HISTORY 4990 Artifact Paper- 7UP and Early Advertising Molly Marton February 17‚ 2011 Advertising as it is known today finds its roots in the industrial expansion of the 1880s. The mass production and the lowering of prices on consumer goods meant that more items were available to more people than ever before. The construction of the transcontinental railroads provided a national market for a company’s goods. Advertising a product changed from simply announcing the existence of a product in
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Global war is one of the defining features of twentieth-century experience‚ and the first global war is the subject of one of this period’s topics‚ “Representing the Great War.” Masses of dead bodies strewn upon the ground‚ plumes of poison gas drifting through the air‚ hundreds of miles of trenches infested with rats—these are but some of the indelible images that have come to be associated with World War I (1914-18). It was a war that unleashed death‚ loss‚ and suffering on an unprecedented scale
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During the 19th and 20th centuries‚ women relentlessly faced discrimination throughout most of their lives‚ and society considered them unequal to men. The authors Kate Chopin‚ Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ and Susan Glaspell wrote about the suppression of women during this time‚ exposing the unequal treatment that they suffered. Their literary works contain common theme of freedom from the discrimination and harsh treatment of male figures that played a prominent role throughout their lives. In these
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Inventions of the 20th century Light Switch Tired of using old your old push-button light switch? As of 1916 William J. Newton and Morris Goldberg have come out with a new and improved patented light switch. Instead of pushing a button‚ all you have to do is either flick it up or down‚ and you’re light will automatically turn on. It’s now safer than the old push-button because it won’t control the whole mechanism directly‚ but instead through a series of springs and levers. Get your own revamped
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Overview China in the 20th century has been going through enormous changes. From colonialism and imperialism to republicanism‚ from communism to capitalism‚ and from underdevelopment to a country maintaining over 10% economic growth for over ten years. In this research paper‚ I will focus on the transition of China from a Communist command economy to a type of market economy as well as the economic fluctuations throughout this period. In 1949 Oct 1‚ the People’s Republic
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During the centuries education system has changed a lot. We cannot say that in the 20th century studying was much difficult‚ but the education system was restricted. 21st century has modern point of view of the education and its system. New technologies have facilitated the studies. However‚ it does not mean that the studies became easier. The aim of this essay is to compare and contrast studying in the 20th and 21st centuries. First of all‚ studying in the beginning of the 20th century was harder
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The eighteen through twentieth century political events have had positive and negative effects on global history. The Rise of Nazi in Germany and The Rise of Totalitarianism in Russia have had different impacts throughout the world. Also the historical circumstances leading up to these two events are different in many ways. After World War 1‚ the Weimar government in Germany faced many problems as people looked for someone to blame for their defeat in the war. Extremists on the far left and on the
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TITLE Terrorism is nothing new to this world‚ but in the twentieth century‚ a new and more potentially dangerous form of terrorism was introduced‚ bioterrorism. This is the act of terrorism by biologically altering and releasing a disease into the world‚ causing mass panic and possibly death among people. Not many people in this world know how easily a biological disease can be released into a population of people. Informing the public but mainly public officials could help prevent a bioterrorist
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Consigning the Twentieth Century to History: Alternative Narratives for the Modern Era Author(s): Charles S. Maier Source: The American Historical Review‚ Vol. 105‚ No. 3 (Jun.‚ 2000)‚ pp. 807-831 Published by: Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Historical Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2651811 . Accessed: 23/07/2013 08:28 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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During the time period of the twentieth century in Europe and the Middle East there were significant changes occurring in major forced migration movements such as Muslims during the Balkan Wars and many Jews during World War II. ‘Superpower’s’ (or successful dominant European countries) citizens never migrating away from their homeland remained constant. While many of the migrations that occurred during this time were forced‚ before they actually occurred‚ many of those belonging to the group that
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