1812 the central theme running through our study of American history is racism that still affect us today in the 21 century. Slavery started when the colonies came to America in 1619 when a Dutch ship brought 20 African slaves ashore in the British colony of jamestown when the colonies was trying to stay away from the british and declare their independence. Slavery was ongoing in the southern states. In the 1800’s many white slave owners believed that the African Americans were inferior

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    oversee. (Crawford)” Seeing as this way of life was traditional for women of the 16th‚ 17th‚ and 18th centuries‚ it is no secret that the female gender was highly overlooked given the voice (or lack thereof) they had in society. As time went on‚ this was still a part of the work women did‚ as well as more jobs that still involved household work. Transitioning from the 16th through the 18th centuries of early modern Europe‚ oppression of the female gender was still prevalent‚ which disallowed a variety

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