In the 19th century‚ women suffered from gender inequality. They were considered second-class citizens regardless of their ethnicity. In this century they were not allowed to vote‚ sue‚ testify in court‚ hardly granted custody of their children and were barred from institutions of higher education. According to an article called Feminism in literature‚ women were expected to remain subservient to their fathers and husbands. The only occupations they were allowed to take part in were as domestic servants
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In the 19th Century‚ European society underwent great changes due to industrialization. Manufacturing readily developed and began to take over the traditional economic activities of European countries‚ agriculture. This caused many European communities economic production to shift from homes and small shops‚ this in turn led to the creation of many new factories. Due to this major transformation from "agricultural societies" to modern "industrial societies" much of the European populace relocated
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pay‚ equal wages‚ and safer environments to work in‚ for a long time now and having showoffs wasn’t really helping the case. The battle for these rights went on for about 40 years and didn’t see any laws taken into account until 1938 where “The Fair Labor Standards Act made the eight-hour day and forty-hour week the law of the land” ( De Graaf et al.‚ 127). The shifts of these laws were supposed to set us up for the greater part of life giving us more time with our families‚ more time to do something
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In the early 19th century many religious and secular utopian communities started to spring up across the united states. These utopian communities were considered social experiments that embraced forms of communism or socialism. During this time‚ economic‚ political and social changes created a concern for many Americans about their future and that of their nation. Some believed that these changes had effects on morality‚ the ability of their communities to prosper and even the integrity of family
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One of the easiest ways many scholars tell how people in different cultures were looked at is through paintings or pictures that showcase what life was like back then. The notion of a picture being worth a thousand words truly comes alive when looking at ancient historical drawings that reveal so many different factors about how the people in the society lived. The same can be said about the various pictures and paintings taking throughout the United States history especially with the various roles
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American Imperialism is the idea of dominance economically‚ politically and culturally. It is the economic‚ military and cultural influence of the United States on other countries. The economic and political development of the new nation in the early 19th century intersected with racial formation and settler colonialism. The enslaved Blacks‚ Native Americans and women then resisted the hierarchies’ reproduce in the new nation. As the American Imperialism originated across the Mississippi‚ pioneer families
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Samuel Gompers was a labor union leader‚ and a very influential figure in US History. He was the founder of the AFL‚ the American Federation of Labor‚ and served as its president for many years. Through this organization he hoped to fight against corporations for the rights of its workers. Some of the things that he fought for were shorter hours and higher wages. This is because a lot of factory workers were working a ridiculous amount of hours while not receiving that much pay‚ which is most certainly
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occured from 1870 onwards. European countries were the biggest imperialist during 19th century‚ their policy of extending their state over other territories were mass in area. Conquering from Africa to Asia. Here are some facts: in the 1875 10% of Africa was ruled by european countries and by 1895 90% of Africa was ruled by europeans. There are several important causes of new imperialism in the late 19th Century. Such as economical and political causes and social cause. Politics is one of the
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Violence as Propaganda: Late 19th Century Terrorism This short essay will compare the use of terrorism in the late 19th century. What do the terrorist campaigns share in common and why some were more successful than others. I will also attempt to define what is meant by success in a terrorist campaign. First I will define “success” for the purpose of this essay. I define success as achieving the desired and stated purpose of the individual or group using terror as a method to achieve change.
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thirst for new markets. Imperialism in the U.S. was important because of the expansion of their nation. By the 1880’s American leaders believed that they should join the imperialist powers in Europe and establish colonies overseas. Throughout the 19th century America extended their control towards the Pacific Ocean. The manifest destiny fueled the expansion of territory. John L. O’Sullivan said‚ “Our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted
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