1. Why did the nineteenth-century southern economy remain primarily agricultural? (pp. 330-36) Slaves made it possible for the people in the southern warm climate areas to make a profitable living off the land. Plantation owners were able to maintain the slave labor‚ which kept their costs down. Planters kept investing in cotton and slaves. The cotton grown by the planters in the south was the largest exporting crop at the time. The planters were getting rich off of their cotton crops. Having slave
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Prostitution became a significant of London ’s history during the 18th and 19th century. At the time‚ prostitution was a chronic problem of the public order. It became so big in London that it attracted the attention of many groups such as‚ "the church‚ the state‚ the medical profession‚ philanthropists‚ feminists and others." (Bartley‚ 1) All of these groups worked together in order to resolve the problem‚ even though at the time prostitution was not illegal. However‚ it was an activity that many
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Even for those countries with advanced comprehensive welfare systems‚ there has always been a problem about how society treats the poor‚ the needy or the sick. During the 19th and beginning of 20th Centuries an extension by way of amendments to the already existing Poor Law’s sought to identify ways and means of dealing with those who for a variety of reasons required help. Emanating from religious traditions‚ the Church as part of the established State‚ attempted to provide for the needy through
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middle-east with the objective to discontinue the creation of a terrorist state‚ ISIS. The United States acted without the considering the consequences on the middle-east countries and therefore millions of people have die because of it. In the 19th century‚ many events took place in the development of international organizations and they were encouraged by three important movements. First‚ the concert of Europe established in 1850‚ which represented the balance of forces that existed in Europe from
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The crises in public health of the 19th Century were a result of the urbanisation which occurred as a result of the industrial revolution. The epidemics brought a need for public approach to the prevention of disease. However this did not specifically set in motion the idea of a ‘national’ health service. The biggest obstacle towards this was the ideology of laissez-faire. In order to reach an establishment of a National Health Service‚ there needed to be a majority belief in universal entitlement
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America’s sporting culture of the late 19th century and into the early 20th century largely reflected ideals the country enforced during colonial times‚ as the same ruling parties (upper class white males and the newly forming “middle class” white male) were charged with shaping and influencing society. These ideas‚ that enforced white male (unless poor except in certain cases) dominance‚ limited women’s involvement and ranked “others” (blacks‚ immigrants‚ poorer whites) below the upper white class
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The United States remained a nation of immigrants during the nineteenth century. Throughout the nineteenth century‚ land and jobs in America were plentiful. The United States still had remained a strong magnet for immigrants‚ offering them chances o take up farming or urban employment. Glowing reports from early arrivals who made good reinforced romantic views of American opportunity and freedom. A German immigrant in Missouri applauded America’s "absence of overbearing soldiers‚ haughty clergymen
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B. Anthony who realized that they too were oppressed. Maybe not in the same way as blacks‚ but lacking rights all the same. Women have been fighting for their rights for well over one hundred and fifty years‚ and whether it was in the nineteenth century or the twentieth the fight has always been for equality. Beginning with the Seneca Falls Convention in July of 1848‚ a key moment in the women’s movement‚ women have been hard at work trying to rally the troops in support of women’s rights. Elizabeth
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During the late 19th century and into the early 20th century‚ the countries of Africa faced unprecedented amounts of imperialism and foreign interference from many of the European countries‚ England‚ Germany and France mainly. Sometimes referred to as the “scramble for Africa” are the events that took place after the Berlin conference in 1884. This mass colonization of Africa resulted the destruction of many cultures as well as sacred land that the Europeans used for mining or other industrial endeavors
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Persecution of Religions The Orthodox Church has a very rich past in Russia dating back to the 10th century when numerous churches were constructed. In the 11th century‚ monasteries began to flourish. Besides being devoted to spiritual work‚ these played also an important role in providing more formal education. In the 13th century‚ the Russian Orthodox church shielded the population from the Tatar great invasion that could have engulfed the Christian faith throughout Russia. Similarly‚ in the
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