Abstract Many great innovations that benefited people came to earth in the 19th and 20th century. These new creations vastly improved people’s way of lives by making things easier and faster to do while some provide news and knowledge in a flash. The amazing ideas were formulated by brilliant inventors so that they could address the current needs to prevent time consuming tasks and at the same time deliver good results. Through these notable wonders which we often use were the computer‚ television
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KKK "In world history‚ those who have helped to build the same culture are not necessarily of one race‚ and those of the same race have not all participated in one culture. In scientific language‚ culture is not a function of race" (Benedict). The sad fact is that many races are discriminated against. Discrimination is defined as the act of perceiving and making evident the distinctions between two different groups of people. There have been many groups that have been very discriminating‚ but
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Major Oil Spills of the 20th and 21st century In 1989 the Exxon Valdez American oil tanker crashed into the Bligh Reef‚ off the Coast of Bligh Island in Prince William Sound‚ Alaska. The tanker was supposed to turn south after they had reached a certain point‚ Busby Island‚ but because the ship didn’t turn fast enough‚ it collided with the reef. Due to how widespread the damage was‚ 1900km of coastline was polluted. This pollution killed approximately 250‚000 seabirds‚ 2‚800 sea otters‚ 250 bald
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Assess to what extent the French revolution was the main factor in the growth of nationalism during the 19th century. Throughout the 19th Century nationalism became an increasingly important ideology. In fact‚ M.S. Anderson states‚ “The most important political fact of the nineteenth century in Europe was the growth of nationalism”. In some cases it took the form of regions seeking independence from the country they were currently part of. In others bigger countries formed out of smaller states
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In 1919 there was a very common issue of poverty in Melbourne.There was very poor areas all around Melbourne‚ there would be small homes that poor people would live in. People would buy small house because its less work to clean and easier to maintain.Some of the main areas that poor people would live in was Richmond and thats were the main character of the book the runner Charlie Feehan was living.The place that the poor people would live in was called the slums. These areas would be all polluted
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Henry Demarest Lloyd-Journalist who was notable for‚ pre-1900‚ attacking the Standard Oil Company with his book "Wealth Against Commonwealth" Thorstein Veblem- An economist who wrote “Theory of the Leisure Class”. He condemned and criticized conspicuous consumerism where status is displayed and conveyed through consumption. Jacob Riis- Early 1900’s muckraker who exposed social and political evils in the U.S. with his novel "How The Other Half Lives". He exposed the poor conditions of tenements
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Hardened or Hopeful: Immigrants in the Early 20th Century Stephen Crane’s novel exemplifies the lives of poor immigrants in the major cities of turn of the century America. While a few immigrants were able to rise above their struggles and succeed‚ most were held below the poverty line and many of their descendants still are due to the circumstances they were faced with. New immigrant groups are going through modern versions of those struggles in today’s world. As immigrants filled the cities
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In the early 20th century‚ revolutions were ubiquitous. Some of the most important revolutions happened in Asia‚ specifically in China and Russia. While these revolutions may have been similar‚ with respect to the outcome‚ their original goals are different. China wished to have a democratic country while on the other hand Russia created a communist society‚ they both wanted reform in order to increase the standard of living and to increase the power of their country. The 19th century decimated China
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During the 20th century‚ the element radium was used for commercial purposes and medicinal. While radium had some positive effects in both these areas‚ many people failed to see that radium actually had deadly capabilities. One example of the deadliness? Of radium in human life was with an energy drink called Radithor. The drink had radium dissolved in the solution. The owners of the company preached the benefits of the drink and that it could possibly increase sexual desire. In this way‚ many people
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The five major Canadian events of the 20th century that I would include as Heritage Minutes are The Great Depression‚ the Confederation of 1867‚ the Canadian Charter of Right and Freedoms‚ Canada entering World War II‚ and the Women’s Suffrage Movement. I think that The Great Depression should be a Heritage Minute because it had a massive global impact and revealed new policies that needed to be put in place. This time period caused the unemployment rate to increase by 25%. There were no social
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